The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1869, Page 8

Jersey City. BvrG.ary.—The lager beer saloon of Ernat Mer- on was entered on Sunday night by thieves, who Sitnec off $300 worth of liquors, cigara and pipes ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.—Mr. George Whitley was in the act of examining a revolver at his residence, 10 YVarick street, yesterday morning, when it hed aoe) ntatly discharged, and the ball passed throug! fr ert hand, infileting @ severe and paintal wound. R is feared that amputation Will be necessary. OPENING OF Sr, PETER's SCHOOLS.—The paro- @hial schools attached to St. Peter’s courch were Yeopened yesterday. The Christian Brothers were tailed tu the male school, which had been in ire of lay teachers, The sisters ol Charity will n their school next Monday, at Grand Street Hall, recently purchased by thein, and which will Qcurd ample eccommodations te several hundred ohiidren, DANGER OF THROWING STONES OR BRICKS.—Shortly after seven o'clock last evening several boys were playing around a pile of lumber in South Eighth atreet, and, happening to annoy aman who resided du the neighborhood, he took up & brick and haried Mat the children, The misstie strack a child about $wo years of age, belong.ag to Jona Donnetian, in the forehead, 1ndicting a fracture of the frontal boae on the leit side, ‘The man 18 kLown aud will be are resved. Tue New York Hack™en at the ferries continue to give troudle, Yesterday forenoon one of this (ra- Werniiy took up the trunk of two colored persons wheiler tiey would or not, and insisted tn escorting one side of the river to the other, When ho at the Jersey side he deuanded a doliar for his wouble, whatever that amounted to. #ut the Jain Was Spoves by the uvexpected arrival of a olceman, WhO left the felloy tue a'teruxuve of pong to the prison or returntag to New 4 oy toe next boat. The hackmun took his departare Wituout obtaining tie dollar, A JEXAN BULL ON THE RAMPAGE,—Great excite- Ment prevailed for a time in Grove street yesteraxy. A Texan steer, which it was supposed escaped irom the abattoir, ran wildly through tie street, and rove tue crowd in every direction, Culel of Police asquad of puilcemen appeared on te and @ shot was Ured from a pistol, tae dail sring the animal’s suoulder, The oniy eect of wus toudd {acl to bis rage. Auother bai eu- 1¢ OF 18 eyes, Dub this did not seem to aifect He dartes off to the direction of sue raliread @-lued his tail, and suddes nie bo # stand, Linity suugus fOr, aud a ball frou dd inv fis sored and he fell, Cnviss OF THE JExsry Oiry Yacur CLus.—The Jersey City Yacht Club went on their annual cruise afternoon, The following boats comprise —Virginia, Commodore Hill; Jennie, Vice Gominodore Jar. ecriess, Feix O'Uonnor; Apouo, Charies Welipae, John McKinstry, Ada, & J y sis, (steain yacht), Jono Rovi,ers. € proceeded to Siaten island and aficr coasting avou d for a few hours stopped at Joe ) Where a Com pilmentary hop Was given last nijut, Tuis moraine they will resume ther cruise UL ach Shrewsbury, where tiey will rea three or four days, after which they will tirow oat their ines for biue fish from sundy Hook bo Jar Rockaway and thea rerura nome, Commuuipaw, Tas AbaTrom Lausocii0.—Tie hearing of the a@rguaient ou the injunciion suit will take place in Qhaucellor Zavriskie’s cuambers on Friday. Among ho witnesses will be Professor Doreinus, of New ork, and Dr, Mulcahy, of Jersey City, who have been employed to auaiyze the water in the vicinity of the abattoir, Bol these gentlemen bave had uch large experience that their testimony will great weight in shaping the decision oF the rt Hudson City. STADBING AFRAY.—Several men and boys were engaged in’ tshing at the Newark turnpike bridge, over the Hackensack river, yesterday morning, when an altercation oceurred between some of them, the upshot of watch was that & young man uained Caar.es Casey was stabued im the nece with a kaue, Casey felidown aud became mecusible, whie the entire party Who Were with hin ued, tu:ough fear of gousequences. ie was seen soon afterward by a boatman, Who carried hin of the bridge aad fad res.orauives applied with euccess jewark, Tre CoanGE AGainsr MR. MeERniTT.—In regard to the fraudulent lana case recently published in the HeRaty, Mr. FE. P. Merritt, of Commerce street, states that he was nov in any way connected with We case, nor Was Le arrested, Tue BRowN Pract oF Prowisz® CasE.—Sylva- Bus D. Brown, the young Hudson City coal dealer, ‘Who is now confloed in the Essex county jall pend- ing trial on & breach of promise of marriage, ought by Miss Sarai O. Barton, was before Judge epee yesterday Ou @ WFit of Dabeas corpus ou a motion for discharge offered by his counsel, Coun- gel for piainull made an argument against the mo- Won. Judge Depue took the papers and will reader @ decision this foreuoon, Meanwhile Sylvanus was Femanded to prison. ISTERESTING CORNER STONE LAYING CEREMON- mus.—Yesterday afternoon, in presence of a large Concourse of people, principally German citizens, the corner stone of tho new hail of the Newark Soctal Turnverecin was laid with appropriate cere- monies of an unusually interesting character, cone Sisting of music and addresses. The cere- Muny of laying the stone was conducted by Mr. Fred, Heenwagen, President of the Turaver- io. An dudress, Wnica elicited warm appisuse, was Geilvered by Mr. B. Vrieste, Among the societies Waich took part in the singing portioa of the festival Were the Elntrocht, Aurora, Arion, German Veteran and Dramavic Taalia, The new hail ts located on Piave street, between Bauk and Market, aad will ost when completed, With lot included, about 20,000. The occasion was one In whica the Ger- mab element felt a decp interest, Paterson. Fatat. RAILROAD ACcIDENT.—Peter Turner, fore Man of Dexter Lambort’s silk mill, while walking on the track of the Erie Ratiroad at a point between Paterson and Citfton last evenlug, was run over by the iigotuing express train and instantly killed. ‘The deceased had been toa pionic aud Was on hia Way home when he met bis death, Deceased was fifty years old, aud leaves @ wie and four cuudren to Invurn fits los, STABLING ArFRAY.—A young Man named Matthew Suttle was set upon Saturday night by a party of young men in a condition considerably the worse for liquor and a lond quarrei soon ended in a regular Aght. Jn the melee suttie was stabved several times 4: tie arm and side, and bad bs head and face Shockingiy bruised. No arrests were mie, the in- lured mau deciining to make any he nawes of lis assailants, Wounded Suttle’s injarr Berous. BRUTAL ASSAULT sNxD Rowanry.—About twelve o'clock on Sundsy night three men, named Eugene Morphy, Benjamin Bilton aad Join Slater, entered the American sfotel, corner Tailroad, and demanded 4 ‘ 2 @on agninst selling liquor on Sunday being very ring Mr. George Doremus, the proprietor, de. Died their request, when rio set opon him deat him in &most shameful m The sssail- omMplaint or giv Altaougi severely are not cousideres dan- ie fn Pater. Ants then decany ig Mr. on the coor, Wi full he Giscovered tial KeLvOvK, u Aifty dollars, was unssiug, ‘Ihe police were informed, and Ain arresting cugene Murpoy, who as committed t jeil, The other two have uot yet been ariested. ‘ Sav A DENT—TWO FEMALES DROWNED BY TOR Urserrixe or A Rownoat.