The New York Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1869, Page 7

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. SUNDAY, July 18, 1869. Outside of the speculative movements in a few of the leading rai.way shares the week has been a dull ‘one In Wait street, aithough m this respect it only repoated its history wt this time of the year, the in- terest being sustained by the activity of the Vander- bilt shares, ‘The tendency of the money market to an easier condition observable at the close of bust neas last week uuder the application of the power of the law io repress usurious rates of interest was suddenty confirmed by the announcement that the Seeretary of the Treasury would increase his dis- bursements of currency by the purchase of ning mil!tons of bonds additional to those for the sinking fund. The effect was electrical upon the street, and produced the greatest cheerfulness among those who had began to fear that the disorder of the money market was only the forerunner of a commercial Panic. The rate on call ranged from six per cent to seven per cent, according to the class of collaterals. Even gold interest was exceptional. Of course these re still high rates for the period—the money rate in the corresponding week of last year being four per eent—but after the extravagant and extraordinary Ggures of the receut stringency, tue street is satisfied @nd content. The promise of an easy money mar- Ket for the rest of the summer is made in the condi- Sion of the banks as shown by their weekly state- ment. Of course extra legal rates will not be had, @or can the street be induced to indulge in them again, after the very proper measures taken by the District Attorney and the Grand Jury for the repres- sion of future if not the punishment of past infrac- tions of the law. The excitement in the gov- eromient market was very great on Monday Bpon this announcement from Washington, and She 67s rose two per cent upon Saturday fnight’s prices, Although they afterward fell off ufing the week under various rumors and “éearisn" influences, they closea nearly up to the Highest point. Some feeling 1s manifested because the Treasury purchases are not exteuded to all the {ggues, currencies and ten-forties, a8 well as five- Gwenties, The sharp advance in the domestic five- twenties led to realizations upon them and a trans- fer of the investment and speculative interest to the 62's and the otuer classes of bonds, waich resulted 4n producing wore equalization of prices. ‘he re- uotion of the national debt and the proposed pur- chases for July have not induced any very large Anquiry abroad; but despite the stagnation of the Royal Exchange in the summer season and the a@lmost total cessation there of speculative opera- ‘tions, our five-twenties in London advanced to 629%. According to more detailed figures, the ‘total receipts of the National Treasury, from excises, ‘Muriag the fiscal year ending with June 380, 1868, ‘were $191,190,5¢4. The receipts from the same during the fiscal year ending with June 30, Were $168,237,177. The customs yielded, same me, about §182,000,000 in gold. The miscellaneous weveaiues of the fiscai year yielded about $30,000,000, making a grand total income for the year ending ‘June 60, 1869, of about $370,000,000. The receipts from excises up to last week for the current fiscal year, ‘Commencing with July 1, 1869, have been about 14,000,000. The gold market opened with great ‘Grmuess, in consequence of the strength of foreign exchange, rates for which advanced to 110% and 11054, respectively, for sixty day and sight sterling Dills, and in answer to the reports of large engage- ments of specie for foreign shipment. The amount went during the week was nearly two millions. A pail” movement seems to have been founded upon the expectation thas the shipments for the fest of the summer will be in as great af not in greater proportion, and, as ysual in the outset of such an undertaking the speculators ran the. price down by reports that the government, re- serving, as it did, the right to reject all proposals for the sale of bonds, would not accept any at the un- reasonable advance in prices. while the lowering of the rate of discount by the Bank of England to three per cent also assisted their plans. The result was @ decline to 13544, and a subsequent reaction to 136, ‘the price closing at 135% on Saturday night. The difference of only a half per cent between “long” and “short” #terling, or the apparent advance in the price of the former, 1s due to the reduction of the English discount rate. The observation has been made that the specie shipments are really ligh when it {s remembered that there is a profit in ship- ping it in preference to buying exchange. The rea- son is the difference in the rates of interest on both sides of the Atlantic. The leading houses) are drawing against their = credit abroad, which costs them only three per cent and earning six to seven per cent here upon the money which should go to fortify their account, Doubtless they look to the old expedient of shipping bonds when the foreign demand revives with the fo!) business tu London and Frankfort, not to speak of the usual cotton and produce shipments, the levitimate basis for exchange. The decline was fartner assisted by vague reports that the Secretary of ‘he Treasury intended heavy sales in addition to these arrauged for in his pubiished and standing programme. The gold account of the government is shown in the following summary of statistics:— Te outs:anding amount of coin certificates on the 1° of July was $30,489,640 against $23,540,720 on Jone 1; $16,307,200 on May 1; $21,672,500, April 1; 75,500, March 1; $32,659,520 on February 1, and 56,020 on the Ist of January, 1869, The Sub- ‘Treasurer at this port issued week before last coin cortificates to the amount of $2,128,760 and retired $.,919,169 through the receipts for customs, The cua certificates issued by the Sub-Treasury oMce during June reached $13,593,420. The range of the q@od market during the week ts stiown in the fol- lowing table:— Lowest. Monilay... 13834 ‘Tuesday..... 136% ‘Wednesday . 137 ‘Thursday. 18634 Brida sid % 34 Statement submitted on Saturday is very favorable, the gain in re- @erve being still large and fattering. The ain upon the amount in excess of that required by law ts over two and a half millions of dollars, ‘The increase in specie is only about eight hundred ‘thousand dollars, showing the gradual dimination of the Treasury disbursements in payment of coin 4nterest as the 1st of July becomes more remotely past; but the gain in Jegal tenders is over three mil- Mons. The improvement in this item ts due to the ‘Treasury payments for the bonds purchased during the week, The banks have also increased their ac- gommodation in the Joan item a million and a half, ‘while the line of deposits has extended over five Millions. The following are the last two statements contrasted :— July 10. July Vi. The following are the changes:— Increase in loans Increase in speci Sacrease in legal tenders, Southern securities were dull for the general ist; ‘Tennessees and North Carolinas rallied, but fell otf again and closed weak, particularly the latter. A correspondent throws some light upon the manipu- lation of North Carolina securities, Me writes us;— The Wilmington (N, C.) Journal contains an ad- vertisement by the president of the Wilmington, Rutherford and Charlotte Railroad Company, Pott poning beyond the 2th inst. the meeting of the stockholders, heretofore called to elect directors, in accordance with the act of the recent Legistacure subscribing, on certain conditions, fo the egpital atock of ti mpany $4,000,000, ‘The president de- clares he has “extraordinary reasons” tor his action. His reasons must be “very extraordinary’? to Justify ‘him in taking @ step that may be followed by results of the gravest character to the company and to the bondholders. By the terms of the act the public treasurer is directed to snbsaribe $4,000,000 to th etock, provided the company complies with cert “terms and conditions therein contained.” ‘The act then provides that upon its acceptance as part of the amended charter, the president shail call a meci- ing of the stockholders within sixty days, ‘to elect new directors, and that the public treasurer shall deliver to the present presi- deut, in bonds, one-fourth of the State's euoscription, and upon the reorganization of the company ho siall deliver to the new president the other three-fourths, The sixty days prescribed aaa act expires on the 29th Instant (for which day ‘The meeting was called), and the president, for “ex- traordinary reasons,’’ as postponed the meeting be- Yond that time. He has received $1,000,000 in bonds ‘of the subscription, and has erway, made some Pr rye of thom in thie market, ashe was in the few dara ago, it is believed by mauy well itis ahah ~ acquainted with the legistation of tne Srste that the whoie aubscription Of $4,000,000 wil fail Lf the svock- holders do not hold their weeting ou the 29%e inst., as contemplaved by the act. At all events the ques- tion will certainly go to the courts, and the Wiluimg- ton, Rutheriord and Charlotte Railroad bonds may be laid on the shelf alongside of the Peniwatiary bonds, which have been already Foputiansd and of the Chatuam bonds, The people of North Caroline and Tennessee 100k to ie courts Ww relic’ them of the chormous burden of taxation, aud th courts will not disappoint their expectations when- ever au opportunity oifers. The character of the legisiavion 1s aike m both Siaves—reckless expendi- tures and extravagant appropriations. Stocks, outside of New Yorx Central and Hudson River, were leavy, and declined, There was & “pear” movement in only one or two of the list, 80 that the yield was @ sequence of the dulnesa. Ic ts acertain fact in stocks that if no demand exists Prices will fall of. Operators are in the country, or hiclined to wait some new phase of the market. The most active in the decline was Pacific Mati, wh jell w Si, New York Central, at its highest, touched 214, and Mudson River 18 ‘The follow- ing were the closing prices on Saturday evening: Cumberland, 30 a 83; Adams Express, 60% @ 6034; Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, 213; @ 22; American Express, 41 a 43; United States Expresa, 738 74; Merchants’ Union Express, 9%; Quicksilver, 153¢ 416; Canton, 60 463; Pacific Maul, 82 @ 82/4; Mari posa, 8 a9; (lo. preferred, 15 a 1544; Western Union Telegraph, 36 a 3644; New York Central, 213% a 2 je, 283% a@ 2875; do, preferred, 53a 54%; Hudson River, 18534 a 184; Harlem, 143 a 144; Read- ing, 934 0 9334; Milwaukee and St. Paul, 763 @ 77; do. preferred, 86% @ 86%; Toledo and Wabash, 74 a 75; do. preferred, 80; Fort Wayne, 153 @ 153%; Ohio and Mississippi, 31a 32; Michigan Central, 131% a 134; Michigan Southern, 106% a 105%; Ili- nois Central, 144 & 145; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 106% 9 107';; Rock Island, 11534 a 116%; Northwest- ern, 7934 2 7934; 40. preferred, 94% a 9434. ‘The following were the latest quotations of govern. ment bonds on Saturday afteracon:—United States eixes, 1881, registered, 120% a 121; do. do., coupon, 120% a 121; do., five-twenties, registered, 1214; a 122; do. do., coupon, 1862, 12344 @ 123%; do. do., coupon, 1864, 12176 @ 122; do, do., coupon, 1865, 121% a 122; do, do., coupon, new, 1865, 1205; a 120%; do. do., coupon, 1867, 120% @ 120%; do. do., coupon, 1863, 12034 a 120%; do. ten-forties, regis- tered, 110 a 110%; a0. do., coupon, 110% a 110%; currency bongs, 1077 & 108, ‘The earuings of the Michigan Centra! Railroad for the years euding May 31, 1863 and 1809 were as [ol- lows:— 1860. From passengers. $1,795,806 From freight... 2,166,200 286 $4,470,879 $4,716,202 2,714,645 2,888,043 Net earnings...........$1,750,334 $1,820,049 COMMERCIAL REPORT. ‘ SaroRpar, July 17-6 P.M, Corrge.—Rio continued in fair demand from the trade, andthe market was very firm. There weie sales of 4,150 bags cx Freya and 415 do. ex Bdina on private terms, For other descriptions the market was dull, but unchanged. Corron.—The market was unusually quiet, there being no demand of moment from any source, aud prices were nomi: nal atthe quotations subjoined. Sales $01 bales, of oh 289 were for spinning and [2 on speculation. For future de- livery the saies were only 60) bales, basis low middling, for September, at dlc. We quote:— Mobile New Orleans and Florida. rend gaeier and Texas, FA ini Fi Ordinary... Good ordinary Low middling 881g 83 83: Middling.... Bg 34! 85 Good middiing.. 85 3 Fs 38 FLOUR AND GRatn.—iKeceipts, 9,778 bbla. four, 800 do. corn meal, 93,505 bushels eat 42,199 do. corn, 14,914 do, oats, 06 do, rye and 1,673 do. mall. The four markét ruled very dull, but lly unchanged. The eal were gado Ub ran wien be emode: rate inquiry it at prices, the sales, vein flour eating 1,200 bois. Rye flour continued fair Sonate. 660 bbis. ‘Corn meal with sales of 350 bbls. We quote:— i i " - 8450 a 5 50 55a 600 625— 675 6i_ 7 00 50a 600 62a 700 67a 850 62 — 700 70_ 850 608 750 760a 800 BO0e 900 10000 1100 800a 1150 50a 800 65a 960 4a 675 it 4 475_ 400 Israndy wine + 50a 535 Cornmeal, Jerse , 4608 470 — Wheat was dal 85,000 bushels at 1 5834 for No. 1 do., 81 47 168 for amber Michigan, $165 for whitoyMichigan and new amber Tilluois, $156 for Canada white, in bond, $170 a 1 7344 for California, ¥1 90 for white Southern, i 65 for amber do. Corn was fairly active and being 75,00) bushels, at 68c. «950. for new mixed, . for yellow, und tc. a %6c. Cor white, Oats were th improved demiand and firmer, The #aies betng 60,000 bushels at 8)3gc. atic, in store and adoat, Rye wae sleady and firm, with sales of 1,50) bushels Western at 81274 In atore. Barley was dull and nominal. Of barley malt there were «1 gales at 81 95.0 ‘Peas were quiet; saies 8,000 bushel $1.20, in bon Fritcure. The market was quict, the offerings being light, but rates were generally steady. ‘Thera waa a brisk do- mand for petroleum vessels for charter, which were held at higher rates at the close, The engayements ware :—To Li pool, 15,000 bushels grain at 7344. and per steamer 5,600 bus grain at 9d. and 1,00) boxes chicose at 40s.yTo London, 70 hhds, tobacco at 20s. To Antwerp, 1,10) bags coffee om private terms. The charters were:-A North German ship to Ham- burg, with 5,500 bbls, refined. petroleum at 3s, 6d. tis ship to Bremen, with 6,000 bbls. crude or refined do. an Ainericnn bark to Gibraltar, tor orders, with 2,000 bb) petroleun at fs. 1f to the Mediterranean, and 6s. if to the Adriatic; a British ship to the Continent, with 7500 bbla. crude or retined do. ‘Norw 4 in bark to Antwerp, with 8,000 bbls, crude do,, anda bark, $25 tons, from Machine to Jannaten and back, with logwood at rates we are not allowed 0 publish, GUNNTES were dull and nominal at 160. a 17. for bags, and Bike, a 2Bige, (or cloth, 3 HEMP was still dull and prices were nominally 12%c. a 1230. gold, for Manila, do. w Age, do, for Jute, We. a 10igc. do, For Sisal, and 8. a 83ge. do. for Tampled tn bond. Hovs.—A’ moderate demand prevatied for the fine grades, syle wera held firmly. “Other urades, though quiet, wore Bales 60 bales at from 1c. a Ibo. for common to je market was moderatcly active at steady prices, shipping scliing at 6yc. and retail wots at 900. a BL Leiner rye straw was quoted $1 20a #1 30 and short do. 9c, MOLAssRs.