The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1869, Page 5

PRINCE ARTHUR. ‘Wile Vielt to the Ontario Provincial Exhibition im London—A Cordial Welcome to the Prince and Governor General Young—An American Fiag Torn Down by Some Too Loyal Britone—Visis of the Royal Party to the Petrolia Oil Regions—Grand Bull by the @itizens of London—Future Movewents of the Prince. Lonpon, Ontario, Sept. 24, 1869. Itacems as if whe entire population of the New PBominion had deserted thelr homes and assembled en masse in this city of London to witness the indus- trial exhibition and pay their respects to the Prince. Wh ia the greatest week, most emphatically, of any ‘within the experience of the past few generations Dereavouts, and its incidents and circumstances ‘will Jive for many, many years in the minds and pleasant memories of the Ontario provinclals. The festivities bave not been compressed into a single @ay, but the whole weck has been given up to ubre- strained amusement and jollity. The provincial exhi- bition, the visit of Prince Arthur and the presence of the Governor General, all simulaneous, would bave stirred up the enthusiasin of any Dommion city; but itis doubizul if anywhere in the confede- racy, from Nova Scotia to Ontario, would there have been such an unanimous suspension of the daily youtine of business for the purpese of uniting in a har4 old carntyal os there has been on the part of tho peomie in this whole section of the counuy, It i in keeping with the truth to say that there was probably uever an oecasion of the kind in the United States where such vast concourses of people have been brought together from day to day. ‘The crowds at the New York State fuirs, at the New England fairs and at all the society agricultural ex tp the States dwindle into almost uver ms @anco when compared with the vast muwutudes which have filied the streets of London almost every Gay and night this week. The scene of humanity has been almost equal to that witmesscd in New York during the Nationa! Democratic. seymour Con- vention, and not far aiferent from the spectacle in Boston during Gilmore's peace jubilee. ‘On the occasion of 60 many rival attractions and tn the presence of such large crowds oi people the city Is of course very gay. When the fair opened on "Puesday the weather was dry and sultry and the streets disagrecably dusty, but in the evening there was @ thunder shower of almost unparaile'cd peverity, wiich cooled the atunosphere, subdued the fying dust and leit all nature in its most happy and $nviting mood. In anticipation of the coming of the Prince the principal strects of tne city were gayly ‘and elaborately decked with fags and bunting, and Bumerous moitocs of welcome depended from ever- green arches in diiferent parts of the town. ‘The retail stores—and there are some here which are hardly outrivalied either in New York or Boston— were almost universally covered with banners and streamers, and the same may be said of hundreds of private dwellings in the more retired streets, Here, as everywhere else, there have been numer- ous poetical tributes to his Koval lilginess, but the eleverest and most cordial of tue whole is one written by Kk. F. Matthews, of this city. lt waa handed to the Prince shortly after his arrival, and he acknowledged the same with a handsoue letier of thanks. ‘There was one little Incident in connection with- the devorations whivii shows the existence here of a biter hostility 10 everything America On one of the arches which span the principal street o1 the eky a large American flag waa blended with the British ensiga. It remained there during the after- noon of the Prince’s arrival, and was there when he paseed bencath the arch en route from we railway station to his quarters, and at that time it was fret opserved by some of the citizens whose loyally to the crown overbaianced their good breed- ing. ‘They immediately employed a gang of roughs to attend to the speedy removal of the oonoxtous Btars aud Stripes from such a prominont posiaon, and, having done tis, they obeyed turcher instrac- tons by tearing the fag into shreds, There was quite a large crowd present at the disgracetul pro- eeeding, and their approbation and disapprobauon were mauliested by luugied cheers and hisses. The affair has caused no litle excitement in London, nd by the better portion of the community iis deeply lamented, from the fact that men of prom nence and wealth are believed to have conceived @nd directed the disgraceful proceeding. ‘ae fag destroyed was the property of J. Deroy, ao American and proprietor of the ‘Tecunsed Ho..3¢, the pete hotel in the city, but hie loss has been made good by the gift of a beautiiul silk banner trom several gentiemen Who were moitificd and indig- Dant at the outrage. ‘The i1BRALD has already given an account of the brilliant manner in which ihe Prince was received ip London, and it is now only necessary to add that the hearty enthusiasin Wiuch greeted lim upon his adyent ‘luesday afternoon has constantly aud yapid)y increased in vigor and determinauva during his sojourn. Everywhere he has been welcomed most cordially, and there have been thousauds of evidences mabifested of the popular ailection aud Fegurd entertamed for the royiti visiior, the nois:est shout o/ approbation was wien his Koyal iiginess Vielied the fair grounds, with Sir John Young, yes- terday alicrnoon. There w about 50,000 peréous assembled, and as the Prince appeared ainong ticm there was one common union of cheering voices. Three times three, again and again, were given in gudvession for {uly Lye ninuces, and the Jain and contusion were such that it seemed a: one Uiue as 1 the multitude would shouidcr tae barouche, horses, Prince ana ali, and bear them in entiusiastic trinmph 4 avound — the grounds. ‘The Prince speat several hours in com- pany with Sir John Young i visiting toe various @epartincnts of the exiubiiion, and probabiy he wit- nessed tie largest aud mosi versatile display of etlock, agricultural products, farming iiapiements and other evidences of industry Ulut he ever saw in bas life. e exhibition, in evers feature and detail, was, indeed, a very fhe one ail much more extensive 1a every departinent than auy ever before held in the province. The stock was the most iafertor of any department, but it should not be overlooked that ‘this is not, in any sense, a stock-producing country. ‘The show of mechanical aud farming baplements ‘Was Very Lumerous. Probably NOL loss than a