—Avout seven o'clock on Sunday evening a voy fourteen years of age, named James Chadwick, residing at 49 Pr: mapect street, was rowing @ boat containing hunseif and four litte cousins —Elizabeth, iiand Riehard Jor- Gan—in tne Pansnic river, uear the Broadway brid: ‘The boy was a good rower and the children were en. joying themscives, When a woman named Elizabeth cCarty appeared upon the bank ‘aud desired to be Jerried across the river to the house of Henry P, Doremus, where she worked. The w n was taken ox board and when avout haif acros river sie picked up one of the children, Elizabeth Jor Gan, about eight years old, and instead of setilug down again upon the s took @ seat upon the gunwale of the bos As she was a person weigbing nearly 200 pounds, th course rolied over instantly and all b e tumbled overboard. The woman clung to the girl in her arms (Elizabeth) and both went to the bottom and were drowned, By the almost superhuman ex. ertions and commendable bravery, yous Chadwick succeeded in rescuing the over children and iting tern upon the bottom of the overturned it, whore they remained nntil rescued by another boat Sent out from the shore in answer to their cries for help. The bodies of the woman and child wero re- covered ged afverwards. An inquest was hold Yesterday by Coroner Avison, and a verdict of *accl- dental drowning” rendered. The occurrence has cast a gloom over the entire community, and the Hef of the tntimate relatives of the deceased 19 Cry sorrowful. The accident was due entively to the wneccountable movements of the wom! jan, and aoaneen clung to the little girl the latter would aise Leen saved by young Chadwick, Elizabeth, THR Cuvnow BuncLAUtes at Weatfeld and elae- where during the past week have given rise to great eee. The conductor of the train on which Hunder was conveye: . P. Sam Dory, as publisnca,’ > “49% ¥. Doughty, Bos Trenton, PATALLY Berwep.—On Friday night @ colored girl omployed at a hotel In Lawrenceville, In this eounty, retired to bed at the usual Kour, and while smoking @ pipe she unwittingly fell asleep, when ‘ho clotiing caugnt Gre, and ere long she became #0 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 381, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. such burne that envelopea fn fiames, ny she died on Satur- rdhot nasistance Was of no aval! day morniog, A eoroner’s Yury returned @ ve! im accordance with the lng circumstances, BraTB PRISON MAITERS.—Ihe new wing de- signed for a shoe shep is rapidly progressing tow- ard compiotion, and is expected to be ultlized this year. its 240 feet long and fifty feet wide, and will accommodate 300 men. It is being substantially built of stone and will cost about $40,000, Last week the noterious highwayman and pI ar Smyth Storms, trom Bergen county, was a }, have ing served @ term of five years, He te a fugitive from justice from Orange county, N. Y., and olwer places, and was regarded wiitte at large as a terror to the community where he de ed, The Germans of Pennsyivania have orgapized @ comuittee to prevail upon the New Jersey Court of Paraons to pardon the convict Lows Waldenbur- r, Who is imprisoned for.tife fur killing his enil- ren by administering to trem pounded glass in their cotive, The petitioners have gleaned such tnforma- tion ag they say will preve the fatner’s innocence aud attach the crime to the mother, who married @ yery sbort time after Waldenburger’s imprisonment, He ts represented AY the State Prison officers as @ pee prisoner and fully ative to the injustice to which 8 maintains he has been a victim. be WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Sorrosap Rosssky oF HaRness.—-A German named Conrad Walcers was arrested yesterday by an oficer of the Tremont police while in the act of oifering for sale a quantity of Larnessin that village, ‘The prisoner, who is not unknown to the police, relased to state how he obtained the property, and was locked up until an owner can he found for th Its value is perhaps twenty-five or thirty dojlers, Coroner's INQvest,—Last Sunday an inquest was held at Melrose, by Coroner Bathgate, om the re- mains of John O'Gorman, who was killed on that morning by the locomotive of & New Haven train, particulars of which appeared In the HgRaL) of yes- terday. ad, it appears, lost nis lie through sheer recklessness, Siacding with seme Ccompan- ions near the (rack he sai che train approaching at a terrific sped, and remarking to those near Lim that Le coud jump across the track gud In front of the iocomotiye, Waoe Lue attempt, wich resulted in lus death ualr an hour later, A verdict of accie denial death was rendered, O'Gorman was a la- about twenty years of age, gud uumarried, ‘Tut Lars ¥IRE a? TRAMONT, Nothing definite is Jet known as to the origin of the fire which com- pictey destroyed the woollen factory of Wiliam Hotman & ©o., af Yremont, gp Sunday morning, While itis conceded thet dames Were first observed in the engine house, the nigh: watchman on the pre- Tuises avers that he Was tn that building @ short time previous to the fire and not aiscover any- thing upusual. As the e: ishment was whoily composed of wood, tts destraction was erlecied in a litte over an hour, The police, aiced by citizens, succeeded im saving & considerable quanuty of Manufactured goods andsewing machines, About 800 Hperatives ure (now: out Of eriployment by the occurrence, wich has destroyed property to tue amount of 25%, Hxcept the information that they were ? the frm nauwed avove deciined givyog any détalis regarding thelr insur- ance, BROOKLYN CITY. THE COURTS. PUEME COURT—SPECIAL TERIA, Suit by a Daughter Against Her Father—Jus- tification of sureties, Susannar D. French vs, Thos, B. Rhodes,—The plainti in this action is the daughter of the defena- ant, and sues her father for the recovery of @ piano and sewing waghine. The Cours iocently granted the following order:~ Motion denied, provided the sureties on te part of the defencaut justify, &e. in pursnance Of the order so made the sureties justified before Robert Cochran, County Judge, Westcliester county, and togetler testified that they were worth $1 EROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. THE ROBBERY OF $5,000 WorTH OF Dry Goops.— Joseph Kauffman, Louis Schneider and Julius An- tonie, who were arrested on a charge of stealing $5,000 worth of velvets, laces, &c., from the house of Mr. J. A. Laurent, in Classon avenue, near Sackett sireet, were taken before Justice Walsh yesterday = committed to await the action of the Graud ury. Hovsz Ropwery.—The residence of Edwin Coe, No. 41 South Fifth street, E.D., was entered by burglars about two o’cleck yeaterday morning and robbed of wearing apparel, valued at $100. The thieves made ticir entrance through the front base. ment door, and, after heiping themselves to refresh- me ts, ascended to the second story, soothed the meeping Inmates with chloroform, aud departed with their plunder unmolested, BROOKL' CITIZENS’ REFORM ASSOCIATION, The Citizens’ Reform Association met yesterday afternoon, at hali-past four o'clock, in Phoenix Hall, corner of Courmand Montague streets, ex-Judge Morse presiding. The committee appointed at the previous mocting to draft by-laws submitted @ aeries of articies, the Grst of which was that the organization be Known as “rhe Citizens’ Reform Association of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings." Mr. Touitr moved that the organization be called “Tue Taxpayers’ Association.’ og oy MORSE said that they had adopted ihe name (that of the Citizens’ Reform Association) at the previous meeting whey they adopted the con- stitution, This article woe therefore dropped, ‘The next article was that any good gitisen, after a residence Of six months in the coudsry, was elizivie for membership, but sould any member become a candidate for oitice his membership ta thé associa- tion should cease, Mr. HENNESSERY objected to that portion of the ar- ticle In regard to geutiemen ceasiug to be metmbers when they became candidates for office, from tie fact that it might be tha meaus of keeping good mea out of the organization, and in his optuien was i- practicable. His objections were overruled. Article two provided for tiree dele, froma eas ward and county town, to be nominated by president of ward and town associations. Article three related to the presiding oMicers of the association and their powers, Articie four provided for the appointment of a ctairman pro tem. in the absences of the presidens aud vice president. Article five related to the time of meeting. Article sx gave te proaident power to cai spec ting* upon ihe request of any seven delegates, Taemivers having tweuty hours? notic: Ariicie seven, tweaty member 1 constitute a Ung commilices sali be an exe. @ finance committee aud such LY. ees as may be required to be appointed coutVe COME Afticle eigat, 1h of Afveeumeun be 1e nmittes to constas mote Lio success Of the asdociatl Articie nine provided for a floance committee of fourteeu members, one of Whow sua. ue ba wel ten set forth the dutiosjor the treasurer, nnd s eleven the duty Article twelve provided hoid offee watt Articic tuirteen have power to ex vole, for Just cause. Artucie fourteen made it the duty of all su, milvees to report in Writiug upon all matters wi reierred to tem, &e. One article provided for an initiation feo, but on mouon of Mr, Crane it was alr Ole tnelr desire, be sald, toget oat of the ilon’a mou and he aght If men ieit & suilicieot iacerest in ti Movewent Lo come tiere and spend their Lime Ley ‘vould be Willing to contribute wowards Its suppor Without baving @ certain sum stipulated. Mr. CRANK moved that some Clergyimaa He invited to open the meetings with prayer. Several gentlemen objected, not because they did hot beileve in prayers, but because they looked upon 1b a4 & Waste of time, Mr, SHEPPARD said if they had prayers they should call special meetings to have them, ‘the by-laws were adopted, as also an order of busiuess, When the meeung adjourned, legate should eudar year, 2olavion sliath & bWo-tird avy member by h WILLIAMSBURG AGITATED BY A GHOST, A Thousnnd Foots Surround a Presbyteria. Charch to Gaze Upon a Shadow. Last night Captain Woglom and a large force of oMicers from the Forty-Ofth precinct were kept busy in an attempt to disperse a large multitude of men, Women and children, essembied in the nelghbor- hood of the First Presbyterian church, South Fourth and Sixth streets, Williamsburg, for the purpose of Witnessing @ ghost whieh they claim to be visible tes ary at the Tront door of the church, ~ The origin of the Phos story js not Known; but Kevera) garrulous old cluxens stimulate the curiosity of the assembled crowds by telling the st persecuted woman who bu the church many years ago; and o: had the audacity last night to inform fie sutcide in tne 16 suicide in the the church door, Omer stories, ually absurd, were told by persona who have heretofore been considered sane, and tho iny jon made by them was evident enough, I telligent looking Women clung to each other as ifin fear of some impending horror, while their hus- bauds, brothers and sons appeared to be solicitous in comforting them, while they themselves plainly exnil the symptoms of superstitious fear. Among the Jat re noticed men Of standing im the com. munity—doctors, lawyers, merchants, and at least one clergynh: 0. 80 preity was the crowd at nine o'clock, that the police had great ditdeulty in clearing the adjacent sidewalks, but aifes @ time they succeeded in dis- it was i the buik of the crowd, While many hundreds red in the Sagnporenot ‘until after midnight, ‘The potice are of the Ce tt tg no doubt cor. rect, Vg Farr erly u arch door tyre yo caused excitement was prod refi ona small and curiously reet lamp aay @ few feet of tho object. shaped tree standing wil COLORED PEOPLE'S CAMP 1X6, FLUSHING, August 29, 1809, One of the features of our viltage just now ta a union camp mecting of the colored peupie of Queens connty, which is being held at Willets’s Grove, about 8 mule from the outskirts of the town. The spot is admirably suited ior the purpose, being convenient to the roadside and yet secluded, Tue grove bor- ders on Kissena lake, a charming little sheet of water, fed by brooks which im the season abound ‘with trout, The camp, of course, has all tho usual accompaniments of such @ ering—the cake stands aud the beer wagons, the oyster carts and the fruit pediers, The meeting itself ts made up of gs curious & colleotion of humanity as it is possible to get together, Here may be tound the jolly moxo, the Imperturbable Samo, the rollicking Jim Crow, the motherly Dinah and the trresistibie photograph of ail in swaddling clothes. The order of exercises to-day was as follows:—First a fight, then prayer, & fiuin again, then preacning, and afterwaras a figut. ‘The afternoon services consteted of a fight, then sing- ing in the preacher's box, the audience joining in the chorus, Alter another fight, order having been re- stored, & large negro, who had been curs and swearing to bis heart’s content, started a hymn, “We'll press our way to Heben.” Several of the colored ladies at this juncture went into a spot fenced in just under the preacher's box, reserved for those colored people who were mourning on ac count of sin, Affairs Dow became lively, several of the mourners getting grace and maniiesting it by shouting, Glory, I’se got it,” jumping up anda down. At night the scene is well worth witnessing. The grove lichred up with huge bondres of tar; tlie white tents ghatening here aad there tn the uucertain light; the dusky Myures gliding about, above tue half wild, half mourafal melodies a3 they swelled out upon the might atr, cast aspell about the ptace and carried one back lo the pine forests of Virginia ‘before the war.’ Several New Yorkers aud brook. lynices, thronzh motives of curiosity, drove out to the camp ground on Sunday. The meeting 13 to jas’ for two weeks, “REAL ESTATE MATTERS. Real Estate Notes. Some time slace mention was made here of the organization of @ company of capitaiisis to pur- chase a large tract of land in the neighboricod of San Francisco, Cal., containing 3,700 acres. Stee that time the committee, composed of Cornelias Vanderbilt, Jr., Johu B, Wylle, S. Myers, James 0. Stephens, Lawrence Pike and 8. K. Deutsh, of New York, aud OQ. #. Badger, of Calcago, have visited the property proposed vo be purchased, and, having just returned, report favorably regarding Its location, future prospects, dc. An agreement binds the com- pany to purchase, provided the report of the com- mittee was favorabie, and one of the largest sales of real estate ever made may be considered as virtually consummated. The price to be paid ta stated as $2,000,000 in gold, as follows:—8500,000 within ten days after the committee report and $600,000 ou the 1st of November next, $500,000 on the 1st of Novem- ber, 1870, and the remaining $590,000 on tie ist of Novemver, 1871. The following is a summary of the datly sales for the week ending Friday, August iden lea, Amount, Baturday, August 21. + 23 03,740 Monday, August 23. 