—The market was very dall, and we heard of Prices were nominal at the quotations ud was in better demand, but at joes favor- ing tae purchaser; 15,000 gallons in bbls., owned by a snecu- tator » were gold at enyse- moran tires were unchi ly being do. a Wl in casks, Lard was dull but steady at $1100 @1 BU for epring and winter. Other kinds, though quie steady at yesterday's quotations. Naval STORES. —! ere prev jled on! mand for 9 turpentin Fhe Ay AX i! for ms antable and sl ing lots. ‘were Sa5'vile at dic. mn Weeehledy at ai og onia was in Light demand, but unchanged in value, The sales were 600 bbls. strained and No. § at $3 80 @ $3 40, 150 do, No. 2 at $2 50 a 75, 200 do. No. 1 a #8 a 84 and small lots pale at $4 50 a 5 60: We quote: Common and strained, #2 95 = $2 35; 0. 8 Tb; No, 1, 83,0 84 25; palo, $4 00 n $5 00; extra’ do, and window a 69." Tar ‘88 12)¢ « B3 96 for Wimington, RTROL¥UM. —Crude, tn bulk, was slow of sale, there being scarcely any demand, but holders still demanded 170. ; sales only 600 bbIs. on private terms, Crude, in bbla, was duil aod nominal at 22%0, For refined the market was very Quiet, the demand being light, and the few sales made were at lower prices, At the close standard white was quoted lc. 4e., on the spot and for July, though some holders de- manded ic. higher prices, Sales 1,00) bbls, for July, at Bic.) 600 do. for July, at Bisse, and 500 dow, int lots, at Bice. Naphthe was dal! and nominal at 1c. In Philadelphia tho market was inacti nid wi cpstng at oe afl ne for ‘spot and for July, The aales were 1,000 bbis., for September Rod October, standard white, oD, at a Puovisions.—Iteceipts, 129 bbls, pork and 6 packages cut meats, ‘The market for pork was very quiet, business being reniricted by the firmness of ‘holders. hew mess, in wholesale lots, a 50 wae bid and #2 73 generally asked. "The sa.es were 500 bbls..in small lots, at $32 40 a 833 75 for new meas, 25 50 0 tt 76 for prime and ¢xtra prime, and @25 60 9 24 4 for Western prime mess. No sales were reported for tuture delivery. Live ho, dull and nominal at 9c. a Hgc,, with arrivals of 2,637 Beef was in fair request at steady prices, the sales being 250 bbls, at 88 a $13 for plain mess and S12 ‘8 B16 for extra’ do. Tieroe beef wan duli and prices were nominally $20 a BS for prime mess, aud #258 #81 for India do. Of beef hams, which were sendy in value, there wore sold i75 bbia. at $20 0 |. Bacon was quiet and we heard of no ales of moment. ad 16 16%40. Cat meat were in light request, but sparingly o a Grmiy held We quoter - Pickled and dry salted shoulders, 1334¢, a 1dc.;, amoked do., Wige.; pickled hams, Wige, « i i gel dou Hue. w ate, rd the mai continnedl to let but slowiy, the sales being 275 packages at Liigc. & 1 to prime steam and kettle rendered, —Carolina was ti fair request, and being in Nght stock, was held with firmness at 8c, adiyc, At those prices there were sold 110 casks, SUGAR. -For raw the market waa moderntely steady at 1130. a 11S)0. for fair to good reining. ‘The gales, which were chielly for reining, were 750 at * Cuba and Demerara on private terms: jefned wae comparatively quiet Otutlons, viz. i—Hard, W6e.; eoft nite, Whe, m 18240. oxtre O, Iho, fad Yellow, Ue. a 146. $ were Inactive, and prices at yemterday '« quotations. Be Pe ee TEARINE was quiet but firm, at 1c, _ 200, for fair to prime in hhds. and''torces, We heard of wo'aales ot inn ment, TALLOW.—The demand was moderately netics, and the market was firm. | Sales 100,000 bbie, at 1go, im latter priee for prime, an Hes w line, the Witlskry.--Recelpts, 180 bhia, The market, though quiet, trae Crm at former preeees Salen 69 Hota, Western at His, tax pald, E: & 3 3 er. fue 1 for No, 2epring, $1 Boe'note doy Wi over old stator, & moderate de- tices for which, porary were steady, at ) tive and CURIOUS SNAKB APVENTURE.—On Tuesday tas, as Philip Wolfe, of Leeds, N, Y., was jongning fled for buckwheat, and had reached the end of a fur- row, @ large snake, rooted ont by the pioughshare, ran up the plongh handle with the apparent inten: tion of bieing MF Wolfe, and was within six Inches of iis face when he first noticed him. Without hesi- tating an instant, Mr, W, Brasped the snake in his left hand, fortunately, Lg A old of its neck about an mech below the head, that the snake was unable to etrike tts fangs in his hand, and with his other hand he wrung atrd twisted its’ neck until it “caved in.’ The snake was alterwards found to be of the copperhead spectes (Whose bite 1s poisonous), and measured two feet soven inches in th and four inches around, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1869, WURDERERS IN 7H TOMBS. ‘The Shadow of the Noose in the (hy Prison— A Visit to the Homicides in Their Celle Sketches of the Prisoners and Their Alleged Crimos—The Black List. That vast pile on Ventre and Elm streets, appro» priately called the Tombs, perbaps from its resem- biance to an Egyptian mausoleum or from the thousands of hopes and aspirations which have been interred in it, well repays, even in the dog days, the trouble of a visit, To give in detati the history of the various crimes for which the inmates are com- mitted would prove a teaious task. Perhaps a history of those now awaiting trial for murder and manslaughter—the most awful crimes on the calen- dar—may prove more Interesting. Not to give undue prominence to any one, we will begin with JOHN REAL, who, it will be recollected by ail, was committed to the Tomba for taking the life of officer Smedick last year, and was tried, found gulity and sentenced to death, but respited, or rather benefited by a stay of proceedings a few hours before his projected execu- ton. On entering the second tier he was the first man seen, with the exception of the warders, taking his consticutional and dressed with special neatness in black pants, black velvet waistcoat and an im- maculate white shirt, His greeting was courteous and unrestrained and in a few moments we were in close conversation. His appearance has consider- ably improved since he frat entered the prison, and although not @ nandsome man, his figure 1s prepos- sessing, and his look, when it meeta your gaze, irm and unflinching. Of his case so much has been said that it 48 unnecessary to dwell on it. He is the insults received at the hands of the deceased, and says he waits patiently for the time of his new trial. He seemed particu- larly impressed with an article which appeared & short time since in the columns of a New York paper, stating that he had openly declared an animus against the reporters of that journal. He emphati- eally and categorically denied having made use of the expressions attributed to him, and seemed more pained than angered at the pubiication of the article in question, saying that he believed that the report ‘was due not to @ regular reporter but to a vendor of newspapers, who sold the statement as a sensation article. ‘This,’ said he, “is of a piece with the as- sertion of the same journal that ‘Johnny the Gree! was seen walking down Broadway, while he had never left the tier to which he had been assigned.” He expressed himself perfectly contented with the treatment he receives ut the hands of the prison officials and seems quite at home in his cell, which 18 @ model of cleanliness and neatness, and in which is a perfect library of works on religious matters, together with the leading journals. A few steps fur- ther on is the cell of MICHABL KERNBY, Richard es, made the following state- ment;—Jand two men went into Costello's liquor store about nine P. M.on the night of the occur- rence. atore is situated at the corner of Twenty- fifth street and First avenue, Thomas Costello and the barkeeper and two other men were there. Oos- tello sang out, “Halloa, Joe, what iy a 80 long coming to see me?” “Wel 1d Joe, “the last time I was here there was bad mone! on me.’’ Costello replied, ‘I guess not, Joe.” joe “I groess: hay ee Tepeated the asser- tion. Ilo replied, “ ’s @ lie.” Joe responded 0 bo Sapte) the assertion, accompanied ea oath. At this juncture Costello's id ing! if Kerney and his had come up fora fight. Young 10 replied, “No, theae are friends of mine.” Joe Hart- Dutt was treating all round at the time and called old Costelio to drink. Old Costello said that he chose the friends he drank with. “All right,” said Hartnutt. Old Costello then said, “Well, if you’ve come up here for @ fight you can get all you want.” ‘Thomas Carr, one of the men present, a friend of the accused, denied such intention and said, “Old man, Jet me talk to you.” Oid Costello replied that he did not want to talk with him at all and pushed Carr away from him, following him up and by the collar of his coat. Carr said, “Don’t tear my coat.” The elder Costelio instead of deaisting caught him by the throat and bent his body over the bar, striking him several times tn the face with his fist, the younger man piciog, his uncle, The man Carr Was finally knocked down in front of the bar. The bartender took up a bottle then on the counter with the intention of striking him while down, and was prevented from so doing by the ac- cused. The younger Costello was kicking Carr al! this time in the face and head, and the accused again took his part, getting maltreated in his turn, A quarrel then arose at the door of the store between Hartnatt, old Costello and several others. The ac- cused picked up Carr and got him out at the door, Where Hartnutt was receiving ill usage. At this moment some one in the crowd shouted out, “Look out, Hartnutt has gota pistol.’ At the same instant & man Known as Rat Riley hit Hartnutt on the head and a pistol shot was fired, by whom no one knows. The accused pulled Hartnutt out of the crowd and ran with him to the corner of Twenty- fourth street, the crowd following. Hartnutt was here knocked down in front of Gerde’s grocery store by Thomas Costello, and was fur- ther abused py the crowd, who shonted out, “Kill the —,” “Murder the —.”” The accused again begged Costello not to kill Hartnutt., Costello re- plied, “Go away, you son of a —., or I’li kill you,” and made a step towards him, drawing at the same time a weapon of some sort, thought to be a siung- shot, The accused stepped back, and as Costello continued to follow him he drew fi pistol ana fired, Costello not desisting, Kerney fired two more shots, ono taking effect in Costello’s side, and then ran home, not knowing at the time whether any one was shot. When he was arrested and was told that he had caused the death of Gerdes he was much affected by what he learned, and as he himself expressed it, “The deceased was Well known to and esteemed by me, and I would sooner have cut my right hand ot than caused his death.” The above statement was given very straightforwardly, and the prisoner was it times much aifected. He 18 a machinist by trade, and has worked at Singer's sewing machine factory. ‘The next visit Was to the cell of FREDERICK SCHLRE, ‘who.was committed by Coroner Kollins for causing the deatt, in conjunction with his mother, of Adam Gesell, on the 29th ult, The prisoner—a diminutive, hunchbacked little Bavarian —was very polite when the HERALD reporter was introduced and volun- teered the following statement, which was given with no small emphasis and Teutonic ‘accent:—My case, air, is that I my brother-in-law, Hiram Gesell, on the night of the 29th of June last, with a sword cane, in self-defence, at 161 East Hougton street. My brother-in-law used to ill-use my sister, his wife, and on the night in question I heard what I thought were ores proceeding from the first Noor, where they slept. 1 was then sleepin; with my mother in the basement and got up an ‘went to the foot of the stairs and inquired if I should send for an officer. At this my brother-in- law came down stairs, followed me into my room and caught me by the throat, I struggled with him and caught at @ sword cave which hung on 4 nail over the bed and made a blow at my brother-in-law, who caught hold of the cane, arawing the end off and leaving the blade bare; he and I were ignorant of what had happened with the cane, and in r at me to repeat his il usage he ran against the cane, which pierced his chest, al- though it did not make @ serious wound, according to the surgeon who made the mortem examina- tion, Who was of opinion that the cause of death Was ® wound on the temple of deceased, caused by falling on arriving in bis room. My brother-in-law was avery quarrelsome man and had threatened and ill-used me aud my mother very much indeed; Thave often been obliged to go out of the house and sleep elsewhere through fear of him, On the night he was killed I was obliged to call in an officer to make him Heep the peace, The prisoner has been nine years in this country, served three years and o half in the army, has been in New York since the 4th December, 1864, and 14 @ clerk by profession. ‘The next visit was to MATIREW CAMPBELL, ‘whose offence was that of taking tne life of Maurice Long, on the 3d of July last. The prisoner, who was an onicer of the Twenty-seventh precinct police, 18 a tine looking young man ot twenty-five years of axe, and seems in no Wise uneasy respecting’ his case. His statement respecting the circumstances under which Long lost iis 1Ue 18 a8 follows:— twas in the First ward, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, on the evening of the 3d of July, and ar- rested, at about eleven o'clock P. M., a boy for veat- ing & Woman with a stick. A brotuer oMcer helped me along with my prisoner, and Mh arg along to the station house we were attacked by a large mob, ‘The prisoner was taken from us by force, and ‘We Were set upon by the crowd, who maltreated us considerably. 1 drew my pistol to keep the crowd back, and being reattacked tired a shot in self-de- fence at aman who Was coning towards me—and herelam, ‘Tne prisoner says he 18 Well treated, and only wants his trtalto come off, Two doors of is the celi of i JOHN PURCELL, who took the life of William Ki May last. ‘The prisoner has a vacant look about him, by no means denoting high mental y, and appears to treat the altar with inditfere Ths education and moral traiming bave been lamentably neglected, but he must lave been a joily companion, and has doubtiess been much sinned against. Tis statement, divested of ec parte matter, ts as fol- Jows:—I was stunding talking to Jonn Tracy about nine P. M, on the day | kijled Kiernan, at 109 Sheri? street, There was tobe a prize fignt that evening between Robvy Day and my brother William, The deceased came Up and offered to bet me five dollars against my brother, and [ replied that T would not bet five cents, The deceased sald, “You're a saucy ——,"and Lsaid, “What for? because [won't bet your’? The deceased replied in an upbecomin, manner, threatening to Knock my brains out, auc followmg it up by knocking me down insensiple against a cask. When I recovered I saw Kiernan “at work”? on my brother and I drew a olstol aud an on the 25th of shot him. Kiernan was a fighting man and was known as “Ite Willy!” Bidding adiew to Our misguided frieud a descent was made to the basement, where WILLIAM NICHOLSON is now lying under sentence of twenty-seven years’ inprisonment for the mansigughter of Patrick Mac- Cormick, ut 82 Mulberry street, 1p # drunken quarrel, in which the deceased recet his death wound, which was inflicted by a penknife, Both men were drunk at the time, and Nicholson appears overcome Water tanking snc omisi for. Vhetr eourteey and r tha ihe offictais