The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1869, Page 6

6 The Auti-Sabbatarians of the Metyopolis on prope their Hebdomadal Cruises, SURE DOU T eT ee Teen, SUNDAY EXCURSIONS. | fetta lo steam ‘rom WO ad Saetr a ranger Jamp od a he wry dummies" on it, and Ws amusing how yoo go bi oy Sony The road 1s said %o be the rty of a ex-Mayor of Now York, who, — conscientious, the we of your money. OE sg ry the distance, aa the Island. but he can averco! ‘bl i tustructive " Rockaway, Keyport, The Hudson, The Saamtee tee conductors on le aruue: themselves Sound, Coney Island and High Bridge. Exciting Race Between two Exeur- sion Steamers. ‘The torrid weather of yesterday !aduced, if it aid not quite compel, thousands of “Metropolitans to seck enjoyment, repose and refreshment at the numerous pleasant resorts which; eaviron New York, and almost all the various rgutes by steamboat conveyance and the city raliroa@ cars were thronged throughout the day. The primciya) interest, however, seems to centre in the mone distant picnicktan | One hour ‘ana forty minutes, veireais, and these, too, were amply patronized, by punching noles in the tickeVs of passengers, and when asked why they do “thy, thusly” facetiously reply that it ls 0 make them “go ‘o.” ~Con- ductors are very obliging oa. wnis road. In consid- eration of the twistings @id stop) they only charge each passenger @ /j,uarter of a doliar each— children in arms tity ¢f:ate. ‘They always punch babies’ tcketsftwice. henever a dummy succeedg in getting to the apex o'¢ a very small hill the eu- = ‘ives it & chance to breathe, arly at New Utrecht, 4 iittle further on It isso called because the ple who go ip the), water there are sup/posed to bei Tavor of adding ve fees of coroners, Barney Wiliam, lives at Bath. He enjoys bis otum and bis ftiends Otard at bis Villa there. Bar ney, in the summer montns, is greatly given tothe cultivation of cabbages, corn ani! good fellowship. “evtnaly you get to Coney Island, Time im going, on get to Co: sland, Q eg ry id The table gee wrong. It says you should see salt water 10 is minutes. On each side of the-road there {8 a guod A new feature in the Sunday excursions was intro- | deai of country, which the Innabiuants devute to the duced yesterday, when two Hudson river boats en- | raising of corn. There was a good deai of it tn tue Yered into a lively race on thir way bome. “Nobedy burt.” Below wii be foungi reports of the more ‘in- teresting trips made during the day. For Ryckawny, liquid atate on the cars yesterday. javing taken your bain, eaten your clams, smoked your curur and drank your lemonade, you can take Your choice as to the road. ‘The “other way,” by Way of variety, is the Dest—that ts, by steamboat to New York, one hour and forty-five minutes, or by horse car in two hours, less fourteen munutes, or Dy ‘This pleasant and p¥imitive watering place re- | dummy—well, you can calculate your own time on ceived a good many vigitors from New York yester- day. The day was mare than usually favoreble for ‘the long sai! down, angi few cases of sea sickness, 80 coumon @t other times, occurred on the voyage. ‘The litle steamer Mabey, Captain Phillips, had all her available space occupied when she cast off her lines at pler No. 4, North river, and steamed gaily thiscroad wien you get to Fuiton Ferry. 1t 18 too miueh Lo ask of Us, in view of the large Interest we have iy the clam plautations of the “appendancy. Up the Hudson—An Exciting Race. Whe steamer Sunnyside lett the foot of Vestry street yesterday mornmg at haif-past seven o'clock with a goodly number of excurstonists, and touch- away down the harbor. At the first landing, Sea- | !z at the foot of Tuirty-fourth aireet received @ side Mouse, about one-half ‘her passengers weut ashore. The rest remained on board till the terminus 01 the trip, Far Heckaway, was reached. The ude Was almost fully up to high water mark, and consequently that neretofore very regular oc- ewrvenve of sticking in the mud and getting the passengers ashore in ard and expeusive ways was avowed, The crud oaks priuci- helly soil of beauti- ay, Were as Iresh and green as the ua- the grass Was Juxuriously emerald, aud ceof things had a sprightly and holl- Th. raordinary natura! phenomenon calied the “sHogsback” a reef Of saud thrown up by the action of the sea a quarier of a mile out from what was the o.d beach of Rockaway ts now the place for surf bathing. People have to cross a c! f ais to reach the «Hogs: aV aiter 3,000 miles of t for the¥ 100k 80 Berce and they Move so fast i hardiy seems as if they could assume the appeaTance they present considerable preparation. This back"? is a decided injury to Rockaway, slong with other litle drawbacks that might as well be men- toned. if the steawer stick in the mud, and “ten to one” but she does, a “dug-out’’ or otter auch old- fas onveyance hasto be employed by the pas- take them ashore, for which they payeth " trip to the vidage fm the confounded ihe natives coustruct is a torture hardly Werth twenty-five cents. To bathe off “Hoge- back,’ the only place there ta, necessitates a tmp which cannot be essayed “free gratia.’ The air bas a wonderfully sharpening effect upon the appetite, which nothing short of a hind quarter of aippophagi can appease and certain!y can ony be aggravated by the wing Of an Ill-used Chicken or a trahsparent slice of cold roast, either or none being the extent of accomnmodation which most of the bostelries atford, at prices of their own framing. ‘There was little time left to the passengers that landed at noon or thereabouts to see the beauties of Ke An bour aid a half was about the ex- ch, bathe, take dinner and boat. On the whois, how- Le junday eXcursions outside of New York more health-giving and joy-inspiring than that to Rockaway aud back. ‘The case of assauit on a trio of Catholl of which so mi has been already published, and which created a good deal of excitement in the com- munity of Rockaway, has lost ail 1ts mterest. Those people who threateacd to tear down tne hoase of lott, the hotel keeper, have changed their intention and have become very much altered in temper within the past weck. it has been discovered that ‘Ubele Was gross eXaygeration attending the entire Mir; tuat nobody Was particularly hurt, and that iS menuoued In the matter Were entirely to Six Catuolic clergymen dined the otner day ti, and lett perfectly sausfed witu biaexpla- me to see the be: Sind their way back to e clergymen, To Keyport and Back. Though tess obtrusive in its claiuis upou the eiven- tion of the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who Sunday a‘ter Sunday start at early mormung tor one ‘of the numerous resorts, where, for some hours, the hun of the great city will be unheard and a parer air breathed and new scenes found to delight the eye, there are few within easy reach of the city Where the pleasure seeker can find more gratifiva- tion than at Keyport. At nine o’elock yesterday morning the flne steamer Geueral Sedgwick, Captain Storms commander, left tne foot of Barclay street, having on board a goodly number of pieasure seek- ers bound for that cosey and unpretentious spot. The sail to Keyport is a pleasant one, though the ex- cursionist wiil not find wuch en route in the way of scenery to excite his enthasiasm. Nevertheless, the gentle slopes of Staten Isiand on the one baud, and the flat but fuely wooded shores of New Jersey on the otuer, form @ very pleasing prospect, and a sail 1 Jess than three hours down the Kill Von Kull brings the