dozen different patterns of thrashing machiies, as many mowers, reapers and seed sowers were in operation 4p different parts of the Geld, and in one corner there was a regular steam = planing mill at work all the week. The Crystal Palace building, Axpacious structure, erected ‘specially for the pure ‘poses of the exhibition, was filled from pit to dome with specimens of the ingenulty ol tue mechanic, the harvest ef the yeomanry, and the handiwork of the matd and housewlie; and in every department the yeung Prince paused to view carctully whatever there was to interest and instruct. ‘the single fea- seemed to pieave lim Yoronty Daily telegraph, wi thorough and comple newspaper Office in the Dominion. They had their @ditorai, composing and press rooms ali in act operation, and their paper v issued dally, con- taming a full account of the £ full reports of local news, and general news by telegraph frou all parts of the world. Previous to his tour over the grou ‘the exhibition hall, the Prince had t inevitable ordeai of a for the President of the Agricult yy Ma address, and it was commendably brief aud happy, a8 wiil be seen:. MAY IT PLEASE Council of the Agrieut ve wreat pleasure | Hignynss—We, On new evi tence o lively Interest your honored mother, our bveoved Queen, ever exhibits In tae weliare of our Douinton, snd we imbly request that you Will we~wure we Majesty that the children wall aiwa busiasm mul + prove to ively new, ences of a ur Royal f As poaaibie, e opporianity of 4 entative of her M r oats rey te Royal Wiginess yet We preagot the un Foaperons a2 progresalye coun: The response of his Royal Highness, delivered in ‘Dis usual clear and eloquent tone, was as lollows:— GENTE RMeN—I was unprepared for Ao hospitable w recep tion aa Ihave received at the hands of the Agricultural and Fine Arta Association of Oniario, Pray accept my sincere thanks, And at tio samo tins let me assure you that the hibition I am now abyut to enter will” be viewed me with unquestionavie pleasure, My beloved father, justly say, omitted no opportunity to eneor an 7 promote agricultare, — science, the arts ani actures, in all these he uot only per: Hgterosted himeolt, but ikewise paved the way for children to follow his example. I myself aun bit too Hous to do #0, and my visit here this day will have this ditional interest tome: dat 1 shail see in tie exhibition produce and industries of « province of 1 have already received aunicient eviden fare, Lam coi t howe proaperity din whoxe Young, the Governor General, to this section of the Ontario province, he was also formally welcomed. President Mallory, of the Agricultural Society, in rece! ving him spoke as foilow4:— May iv PLease Your Bxotiutyoy— % ‘Agriealtiral ant Arts Ansocintion af tne Woriges of ee Most vordially welcome your Excellency to cur exhtbt- Hon. the oeaggion will aford your Ixvelietay a favoty bie tunity of forming a reliablo estimate of the condi prospects of tue agricultural aud other Induateien of ace, ofl We hove fiat your Kxcellency’s exnecta- peo) of this empire, and from the high character borne by your Excellency as a landed gent! e- aan of the United Kingdom, we beg to express our full con- fidence in your Facellency's administration of the govern- ment of the Dominion of Canada. We beg further to express to your Kzcellency our sincere respect and good wishes to Lady Young and the hope that your Excellency's tour may be mutually pleasant and happy. ‘The Governor General replied as follows GrexvLRMEN—I am much obliged by the cordiality of your welcome to this district, and have no doubt I shall find much to Interest and to admire among the various objects in your exhibition. Every reliance, t am fully convinced, will be placed on the absurances of your ioyal sovereign and your — unfolyne British constitution, — I with you ering the — visit ‘of Royal yh Artur ay, a iresh proof of her Majenty consideration and regard for her people, an these provinces on the anspicious presence of his Royal iigh- ners, Lady Young unites with me in warmly acknowledging the good wishes you offer na, and in assuring yon that we are both most anxiniis to mexit the general good opinion, by the ansiduous discharge of the appertaining to the high position fo which we are pla In the evening there was 9 grand torcblight pro- cession and 2 serenade in honor of the Prince, and his rooms were surrounded by thousands of enthu- silastic and cheering ciuzens. In response to repeated calls he appeared at one of his windows, and alter viewing the brilliant. spectacle before him returned his most cordial thanks for the compii- ment, Yesterday forenoon he made a flying trip to Petrolia, some fifty nities distant, where he spent a pleasant hour tm viewing the numerous and almost inexhaustible oil wells in that locality, A special train for the trip was placed at hits disposal by the Great Western Railway, and on the return journey a superb collation was provided Jn one of the drawing room cara. Afier \ yiving In London again he jro- Geedod af once to the Hellmuth Ladies’ College, ahew educational instiution, Where he paricipate. in the ceremonies of the formal opening. The college is named aiter bean Hellmuth, its founder and bene- factor, and is not only one of the finest edifices, bi promises to be one of her foremost eaucational in- stitutions. Having enfered the coliege precincts, the Dean presented addreases of welcome to the Prince and to Sir John Young, both of whom replied tn grateful acknowledgment, ‘Yne ceremonies of dedication having been per- formed the Governor Generat made a bilef address, ending as follows:—Ladies and gentlemen, | con- clude with coinmending the formal opening of this institution to his Royal Highness, upon whose pre- sence we have so much reason to congratulate our- seives, and who has kindly consented to perform the cereinony of inaugurating the college. am sure, ladies and gentiemen, you will prefer receiving from himself an expression of the good wishes which [ know he entertains for this institution, (Applause.) Prmce Arthur thereupon stepped forward, and with great ease and quiet dignity said:—It gives me sincere pleasure to be present at the formal opening of this admirable college, the fame of which I hear has ulready spread far beyond the limits ot British territory. I understand that several of the young jadies have travelied many hundreds of miles to benefit by the instruction here given, I have no doubt that tls 14 mainly due to the bigh character and well known goodness of my reverend friend the Here st) tree oe whose munificent liberality this institution owes its origin, (Renewed ap- pause.) Mostearnestly I hope that, ander Divine. Providence, every possibie success may attend so ad- mirable and praiseworthy an institution, (Ap- lause.) Mr. Dean, it is my wish that you declare his college open. ‘The DEAN.