elr cou an bind ay the prison hbrary, which coutaius a few very lable books, a few steps gained the river. The Tombs, however, is not a hanging prison. Dur- ing the last twenty years only twenty human beings have atoned by their lives for crunes comuitted, of whicn the following is the BLA Matthew Woods, July 20, 1849. Benson and Dougias, July 25, 1851. Aaron Stokey, September 19, 1851. Ovto Grunzig, February 27, 1852. Patrick Pitzgeratd, April 19, 1852. Nicholas Howlett, January 28, 1853. Willam Saul, January 24, 1853, Joseph Clark, February i1, 1853. dames 1. Hoare, Jau' ‘27, 1858. Joun Dorsey, July 17, 1857. James Rogers, November 12, 1858. James Stephens, February 3, 1860. ‘Albert Wicks alias Johayon, Suly 1, 1808 , alas Nathan Gordon, February 21, 1862, George Wagner, March 1, 1867. Jeremiah Ofrien August 9, 1867. At will be seen from that it ts mearty two yerrs ago since an execution took piace in the prisen. May its shadow grow ever greater! ENGLISH YACHTING. Ocean Racing—Sailing Qualities of the Guinevere—The Solent Racee¥acht Club Notes. Lonpon, June 30, 1869. ‘The resulta of the two ocean races sailed on the 2ist and 24th of June have been communicated to you by telegraph, and beyond these results there is not much that is interesting to communicate. In an ocean race it is almost impoasible to report the de- tails of the race, Tne vessels each pursue their own course towards the desired haven and are lost sight of and correspondents are left to record the doings of the particular vessels on which they are on board, Of the race of the 2ist, which was from the Nore Light Ship to Dover, I shall say nothing save that the Cambria was beaten by vessels half her tonnage, ‘True, the wind was light and paltry, but the Cambria was beaten, and the English papers, must, as a mat- ter of course, flnd an excuse. The match from Dover to Cherbourg possessed some more interesting features. This was the first, the Guinevere of 294, tons, sailed. She is the largest Schooner yacht in England, perhaps in the world, The Alarm, Cambria, Egeria and Condor Were also engaged in this race, and it only required the pre- sence of the Aline to make the match perfect, This race was open to yachts belonging to the New York Yacht Club, the first and only race, as yet, opened for that club, It was originally intended to start the yachts at ten P, M., but the wind was light and it was thought advisable to get them offearlier. The starting gun Was accordingly fired at four P.M, The wind was about east-southeast half east the Guinevere to windward and Cambria to leeward of the fleet. While edging out of the bay the Cam. bria got a start and drew away to windward of the Alarm. About an hour Starting the wind southerned and Guinevere got the best of the ft and led off Folkestone by about four cables length, Egeria being second and Cambria tnird. Of ROA the wind came right aft. The schooners set juaresails and square topaails, the Condor her spa: er, About eleven o'clock P, M.ithe wind chopped round northwest and blew strong, the Guinevere still peste 4 Condor second and Cambria third, ia fourth, Alarm astern of the lot, At ht the Guinevere parted her squaresail yard in the gud an hour after the Cambria ran past her and made for the French coast, steering ‘west-southwest southerly. Thi mormug broke, and as each yacht had been sailing on her own hook during the night, the vessels were There was little or no wind during the ht on Friday er, and the widely a) day, when Cherbourg hove in morning it was hailed with a hearty yachts arrived as pels lor . + 415 2 As the Guinevere will mall probability take part in the racing the American yachts should they arrive tn time for the Solent matches, I am care- ful to note her doings. She appeared to reach faster than anything I have seen afloat, but I ao not think sue hel oy #0 good @ wind as the Kgeria. In running certainly is unequalled by any yacht in England, She appears to be very stiff under canvas, and her sails stand wonderfuily weil, not a wrinkie or bag to be seen anywhere—everything as flat as a be |. Her spars appear slight, and | should not be surprised to see her masts go over her side one day. ‘So much for what has been, and now for what is to come. The first on the list of matches is the New Thames Channel match, which will be sailed on the $d July, the course being from the Lower Hoye ia tue river Thames to Harwich. ‘The following yachts are entered for the race:— Name, Tons. _ Class. Owner. Cambria. . Glorianna, rd weveess 28. .Outter.. . Wells. The Gloriana: and Flying Cloud the vessels most to be feared by the Cambria, and the littie Thought is no mean enemy; her light draught will enabie her to run over some of the sands which the larger vessels must go round, and then she has a good allowance of time to receive. On the 5th July we shall have the Royal Harwich Yacit Clab regatta, where the Cambria will in all probability try her luck again. With the Royal Har- wich regatta the races oa the east coast of mngland will cease, and the Soient racing commences on the 15th July. The races in the Solent may be con- sidered the racing of the season. ‘hose matches sailed on and about the Thames are generally very unsatisfactory concerns to all parties, and more es- pecially g0,owners of large racing craft. On Thursday, July 15, the Royal Southern Yacht Club sail their regatta. The programme for the Royal Southern 1s a most liberal one, and ts as fol- lows:— 1. A piece of plate valued at 100 guinens presented by the Countess of Cardigan for yachts of any rig over fifty tons, belonging to a royal yacht club. Time race, a quarter of a minute per ton; yawls to have one-half their tonnage added and cutters two-thirds of their tonnage added. 2. A prize valued £40 for first boat, “Yachts of any rig not lena than twent ‘and not exceed: ing fifty tons, Cutters and yawls ‘as in previous match, 4 Prizes valued £26, yachts under twenty tons. After the Royal Southern the Royal Yacht squad- ron commence their regatta on the 3d of August, particulars of which I have forwarded you. On the 10th of August commences the regatta of the Royal Victoria Yacht Ciub. The programme is | a8 follows:— 10 for second boat. TUESDAY, August 10,—The vice commodore's prize, valued at 100 soverey £75 for the first yacht In, the next yacht in of any other £35; in addition Ig than the winner, to receive to this Mr. H. Schnieder will give .£50 to the first echooner or yavwl that bas never won # £86 prine, "The course is to be round the isle of Wight, and the vessels are to be handicaped, WepxtsbaY, August 11, will be devoted to racing for yachts, boats, de, THURSDAY, August 12.—The Town Cup, valued at £100, resented by ‘the inhabitants of Ryde, open to all yachts be: longing to @ royal yacht club. FRIDAY, Augast 13,—A prize valued at £50 for yachts that haye never won a prize of £50. SATURDAY, August 14.—Tho Commodore's Cup, valued at £m, open to'all yachts belonging to the Royal V ctoria Yacht nbs Tn all the races except the first cutters will aail at double their tonnage. Yawis, when sailing with schooners, will have one-quarter of their tonnage added, and when’ with cuttera one-quarter deducted. All races will be started un- derway. ‘The Royal Alpert Yacht Club regatta will take place on the 16th, 17th and 18th of August. The pro- gramme has not yet been determined on. ALLEGED MURDER BY A STATE LEGISLATOR. (From the lowa State Register, July 14. On the 9th inst. James MeQuinn, of Benton county, meinber of the Lowa Legisiature from that county in 1562, and now president of the Board of ‘Trustees of the Blind Asylum at Vinton, was arrested on a charge of having murdered a young married man named Hodges, last winter, by powoning tim, Early m the winter Hodges’ house was burned, and McQuinn in- vited him to go home with him, which he did. Soon atler Hodges was taken sick and was kindly cared for by Mr, MeQuinn. A physician was callea and some Dover's powders left, which some one changed for arsenic, causing his death, Suspicions were raised after burial that all was not right. The body was exhumed, @ post mortem made, aud traces of arsenic found in the stomach. McQuinn was at once arrested and placed under bonds, fils friends entertain hopes of clearing him from all suspicion of rime, DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO THRow A RamRoap TRAIN FROM THE TRACK.