excursionist to Keyport, beaut- Suily situated on genuy sloping ground on the shores of New Jersey, and having the advautaye ol a fine bay, and excellent strand for bathing, the absence of the vulgar glare of so-cailed “fasion,” acd freedom from the extortionate prices peculiar to ‘fasttonable’ watering places. All the neceasa- ries for Lue iver mau can be found tuere im excel- lent quality at moderate prices, and what between gaillug, rowing, batuing and stroiling along the heights, the four hours auowed the Sunday excur- sionist to Keyport, between the arrival and retarn trip of the Gevera dg wick can be spent not only in the most pleasurable, but liealta-giving manner. On the steamer, too, the time need not hang heavily on one’s hands. There were not, it is rue, many of the young men of cur very first firms on board the General Sedzwick, but then there were some very nice young pretty girls Acemed to thin best. All was gel , and they Ought to know nd enjoyment—pleasant té'es-d-iéte between in sly corners, kuling glances from some very “heavy” young men who Bported Whitoliaty and fancy canes—doisterous mirth sruel {rom street. Neatly dressed children disported (i ves abgut the deck to the delight of doting f bg mse en of elder growth, who, of some at improved, externally. Ther whiter and, therciore, more beau territory was an appendancy ¢ dom" of Long Island, ‘0-day Yo go to if you would paty cularly those with Brazilia ‘Ss in them e to those ‘upon eeedingly attractive i 18 surface s moved and ‘green nilis and smiling ¥ tuted therefor. As tiie tsland now 1s { from the beach, a good place which to make fast any “walkisv” to exe Historically, the ieiau the olden times the native Visiting its shores {a order to go there in uhis generat @ame thing—udding, | ‘ each “clamist,” a little t rhe ne cient inhabitants and conntry these came princi lidn’t have the “juice” tn its pr ntiess they bad the corn. Hendrick Hudso landed on Coney Isiand bevore he bay of New York, Since that day u of the Maine Liquor law Co hoted for four tlings—ciame, little more whiskey.” were in the habit of The population of Coney Isiand is various, So is | ite architecture. The peopie are greatly given to “houses” anc and notwitistanding some bave polyayliabic uties given them, oue could carry of the largest of the onestory establishments on one’s back. A “native”? was respectfully requeste suaie why the ho $ were all 80 very Jow. he Ee sententivusiy, “iarchquake ‘he people of Coney Island have greatly Improved to civilization, piety and patriotism since Hendrick Hudson itroduce’ Holland gin. pit i supposed some people that the reason Why the mhavitania Pp 80 much American bunting displayed from Masts stuck up at thelr “houses” and “notes,” vear she beach, {9 to fay-ella wavel into me fp formance of patrione “air W y bo Coney Isiand he is giad; when he gets out or it he is rejoiced exceedin: but he Ww again, “Just for the iungot the Biams as does It’ ‘There are Liree waya to get to C 2s DIY, Unless You have caiea overmuch clad for ‘our “) of it You can go ail he way by Ateamboat sor a quarter, or you can taxe she Covey Island and Prospect s'ark norse car: me Bers wal men there, at least go tne | ey Island, and | fresh accession of people, who, with bated breath and hasty toilets, had left half-consumed breakfasts to make a trip on the fine steamer, so suggestive of the elegant and poliskea Irving, Whose charmea pen basso splendidly depicted the ummortal glories of fhe Hudson. there was @ grand rush as che steamer sheerea into the latter lauding, aad those whose in- heritauce comprised excensive legs, minus top- be ‘rames, found an opportunity to display their pedal powers while Captain Gibbs sounded the whistle to shove off. Brught stars of the beau monde, anterrided by the early morn, were there, With a rural freshness not seen mm the salons of Long branch aud Saratoga; mothers, anxious that their odspring wight quad the crisp breezes of tue river; fathers, banishing the vexatious of the week; clerks aud salesiuen, coachmen and gardeners, too, often with their better seven-eighths; hopeless youths, stricken with the love-look; matdens on the danger- ous shores of forty; dreamers and poets, the first m search, perhaps, of such an iuspiration a3 made Swe- denborg a saint and Voltaire an infidel—the second drinking at the well of the Muses, ambitious to write anew a Thanatopeis or a Gray’s Elegy. All these were on board, and all equally, 1 seemed, aduirers of the matcaless beauties of the grand landscapes of the Hudson, upon whose un- Gulating outiines are left the landmarks of a perma- nent civilizauon, and where, among bill and dale, mountain and valley, is the perpetual security of the American home— ‘The white little cottage, with nest-crowned eaves, Peeping out half the year from a forest of leaves, The boat sped on past Yonkers, Sing Sing, Tarry- town, Peeks«ill and Haverstraw, the orderly pas- sengers sobered, because intoxication was not mer- chaudise on ooard; smoking, reading the morning papers, acid the artificial clouds, and remarking, with awe abd enthusiasm at first signt— The rippling water with ite drowsy tone, The tail elma, tow'ring in thelr stately pride, And—sorrow’s type—the willow, sad and lone, Kissing in graceful woe the murmuring tide. Touching at Cozzena’ landing, about 100 disem- barked, many of whom went to tne hotel te board for a couple of hours. She then swung off, and the rest of the human freight was discharged at New- ‘burg, Which good old town, where Washington lived as tbe chief of the Continental armies, adforded the passengers an interesting recreation of three hours. ‘Fhe boat again made Cozzens' landing at half-past two on ber return. Against the high and wooded bing, standing back 100 feet from the water, men, women and children were plantea as if to vegetate, reposing in positions not found in Chesteriield por touchea oy the suggestive pencil of Hogarth. ‘They iay in this promiscadus profusion, enjoying the cool river airs, when the whistle produced @ general scampering for the gang plang. Homeward dound, with the sun in its decitming segment, and a pleasant trip for all, was the last act in the day's drama, and one which fit- tingly ended au excursion in its uception promis- ing, in its irnition surpassing and im its completion marked by one of the most exciting races known on the Hadson for many years. ‘The Sleepy Hollow. lke the Sunnyside, @ steamer 300 leet long and 1,000 tons burden, left Hewinrg. fifteen minutes in advance of the latter, but was overtaken by the Suuny Side at Cozzens’. Here again Lue Sleepy Hollow started with considerable advantage, but near liastings the contest tor the lead grew warm. The Sunny bide was making twenty- four turns with forty-three pounds of steam on, and going nineteen wiles an hour. Just above Yonkers we sent our compeiitor to her “Sleepy Hollow” and came out ou the “sunny Bide," leading a length. Amid boots and jeers 1rom our opponent, which were responded to with derisive cheers by the Sunny Side, | the ‘ormer stood in to Yonkers compietely beaten. One thousand dollars were said to have depended on the resuit, Up the East River. While the trip up the Hudson affords such interest and amusement tothe admirers of the beautiful in nature and to those seckiug recreation aud relaxa- ton from the cares of business and the drag of city life, a sail up the East river will be found as preg- nant with Juterest and facident, and will perhaps give greater opportunity to notice the growth @nd extent of the metropolis, the numbers who flocked to the boats which sailed from different points of the city, auxious to eseape from \ue heat aud dust, were so great that it might readily be supposed there were lew, if any, Jel to patronize the boais which were to make trips fip the East river. But New Xork 1 @ sort of cornu- copie, and irom it enough can be poured out to fill any and all the boats and otuer conveyances which were advertised tu Jeave tue city on excursions to | almost any place. Indeed, so it seemed yeaterday, for from an early hour tu the meruing unti late in the evening the three neat and pretiy steamers which ply betweén Peck slip and Harlem were most Hiberaily patronized, Qrowds awaited the arrival of th? boats at cach landing, aud when on board and speeding through tue sushing waters of ty | kast river they amused themgeivé3 Ly gazing on th | various improvements if courge of progvess on the New York ana Brooklyn sfote: the various public | institutions for charity and correctiéh Were Soenaane {ed on by some well posied individuals t6 émer | lesa eviighteue poneat parts of Heil 1d Hog’ Buck, Bread and | Sandy Gibson's “cot was yomenied on, its islory at i by tnoad or bad heard “it. Tae roaring atera, as they plunged and whirled and ed Ubrough fell Gate, were duly admired; and { a3 Use Loat, when making the snarp turns, would careen sligitiy, there Would be # itie frizac engen- Fair dausels Wouid give the faintest liule & good excuse would ve given the p the loved ones in the strong Triediy to thelr maniy “buz- aclled the crowas make a iger Lily to continue their 78 eof ‘dered by swamps, sure foy We ague to tie residents ing reached the ex. in hilarity aud auuse- peut the day Up the Sound, many thousands that hied aw: rurel brooks aud romantic ro CRY INTELLIGENCE, ‘Tum Wearuer YesrsRpa¥.—The following record ‘Will show the ohgnges in the temperature for the past twenty-fonr hours, In comparison with thé cor by the ther- ing day of last year, as indicated all ang, Tespondi mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HBRALD corner of kame Soa 12M... verage temperatare yesterday. oe dverage temperature for correspor ie WOO... eseeee rrrrrrrrrrrrriir |S Bopy Founp.—The remains of an unknown man, Greased in a brown coat, black pants and vest, were yesterday afternoon found in the North river, foot of Seventy-ninth street, Srreer Can CASUALTY.—Mary Pauline, of No. 211 Thirtieth street, yesterday sustained serious tn- juries by falling from the front platform of car No. 120 of the Sevents avenue line. SuppEN DraTu.—Mr. Louis Clapjen, @ French phy- sictan, stopping at the Prescott House, was found in hig room at eight o'clock yesterday evening. The cause of hig sudden decease is not known, Accipeyt YESTERDAY.—Martha Kline, aged thirty years, of No. 117 Second street, was struck on her head and severely injured by the fender of the barge Pugrim, lying at the foot of Thirty-fourth street, North river. SurcipE BY DROWNING.—An unknown woman jumped overboard from the dock at the foot of Twelfth street yesterday evenlog, at seven o'clock, and was drowned, The body was recovered by some boatmen, and now lies at the Morgue ior iden- tflcation. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—While Mr. Edward Donohue, residing at No, 88 ‘Third avenue, was driving with three others through 110th street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, yesterday, at half past three o’clock, iis horse smied and the wagon was pre- cipilated over an embankment. Mr. Donohue was severely injured but, the others escaped unhurt. Tue PARK METBOROLOGICAL RePortT.—The report of the Park Meteorological Department for the week ending July 24, 1863, shows the following a8 the atmospheric conditions during that period:— Barometer— Mean, 30,056 inches; maximum, at seven A. M. July 24, 30,152 inches; minimum, at two P. M, July 21, 44 inches; range, .308 mches, Ther- mometer—Mean, 71,02; maximum, at four P. M. July 24, 81.7; Minimum, at four M, July 24, 61; range, 20, Rain teil sey. 20 and 21, having a total aurauon of five hours and forty minutes; a total depth of water .63 of an inch. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Arrray BETWEEN WOMEN.—In a fight yesterday morning in the basement of No. 75 Chatham street, two of tne lewd occupants, Mary Stanton and Mar- (res Nolan, suffered severely, Stanton had a piece ut from her ear by Nolan, woo Was cul by Stanton under the ear with a tumbler, CHARGE OF ASSAULTING AN OFFIcER.—Joseph Hogan was yesterday taken to the Tombs Police court, Judge Kibben, of the Second Judicial district, on the bench, on a charge of assaulting officer Narta, of the Fourteenth precinct, whue on duty. Hogan, according to the ofiicer’s statement, not liking the lavier’s injunction that he should make less noise, slapped him on the mouth, telling him at the same ume, with audacious effrontery, to close his disre- spectful jaw. Hogan was comuuitted, in default of $300, to answer. ALLEGED HigHWAY RoOBBERY.—Late on Saturday nightas Peter Casey, of No. 93 Cherry street, was going through White street, he was suddenly as- saulted, aa he Led by William Morrissey, knocked down and robbed of eighty-six cents, all the moncy he had, Casey shouted for assistance, which brought Oicer Dunn, of the Sixth precinot, to the place, and accomplished the arrest of the alleged highwayman. The prisoner was yesterday taken before Judge Kibben, of the Second Judiciai District, temporarily sitting in Judge Dowling's place at the Tombs, and connnitted in defauit of $1,000 bail to answer. He is an Inshman about forty years of age and gives his business a5 that of pedier. He denied the charge. ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON A CHILD.—A man named Geraid Donadi, keeper of the restaurant No, 401 Eighth avenue, was brought before Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday, charged by Mr. Charies Lear, of 396 Eighth avenue, with having committed an outrage on his daughter Alice, a child nine years old. ‘the circumstances connected with the alleged crime, as sworn to in the complaint, are very revolting. If the charge is sus- tained by evidence, medical and otherwise, the pris- ouee will be rightiully considered @ monster in iniquity. A great effort was made by political friends of Donadi to have the complaint ‘dismissed, but Justice Dodge committed him to answer Ip default of $3,000 ball. THE SUSPICIOUS CASE IN ELIZABETH STREET. Not a Homicide. An inquest was yesterday held at the Spring streets Police station on the body of Mrs. Magdalena Marrini, ‘® German woman fifty years of age, whoon Saturday evening was found lying dead on the floor of her room in the rear of premises 184 Elizabeth street, under somewhat surprising circumstances, The evidence showed that for the last three months de- ceased had suffered from excessive pain in the head. On Saturday evening she retired ag usual, her hugs band then belngin bed. She subsequently arose and fell on the floor, hearing which Marrint got up and found, og exawtvation, that she was dead. An oflcer wh atcention was subsequently called to the matter took the .uusband to thestauion hous where he made @ statemeat to Captain Waisi an was released. Dre. Shine and Cushman made @ post-mortem examination on the body, and found most of the internal organs Uealthy, except the kid- neys, wich were much diseased. There waa a dis- coioration of the right eye and g fracture of toe bridge of the nose. Ia the opinion of the medical gentlemen desti resulted from Bright’s disease of tke kidneys, accelerated by 8 fall, and the jury rendered a verdivt to that effect. John Marrini, who husband of deceased, 13 ap Italian, and vas the re- putation of being an industrious and worthy mau, NLW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Jersey City. A Squad or RorriaNs Broveut To Grigr.