18 6 Tuesday, August 24. wy Wednesday, August + at Thursday, August 26, + 20 Friday, August 27. + 20 78,710 Total week ending August 27... $471,050 Sales were located as foiluws:— South division. ; Pe 202,955 West division. 106,296, Total city. South of cit: West of city secs BT Total SUDUTDAD.......6eeeeeens $143,720 The Chicago Post of Saturday gives the following particulars of the real estate business in that city:— The quiet in rea) estate circles sull continues, mitl- gated by an unbounded hope in the future, The Most noticeable feature about the transactions of last week is the fact that sage ald not induce a sale of property north of the city Mmits—an unknowo omission probably for Biers South side suburban property continues to Change hauds very satisiac- torily, Considering tue uncertainty of pai ers, and West side lands have received an impetus trom the recent action of the Park Qommissionera, Judge Drummond, of the United States Court, on Saturday, in Chicago, delivered in substance the fol- lowing decision in tho Lake Front case:—The ground in question, comprising the fat lying be- tween Rando!ph ana Madiaon streets, being part of south fraction No, 10 of the government survey, town 59, north range 14 east, which was laid ont in 1839, by Secretary of War Burchard, was granted to the railroads by the Legislature of the State, to be used by them for depots aud other purposes, they to pay to the olty of Onhicago 800,000, and cityto make a deed authorizing companies to construct depots apd use the lands for other purposes. The questions presented to the Court were aa to the effect of this dedication, those made under the suthority of the government, to the right and power of the State to divert it from that purpose, as proposed in this recent act of the Legislature of 1869, and of the right of the United States, by application to a Court of Kquity, to en- forde thia ee toe ton made by its agent, Barchaid. The Court held, trat, that te dedica- tion still remained in the United States, subject to the special pu to which it had been appro- emt Second, that it was Lot Rael ty for the egislature or the city, in the planner indicated by the recent act of the Legislature, to divert it trom that purpose; that lt was competent for the owner of the property to dedicate it to any special purpose, not forbidden by law or sound polloy; aud that the onty right over the property thus dedicated by the State was the nia! 4 which tt had over all property —~ that of eminent domaia; and when by virtue of that Tight the eased Waa to be taken, the necessity for taking it, aud the conseqaeuces of such taking, DP cuntafy and otherwise, Were judicial qneations that the Legislature had no authority to presoribe the price for which any property should be so taken; that the act of the Legisiature did not purport to teke tits property In the miede prescribed Ly law, but by mere legisiative grant to divest tue public and the pilvate lndividuais Owning property abutting upon this puolic ground of thetrrighes in the same, ‘the Judge thougut it fnportaat that an authoritative de- | cisiou shouid be given, aud therefore restratued the lroads from proceeding to act ia the premises. ‘The larm at Middie !sland, L.1,, formerly owned by Y Turuer, has beea recently sold to Mr. Price & Mm, Smith has so1d his “dlae grass about forty acres, near Fort Jeiterson, Las Ly ibert M. Sait srice $2,500, he Flushing Raurdad Cow pauy are preparing to | » their depot at Huniee’s Point to the north sido of tite ferries, The road is nearly graded from v tothe Last river, fs (he intantion of the F © have the road tn operation from White- the new terminus at liuater’s Point by the r. jon of the North Side and Finshing Ratl- road bel ween Winfield and J/uuter's Point 8 rapigiy Additional gangs of oth pun to jay the rails, which repped and bolted to the Joite in such @ Way 1 the continuous rail. Times, veterring to the re- or fi. Kelth to W. G. Ford (of Mem- of 8,000 of land in Isliptown, says was f y a luraver dealer in Wil. ing & soarly buses Of $500,000 to 1 that a year orao ago he bonght of 18 SOMME 4,000 acres lyiug Dotween North sha Connecuquot river, and bounded t y the Long Island and ico be paid ten doliars now paya him for 3,600 acres re—ah advance on the part sold of $144,000, (L. L) Repubtican Watehman Last week Superintendent Barton was in venport prospecting tor the site of new depot and freight house buildings tor the Long Island Rall- road, present @ngine house, which 18 @ good building, Wil 06 ropainted aad put in proper trim for increased bustness. Jt ia the purpose of the pis, tenn, Mr. Keitit p statio on the nor South Sid Inanagement to ron 4 Uoston train over the road as #000 48 Lhe Arrangements can be perfected—prob- ably next iu ti Whether Sag Harbor or Greenport ts not y diguity, not to say that at ite t d, in ether event the ge, of the road requires port ita offices should be on @ feale of © neas And magnitude sulted to the constantly “ing passenger and freight waco which they are des'inod to accommodate, Of course if (as is Probable) the steamers to con- nect wilh Connecticut come to Greenport the whart Will nave to be repaired and a covered pass: from the depot to the Jwnding will be erected. ‘Whether in Attemnpt be made to tuket passengers through to joston or not {t is pretty certain that one or two steamers Will run in connection with trains on the Long Island Katiroad from New London, Conn.” A correspondent of the Chicago vriéune, writing from San Francisco respecting farm Jands, sayes— There are millions upon miliions of acres of wnoc+ oupied jands in Californian which can be had for Rrerae low ## fo leave notuing to compiain of ‘rom the Oregon line to Sau Diewo there stretches wide best of country along the western slope of tl Sierra Nevada witich is peculiarly adap to tho growth of all of the frulis of the temperate zones @nd the semt-tropical. ‘Tho vine thrives hore better than anywhere eise in the world, and most kinds of grain can be grown to advantage for home con+ sumption, and in iany localities with profit for ex downy Ranches with cousiderabie improvements hereon can be found ali aioug tis belt for sale at rates which Wil insure Apievdid returas for the OU jay. From §) 60 to $6 per sore wilt buy Vast tracts, aud sindil Lnproved farms which will yosld & rmwas in Gr nple family can be hed fer tb to $8,000 cache Png old “Forty-Niperss" took up a rancne aia tt with the expec- toreane out of 18 ina couple of is why such farms are sale. It a family will be and have Sonigenlvig can easily do will surely come in i not wait, and un- great and sudden r it worth owning at auy price, Anew class of farmers aud new less me in place of all this truly prospero:s, & the San Francisco po- z 13,000 sacks of ce tpienataten raemge He was of- : as it waga very choicearticle. He will get $23,000 in cash for his wheat crop alone this year, He has alrer-ty 1,000 acres summer fallow: ady for the seed, and, Daving reuted more jand, expects to raise froin 2,400 to 2,800 acres of woeat next yeur. He made & andsomne profit as it is, bat says that if he dared to employ Chinese laborers he could have done the work for half the money