—The express train leaving Harrisburg for Reaning yesterday noon, when near Paimyra, on the Lebanon Valley Reautroad, narrowly escaped destructton, a sill having been placed across the track With malicious intent, as was the general veliet. Fortunately, the rails being smooth and no curve at that pomt, the tte was pushed by the engine along the track under the coweatcher for some dis- tance, but the locomotive was kept on the track and the engine reversed. ‘fhe obstruction was removed with some diMeulty, being firmly wedged in front of the wheels with the weigat of the engine rescing on it. Tho Packer Club of Philadeiphia, who were on board, returning from the Guoernatorial Conven- tion, took the tunber with them to the city, presum- ing 1t to have been meant as a token of kind regard towards them, and will no doubt use tt in charging their opponents with opening the polliical campaign in rather & barbarous style.—alienigwn (Fa) News, July 16. THE NEW QUARANTINE BUILDING, Yeltow Fever and the Port of Now, York~ Interesting Statiatica—Tho New Hospiwi Stractares im the Lower Bay—Location, Dencriptios, Cost, &c. ‘The sanitary condition of a city is of primary im- portance. When that city is, like New York, a great commercia! port at which vessels arrive {rom every ollme, the quarantine laws designed to prevent tne infectious diseases brought hither by foreign vessels spreading among the people of the city are of the very highest moment. The most terrible of the infectious diseases from Which large seaports are most in danger are yellow fever and cholera, The former in particu- jar, from tts peculiar character and the terri- ble rapidity with which death follows in ie wake, has ever been regarded as the most dreaded scourge of mankind and one against whose ravages it was for along time believed medical science was powerless to cope, Once the dreadiul disease made ita appearance in a city, terror spread with the speed of lightning among the inhabitants, and those who could sought safety in Might. The belief, however, that yellow fever is an incurable plague has now died out even in the minds of the leas educated portion of the community; for in this city alone, where every year vessels arrive from South American and West Indiaa ports, which are most subject to the epidemic medical science will be readily seen by a reference to the following remarkable statistics to have suc- ceeded in understanding the proper treatment of yellow fever:— In the year 1708, when New York contained but 000 inhabitants, between 2,400 and 2,500 died of yellow fever. in 1804 tne numberof deaths in New ‘ork from yellow fever was 703. 1m 1805, out of 600 cases 275 were fatal. in 1822, out of 411 cases re- ‘ted there were 240 deaths, In reap arate in ne year 1795, there were 732 deaths from yellow fever, while in 1798 no less than 3,500 died In the game city {rom yellow fever. In 1555 Portsmouth, Va., which had a population of 4,000, 10st 1,000 of them by yellow fever. ‘These figures show a fearful rate of mortality from yellow fever compared wit that of the past six years, notwithstanding that the population of the city has increased to overs million of souls, Even while infected vessels were anchored in the upper bay nota case of yellow fever reached the city from Quarantine, though in a few cases the infection ex- tended to the Staten Island and Long Island shores, It was for this reason that, in order to insure still greater security t© the metropolis from the atmo- spheric dittusion of yellow fever, it was decided to detain all infected vesseis in the lower bay. IMPORTANCE OF GOOD QUARANTINE LAWS. Bas shown beyond all question that the extension and consequent fatality oi yellow fever were 07 mi to the want of proper tine laws. Itia true that, even ay day, quaran' scientific men have not as to the spe- ic mature of the invisiple virus of yellow fever; but it has been proved beyond doubt that light and air are the best available disinfectanis, and that conditions which exciude these from the holds and recesses of vessels those most ely to ‘best secure ample light and air are tie surest to prevent the malady having fatal results and spreading over a widearea. A trop- cal climate is necessary to a perennial preservation 5 transitory tropical climate like that of New York @ safictent for its ac- tive germination and atmospheric mn, and as ite dangerous vitality continues even after the trop- ical heat has Way, it is of the utmost impor- tance that the quarantine laws of the port of New York be not only wise in their spirit, but carried out with intelligence and the utmost watchfuiness, every means being adopted by which the infectious vessels yearly arriving here from other ports soul be pre- Vented from spreading the disease into the city. ‘The recent arrival in the port of several vessels infected with yellow fever, and the fact that that terribie malady prevatls with most destructive viru- lence to an alarming extent in South American and West Indian ports renders the consideration of the Means now at the command of the Quarantine autuorities bere for the protection of this city from infectious diseases brought hither from foreign rts. Pyoremost among these, and, in fact, the great safe- of this metropolis from the ravages of yellow ver, as well as the best guarantee lor the recovery of the suffering victims of that frightiul malady who may arrive in the harbor of New York is THE NEW QUARANTINE HOSPITAL AT WEST BANK. The fine hospital buildings at this place are now exterlorly and almost interiorly completed, and the establishment is at present in a condition, should the accommodations on board the Lilinois prove insuiti- cient to receive yellow fever or cholera patients. A visit to the new structure on Saturday, in company with Dr, Kenneth Reid, the able and indefatigable assistant Heaith Ofiicer of the port, revealed a state of affairs at West Bank highiy important towards preserving the multitudinous population of this great city from the terribie ravages of ifectious dis- eases imported on siipboard, West bank 18 @ long shoal, situated in the lower bay, about nine miles from the upper Quarantine station, at Staten Island, The new structure has been built upon a portion of this shoal, about two acres in area. Upon this shoal @ firm foundation has been raised to about ten feet anove high water mark, by trmly driving down immense woodea piles, surrounding them with stone and earthwork, and tilling up the spaces in the most compact man- ner unl a groundwork has beea raised capabie of resisting the breakers of the surrounding waters. On this foundation, then, the new hospita! buildings have been constructed. The site was admirably chosen, situated as it is high above the waters, where the pure se® breezes will renew energy and life in the poor human irames enervated by disease. The view from the bank presents @ panorama of unusual beauty. Looking up the Narrows in the di- rection Of the great city, the waters are dotted with countiess sails of outgoing and incoming vesseis. To the right stretch the