—At the request of his Royal Highness Ideciare this college now open, ia the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, ‘The Prince ana party were then conitucted through the building and expressed themselves highly pleased. with it, They returned to the parlor and took a glass of wine. Dean Helimuth proposed tue health of the Queen, which was drunk with all the honors, Miss Chnton, the music misiress, and daughter of Mr. Chnton, the great futist, of London, Engiand, then sat down at the plano anu played that brilliant piece, '* Mendelssohn’s Songs without words,” to the grdent pleasure of his Koyal iligh- hess, Who compiimented Miss Clinton upon the exe- caution of the piece. His Royal Highness, the Gover- nor General, and several of the more promipens visi- tors then took their departure for the city, the young ladies agai singing ‘God save the Queen” as tue party left the college. In the eventug the Prince attended a ball given by the citizens in honor of his -presence, at which there was present a very brilliant and select party. As on former occasions of @ like nature the Prince was in his happiest element, and it was not until jong after miduight that he could reconcile himself to leave the gay festivities. At ten o’clock this morning be leaves in a Great Western special train for Niagara Falls, where he will spend a few days in Bight seeing, and tuen indulge a brief pursuit of gatve in some of the wild woods of Northern Onta- rio, Afterwards he will go to Toronto, and perhaps also make @ short cail at Hamilton and Ottawa before proceeding to Montreal, It is detiniely settled that the Prince wit Not visit the United States at present. He informed the JipRaLD correspondent. yesterday that nothing would gratify him more thau @ tour through the Awerican States, andehe deeply regretted that his time for pleasure travel was necessarily so limited as not toadmit of a visit there this fall. He says that his brother, the Prince of Wales, has given him glowing descriptions of the country, and he has no doubt but all the pleasaut things he has beard of it and its institutions will be confirmed by his own observation when he shall have an opportunity of visiting the continent, It will be utterly impossible for him to thiuk of going at present, but he will not retura to the motier country without having made a tour through some of the principal American cities, and it will probably be commenced early in the coming spring. Having finished his tour through the British pr vinces, he will spend the winter montis with hig regiment in Montreal. y to our most gracious attachment in to the The Trip of the Royal Party from London to Niagara FailsEnthasiastic Demonstrations Along the Route=The Reception on the Canas dian BorderAn Informal Visit of His Royal Highness to American Soll~A Grand Ball at the Clifton House. CLIFTON HovusE, NIAGARA Fass, Sept. 25, 00. } The feativities in honor of Prince Arthur increase in brilliancy and enthusiasm as well as in numbers. He is most emphatically the hero of the season in the New Dominion. Everywhere he goes, in country as weil as tn city, there is the same generous welcome, the same unvarying cordiality and the same hearty enthusiasm manifested. When he left London yes- terday morning there were thousands and thousands assembled at the rallway station to unite in the parting cheer aud wish the young Prince God- speed anda safe and happy journey. At every sta- zion, too, all the way to the Falls, there were crowds gathered to pay their respects, and the depots and buildings in the vicinity were elegantly and pro- fusely decorated with flags, bunting, evergreens and flowers. Mr. Swinyard, the manager of the Great Western Railway, furnished @ special train for the Prince and his party, and it ts doubtiul if ever @ railway train contained more passengers of note than were carried in this train, Besides the Prince aud his immediate party, who were provided with aspecial drawing room car for their exclusive use, there was also another coach of similar elegance for Governor General Young and lady; also one for the Lieutenant Governor of the Ontario Province; another for Sir John A, Macdonald, and still another for the accompanying representatives o1 the pri There was also a dining room and baggage car, and anotier for the accommodation of the attendants of the royal party, ‘The locomotive, as well as most of the crs, was tastefully decorated with nage, and as the whole elaborately ornamented ‘train shot rapidly througn the intervening coun- try between London and Niagara the scene presented to the inhabitants along the route must have been one of unsurpassable splendor, A pilot locomotive was kept a mile in advance of the royal train to preclude the possibility of accidents and the whole business of the road was so arrange: for the tune being as to prevent the sligitest delay to the royai special train. ‘The formalities of leave-taking having been con- claded, the locomotive gave two shrill whistles, and, amid the almost deafening cheers of the assem- bled mulutude, moved out of tie depot at precisely quarter past eleven o'clock. All on board, as wellas the employes of the road along the route, were pro- vided With @ special time tavie, neatiy printed in bronze on white satin, Which gave the time of arrival and departure, as well as tie distance be- tween the various stations, At the Ingersoll station, the first after leaving London, there was.a crowd of some three or four thousand assembied, and as the train approacied a royal suitte was tired and a band upon the platform gave # couple of strains of the national anthem. An elegant evergreen arch above, and a Bruasels carpet on the platform beneath, were suMicient hints that the Prince was expected to honor the soll of the town by alighting from the train, and as he complied with the request there was the wildest kind of enthusiasm, n the ladies were not content with the simple waving of landkerchiesa, for they, too, had to unite their,voices with those of tue sterner #ex in the general shout of weleoine, During his brief tarry there was a short address