and quite as weil. This is ail rorz wel but the lrouble ls that the example tells disastrously on the snail farmers. If they can- not aiso make their thousands of dollars on every crop they are dissalisfled, and complain of ‘nard times,’? ulumately selling out and going off to White Pine or some other distant mining camp in search of sudden and enormous wealth. This 18 a bad state of affairs, but it will ead some imo, and then Call- fornia will become what nature designed her to be— the garden of the worid, Jn ai! fairness { must sav thet I think the time to buy smail farma in Califor- nis is now, and that money invested in such prop- erty this year or next will be wisely invested, and repaying the purchaser many fold in & comparatively brief period of tine, Now Rochelle can now boast of @ magnificent park, calied the “Huguenot Park,” comprising a ract of 600 acres of laud, delightfully situated mid- way between New Kocheile and Pelhamvilie. It has doen laid out with great taste by Major W. R, Berg- hols, civil engineer, Ite drives are sixty-six fevt wide and ita walks sixteen ana a half feet wide. It has @ forest of 100 acres and numerous lakes. It lately had an opening featival, at which were many distinguished persons, ‘he oclcers are:—QOolonel Qichard Lathers, President; Ward Wieeler, Vice Presidont; J. k. Marrison, Secretary and I'reasurer; O. A, Burgess, G. J. Penileld, 8. D. LeFevre and Wil- son G. Hunt, Bxecutive Committee, A Western journal furnishes the following in re- gard to the Chicago Lake tront diliiculty:—A new phate in the Chicago Lake jront controversy ts said 0 have been developed by a bill being fied on behalt of the United States to restrain ail persons concerned trom taking any steps uader the act of the last Lests- lature tn regard to (he lake front. 1t will be rereue bered that some time since Cyrus H. McCormack ‘and Matthew Lafitn. property ownerson Washing- ton avenue, filed bills Yor injunovions to restram the railroad companies from taking, and the city from giving possession of the lanrig in question; though in neither of those cases was an application for an injunction actually made. Subsequentiy the city flied o cross dul] in the Lafiin oxse, asking leave to deposit in court a deed of property to the railroad company, together with $200,000 received as a part paymelt therefor, subject to the order of the court, and pray- ing for an injuncifon to restrain the railroad compa- nies from eilecting the forieitare, provided for in the act, during tho pending of the litigation. Tne mo- tion for an injunction was made, Dut 16 was denied by Judge Williams,, There the matter rested until last Thursday evening, when notice was served on the Common Council that this Sppllcaion for an injunction on behalf of the United States would be made, Tne parties made defendants in the dill are the Illinois Central Ratiroad Company, the Michigan Central Railroad ponineny: and the city of Chicago. The matter {s one of much iaterest. The Chicago Post of Saturday evening gives the following report of the condition of the real estuce market in that city:— ‘There 1s littie new to note for the past week in re- spect to the volame or character of the real estate transactions, A slightly better feeling is manifested in the figures of sales, aud agents say that the con- fidence of holders is continually increasing, and in- side that prices will exhibit a marked strengthening when the crops aro fairly moving and business everaliy becomes more active. ‘Ine largest sale re- orded yesverday Was that of the lot on the north- west corner of Souti Water and Clark streets, froat- ing elghty feet south, buc only flity-fve feet deep, which brought $30,004, or $1,000 per foot, OMiclal Transfers of Real Estate Yesterday. ‘TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK OITY, Lexington av, w e, 80.735 ft n of BBd st, 19.9299. uiloik at, ws, a0 lee of Stanton at, 20275K20x7 ns, 100 ftw of ay B, 48.6xKh2. No 195, 20:08: ‘of LEASES RECORDED Bayard st, No 81, 8 years, per annum, 150, Washington st, No &5, 6 years, per ani i Hed AMANSPERS IN KING COUNTY, Butler at, # #, 265 ft w of Bond et, 30x100, aeeere Commercial wharf, # ¢ 8, 76.8 {t6 w of Gommores ai, 88.40180, tees ae 27, Conselves at, nin, 650 ib € of Kvargroen ay, 60x10. 4,50) Ws, 190 (6m of Central av, 20xi00. PT 8, 997 ft w of Nostrand uv, 28106. — 8, 500 ft @ of Evergreen 26x 50 w 8, indetiaite, 1¢.1x98.11 8,560 ate eh ar mow corner, 22.8440... ae Vniou ay and Sinith rt, n ¢cornur, x] Willoughby av and Hamilton et, 2)x85.10, bend TRANSFERS IN QUEENA COUNTY -DALDWINVILLE. Thomas ay, sw 4, adjoining Golder, I A Ly B5x280....+~ ANTORTAL Fulton st, n wa, 50 ttn w of Main et, 26x100, Dalgletsh. 6,000 Kapesyen aoe sid tn of Flushing ev, 155x50.52164.7 mg Rupeiyen a ig av, 107. 6xb8 Gx Wasi 0 ‘aghington piace, Qd ay, ea, 200 (tn of Jamatoa er, &0 FAR ROCKAWAY, Browers Point, adjoining Prowers Lan: 0 DAT. Doson's lan Wacres, Wiliams & Cole, re 8,500 RAVENS WOO! William etn, 100 fine of Wilbur ay, 60x100. 875 THANKER RS 1X ESSEX COW VTY, Ne J.—-NE WARE Ann st, s &, 100 {tne of Elm at, 2ix10) Keim © 8, 439 ft s of Wavurley pia Bo 64 (¢ @ of Waverley place, Belmont av, se : of Waverley place, 25x1' Buck, corner of Pe 1oors84.. Prelinghnywen ay, ea, 75 {tn of Einmoti at, o5xi00, Kostuith at, #274 (te of Lisle st, 25x100....... Napoleon st, 0°, 62 (U8 of Harnbury plod, axl Someraet sty w &, 86 ft n of Waverley place, 2x10), Wiley and Warten sts, s@ cor 120... DRLLEY! William at, 189 ft from fs, tte" dian 14 turnpike, Inctefialt cy ont ay, Springé ST Ciinton #, € 8, 140 ttn of Suasex » WEsY OF Freemantown road, n &, 5 i Froomantowu road, na, indedalt 0TH ORA Two Indefinite tracts, 54g acres Tndafinite plot, 7g aci “ Park st, ©#, tadefinite, 14 Bloomingdale to Newark (80 82-100 acres. . TRANGYRRS IN 1 Hoboken. © 8, Indefintte, AT, 250 plank road, a Bits oF ti Mati ae Wésdéx | 4745 New ) Cottage place, lot 87, Soott st, 4 8, lot 22, Ovean st, w &, | 134x505120,.... BAYONNE. Bayonne ay, lots 8, 4, plot i, bik Bayonnefay, a x, Iota), Bayonne av, 8, lota 1, ¥, 100190, * f lot av, nf, ote 8, 2, nection $89, Ey Lots 18, 14, 15, BP Mari Tae Tomato Wors.—Oonsiderable alarm has beenexcited inthe minds of nigny persons by a story which has obieined an extensive circulation of 40 individual who had been ‘stung by 3 tomato worty gad died from the effects.” As thé statement haa obtained very genera! credence and threatens to interfere with the gathering and, consequently, with the consumption of tite healthful tomato, and as it also does great injustice to a harmiess worm," tt 1s deemed advisable to give the etory an unequivocal contradiction, The “worm”? alluded to 19 a green caterpillar, occurring duriog the month of August on tl@ tomato and potato vines, which attains @ length of three fiches or more, has @ curved hornof abouta quarter of an inch iongon its hind exiremity and 18 marked with soven Yellowish obligne lines on its sides, When full grown tt buries Heit in the ground, where it con- structs @ little ceil, within which 1% chauges to a pupa, in the following spring, it undergoos Its final tranaformation, and escapes from the ground aa & beautiful iusaming-bird moth which measures five jaches across the wings, and is Known to etomolo. gists as the Spring quinquemacuiata or five abotted sphinx, from the five orange spots on the sides of its body. The caterpiliay 18 