—Be- tweeu four and five o’clock yesterday morning oficer Joyce arrested a fellow named James Naughton for drunkenness and disorderly conduct at the corner of York and Greene streets He had conveyed his prisoner a¢ far as Washington street when & desperado named Fox came to the rehef of Naghign, and both made @ savage attack on {he pgice?. Four or five ramans encouraged them and jostied Against the ollicer frequently, in order to faciiltate te Psyape Of the prisoner. At the first attack Naughton tore dwey the collar and breast of the officer's shirt, and folioWeu Up by leaving bis pout iy phyeds, Joyce, Who je a powermully Guilt man hd who is dubbed the gre a of mete Oe igh dealt his assailants a Tew pinging | , felied them vo tue ground, and er heir Parr propensities do’ sevéral degrees toward thd ireezing puint, The crowd hereupon, who sympa- thized with tae rowdies, interfered with the Orficer, and Fox escaped, put he was soon after arrested and brougot perore acting Kecorder Chambers, who held hha to bail jor trial, Naughton was detamed till bau cout be procured for him. The conduct of the vulcer Cannot be woo lighiy commended. A few such lice force Would terrify t Sy Whose numbers are icr Mating extent, Newark. Ta ReOENT BaRnoom ArFRAY.—In tho case of the three men, Rayeure, Hoyte and Fraukert, wh Band charged with having atrociously assauite Messrs, Pfelfer and Waldmann, go that both are now contied to their homes, were transferred to the county jail yesterday forenoon. Ball was offered, but refused undi the resuit of the injured men’s Wounas can be determined. ‘Trenton, INCENDIARISM.—About two jo'clock yesterday orning the carriage house and stable connected with the four mill of John W. stout, situated In Pot’s alley, were fred, and before the flames could be subdued the bulldings, together with a quantity aeated furnace-liko city yester e seemed more imbued with the spirit of recreation than the excursionists of the mer Neversink, They were en route up wud Sound to College Point, Whitestone, tstand and New Rochelle. A trifling knowledge of umn nature at once established the nationality of the majori hey were Germans, and true to the custom § in rand, All bore ule expression of | Contentment and sutied as if they were at peace | with all mankind, What profuse talent some of the | ased! Their pet dogs in one arm and babes in the othe They caress We une and feed the other ail day. At College Point the majority | leit the boat and sought the quiet park of the village | Where a battallor ently organized Thirty- econd reg Guard, ~ consist of tour 136 “men, under nand of Re Hoebr were y disporting — the The — battalion had’ adopied unijue plan of making a moonlight mic e marci, aud, witha full pana aud drum corps they tramped the fitteen miles fro “'Dutchtown,” Brooklyn, B. D., to their destination on Sa‘urday night, At’ Whitestone an- other, but smaler, deputation jeft, Emerging into the broader part of the Sound Fort Schuyler 19 swiftly passed, and the frst eweet breath of cuollng Wind comes Wwaftiog over the waters from Cry ‘The Jarter point t# then reached, where Gisembark, And at once seek pleasure in yacht satting, row, fishing and drinking toc iguid componnds. Tnen New hele, and the trip “up the Sound" 13 complete. Five minutes therealter the remaining passengers are promenad- ing, the grounds of the Neptune tiouse, or strong on foot to Lather's Mill, where the érir of the buck couairy reside ; or bounding over the water in uny gaiiboats to Pavid's Isiands. There are a few lov- ors Who jive in sunligit aud ico cream, but they are few. Toward sundown tie rsink returned, and the old thropg Of the morning at eitner stopping 09 soUMt Its decks in addition to the battalion from Co.leze Pospt, ud af nightiall the trip was a upietion. of hay and Uucee Or tour sels of harness, were e] Urely consuimed, Several Lorses were on the pre! ses at the tune, all of which escaped except one, Which was bad.y scorched. The loss is est imated at $2,000, Insured in the Manhattan, of New York, ATROCIOUS ASSAULT.—Karly yesterday morning two negroes quarrelied in that classic region of ‘Trenton known as the “Swamps,” and before the combatants were separated, one of them, named Pigeon, recelved several severe gasies with’ a razor, ‘The assailant has hivkerto managed to escape the Vigilance of several ae, officers who started in pursuit. The police KNOW No more concerning the Inatter, Hot even the Haiue Of the man who is wanted, Tur Porrens’ STRIKE—A COMPROMIsE,—~After & strike of twenty weeks, during which eleven pot- tories In this vicinity have been obliged to suspend operation, in consequence of a refusal on the part of the owners to concede to the demands of the potters for an increase of wages, a compromise has at length been effected and business wil be resumed this week, Neither party conceded mucti, and both cian to be the victors; but it 1s andersivod that me operatives achieved a little advaniaye—an addition wo their wages of five per cent, To vent similar disruptions In tubare both the exp ployed have agreed to ¢ who, Whe mit the fact & disinter- ested party, and whose de Will be final The pottery business {4 in a Wressod wtAte at pre , OW lig LO the long 1,” and employment can only b¢ aforded to avout & huadved Of the su ikers. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 2, sso esa saceearant BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. ¢ Jair and» Formerly the cleaning the ‘15 Atlantic street, was broken into and robbed . aay ana aysterm he nacht, bo Saturday the burglars gaining access was found ble, to ereepiigsurough the halgit over te door.” ©” | enforc th tert af ine ataok Nok te Gi House Rosssxy,—Sneak thieves entered the rel ie to four men, can dence of Mr. Austen Kelly, Rutledge atreet, Eastern found at Pa poms ae day. ia District, a day or two while the family were ‘already absent ae ‘staven Island, ‘nd carried off silver plate os to meee tte fen it lt was sige. i and jewelry vaiued at $250, The entire house was ransacked. INJURED BY & FaLL.—James McGeehan was found by officer Cain, of the Forty-second precinct, at & late hour on Saturday night, in an insensibie condl- tion in Water street. 8 rae pore ps BU al from & cut on the head, which he had ved from a fall, He was taken to his home. INJURED IN AN AFFRAY.—Michael O'Toole, a baker at the Asylum on the Hunterfy road, had hie heal badly cut in an at the Atlantic Market, co ner of Atlantic and Hicks streets. The accused, as all |, Was struck with ksh ed by @ man named Lawier, He was taken to his home. FSLONIOUS ASSAULT ON A WoMAN.