of welcome, to witich ine Prince replied verbally, and then, amid anotuer roar of artillery and deafening cheers, the journey was resumed, At the Wood- atock, Hamilion and St. Catharines stations almost this same scene was repeated, The demonstrations were, In fact, 0 DuMerous that 1t Was with no litte diMiculty that his Royal Highness could get time to partake of tie repast provided in the royal car. At the Hamilton station the cars of the Governor Gen- eral and tenant Governor were detacied and formed into another special train, which proceeded with thelr paskengera to Ottaw: while the Prince and his party kept on to Niagara, Tiv- ing at the Fails promptly at ten minutes past four , Me ere Was a great crowd awaiting the com- ing of his Royal Highness, and the enthusiaam and (emonstrations of welrome ware. in keeping with those exhibited at all the other various places visited im the Dominion. There was a of honor at the depot, a Forel salute, and the crowds assembled doffed their nate gracefully and cheered Justily as the young Prince appeared to view. There ‘were many visiting Americans among the number, and from their subsequent conversation it was clear that their firat impressions of the royal sprig were hone but the most favorable; and it 1s probably not anticipating too much for American sense to belteve that the more they see of the distinguisned visitor the better they wiil like him. After dinnex, in company with Colonel E!phinstone and Lieutenant Pickard, the Prince took & carriage and very quietly drove up and down this side of the river, and then as quietly and unobserved, over the new suspension bridge into the United States, This was at about nine o’ciock, and the movement was unknown to any save the officers at the bridge and one or two members oI the press. ‘The night was a most beautiful one, a ciear, bright moonlight, and the view of the wonderful falis and cbarming surroundings could not have been haa at better advantage. He also made a second and more extended visit to the American side to day, spending a few hours ongtioat Islana and along the shore of the rapids, in the neighborhood of the old suspension bridge. Upon returning to the Can- adtan side he drove up above tie falls just in time to get caught In the most severe thander shower that has been known here for years, The water came in a deluge and roar which almost rivalled the famous cataract itself, and the thunder and lightning accompanying rendered the scene one of feariul grandeur. tiis Royal Highness got drenched, or course, and timidity should not be attributed if he was somewhat concerned about the freaks of Niagara lightping when he saw it shatter- ing wees 60 bn singeneen oer g 4 in his unmediate vicinity. ‘There was a rumor circulated that he came near being wiped out by one of the bolts, but his escape was no more fortunate or singular than that of your correspondent, who was several hundred yards {rom any point where the lightning made @ dangerous descent. AS tins letter closes there is @ royal dance begin- ning im one of the adjoining halis of the Cilitou douse, and the Prince lias entered imto the festtvi- tea with characteristic vigor, He will retaain here until the carly part of next week, ana then, after a Jew days’ hunting snore proceed to Hauilton, treal. Ottawa, and hoi A SOUTHERN TRAG! A Desperado Killed by a Boy of Seventeen Bis Statement, {From the San Antonio (fexas) Express, Sept. 11.) On Thursday evening @ considerable excitement Was caused by the arrest of a boy desperado, on the charge of horse theft. A man had lost a horse at Seguin, and Jearned that a young man had spoken to @ negro about the horse, and, with a companion, got on the track of the thief, who made for this city, Upon therr arrival they apprised the authorities of the theft, and beas4 ‘aiterward fougd the boy at Ward’a. When Buchanan found that he was pur- sued he drew his pistol and showed resistance, and was captured in Ward’s biacksinith shop by the blacksmith, who grabbed him as be was going to pay for the shoeing of his horse. On Friday morning we visited the prisoner, who is a boy seventeen years of age, slight built, blue eyes and open, fearless face—nothing bad in his countenance. He was born in Hallettsville, Texas, and 18 achild of the times, We sepend below his statement as given to Mr. James Fisk. He says he has never hesitated to tell every one he met of bis killing Hennessey, and if he was arrested he had de- termined to make a clean breast of it. He says that he heard it reported that he robbed Hennessey. He says this is a lie, and if the man was robbed it was done by Millet and his crowd. ‘This is the first dim- culty ey ever had and he believes if he had not killed Hennessey he would have killed him, The killing was done about a mile and a half from Fort Wichitaw. STATEMENT OF WILLIR BUCHANAN. My name is Willie Buchanan; I have lived at Seguin for about four years, and this spine went with Capiain E. B. Millet with a drove of beeves to Salt Lake City. Captain Millet had witn him a man pbamed Hennessey, whom he did not like, and encouraged me and bis brother to bef and try and make him leave. Captain Millet told met I ever got into any trouble he would help me out. At Belton Hennessey got into a fuss with another man and drew a knife on him, and the next day he came to me and borrowed six pistol balls. We always called him Captain Tag. I went up to him and asked him to sell me that knife that he drew on Joho Hebrick the nignt before; I just did this for fun; there were no hard feelings between us then; as soon as I said this he commenced cursing and insulting me. was on a wild mule and my pistol wa I rode up beside bim ana said, “Mr. Hennessey, take that back,” and he just laughed at me, and told me to leave there or he would break my head with his pistol. 1 told him three times to take it back; 1 then said, “Mr, Hennessey, if you do not take that back, I swear by my dead mother’s grave, I will kill you tor this when we getiout of Texas.’’ With that I turned and went to camp. ‘This was about the 20th of May. T spoke to him but once after that til the 25th of July, at Which time we were eating and he took my cup, threw the coffee out of it and poured out some for ninself; I ook the cup back again, and he said if 1did not mind what I was doing he would fing me down and stamp my head off; he again took the cup and I said nothing more till we crossed the Arkansas river, We Were sent out on herd to- gether and it was not my time to herd. About two o’clock in the afternoon he was writing a@ letter, and I rode past him three times w attract his attention; I then rode ap to him, within Ywenty steps of him, and jumped off iny horse on the rignt hand side and walked to within ten feet of him, pointed my pistol at his head and id, “Hennessey, you can say your prayers, for I am going to kill you.” He said, “Willie, tor God’s sake don’t shoot me; I take it all back and beg your pardon.’ He begged me this way for about five minutes. I then said, ‘Well, | won't shoot a d——d coward,” and turned to leave him. I was putting my pistol back in the scabbard and bad taken about two steps towards my horse when I heard him ran- ning at me. 1 looked around; he was within about eight feet of me; he had one hand on his pistol and the other reaching for me and his head bent dowa. I believed he intended to catch me and fling me down and stamp my head until I was dead, as he had threatened to do, and mount his horse. and leave. I saw him coming and thought of what he had said, and aimed between his eyos and stot him; as he feil nis head struck my right foot and his body coiled up over it. He was a stout and active man, about thirty-three years of age; could jump thirteen feet, and had Whipped four of the boys in the camp, and choked one until he fainted, and he was much dis- Uked for his overbearing ways, and feared on account of his prowess. I went Ub $k back to cam: aad found them all lying under the wagon, and said:—“Captain Millet, f killed Captain Tag over yonder.” Millet jumped up, put on his pistol and Baid, “Just as Lexpected; some man will kill you belore a year.’ 1 replied, “Well, let that go; you pay me offand let me roll.” He’ sald, “Well, wait ull [come back and see if he 1s dead.” I told bim I would not stay, ior he was going after a sheriff to arrest me; I got on Millets horse and rode off. He owed me about three times the value of the horse. T afterwards heard that Hennessey lived five days. I understand that Millet wrote home that 1 robbed Hennessey of a check of $10,000 and other money, woich isa lie, I had not a cent till | met a friend who loaned me ten doliars. I also undefstand they charge me with teaving a note at- tached to the dead man’s body that I had killed him, @l< learned that Millet left a note with @ meichant in the town near by to the jeffect that the man’s name was Licnnessey and was killed by a boy. Millet took Hennessey and left him and his effects in the town, under medical care, 1 travelled without dimiculfgto Seguin, where my horse broke down, and a frf€ud furnished me the horse I was taken on. 1 was on my way to Mexico, expected to receive a Jetter from my relatives here, and was stopping to getit. I would not have been caught, but a3 1 went to pay for my horseshoeing the blacksmith got hold of me and held me until I was caught. We have not‘learned what disposition will be made of this boy, Whose crime 1s the fruit of his education, aud of real misfortune. We suppose he wiil be held until word can be had from Kansas. TEANIBLE BO‘LER EXPLOSION. The Fate of a Locomotive Engineer and Fireman. (From the Jackson (Misg.) Tribune, Sept. 18.) One of the most terrific explosions that has ever been known in the annals of steam occurred on the Misaissippi Central Railroad, about fourteen miies souti of this city, on Thursday morning last, On that morping the engine Holmes, MeMahon engineer, left Jackeon with a freight train consisting of fourteen or fifteen heavy loaded cars, and all went well until a point was reached about five miles south of Medon, when the boiler suddenly exploded with @ feartal crash, siaking the ground for five miles around, and rending in fragments the entire engine. ‘The smokestack, bell and dome were no- where to be found a few moments after the collapse, though the woods and felis were diligeatiy searched, but subsequently the stack was discovered in the very top of a tall onk tree, several hundred feet from the scene of disaster. The bell and dome have not yet, and in ail probability never will be, found. The bell, being suiall and heavy, must have been hurled through the air with the velocity of a caunon ball. Mr. McMahon, the engineer, was blown, tt is |, itty feet into the air and janded full one hun- dred feet irom the track. When taken up he wi discovered to be mortally wounded, He was hort! bly mutilated, the flesh being almost, literally speak- ing, stripped from one arm and side, while lis whole body was fearfully scalded. He survived the catas- trophe until evening, when death put an end to his auiferings. ‘The fireman was stooping down at the moment of the explosion and consequently escaped the terripic fate of hia superior. He was badly scalded, how- ever, and will probably lose the sight of both his eyes. ‘The Holmes was an old engine, and tt is said that her boiler was very thin and incapable of bearing a dauge of steam,such as would besrequired to movega heavy freight tratn; but the immediate cause of the Sapicsion, it 1s believed, Was in the steam indicator falling to work properly—showing an insuMicient front of steam, whereas there was a silperabun- ‘The fact that by this Rae more than #ix loaded cars were thrown from the track, and the enginie gyink into the ground several feet, will give a faint idea of the force with which the boiler expioded. Nota ment of the vast iron work larger than a erson’s hand can be found at the scene of the wreck. fothing that we have ever heard of can equal this Jast awful demonstration of the power of the demon MUSICAL REVIEW. William Hall & Son publish the following: — “The Wheel of Fortune,” morceau de salon. J. De Jasionskl, A very clover and artistic work, in which the main theme in six eight time is ornamented and varied by a figure of triplets which only @ thorough musician can make palatable. We do not like the transition to the bravura style commenc- Ing on the sixth page, which appears rather forced. “Front Face March.” Steinhagen, A spirited, stirring match, which has become one of Grafulla’s favorites, It 1s rather too heavy for the plano, but the themes are all good and inspiring. “Puritan’s Daughter Quadrilles.”” Anthony Reiff, Jr. Very few musicians could have made sucha brilliant and attractive set of quadrilles out of such poor materiais as are afforded in this dreary work of Balle, The themes are well chosen, aud the ar- rangement displays originality and tact. Schirmer publishes a very extravrainary compost tion by Richard Hoffman, called a@ “Sonata Bouffe,” founded on #ach themesas thé first figure of the “Lancers,” “Three Blind Mice,” and “Pop Goes the Weasel.?”’ It can only be considered as a curiosity, and serves no purpose in Which any intelligent mu- sician would luke any interest, The last of the themes mentioned is arranged as a tarantella, and possesses atleast the merit of quaintness and pe- culiarity, Mr. Hoffman might be better employed than attending to such things. “The Happy Tears are Falling.’ Song. Henry C. Watson. An exquisite gem as far as the melody is concerned, and the accompaniment is a little tone poem in itself. Such a song 1s a reef from the trash which is too often inflicted upon us, and we only wish there were inore of the same standard of merit pubjhed at the present day. Dodworth publishes a pretty, at called “Les Rayons et les Ombre ideas of sunshiae and shadow are out in the niusic, Fairchild publishes “The Ninepins Quadrille” and “Little Maggie May,” being the two last numbers of Dwyer’s handsome Musical Coronet. ‘They are good dn their way. Ditson & Co, publish the followin “Partum des Fleurs Waltz.” Charles Wels. An exceedingly effective and brilliant work whica will prove @ lasting favorite in the parlor or convert hall. Icis Schullho! all through; but as long as the mate- nals are 80 good we do not object to the “reminis- ceyes. ‘The same house have purchaged the entire coilec- tion of musical works, upwards of seventy in pum- ber, hitherto published by Mason Brothers, ‘Ihe catalogue includes, among other well known Dooks, the bopuiar “Mason and Hoadley Piano Method,” “Root’s Cabinet Organ Instructor,” “Carmina Sacra,” “Jubilee,” &c. We are informed that this addition to the list of publications by Messrs, Ditson & Co. makes it equal in extent and value to that of all other publishers in the United States combined. “Fidelio.” Potpourri, Charles Wels, About the worst kind of work to attempt to transcribe for the fano. As Well might Mr. Wels select the Ninth symphony. He displays a good deal of ability, how- ever, 10 it. “Florence Schottish.”” W. J. Lemon. In the lan- e of A, Ward, an “ornary sort of affair,’ “Malenied,” ‘itetrospection,” “Im Grunen” and “Sonntagsited,’? Teansceeany trom Mendelssohu, by G, A. Osborne. Very little transcription about them, unless that they are gtmplitied ad nauseum. parkling Galop.” M, Hassler. One of those dance tunes which any pianist might sit down and improvise at a moments notice. “Listing on the Will.” Song. H. Smart. A very pretty lituie song, unpretentious and piquant. “The Daisy Valley.” Ballad, Anthony Nish. To which we emphatically say pish! Good ior primary schools and juventic camp meetings. “International Boat Race Galop.” M. Hassier. The composer might be a little more original over such asubject. It would be hard for any crew to row over stich @ weak subject. riage Dame Overture,” four bands. Suppe. A very clever arrangement, by Tncodore Herbert, of this sparkling work. ‘ay, Gentle Moon, Awhile,” «The Wanderer’s Dream,” “Adieu to the Woodlands” and ‘Sey, Mv Heart, Why Art ‘thou Beating?’ Four of Franz Abt’s well-known songs, hanasomely published, and bound to become favorites. The translations of these German songs are exceedingly poor. Lyon & Healy, Chicago, publish the “Don Parasol Mazurka.” Hertel. A commonplace sort of piece, which will not bear criticism, . ‘I. Gordon pudlishes the following:— “La Sylphide.” A. Fesca, ‘This is an elaborate work, Which displays considerable thought ana musical ability, but also demonstrates the lact that the composer 13 unacquainted with the technique of @ piano. It begins with a very effective choral, severe and simpie, aud then merges for a few bars into aliegro scherzando, which is purposeless, and might be left out without injury to the reat of the work. Probably if these few measures were orchestrated une effect would be diiferent, but they are unintelligible for the piano. The succeeding andante cantavile is very pete and rendered douviy effective by the repeated nofes in the bass. The same theme is repeated in the bass with arpeggio accompaniment for the right hand. Tuis part is woo long snd monotonous. ‘The theme in question io DOU cases Is arranged as a trio. We do not like the octuves in the first introduction of the subject. After another purposeiess and irrelevant scherzando comes the gem of the entire work, a lovely minor theme, which, in itself, would make an exceiient nocturne. 'The finale ts poor and commonplace. “Die Felseamthie Overture,” Reissiger. A fine orchestral work, likely, but entirely unguited for tie ive little song ”” In which the ailufully carried ane, “We hive but Once.” Galop. G. Heinsdortf. So so. Good for dancing, not calling for any special comment. “Medley Burlesque.” Arranged by E. Mack. Mr. Mack might be more proiitably employed than dab- bling in such trash, “The Organists’s Companion.” A collection of gems for the organ. 8, I. Gordon. A very desirable arrangemen’, too, and handsomely got up. “The Beacon that Lights Me Home.” Song, J. L. fiatton. A pretty little gem which commenda itself at once to every singer. “oh, Sweet and Fair.” Song. A.S. Sullivan, A work wortiy of Mendeissoin’s graceful pen. Mr. J. N. Pattison, after a long absence from the fieid, 18 engaged upon some of those sparkling works 80 characteristic of his brilliant style. Benjamin iitchcock publishes the first number of his new musical magazine, which supplies a want in Iiterature long felt. The selections are ex- and among te best of his dime rousic serie Phe Starry Fiag,” a national song by Henry Millard, ia one worthy of such @ popular aad accomplished composer, VGite OF THE PEOPLE. Humbug Pavement, A subscriber 1s anxious for information in recard to what he calls the “humbug pavement,” the dust from which he says fills the residences and eyes of residents on Fifth aveuue. He says this dust is worse tian that from any race course, Brondway and Seventh Avenue Railroad, Agentieman complains that the cars on this road are more anxious Lo make “time” than to acconmno- date the pubic. He says that car No, 1 went ata breakneck pace, and would not stop for any one» in- cluding @ dozen or fifteen ladies, and thi prepa it Was raining at the time. He wants to kuow if this 18 according to the charter. Ten Clerks of New York. A “Tea Clerk” writes a grievous story regarding the pay and treatment received at the hands of their employers. The Great American Tea Company, ne says, pay