perfectly harmless. Jt does not stg, tor is is not provided with that de- fensive weapon. Its horn is incapable of tniicting injury, being simply an ornamental appendage, characteristic of the sphinx famliy to which It be- longs. Jt possesses jaws which are sufficiently strong to enable it to consume the tender leaf of tio tomato with wonderfal dity, but which are not capable, tt is beileved, oF giving a flesh wound, Albany Argus, August 2B. DIVISION OF FLORIDA—The Governor of Florida has recently issued a proclamation for an election in the eignt westernmost counties of Florida, whether they will unite themsoives with Alabama or remain asthey are. Tho election i# ordered for November nel | ‘en,’ within sixty days after approval by gress, there will be a transfer ‘lorida to Alabama of ali “that portion of Plorid ying west of the thread of the Chattahoochee and Apalachico! rivers and west of @ line running due South from ti thread of the mouth of the Apalachicola, bending ‘Weat #0 a8 to pasa between the islands of Kt. Georgo and St. Vincent.” For this Alabama will pay, in ninety days after date, ‘$1,000,000, in bonds bearing interest at the rate of oight per cont per annum, | payable atthe Treasury of Alabama in thirty years alter the date thereof, the mterest to be payavie soml-aunually in ihe city of N Ww York. LIfERATURE, Boeview of New Books. Taw INNOCENTS ABROAD; OR, THR New PILGRIMS? Progress. With 234 filustrations. By Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens, Hartfofd, Conu.: American Poolishing Company. One of the moss decided fallures in the shape of recreation was the excursion on board the steam- ship Quaker Olty in 1867. As Marg Twain has tt, “the pleasure ship was a synagogue and the pleasure trip was a funeral excursion without a corpse.” In & word, & majority of the tourists were too proper {fh their ideas, Imagine @ mortal full of life and ac- Uvity, overflowing with a love of fun and jollity, forced to spend several weeks in the company of men whose highest delight ts the singing of a psalm and whose most entertaining conversation relates to the exact apot where Noali’s ark landed, and one oan appreciate the position of the lew light-hearted passengers during the memorable excursion. The saying of prayers is a most oominendable thing, but too much praying is a crifle monotonous, In his dry, droll way, Mark Twain has descrived the events that transpired during the voyage. Several attempts at divertisement were made, Horse billiards were inauiged in unsucces3- fully, dancing proved an utter failure, a magic lantern exmbition displayed ag its flrat picture ‘a view of Greenwood Cemetery,” whica, doubtless, cast @ damper upon all save the very plous; a mock trial affordea some sport, The success of all these, however, was but limited. Even the music aud singing were remorselessly put down a3 @ nuisance. The only entertainment which proved in tae least agreeabie was the acting of charadea, which was tried “on several évenings by the young goutlomen and ladies, ia the cabins, and proved the most dis- tinguished success of all the amusement expert meuts.”? The Quaker City experienced severe head winds and the pilgrims went to praying for tatr Wind, much tothe disgust of the executive officer, Who referred to the fact that for one vessel going east at that time of the year there were at ousaud coming west who would meet with hoad winds if the excursionists’ prayer was answered, In spite of his evforts Mark Twain has net been able to invest with more thaa oruimary interest we trip onsca, With such companipas as he had tt is great praise for him when we say that he bas made Itreadable. That ue and others like him dia not die of ennul 1s almost wonderful, But whea be lands on terra juema once again all the pent-up pleasantry is let looso, and he fairly revels ia humor aud droliery. ‘The civilization aod tradiuons of the Old Worid do not di! nis soul with revereaual ave. Old ictures, Od OUllaiugs Aud Oid statuary Re regards, lor the most part, as A Visit to the famous plac thusiasm; it ucrely develops a new iuud of jocus larity, In Rome ne visits the Coliseum, and writes about the giadiators, tie martyrs ana tue uons, and rejoices that he 18 “.he only free Wilve Mau of ina. ture age” who never once used the phrase “butca- ered to make a Roman fvliday” iu connection with what he writes wbout since Byron originated tie expression. Kome he declares @ vore, ald wile on the subject of monotony observes:— In this connection I wish to say one word about Michael Angelo Buonarotti. I used to wor he mighty genius of icone) Angelo—that man who was io poetry, paint~ ing, sculpture, arciitectury: fn everyihiug be under- took. Hut {donot want Michael Angelo for breakiast—Lor luncheon—for dinuer—for tea—for supper—for between menld; like ® change occasionally. 1h “Goaoa ‘he. do- aigned everyihing; in Milan he or his pupils designed every- Quing 2 designed the Lake of Como. in Padus, Veroua, Venice, Bologna, who did we ever hear of from guides bus Riicuael angeio? La Florence he palnted everything, We Siguod everystioy, Dearly, and what he did noi design be used to sit on a favoriie sone aod huok bh arid they showed us the siong, In Pisa ue designed @ but the old shot tower, aud they wo tributed that to bim if ic bad not been the perpendicular. Le design Custom “House, regulations ot 6 the Civita Vecchia, je frlublfui, Le deaigued St, Peter a; ue deaigued the Pantheon, th jut here— sigaud the m of t in, th Bh do! Pope; lie deal unif soldfers, the ‘Iber, the Vatican, ‘the Coll the Tarpeiau Kook, the Barberini Paiac the Vampagna) the Appiau Way, the sev of Caracalla, the Clausten Aqueduct, th tn ‘mal bore designed the Eterna: men and books do lie he painte:! everythi other day to his guide, “isnough, eno more! Lump the whois thing! Bay ¢ Itaiy from designs by Michael Angelo!" Luever felt so ferveutly thankful, #0 soothed, eo tranquil, fo filled with a ace us I did yesterduy wieu t earned that iishael ADyel0 was dead. Becoming disgusted with the guides the party {evidently not the pious members inciuded) revease Unemselves by playing the rdle of imbeiitty aad by askiny idiotic questions. Whatever they ure shown, the question is put “By Michasl aged vA lever written by Christopher Columbus Is pronounced a wretched piece of penmanship. Afterwards a bust of the discoverer is shown, and the guide is assed i Christopher Columbus ia dead? He aaswers;— “Oh, corpo di ope three hundred year.” Wink did he ale of “1 uo not know. I cannot tell.” think f* ow, geateelmen, I do not know what he " a Lateran Hills, the Bains oack Naxina— ity, and aniess all tol. Dao aid the enough! Say no the Croutor made ‘sles, ” Wot beamny be do not know. I think be die of brs ” Parent ving fF “im “Ah | which is the bust and which is the pedestal 7” desdal \'* “Santa Maria! Zis ze bust | zis xe pe: Nothing disguated the guides so much as “after they have exbauated their enthusiasm, pointing out to us and praising the beauties of some avcient bronze image or broken-l itatue,” for the party to (as ‘they did) inna atic ndiy oa ep ae 5 can pe - oid out, and thea Une of the quits, however, un- consciously paid them back. He went to the hviel in the morning to ask If the tourists were up, and, in endeavoring to describe to the landlord who he meant, “finished with the casual remark that we Iehey] ‘were lunatics |? ‘@ cannot follow the author