—Dennis Dono- by these contracts It is provided that if the contrac fall to do thetr work the Commissioners shall do {! atthe contractors’ expense. If the contractor re- fuse to rem: ‘levances he 1s to be set aside and his sureties held responaibie, and the work will then be done under the direct charge of the Coi mums moners, ‘The amount raised for atreet cleaning 1s $85,000. ‘The contract price ts within the amount at the dis- posal of the Commussioners. A street cleaning ma- chine has been tried and found to work admirably On smooth streets. On cobble stones It is worthless. STREET REPAIRING, of the Van, @ laborer, residing in Columbf street, near ‘ans repairing of ie sareeee was fornae yyater Nelaon, was arrested on Saturday night for commit- pen, ANE Cac cian ing a felonious assault on nis Wite, = He struck the | Wa# mainly concerned tn his own ward. | AS Was to Nave been expected, the repairs of the streets were never conducted on an adequate scale. ' Hence it was that the streets of Brooklyn were paved with cobbigstane pavementa—a century behind the time— and Btooklyn could boast of naving the worst.cob- ble-stone paved streets of city in the Union. ‘The streets, when turned over to the Commissioners, were of course in & most undesirable condition; but they did not deem 1t expedjent to ask for more money for the purpose of repairs than was raised last year, Accoraingly they limited their requisition oa the Mayor to the sum of $25,000, 1 airing ts done directly by the 4 engineers em- piven in the Sewerage and Water departments have he work under their supervision, By this means an unprecedented amount of work has been done at & moderate cost, Citizens are sur- prised to learn that grievances in the matter of re- pairs are remedied at once. Work that it took three or four weeks to do when it had to be ground out by the ponderous machinery of the local bodies can now be despatched in a single day. : SEWERAGE. Brooklyn 18 conceded to have the most perfect Plan of sewerage of any city in the Union, for the reason that lt was undertaken on a uniiorm system. It was devised by Colonel Julius W, Adams, who was reappointed chief engineer when the commission first came into office. During the year ten sewerage districts have been put under way in the outlying portions of the city, Contracts for sewerage are given to the lowest bidder who can furnish Buflicient security. ‘The amount of work already put under contract approaches the aggregate sum of 50,000. ithin a few years Brooklyn will be completely seweread, and when it 19 1t Will be, beyond all qnestion, the healthiest city in the Union. The cost of sewerage 1s paid for by local assessment. Though the Board is doing a great deal of work of this Kind tt ts not doing as much as is constantly pressed upon their attention, City lots never command city prices unless When on weil sewered streets, THD WATAR SUPPLY, The most important under department under the contro} of the commission 18 that connected with the supplying of Faboclen at With water. The readers of the HzRaLp probabiy remember the long contro- Yersy acroas the river over the method of supplying poor womad a murserous biow on the head with a btone, indicting a serious Wound. A PRISONER RESCUED.—Roundsman Lloyd and oficer Dobbin, of the Forty-third precinct, arrested ® young man in Hamilton avenue at @ late hour on Saturday night for drunkenness and disorderly con- duct, ‘They had proceeded but a short distance with their prisoner when they were attacked by a party of rowdies, who rescued the youug man and suc- ceeded in making their escape with him, AN OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.—A woman named Julla Sullivan, residing at No. 693, East Warren street, was found by oilicor Jones, of the Forty-turd precinct, lying on the sidewaik near her residence at 113, o’clocs oy Saturday night, wilh @ severe cut on her bead. She states that sue was thrown from her stoop by an unknown ian, Who approached her, a8 she supposed, to ask some question. She was taken 40 the hospital, STABBED WITH a GIMLET.—Shortly before twelve o'clock on Saturday night two Germans, named Batte Rose and George Blister, got into an alterca- tion in the lager beer saioon of Herman Oates, No. 88 Gold street. A scuille ensued between them, when blister took a gimiet and stabbed Koso twice in the head, inflicting serious wouuds. Tae injured man was attended by a neighboring physician, alter which he was removed to iis home, Bilster made his escape, A Corring AFFRAY.—Frederick Arnoldt was ar- rested last evening and locked up in the Forty- sixth precinct station house to answer a charge of cutting Michael Bringes, It seems that the prisoner and a companion named William Longwits at- vempted to cut water cresses at a residence on the Jobnaon street Piank road, Eastern District, and that they were ordered of by Bringes, wien, as al- leged, Arnoidt attacked him witha Kaite and cut him severely on the left snoulder. Longwitz was also arrested aad locked up, BRUTAL ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY RoB- BERY.—An Old Wan named Donohoe, employed as a watchman by James King, the contractor for the Brooklyn with waver. There was 9 strong party Harrison avenue (Bastern District) sewer, was | who wanted torely on wells. They held to this idea attacked while in the discharge of his duty, | until it was proven to them that if Brooklyn between two and three o'clock yesterday morning, by two unknown men and terribly beaten, The ok man was paid off the evening previous and had in his possession bis week's wages, Its believed that his.assailants were aware of this, as one of them struck him upon the head with a slungshot, while the other examined his pockets, but failed to find the money, They then left Lim weltering in his blood, but he revived tn @ suort time and reachea his home, where he now lies in a disabled condition. was ever to be a@ city such @ source of supply would be wholly inadequate. Another art were in favor of introducing Cro- on water by @ pipe across the Kast river; but tt was apparent, aiter a little consideration, that New York would soon need for herself the whole supply of Croton river, Before the matter was dis- oxed of a number of public-spirited citizens came the conclusion that the city could be supplied from the ponds of Long Island. Of course the scheme was at first ridiculed, and met with all sorts of puerile objections. The ponds would dr; ws if they didn’t dry up they would become putrid. evertheless the friends of the scheme organized an association Known aa the Nassau Water Company and went to work to do tor Brooklyn what Brooklyn did nov seem wise enough to do for herself. As soon as the project promised to be @ success the city bought out the company, purchased eight or ten ponds on the island and put the whole under what Was known as the Ridgewood Water Department, From the eight ponds’now put under contribution Brooklyn 1s supplied with water, which flows through a main conduit which extends to Hemp- Stead, a disiance of about twenty wiles. By its nat- ural flow the water comes to Kast New York, It is at that point pumped by two immense engines into the Ridgewood reservoir, capable of holding 160,000,000 gallons. When these works were under- taken they were designed to furnish the city with 20,000,000 galions of water per day. At that tine the most sanguine did not anucipate that such a ipply woula be needed for many generations. Yet rapid has been the growth of ‘the city that within ‘a few years the propriety of extending the works must press itself upon the attention of the Commis. sioners. The city is now using from 16,000,000 to 18,000,000 galions of water per day, and the amount of consuraption ts of course daily increasing. ‘Twelve miles of water mata were laid iast year, under the supervision of the Commissioners, and twenty-five miles will be laid this year, Ina very few phonic Aled will be atthe door of every man in The future growth of Brooklyn was not, however, lost signt of by the projectors of the water enter- rise. The condult ts of a capacity to carry to East