tleir cierks seven dollars a& week salapy, Alter ciphering up the rmpossibility of living on this paltry sum he urges the formation of a protec- live association of the clerks. Suggestion to Save Life. A gentieman of the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company suggests that the East Broadway cars during the building of the new Post Oitice be com- pellea to run through Park row on the same track witirthe Third and Fourth avenue cars. He urges that this Can be done ata very trifling expense and orc ail danger of any more lives Lana | jost from being crashed to death against the new lost Omec feuce. Umbrellas and Brilliancy. A young man who evidently goes heavy on pants, as he signs bimself “$25 Drab Pants Ruined,” makes @ brilliant suggestion on the subject of umbrellas in omnibuses. He wants an umbrella stand furnished to every omnibus. This is wie subject of his brilllancy. Pitching Into the Park Commissioners. “Citizen” insists that the Park Commissioners allow the lake at the lower end of the Park, near the Fifi avenue entrance, to be in a most disgusting an¢ wapealthy condition, He gays it engenders giie and fevers and is an outrage on tie people living In the vicinity, Binst at the Board of Health. A correspondent signing bianself “Sivad’ feels in @ savage humor towards the Board of Health, He takes the removal of offal as his text, and talks of “pestiientia: malaria’? and “meplitical charnals” at a tiunderingly savage rate. He thinks (he Board gf dsaita and of@l company ougit io be recdiivtructed, Staton Island Ferry. “Mac'? went to Staten Isiand last Sunday and intended to return at eight P, M,, but was kept an houror we longer. He says the pretext was the boat had been injured, but the dodge was to help the lager beer saloons in the vicinity. Obstructing Fulton Street. Complaint 1s made by a correspondent that the sidewalks of Fulton street and portions of the car+ ings, way are ocoupled by frait and other venders the great danger and delay of pedesirians and vehicles, He thinks If there is any law in the case % oe to be applied and un wy sHMeRILY FEMe MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. GREAT GOOSE RACK. Dash of 300 Yards to Washtubs, for a Swep= | Mississippi, on the waters of the Red River of the stakes of $210--A Ladicrous Contest, {From the Chtcago Tribune, Sept. 24.) THK GOUSK RACE. If the immense number of people who lined the basin bank yesterday afternoon may be taken as & criterion, then the goose race which took piace then and there must be conceded to be the great mmepei event of the season, Jt was funny, and, better sti! it was free. Consequently, a crowd numbering at least 10,000 people were on hand to witness the novel atiair. For two or three biocks along the east side of Michigan avenue—fcom Puacney to Mortlake, as it were—men, women, boys and girls were densely packed, with a plentiful sprinkling ef carriages furtner back; while the breakwater opposite served the purpose of Hammersinith bridge and afforded an eligibie outlook for at least 1,000 more, It was @ Parucularly respectable gathering, too, No incon- siderable element oi the crowd was male up of mer- chauts aud basiness men, whie neariy 100 stylish equipages were halted in order that the fair occu- pants might see ihe tun. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEME was originally made beiw moi ples of ininstreisy—Paily & Bob Hart—the latter having been er great many similar affairs, Then George Movris, the well known billjardist, took a hand in, anc, after @ purse of $200 or thereapouts had’ been made up, the race was definively ilxed ior yester- day. On the day previous eighteen fli-grown geese were “rented” of an old lady at the Stock Yards, who required a deposit Of (wo dollars each as col- lateral, and a similar amount for tue service of tue whole number, They bad no training whatever fur- ther than that conferred by nature—to suck together and go straight ahead, ‘frne to their proverbial unre:labuity some of them went back on this even. ‘The terms of the mateh required each of the driv- ers to sit in an ordinary wasi'nb aud be drawn 18. ren those fa- nerson by three pairs of geese. Let no one infer from this that one’s self m a washtub im the water aud one’s equilibrium — are easily rendered compauble. It is not the case, A mian’s Weigiit will not sink the tub, to be sure, but let him vary 80 much as the thousandth part of an inch from an absolutely perfect perpendicularity and he gets spilied to a certainty, To obviate this diMeulty the goose drivers resorted to av ingenious contrivance, Which consisted of @ platform of then pine boards, about three and a half feet wide and five feet long, in which was made a clreular hole large enough to slip tnrougha tub. ‘To this tioat was attached a pole with cross barat the extreie end, from which were iguily stretched laterally two stout cords on either side, between Which the geese were tied by the wings and as firmly & das a horse between the shaits of awagon. When realy to start the driver got in the tub, which was then lightly wedged in the float, and there was no up- ping over, the float sinking a féw tuches below tue Purface and out of sight, Considerabie deiay ensuea in properly Lneapcone dee' geese and arranging the tubs. Bob Hart was the first wo get his six-in-hand hitched up, and 80 while the other two—George Morris and Jim Mass, of the Winter Garden, wo had taken Emerson’s place—were getting ready he turned out to exercise the team. He got aloug first raie, barring a good deal of nutter and fop- ing At tiret, anil would Dave showel of to excel feat advantage but for the embarrassment occa- sioned by the several hundred boats whicn Lad been hired by spectators, and which literally covered the surface of the basin. In dodging about them Bob's tub worked looge trom its float, and he was obliged to swim back to the snore and make fast again, which he did in sbort order, and goon uiter three o’ciock everything was in readiness lor THE RACE. Billy Emerson had been selected Mire, Mr. Boyd for Hart, Mr, Mcfiale for c, Draft, Manager of tue Winter referee. A roomy yawl was provided omlcials, who kindly tendered tho reporters a G in the boat. Mach of the drivers was in light cos- tume—hat, shirt, pants and stocKings—ready to swim, if nevessary. Their forethougut was amply justified anon. A long carriage whip, with which w nrge on or alter the course of the geese, and a paddle to steer the craft, comprised their