in all his wanderings, Wherever he went the ludicrous or ridiculous fex- tures of the country arrested his atvention, render- ing him almost oblivious to seutimental ideas, Tost serious descriptions Se duraerene merged Into jolemn burlesque. Passing all else over we come to his pligrimage in the Holy Land, ‘Liis part of tie work some over-plous and fastidious critics have condemned because, as they urge, of ita levity. We cannot Gud aaytulng 60 very irreverent in bis ac- count. He mereiy insists upon taking a comicai view of the situation, Indeed, he himseii adinits that tne surroundings madg it iipossibie for what men call “serious thoughts,” Relerring to his visit io Judea, he saysi— You canuot think {a this place any mors than you can in any other in Palestine that would be likely to inspire retiec~ tou. Beggars, cripples and monks compass you about and mako you tuluk onty of backshoosh when you woult. rather {think of something more in keeping with tue character of the apot Hig disappointment at the appearance of the Holy Land is not uunatural, when we consider how it nas been exaggerated by writers, tlow many persons are ‘here Who do not think of the river Jordan asa stream of wat of surpassing grandeur and who would not be disappointed when, they discovered 16 to be “only ninety miles long and 60 crooked that & man does not kaow which side of tt he {8 on lait the tier We recognize a4 legitiuate buwor the grave statement that the party ‘looked everywh: as We passed along, but uever saW grain or “crystal of Lot's wife,” although to some this sentence might scem somewhat irreverent, Here and there we tind passages which might have been leit out without injury to the work, ‘The author, however, evidentiy has ao respect for tradit'vu—not even for Bibie tradition. After swailowimy all the free -tniuk- ing and rationailsiic emanations of the day, we shail not strain over @ few paragraphs, wich, marked by austere piety, need not, neceswariy, regarded as sacrilege. if the Holy Land did noi tn- spire the author with enthusiastic emotion have no doubt it was because the Holy Land & been persistently Lied about by neariy ali ot) authors. But aside from religious traditions aad the light treatinent of them, this is a book which must be read to be thoroughly enjoyed. Unlixe the mayjor- ixy of American humorists, Mark Twein uever judulges in bad speliing and Worse graminar, W Vuigarities most frequontiy comprise the jok uses notning but good Anglo-Saxon, and wie! readers langh, as they will ny wines over aud over, merriment arises aolely from tho subject written of, not from tie manner tn wiich it is writ- tep, and i therefore all the more eujoyahie, ® Inaocents Abroad” 1s andoubtedly an casis tn the desert of works on foreign travel with which wo are deluged at the present day. We have read it throughout with great pleasure, and if Mark fwatn Will do no worse in future efforis at bookmaking Will always heartily weicome him to our deek, AProros or Women anp Tugarres. With a pape: Parisian topics, By Olive Logau, New ton, publisher, Miss Logan is® thorough woman, alboit sha doos ardentiy desire to vote and does not hesitate to lec- ture perfidious man for his arbitrary exclusion of her sex from the ballot, Yet, despite her “strong- mindedness,” she, like most other women authors, cannot write an article upon a subject, confining herself to that subject, The result of this very feait- nine disposition to say a little of everything is to be found in the book before us, The papers contained in it are quite pleasant to read, They comprise much about “women and theatres,” and a great aeal more about everything else, Miss Logan has a pert, aploy atyle of saying “lite nothings’ that cannot fail to entertain, Hers 1a not of the highest order of litera- ture by moans, but it is of the thoroughly agreeable sort. Now, as ninety-nine readers out of very hundred read lesa for instruction than for fieazare this Judgment must be regarded as de- cidedly flattering, When @ prot woman writes prettily we are the most enthusiastic of the ‘dear puoiio,” and as Misa bears the reputation of being the one and certatuly docs the other she can rest assured that we read her book through a ow nights ago, every line of it, even to the preface, Seriously, though, a3 We remarked betore, aud “Apropos of Women and Theatres,” the papers con tained in this jittie volume are just the kind ot read- ing matter for the season, Several of tein are familiar to the public, having been published in var t- ous magazines. wit the new ones, will be Tus Mounr KD ge ‘Sheva ” Musto, By "Theodore reruine ; Baseata Cakois. A new collection of Musto and lymns Pi for the use of Sapbatu Schools, Pp teentoe Perkins. New Yorg: A, & Barnea Both of these volumes are admirable hones ‘The first named is designed for tlie “Sabbath and soclal circle,” and ita contents consist of a larg@ number of pieces, both sacred and secular, @ “Teacher's manual of instruction in the elements a music’ add to tte value. The * evidently intended for children. are neatly printed and bound aad are, on the whole, de- serving of praise. Mr. Perkins seems to have gene consclentiously to work in the matter don, and has, Sonne uently, been hablo to preeout SoeenOm ‘possessing tne elements of popu ry SONGS FOR OBRISTIAN WORSHIP IN THE CHAPEL AND FamILy, Selected from the ‘Soi of the Church,” By Rey. C. 8. Robinson. New York: As 8. Barnes & Go. The title of this book explains the contents, leay- ing nothing that we can say, except in commendae tion. Tothe large class of persons who find pleas sure in sing! sacred music In t mit le, OB well as tu niaabe of worship, the Sine wht aoaoee less be warily welcomed. The mechanical execu- tion 18 ali that could be desired, both printingjan@ bundlug being aduurable. GETTYSBURG, The Hlevonth and Twelfth Corps’ Positions-- General Slocum’s LinesAppearance of the Field=The Meade aud Sickics Coutroversy= Jobn Barns and His Neigsvorsa—The Recepe Hoa Bally Gerryspure, August 25, 1969. To-day the general oiicers preceeded at nine A. Me to the right of our position in the second and third day’s engagements and staked out thé linea occupied by the Eleventh and Twelfth corps. This lime rung east, at right angles with the itae on Cemetery ridge, and flualiy bends to the southeast with the right flavk resting on the Baltimore turnpiké at the red bridge. The work of the day was easy of accomplishment, from the fact that the precipttous nature of the fleid in front of that line prevented the Confederates from seriously affecting it; the several attacks made upon it being @ succession of comparatively truitiess efforta to secure possession of tha boid biaiTs, The Eleventh corps, with afew pieces of artuilery, ocenpied th@ apex of the angie formed by the two lines, From the steep hill on which ita guns were planted Wadse worth’s division stretched away across the raying to Cuip’s iii, occupied by the Tweillta corps. Gone eral plocum, accompanied by several oMicers of his command and of the Seventh corps, caretal reviewed the entire tue, aud placed siakes at pro) points to Gesiguate the posiiivus Heid by the several divisions aud brigades. ‘tue vreastworks of loga, raus and stones stil reuisia, aud Do diserences Of opinion occurred Letween oilicers in defining their individual lines, ‘he whole positon on right was found, alier @xamiuanon, to correspon exactly with Colonel