ew York 40,000,000 gallons of water per day. It now remains to be considered how the ad- ditional amount of water soon tw be required is to be obtained. One plan is to bay additional ponds under tribute, Another plan is to store the water that overfows from the ponds already in use in a large reservoir near Hempstead and use it when the demand for water 1s most pressing, The de) ment have one pond that nas not yet been tapped. There are besides other ponds that are available, One of these, known as Smith’s pond, has a dally overdow of 10,000,000 gallons, THE COST—PUMPING, From the fact that the water has to be pumped {nto the reservoir the cost of its supply is neces- sacily greater tuan tn New York. For pumping two engines are in constant use at East New York. A visit to them will well repay one interested in me- hanism, They are, it ts believed, the largest e1 es BROOKLYN WATER BOARD, The Operations of the New Commission Street Paving, Repairing and Cleaniug— Sewerage—The Water Works, Presont and Prospective. As the repaving of the streets is just now attract- ing @ good deal of attention in Brooklyn it may not be amiss cr uninteresting to take a look at what is pow dolpg and what has been and is to be done in this department of public improvement. As the same public officers charged with the paving of the streets have aiso entrusted to them the responsibility for all arrangements connected with the water and sewerage systems Of the city it may not be improper to say something concerning the condition of these departments. Until recently the care of the atreeta and of the water supply had devolved upon separaie commis- sions, to one of which was given the responsibility of the Water and Sewerage Departments; to the other the paving and cleaning of the streets, But it was found upon trial that thia division of labor did not secure the best results. The streets were not kept clean, and when tt needed to be done the streets could not be repaved without the appoint ment of @ special commission. sg the Water Com- missioners had the power to tear up any street for the purpose of putting down water or sewerage pipes it was thought that if the two branches of work were given to the same officers that both would in all probability be better performed. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE WATER BOARD. Accordingly @ bill passed the Legislature last win- Le reorganizing the Water Vommusston and addii 0 their other duties that of :egrading, repaving an: cleaning the etrgets. ‘the Water Cowmtuiestouess are now and from the frst have been equally divided be- tween the two political parties, and, unlike other comimissioners, are appointed by the local authori- tea, Tue Commission is composed at present us tol- Jowg:—Mr. William fowler, President; Mr. Daniel L. Northup, Secretary; Mr. A. M. Biss and Mt, Thomas Kinsella, Mr, Fowler was formerly a mer- chant, and has fiad several years’ experience {o public iife, Mr. Northup has been one of | of their kind in the country, the commissioners since the organization of | August an additional enguns will be ie aes aint the Board. He was formerly Auduor of the ready for work. This engine has been built in view not only of the increasing demand for water, but of the necessity of stopping the other engines for re- ree var have been at work incessantly since he time tl cy were first started, lifting every day 10,000,000 gallows of water. ‘The cost of the works for duppiying Brooklyn with water is nearly $7,000,000. ‘The revenue of the department for the use of water is used in repaying the interest on the debt afd in extending water mains in the out- lying portions of the city, The department is about self-sustaining. It is @ distinct branch of the city government self, It collects its owa revenue, em- Ploys its own officers, being, however, under the supervision of the Common Council, to wnom they render their account annually. It will be seen from this statement of the different departinents undér the control of the Board of Water Commissioners that it is, In one way or another responsible, in a great measure, for municipal affairs in Brooklyn, -TWo of the Commissioners have been In ofice four years; the other two were appointed witn the reor- ganization of the Board, and they give espectal atten- Mon to the new business entrusted to tt. Their terms of ollice vary from four to ten years, and thelr Balaries are $6,000 a year each. city, and has had large experience in municipal aifulrs, Mr. Bllss, Who 18 a resident of Greenpolut, has been an Alderman, and !n 1866,was the repubile candidate for thé oilce of Mayor. Mr. Kinsella, though still’ a young man, has been for twenty years mixed up with the local affairg of the city, aud tor several years was the editor of the foremost paper of Brooklyn. The characteristics that distinguisned him and made him his reputation while he was an editor, are lus distinguishing characteriatics now~ energy and executive ability. THR NEW BOARD AT WORR. The Commissioners came into power in the latter part of April, established themselves in that usclesg apartment in the City Hall Known ag the Governors Room, and set to work with all becoming zeal. ‘The first thing that commanded their attenuon was the matter Of pavements. In respect to the kind of pave- ment that should be laid they found the minds of the people much divided. Looking at the diticuities that met them here in @ common senge way they had but little trouble in disposing of them. In the first Place they recognized the fact that Brooklyn ig pre- eminently a city of residences, and as such it did jot require for the most part such pavements as wan sy ™ {pdigpensavie to @ business city. Yer they could Tiot put Cousidé? thas tere were a few great thoroughfares the business updii which gave them tn a great degree the character and imporiance of a business street in @ greattown, With these facts in view they determined to adopt the pave. ment to thefstreet, and ali dificulites were at once disposed of. For heavy travel the Belgian pave- ment was thought most sultable, and that is to be laid in business #treets, In streets given up to rest PROJECTED BUILDINGS, The following plans have been submitted during the week ending Thursday, the 22d inst, to Mr, James M. Macgregor, Superintendent of Buiidings:— July 15,—Four story brick store and dwelling situated on dences the Nicolgon and Serimshaw pavements are | the wost side of Second avenue, hfty-ax feet north of Eightl- to be put down, Hoth of these pavements seem to | My ekoets size ial, Owner J. Gounoade, In Clinton street, where ory brown stone nouse, situated on the be growing in popularity. the Nicolson nas been laid, ots that sold Wa years ago ior $3,500 now sell for 5,600, iret ree south side of Thirtieth’ street, 175 weet east of Madison ave- nue; slz0 21350, Owner, T. Hoyh July 16,—Firat class four story and basement brown atone house, aiinuatod on the south elde xu ghorty eighth rook, 225 . Me vemunt quite au Gens fe fect West 1 avenue; mze 95268. Owner, J. Bryan, laying the Saad We mew att for b-- rade Lor | erhree tive story brick stores and tenetsentay wituated at 62, than in Clinton. ‘Notwithstanding this ere are Seas 86 First stroet; sizea oned{x48 each, onedix46, Owaer, in Henry strect, a street previous to those who fight to the last every project for Joying Briek shop, situated No. 103 Greenwich atrect; size 25x30, this pavement in etreets now laid wiin cobble gtone; bi 38 arg yeu but the Commissoners, believing that the aaditional