undulating heights of Long Island, and further off the low, white beach of Coney Island; to the lett the beautiful wooded heights of Staten Island; while, pursuing the coast line, the eye beholds dimly afar off the shores of the expansive waters of Raritan bay, ana sianding boldly out the promontory of Neversink. Situated at the en- trance to one of the finest harbors in the world, amid invigorating breezes and where the eye falls on the most beautiful vistas of laud and water, the new hospitals at West Bank are admirably suited to re- vivily the poor sufferer from yellow fever or cholera. THE NEW STRUCTURES. The buildings are of wood and cover two acres in extent. Instead of buildings two stories in height the pavilion style of structure of one story has been chosen. The build: consist of eight splendidly lighted and ventilated wards, eighteen feet apart; a large 100m, laundry, iperintendent’s and Surgeon's residence, tnurses’ apartments, dead house and all the appurtenances necessary to an es- tablishment capable of accommodating conveniently 320 yellow fever patients, [t is hardly uecessary to state that patients suffering from this disease re- quire more space than those suffering from cholera, and that, therefore, a larger number of cholera than of yellow fever patients can be accommodated at West Bank. Tue wards are 189 feet in length ny ae feet in width, and each of them has attached to it a nurses’ room and clothescioset. The dead house is 12 feet by 25 feet. The super- intendent’s and resident physician’s quarters con- sists of @ double house 40 feet square and two and a half stories high. The wards run parailel to each other transversely across the island, with a fine wide corridor passing transversely and feading into each of them. ‘The extreme length of the main buildings is 503 feet 7 inches, the greatest width 231 feet 5 mches, and the least 225 feet 8 inches. The side facing Long Island 1s 257 feet 4 inches, and the opposite one 267 feet in length. Beyond this area are the baggage house and deadhouse standing on a triangular space, with a corresponding unoccupied triangular space on the other side of the bank. The ughting and ventilation of all the buildings are admurabie, and there are a compiatanees and fitness of arrange- ment about the whole structure that strike te visitor very strongly. COST OF THE WORK. ‘The original cost of these structures was to have been $310,000, but owing to the necessity of extend- ing the breakwater of large pieces of rock around the bank to the distance of forty instead of thirteen feet, and to an additional length of tweive feet, an extra cost of $37,000 was required. Accordingly the whoie appropriation was fixed at $400,000, and at least $375,000 of if will have to be expended in completing the butidings. There is & cable telegraph station on the bank, and it is intended to consiruct a prer 200 feet in Jength. The establishment has for its superintendent Mr. James O'Rourke, an efictent and conscientious officer, Who has been eighicen years ‘connected with the quarantine hospitas of this port. The resident physician and otner attac have not yet been appointed, as no patients have as yet. bee! brought there, Only yeilow fever and cholera Foaerne Will be received. Ship fever patients will pe sent to Ward’s and smalipox patients to Biack- weil’s Island, the law having 80 provided after the burning of the Marie Hospital at Tompkinsville. After the regular opening of the new quarantine butidings the present hospital ship, linois, will be retained in her present location as & boarding ship. She is anchored @ mile and a half from the present structure, in water suMictentiy deep to enabie ves- sels to approach near enough to be boarded, ANOTHER STRUCTURE BBGUN. jons are now being raised for another two miles from ‘the present one, to cover an area of three acres, and intended to rece passengers who have been exposed to contagious aiseases. An appropriation to carry on th wili be asked from the Legislature during the session. ARREST OF THE AUTHOR OF THE MAST Hope Ran ROAD SLAUGHTER.—In accordance with the verdict of the Coroner's jury over the dead bodies at Mast Hope, James Griffin, the engineer who caused the accident, Was arrested yesterday for manslaughter at Carroliton, ou the Western Division. He passed through this city this (Saturday) morning, on train No, 8, im the bag: car. No persons were allowed tw Commnntoate with nim bat his wife, who resides At Susquehanna, and who had an interview with him wy the arrival of the train there,— Bingham. won (Mi Ft Democrat. July We HOLLAND. The Groat Maritime Exposition in the Gre tal Palace=Preparations for the Opening Aspect of the City—American Representa tives—Description of the Puluce. AMSTERDAM, June 29, 1369, This quaint, picrnresque old city, which lords it over the blue waters of the Zuyder Zee, is just now tho scene of an international maritime exposition quits unique of its kind, to which the round, rosy-tac broad an@ joviai Dutchmen are flocking in im holt day garbs, resplendent with silver buttons and gay ribbons. Strangers, too, from every point of the compass, are collecting here to view the grand col- lection of articles that go to make up the stock iw trade of those amphibious people who gam their livelihood upon the great waters. Tack turn, sober, steady and disinclined to cre ate a great stir in the world, the good Dutchmen have not blown the trumpet and notified the world, in high voice, after the manner of more fussy and frothy people, that they intended” to gather within the walls of their beautiful Crystal Palace all productions that play in maritime enter. prises, or in that salty existence which nalf the nu tion leads, Yet, notwithetanding this modest si lence, we find here one of the most beautiful and complete maritime expositions that have yet eeu made in Europe. That of Havre, in France, last year, was far behind this about to open to the publia examination, though it drew heavily from the storea of the monster exposition of Paris of 1867, It is pot strange that it should be go, because the Datch are an eminently maritime people. From the eariiest records the inhabitants of this verdant land have been familiar with sea life, and for centuries they have spent their days in gatuing a rude subsistence on the stormy ocean, or have waged an uninterrupted contest with the fierce North Sea, and finally snatched from tts tenacious grasp 4 vast area of country which now supports thousands of peo- ple. Generauon after generation has been compelled tocarry on this struggle, which may be truly called a game for life, ip an inclement climate, amid the fierce storms of the stormiest of all seas and agains the wild waves of the ever restless ocean, In tua ever existing battle, not only have the boid, hardy Dutchmen held their own, but they have advanced their lines of tough piles and embankments clear out into the German Ocean and wrested from the elements the richest aud most valuable tands in all Europe, aad have retained their hold against every opposing force, because to siumber for a moment, to relax for @singie instant their intense watchings and labors, would be to surrender themselves to an enemy a3 merciless as it 18 powerful. Men cannot sieep om that line of defences that keeps out of the low iands. of Holland the hun- gry waves of the North Sea. They kuow their strength and are conscious of what mighty forces feel every inch of their defences, and know- ing their ition keep forever that watch(ul atu- tude whi defeats men. and the very elements. Not only are these Keen, active and laborious people af home in the stormy North Sea and the wide swee; of the inland waters, but they are equally as fami- ar with — seas, The history of Duten navi- -\tors ig the history of discovery and enterpriae. he grand harbor of New York was seen for the drs? fmeby civilized people by Dutch navigators. And we have this day in the good city of New York plenty of descendants of nautica people who were once bearers of the Dutch irom the port of Amster- dam. But it is hardly necessary to attempt at tuis late day to prove a fact universally ad- mitted, that the Dutch are a maritime nation, and it would be equally as useless to state alter one has had a glimpse of the present Ex- position that the Amsterdammers—and 1 do not use the name in its profane sense—are entirely compe- tent to organize a muritime exposition, every branch of which they are a8 familiar with as an Oneida county farmer is with agricultural implements. Let us admit then that the Expoaition is in good hands, and then visit it to see the thousand ana one artt- cles, from a frigate's cabie to a fishing line and from @ mintature iron-clad to an outrigger as delicate aud light as an aspen leaf that Moats upou the water of @silent pond. To astranger the city of Amsterdam itself pos- sesses twice Lhe interest that any exposition can uAa- part, It is sui generis, picturesque, quaint, unique, and in every way fresh and delicious. You may search the world over and fuilto fad a grand old town that can in aby Way compare with this most extraordinary, outre, olla podrida mart of com- merce and homme of arts. People cali it the Venice of the North, because some guide book maker has 80 entitied it, But it is as different from its sister city on the soft, sunny Adriatic as the German Ocean, cold, cheerless and gioowy, is from the bright, laughing, sparkling expanse of water, maue hisiore by Grecian and Roman legend, and so often fretted in later days by the stately prows of doges’ galleys or ploughéd by the swift suiling Italian crait, In one or two poiuts only are there to be found not ommon similarities, Both are built upon , and both may count their canals and buc beyoud this one cannot go. in archi ostumes, Habits aud manners of the people, i tecture, the character of the water craft that ply the sinuous icy, there 18 not the slightest 18 beautiful, interesting, ro- the channe.s through th resemblau Venice mantic aud rich with the fade flowing past. Every palace and rounded by historic dreamy legends of the port. dead city population is ariauds of ‘y canal is memories and op’ But Venice is a listless, apa a and ¢ It feels that it it ts not itving in the mosphere of the nineteenth century—that ft has nothing to do with the bustie and press of tue present day. Not so in Amsterdam. The frugal, enterprising Dutchman knows w # second cue hour in which he lives, His quick, pene: trating eye looks through and beyond smoke of his favorite pipe and catches every sagyestion throughout the broad world of commercial posst- bilities and chances of gain. The long, narrow, tortu- ous streets, with thelr quaint, lofty, toppling houses Tapged along like a company of groggy grenadiers at the height of their spree, do suggest a state of dilapidation and decay that 18 not borne out by the actual state of affairs. If the houses lean threaten- ingly on the street or lay back {rom tt, as if terrivied by the long glance down below, it is not because they are antique, shavbily constructed or made up forthe moment. By their very attitude they sug- gest the industry, determination and deyotioa which are the best elements of the Dutch. All these long rows of irregular buildings are built upon piles. ‘The city itself rests upon these wooden foundations and evPry inch of zround within its boundaries has been reciaimed from the sea. This fact alone attests the industry and skull of the Dutch, and no prouder monument to the assiduity and earnest labors of a people can exist than tle city of Amsterdam itsel. But I was to say something of the Maritime &x- sition. Some years since | described to Pe the rystal Palace of Amsterdam, in which the Expost- tion is held to-day. Then it was devoted to magal- ficent musical entertainments, and with Admural Goldsboro and a number of oificers who had come abroad to represent the American navy, after our gigantic conflict, | had the pleasure of listening to such music as is-rarely heard in these days. The Palace remains en permanence, Amsterdam would go mad without it, as it often does when its wails contala the contripations of art and science and in- dustrial efforts of the world. Itisa good thing to have such alight, airy, ele- gant palace of glass as that standing on the banks of the little river Amstei, which divides in almost equal portions the city of Amsterdam, It is. rather dimicuit to find elsewhere space enough to erect such a magnificent structure as this in all the town. On other toierably sohd, land they have put up such splendid monuments of art and taste as tne Hotel de Ville, built on no less than 13,659 long and mas- sive piles; the Bourse, the Admiralty and the Ar- senal, which are Littie villages in the grand city; the immense palatial offices of the East and West iadia Companies, venerable in years and possessing great wealth, the Portugese Jewish synagogue and the old and new Catholic and Protestant er Reformed Dutch churches. Ail of these buildings are erected on piles, and present architectural elements. of great beauty and taste, The city Is but on ninety islands, and is divided by a handred or more canals, in which the curious old higi pooped, blu bowed, grotesquely painted crait from Dutch towns of wupronounceable names, tie up and deliver their odd cargoes, into quaintest ant funniest old gavle-ended iron houses, It is all very funny, and one lounges ajong the narrow streets, racked with internal laughter at ail te queer things that ove sees, aud all the groiesque scenes. that spring up on every side. For a good, hearty, continued, but quiet fit of laughter and fin, com: mend me to Amsterdam, Atevery corner you nay see something that excites your risavilities. You ad- mire everything, but you cannot help chuckling when @ novel odity starts up and presents a new feature, grotesque and funny. But it 1s utterly 1n- possible to describe Amsterdam. It must be seen to be enjoyed. It has 290 bridges and from each one you see something uew and queer, and how oan all these sights be properly de- scribed? And When you know that each house bas & quaint squint or expression, it aa quite casy to compreliend the utter Uselessnesa of skevching the poinis of interest in the city, 1 must give it up tor another time. Jrystal Palace is a very respectable building in tainly elegant in an arciitectaral yoink of view. 1113 410 feet im ieng’ yin breadth ant 190 feet high, at the cupola or dome, which is seventy feet in length and forty-two in breadth. This, im turn, supports a second dome twenty feet by tite teen aud a half in size, very olegantiy stiape very light and airy. The palace is eonsiruciod tirely of iron and glass, and is wonderfully Went handsome. I regard it a& the most beautitus edilice of the kind yet constructed. It i now filled with articles from all paris of the globe, and the wh really very fine. It has not yet been openca public, but will be on the Ist OF July, when the con course of visitors will be very large. Already an Unusual Number of strangers have fogked into town and are now doing the sights about tie city, Ing the greatevent. I intended ta have oa of the show, as [ have algeady been tt 1t, thanks to the courtesy of wie Yirectors, but C01 Thave reached a reasonable Yrnis for a letter, atl must therefore postpone it yGul a further day. U can only say how the expesition surpassed tac Of Havre, and is well workay of such a mariiuMs Clue aaa materdaw