Bacueder's eiaborate map the battle tleld aiready 1 tue wands of tue public, so that a detalicd description 1s unnecessary here. the ouly new feature deveioped by tuis meeting of ofl. cers on the Held Was the fact Liat ciocuin’s command Waa Dot driven from !t# pusiiioa, as Bas been repres sented, but was nearly ali isoved oy General Meade to support our left wuen attackes by Longstreet o1 the second afternoon; and that wiile absent the tht line stretched out to hod tie position was tempo+ rarily forced back from vue poiat, which was imme, diately recovered on the return of Sivcum wif Woops that aight, But for the Lue of breastworks, tae few lunettes here and tere occupied by our guns, and the bullets scarred trees, there remaiue notalng to mark the feariu! struggles whick luk place on iuis front, The fields are green with waving corn and clover, and bushes conceal the evidences 01 ba! ve on the blu fences and stone wails, lnimediately oa the mat line tue signe of conilict are sui piainly visible; but tity paces distant one would scarcely recognize the spot ue may have occupied Diinseu wiih oops the engazemeate. The sieade and Sickles controversy has not yes been discussed much, but wii come up to-morrow, When che oMicers review the pusiiobs occupied by the Third corps. General Aieade, it will be rememe bered, asserts that Geueral Sickics advanced a mile beyoud the position assigned to Lim. thus, as ft is alleged, unexpeciediy precipitating ao engage- meut. General Meade ha» beeu expected hore ever since Monday, but there w lo aight very iittie prog~ ot of nis coming. He has severa, chuimpions presen! fowever, and wiea the ollicers go over the Thin corps held together they wili provubly bave an anie mated discussiog Of the question at issue, Congress, although carefully investigaiwyg ibe subject through the agency of the Commitive oo the Conduct of the War, iaued to sete the question in its report, and itis not likely that any satsiaciory conclusion will be attained by to-morrow’s auucipated considera. tou of the affair, All that can ve buw di ‘80, coupilshed 18 t0 mark the positions which Sickieg took up ia bis engagement, icaving It for the future Distorlan to compare these puinis with the orders issued by General Meade and the circumstances aiieuding the outtle, It is aseady aduuited, how- ever, that, whether Bickles eried or not, if he had not become engaged wita the enemy as pe the resulta of the Gettysburg Campaign would big have been far different from wisat were, Tos morrow’s review of the fied by several prominent enerals Will @t least throw considerabié light o1 he subject and present a much clearer it the aituation than has i been maue. to the publics Among the objects of interest associated with the battle are the Home for Soidierw Urphans and Johg Burns, who shouldered his musket and joiued our army, fighting bravely untt) wounded. This Home has about ify inmates. 1t 1s ,ocated in the outaxirts of Gettysburg, just below the cemetery, and te visited by @ great many of the visitors here, Am in the Home are the three tittle culidren whose pore traits in a group were found im the hands of an unknowa deai Union soldier on the battle feild, aud who were nov discovered until four months after the luustrated papers hud pee the picture and puotographic copies had eon Sold througoout the country. The movher of the children ts witn them, aud ou every appropriate occasion the family etrews with nowers the grave of the lather, whose remains were buried tu a marked spot after tue battle, in consequeace of his Poa tue touching picture referrea to lgatiy ciatched 1 lia haads when picked up dead. soiin Burns atl occupies the house Made jamous by photographs as hia residence at the time of (ue va.tie. Some of the Gellysburgera, espe tally those who woud never have resisted the rebels theaiseives, even if called upon to do so, abuse Burna ty strangers, and speak oO; him as a worthless Mon Who foated mto publié Dotice Upon a romantic exagzeration of @ very ordl- nary event—that of veiog wounded wale in pursuit of bis cow. Tne history of the vatrle suiicieatly proves that Buras oa the approaca of the rebels joined our army, ad ‘axing & musket fought bravely, and itis enoagy to meution ia viu- dicating lim froin the caurse of wortiiessness tat he lias carefully saved about $4,090, Pealiged by hun from contrioutions and whe eave of bis piiotoe pha, aud that be appears more vespectabie than Bowe Who seek to injure Hn, He Way been catted upon by several of the gencrals acre, unt ts treated fill no litcle respect by all wi weet dia, strangers sl invariably tifting thai hats to aia oa ls be 1nted out to then fa ite street, The reception and ball this eveutag was 4 brilliant success, and, in addition to Lorming & Most Bgceenne feature of the reumon, was Ube lueans of coutri- buting to the Home for Soliers? orphaus avout $ consisting of the sacpas of sudseriptions over the expouses of the eateriatment. All the general oficers were present, aud th addition to the: lady goesis of the Springs Wovel, many of the Get tysvurg Jair ones parictpated ti the occasion, Among t:@ ladies most opserved on account of beauly, elegance of attire, &c., were Mra, General (i Miss Aioraciisi, god Mrs, General 3 Mrs, J. Forney and daugi- t, Mis, Skilmanu dud daugter, and Mrs. Onaee and dangiter, of Pailadelphia; Misys Coldest, of Bailimore; srs Major Kussell, Ars, and Mass Suilth, Migs Kilue aod Mrg, Captain Bradford, of Wastingion; Miss Addison, of Harriabarg, and Mrs, Colonel Buehler, Mra. Kruth and other notices 2uje jadies of Gettysburg, ‘Tee bail broke up at & late hour, and es f write, although Whe east is light ing up wilh ‘aint gleams of dawn, the hotel 18 juss quieting down to rest and ai} WEST INDIES. The Sitaation in the French Islands, Advices from the French West Indies, dated at Martinique on the 15th of August, report Business dull, but on account of season, however, The fest crop of sugar is nearly all over, prices advancing rapidly; last quotation, 27,50f. or $6 50, gold, for 100 French weight. No cotiee for exportation this season, and maby of the piantera think that this im une last year for tie coffee in this isiand. Some-~ thing seems to aMict the trees, Freight is low for the United states and France, One-tiurd of the presend crop of sugar goes to the United states, Commer cial drefta, no premium, Awerican gold, 6,26f. to the Goilar, America) provisions, four, ac, in demand, Much excitement oxists in regard to the late news: from France, Tho peopie are konapartiat, but op> posed to the self-government of Napoleon Ti,, aud the sympathy is reatly in iavor of the demonstra+ tion nade by the Thiers party, ome cases of yellow fever in the island; rome fatal, but rare. SALn OF DUNDURN CasTL®,~ The Jate residence of Bir Allan McNab fas been sold, with twenty-live acres of land, lor $20,000, which, according to thi Hamiiton Zines, 8 @ mere fraction of the original cost of the building alone, The same authority de- geribes the Jand which has gone with the buildings 8 being the most beauti(ul and highly improved of any to be fonnd tn that “part of the Dominion, abounding In romantic lens, shady rambles, wita #0 uniuilted amount of choice frait trees.’ It ap. pears thatthe purchasers are gentiemen from the bouthern states, and that its destiny is @ hotel—we AUppe one intended as a place of summer FO BOF. — Moni eal Herald, August