Trick two story shop situated on tho north side of Third xpenge of laying an improved pavement will be Wen J75 Coot west of Lewis street, size, xi, Owner, W, ore that met by the increased value to property, re + solutely adhere thet own policy. ‘The Surimphaw BOBLD ctaeee ONT toe ee Beentat, of the. oo avement has not yet been tested to the fame degree ler. th aide of y 4 Owner, J.B Mil angie hat the Nicoison has, but much ts hoped for ite Two ftory dwolling sitnated on the north side of Forty. On Fulton street the Belgian Cop ony 1s to bo RyER myer poet east of Pbird avenus; size, 2x70, laid this fail 118 entire length, and on Myrtle avenue , bay the same pavement Js to ve laid to Bediord avenue, ly LZ Brick three story elit ene oa oe gee Pierrepont street, the next street to Puiton, has been nue; size, 25242. Owned, Catherine Hughes, repaved With Nicolson, Montague street, the next Brick dwelling, situated No. 73 Greene sireet, In rear; to Pierrepont, 18 now being repayed with Sorim- | size, 9x20, Owners, Berren & Varick, siaw. Remsen, Wie next street to Montague, 18 | Three first claes three story brown stone dwellings, slinated already partially paved with Belgian, and Unis pave- | Om the north ade of Lath siicet BLO feet west of Second are- ment Will cousequentiy be continued ay tar as Court | “Yjndry shed, situated on the north side of Twenty-Atth street. On Court siree!, one of the main thoroughs | street, 12 feet enat of kieventh avenue 0, 62x100, Owners lures of Brooklyn, the Belgian pavement is to be iaid. | G. B, & W. W. Cornell, 7 Clinton, as 18 Well Known, 14 paved with Nicolson. | July 19- "First class threo story brown stone Awalling, situ: Henry street, he next atreet west of Clinton, will | sted on the north of Seventy-ninth xtrect, twenty-five be paved with Scrimanaw, provided the experiment Ay ag avenue; aizo, 20x50, Owners, Willams, with tuis pavement on Montague prove satisfactory. Te: Ruaning trom City Hall towards vrospect Park 6 Fulton avenne, in which is to be laid the Beigiay avemment, Livingston street will be repaved with imshaw, And Schermerhorn is already repaviny with Nicol#on, Atlantic street was once the chief | gp! thoroughiare of Brooklyn, but bow, for yartous rea- sons, has heen cast ih the shade by othe: The repaving of this street the Board have had under pane eration ed gt protons and it ar Moga, tivated ah ihe ocd aie OF eae wvonn Hinally been deterinined to lay @ wooden pavement ~ reat 4 from Pintbush avenue to Honry street, and thence to Brgrattt NOTH of Binty-ret mtroet; size, Mab0. Own the river with welgian pavement, the grade | "VITO" yy, ents, witiated at No. being unsuitable for’ the uso of wood.” The | 191 Eas wee’, nes 2ON6 Oveneres Hat tye rail formerly ased by the @team cara still Three three situated on tae north aide lies in Auantic stree, and there secs to | of Of Third avenue; size, be 00 po Wer in the Common Council to move it, The Commissioners have arcanged with Mr. tt ardaon, the lessee of te Atlantic road, to replace It three story brown atone dwellings, situated ot Fourti avenue, between Bighiy-lith and ota; #120 Of aight, 2x50, of two, Zax00, Owner, “Brick (wo story dwelling, situated on the north aide of Se¢- seventh Leta’) Pah feet west of Becond avenue; size, J, MeCabey Ys uv Ohio atone dwellings, sitnated le of Fifty-fifth streot, 835 feet west of Kighth Avenue; ize, 16x50, Owner, J, MoKiniey, ‘Three firat Class four story and basement brown stone dwe ney tron dwelling Hghty-aeventh atreet, 218 fi rce story and basement first olan brown stone dwellfnz, (on the north aide of Foriy-seventh rect, Ygiween ' wud Tenth ave ize, 19, Owuer, Ke Auld, At his own expense with the Philadeiplia i"! rail, | x First clan t ee rn dwelling, situated on the With tae completion of these tmprovements all tie north side of Fiiy-firat stre iget oat ot Tenth avenvio; principal street of the weevern section of ine eiily , 8% Wextl. J. Perel ‘iadio and dwelling, situated on the fh street, 150 feat eat af Third avenue; Ww 5 rick dwalling, sKuatod on the north Will be weil paved. STREET CLEANING. Tia Important service Caue under Wie CLarge of vu aboce tivat ee 1a mya, 18 fot weet of Second avenue; sine Sty THE POWELL EXPEDITION. Another Letter from Professor Powell. J Dr, Richard Edwards, of the Normal Uni: Bloomington, Ill., has received the following from Major Powell. It will be seen that the Major ig all right:— % De ae av Mours oF THB Urntan, June 29, 1669, * » EDWAIDS:— y . My Deas Sin—The party hae reached this point it safety, having run four cauyons of about twenty-five mites in each, the Walls of which were from feet high. We found falis and 7 rapids, when we were compelied to make one of our boats and lost about one third of our supplies and part of the instruments. i The inte Were dupiicated, but the 1088 j rations will compel us to shorten the (ime for t work. You will perceive an of our trip. more to detail in the Clicago ne, as 1 ahi send some letters to it for pubilcstion. r tue wreck I lost my papers, and have to : plant dryers for my ietter paper. 1 hav@ _ not made a large general coliection, but have. 3 One fossils, a grand geclogical one. ani map. Shall walk to the Uintah Indian about twenty-five or thircy miles from yrs wi I shall mail this letter, and Lope to ag vere some news. The boats seem wo B BuCceRs; although filled with water by the waves many wm they never sink. The light cabins abtached to end act well as buoys, ‘ihe wreck was due 10 miss) undersianding the signal, the captain of the bo: keeping it too far out in the river, abd #o Was LOI able to land avove the falis, but was drifted over. We shail rest here tor eight oF ten days, Wiake ree | pairs aud dxy our rations, which have been wel so Tuany times that they are aimost ta a spoiling coi qdition; in fact, we have Jost nearly Nall by one mii hap and another, 1 have personaily enjoyed myselé much, the scenery being Wild aud grand beyoud dee scription, Aji im good Lieaith, aii la good sp rils aud all with high hopes of success. [ sitall hasten to the Grand and Green, as J au yery anxious Ww lake o! servations on the 7th Of Au@ustoi the eclipse. With earnest Wishes for your coutimued success dud [rode per.ty at Normal, I aus, with great respect, yours cordiully, dW. POW SLL Additional and Thrilling Particulars of the Descent of the Rupids. Mr. Byers, of the Powell expedition, brother of the editor of the venver ews, writes to Uhut paper, under date June 19, from the mouth of Bear river. We extract the main portion of ils letter :— We started down the canon of Ladore the morn- ing of the 8th, dancing over the rapids at raibroi ‘ speed,juntil a foaming calaract ahead warned us t haul and eXamine it, Mad vo let our boats dow! by ropes a few hundred yards past the worst of wn rapids, and after dinner lauucued out agai into tht current and proceeded rupidiy, only stuppiuyg to ba: when breakers flied us two inil wo ran; rapids coms ing In guick succession, About One O'CLOCK Lhe Bye bai boat signals at the foot o1 a very bad rapid to go ashore; boats nearly iuli of water—two were made fast, but owing to not understand- ing the signal the crew of the Name” failed very effectually, owing main to having 80 Much water aboard as to make her nearly or quite unmanageable; otherwise, phe mistake was seen by us iu time to save her, Our next move alter sailing to get in, was to ran her ag jong as she would sivat and gradually work ber ashore on the bar below, wWiiere, from the spray and foam, showed shoal water. Sue sunk, however, striking rocks ag sue passed along, until sue wag stove up so bad that there was no use to Blay by Der any longer, 80 the crew all at (he same time cou cluded quickly to strike for the oar. She nad knocked twoof us oil cwice, but we nad clung to her and waited for another thump to apring toward the bar or shoals which we were rapidly neurtug. 10 came quickly, One of us, Frank Goodman, was swept over aud finmediately struck for ue bar I tid my brother wo jump, aud I made @ spring, Fe ing quire au impetus from her deck, which was about six inches under Water, striking among the rocks in about aix feet of water; but vy a stroke or (wo more in the lee of the rocks where the current was oroken, 1 suc- ceeded in anchoring myself safuly on tue shval of the bag My brother struck tue suoal one hundred feet lower down, aud Goodiian was ciunging for dear life to a boulder a3 vig us @ barrel, uity feet above, and asking for assistance. He had taken @ good deal of water, out we managed to yet a root from some drift on the var,-and reached it (0 him, to which he clung until We got lin oul. During thie time those on sore Were rusuing down to our neip, but we so compietely distanced them in our ride through the waves, that we were out.of sigitt whully before we struck the var. We did not any of us re- ceive any serious injury, barely @ few buinps on dasued us our shing as the waves the rocks in the shoal. Our gand bar had a large pine trunk driited upon it, from the pitch of which, after drying our maiches, we succeeded in starung @ tire. Our position on the bar soon began to look serious, as the water was rapidly rising, 80 much 80 that what were bouivers inbedued in we sand when we landed was geiting like the shoal above. However, Mr. Sumner, as soon as Wey could let the little boat down to us and dump ni cargo, crossed the chunnel to where we could reac bis boat. We then turned the boat up among the shoals as far as we could stand and wade, woen three got in her, and the others heid ner nose until they get their oars in position ready for a sharp ven- ture. Her nose was pushed into the current, the oars plying rapidly; struck one rock, tilting 8 up at an angie of forty-five degrees; off in the 1oam be- Jow, and struck shore tweity-ilve yaras above a rfect hell of foam, sate aud sound, barring 0 fow ruises and a slight ducking. With this boat we lost 2,000 pounds of provisions, besides the bedding and entire clothing of the crew of three men, with the exception of a shirc and pair of drawers aptece, We did not go thus scantiiy clad for comfort, but for safety in case of any iniglap. Any superfluous clothing ts @ bthdrauce in ihe water, We camped here until te morning of the loth, having reclaimed from the Wrevk beiow a ba- tometer and two or three thermouiéters, a biue keg. and some wax candies afvuat, Notulag more hus turned up since, except a sack of dour, too far gone to be of use. Our three guns, aurmumtion, pistols, knives, belts, scabbarda, &c., ‘aituough we tried all kinds of methods, we could not fad. My notes u to that time Were all lost, a3 _alao our topograpuical work, instruments, &c. Alter finding it ui 00 use to seek further over the lost cargo, we let down our boats about three-fourths of a wiie to the uexd of another fall, where we camped. On the ilth we made a portage of provisious 100 yaras, and camped under the edge of overhanging rock 1,000 leet above us, with a beach of sand avout sixteen feot wide and 100 long. On tue 12th we made & portage of 160 yards, ivaded up and ran down into. smooth water, just ove Heavy Kapids, and camped, From the sceue of the wreck Lo tis poius. we have worked our way down over bad rapids and falls about ieur and a lialf mues, Here we slay in caup nigats of the 12th, the 13th and 14th, to repair sowewhat the ralment of the wrecked and dry our cargoes, climb mountains aid do what topographical work was lost, ag ia [resi in memory. | ‘Lhe 15ta of June we let down our bouts a quarter of a mile, unloaded aud made trai) a quarter of a mile for to-morrow’s portage: the 10th cinmbed Blacktail cliff, measured 1s height with barometer, took the surrounding topography from ita top, made portage of a quarter of a ine, and dropped down a mule to the falls and camped unitl the morning of the 17th; made portage of one-haif mile the 16th, and. jet Our boats down aud joaded; morning of the 1ith shouldered biankets, went down to the boats and let down, Joaded, another haif mile, then ran half ainie, let down 200 yards, made portage of forty yards and then let down, loaded, 200 yards mores aiterwards rap down three and a quarter miles and camped; morning of the 18th ran dows four and quarter Miles to the mouth of Bear river, were w stay until the 21st. Our trip thus far has been pretty severe, still very exciting. Wien we have to run rapidd nothing fi miore exhilarating; tt Looe tu py @ raptd wrata 9} thought and action, equalled only by the river’ progress; and a8 @ breaker dashes over us, as we Suoot out from one side or the other, atter havin run the fall, one feels like beet It must bo" something \ike the excicement of battie at the poing. of victory, or much more agreeable, ‘haps, Mucl ta produce this effect, 1 conceive, 18 to be attribute to tue purity of the atmosphere, cleansed as it 1a by the ge J dashed througi it by the rushing river, of which one gets bountiful draughts ag he gous plung- ing down the tide with all the senses fn active play, A caim, smooth stream, running only at the ral oF five or #ix miles per hour, 18 @ horror we ail detest how, although we make more distance in the sam length of time; but tie trouble 1s we don’t get wet nor liave the slightest sense of danger. Danger is our life, it seems how, almost. As goon as the suT~ face of the river looks smooth ail 18 lisuessyess and grumbling at the siuggish current, unless some Uuniucky goose comes within range of our rifles. But just let a whe foam show Iteeif ahead and everything is as jolly and fall of life ag an irish “wake? or erry maxing, o1 anytuing of that sort, Jokes generate faster an thi-ker than mosquitoes from a bog, and everythin ig as merry a8 & marriage bell, The soenery throug! the canyons we bave passed thus far is trary wonder~ fal. The river tnd ton to ran witiout design, start. ing into the highest mouutain from out » broad valley, avd cutting it down from dome 10 base, leaving on either side towering clits, massive but~ tresses, quamtly carved coraices and piiiars, huge amphitheatres with numbericas terraces, dotwd with cedar and pinon trees, one above the other {iy wonderful order to We very top immense gorges, deep chasins, curiously worn cleits, all worn sharp. and clear as the finest masonry, and after havin; cut in twain one, going for another and serving 1 the same. ‘the country we have passed through ag yet, Win the exception of Brown's Hole, for any useiu) purpose 18 almost utterly worthiess, ‘Chat im tne Holy, twenty-five or thirty miles im length ard ven wWiue, 14 good for grazing purposes, There ie here and there a bottom of A lew acres where could be cut some hay, but they are scarce, Game Is plenty in the hills, whitch ure covered with cedar, pinou, sage and some bunches of grasa, but is not suiled to any domesticared duimais, A postscript, daved wouth of Uintah river, June 3), Contains no Important acdittonal daformacon. COURT CALENDAI—TANS DAT. mm CounT—Ou ams Nos. 6%, 6%, 61, Oty VA 1LB, 14, 185, 100, 151, 155, 161, 170, 175) by 195, 104, 10% 29/, Lv, 200, Wi, OL Bu it, a4, B 170, 109, 4