accoiire- Mente, Morris drew the pole, Maas the middle and Hart the outside. An entirely even seuc-o was effected at oive, and away they staried, accom. panied by the boat of the umpires, vee and reporters, who were sufficiently close to cuforce fair play. Morris and Maas at once pushed for tue tront, and their urging resulted in a series of bad breaas. Maas’ off- wheel goose lost his feet wholly, turning @ somersaait and coming up facing the dri- ver. Sue couldn’tbe brought to work again, but swam backwards for a long disiance, to tue serious like an impediment of rest of the sextet. Bob, expurienced jockey, took the matter cool! administering an occasional punch to a goose and goon Lad gained a sirong lead over boii the others. But Mortis was not hile. fils team lad @ weakness for the shore, and his assiduous eiforts with the paddle, necessary to keep tuem in ttre water, helped hum to that extent tiatse was enabied to overhaui Bob and go to the front. Bob saw luis disadvantage and declared the excessive pad iling W be *oul,’? but by nO means “fowl.” “George is no goose,” said Bop, “and 1 bar his paddie.’ But there was no choice; George must either paddle or be ignominou-siy towed ashore against tus will, and so Bob's protest Was Qnavaling. Mas, Whose per- verted wacel goose had pjaced him badly im the rear, having somehow conirived to change ends With the recalcitrant bird, now showed an extraor- dinary burst of speed and fast closing the gap. Had the remaining distance been gr he would have seriously endangered the su the others. As it was, the contest resied betweeu Morris and Hart, the former iaving a slight lead. Bov called upon his white thorougibreds for an extra effort, and it was mensely ludicrous to see the earnestness with which they seemed to respond. They actuaily “took turns.” First, the midate pair would vigorously, piy tueir web fect for a minute, perhaps; then the leaders would dig tn for dear ite, Wo be inturn “spelled” by the wheelers, But all would not do, Morris’ gray team were good stay- ers, and he steered to excelient advantage, 1t must be confessed. He reached the endof the 500 yards about four feet ahead of Bob, Maas velng about two lengths in the rear, Time, seven minutes wad tuirty seconds. A hearty cheer went up from tue crowd, and the goose race Was at an end, GELLING OUT AND FALLING IN. As Morris and Hart attempted to land from their tubs, both capsized and fell into the — water. Being good simmers they were not tu the least al od, aud the tmeidens would have fel no more serious result but for the fact tiat Boo, in trvingto get into a boat near by upset it and is occupants, Lwo of whom swam t r. while tae third attempted Co ciim) into the officiy y Emerson, fearial of another overturn, tnade a “jump- ing jack" leap into the nearest boat, alinost cupsiz- | ing it in tan No more casuaities or the kind eccurred, however, ana beyond the weiiiug uobody euilered any damage. THR AWARDS. The umpires and referee then repaired (o Mor biliard hall, where, afler caavassing tle ious features of the race, they in due time reacered tuerr decision a8 follows:— Lake Front Basix, Catcaco, Sept, 2), 1869.— Race for sweepstakes of $200 beiween sexiapie goose teams, dash of 300 yards, to wash tuds. George Morris enters gray goose Anna Dic and mates, sired by tors and damined nson their respective progeut- yy all the neighbors in the vicinity of their birthplace. sees Ne Bob Hart enters white goose orinosa and mates, pedigree unknown, but believed to be dis- reputable. ........s..ee eee vee She Jim Maas enters blue goose Queen isabelia aud mates, pedigree forg oeeseeevene 3 THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI. How to Increase the Water Supply. {From the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald.) Mr. Alauson Penfield, formerly of tats city, buat for some years past a resident of Washington city, has long been studying the problem how to get more water in the Upper Mississipp!. He has addressed Congress and Western commercial conventions oi 1868 and 146y, preseuting copious figures to show that it 18 practicabie. By consultations. at various times with Colonel Whittlesy, who bas visited most of the iakes in which the Mississippi has tis sources, We are saus- fled that the schewe is neither visionary nor expea- When Nicolet was in that region 1a isss ne wrote it on his waps, “a country of rocks and water.” It is remarkable that the highest springs of ihe gy river are only about 1,600 feet avove the o Around these head waters ia a flac country of swamps, lakes and low sandy ridges, large enougt | for a State, but nearly wortuless for any purpose of | settlement. If it ail anbmerged by artificial means no ag- rieultural jose would follow, aud tieve would be | more wild rice, more fish, more beavers, and more muskrats—tue only products of which tle region is capable, On the ridge are jimited tracts of pihe that | If we look at the latest map | could be easily saved. of Minnesota, we shall see about half of this great swamp region under water. rrom the summit amps and lakes the water trequently flews north erly into the waters of Ramy Late river and Red River of the North, which discharge into Hudson's | Bay. According to Colonel Whittlesy’s levels, adain of | fifteen feet in height at the mouih of Luke Winue- begoshish, would make one pond of this lake and | Ouse, or “Red Cedar Lake, tonat tract twico their size, and cover on an addi- this brauch of the Mississippi tie cross section of the stream at | low water is about equal to eighty fect breadth, and two feet depth, with a siow current. A cut of twenty feet ai the deepes' oint would water of this pond northwar of Rainy Lake river. Lake Winnevegostiisi, on a direct line, the outiet of Leech Lake cous infrom the west, This jake i about equai in area to both of thoes just mentioned, and the uischarge of water 1s greater, rounded by swatnys and lakes like the others, bably arise of ten feet would double its sur extent, The cross section ‘ace below the junction of theng ie qwain branches is about 182 feet breadth and a depti Of fouy feet, with @ sluggish current. and | aed ina | turn the | into the grand fork | About twenty miles below | The discharge ironi these maim branches | is =remarkably regui Below this Junetiol } there are no disfaace | large tribytaries for ot 400 mies i) We ‘to tn mouth of Crow Wing river, But along here the river ia very crooked; the distance in a direct line will not wach exceed 100 miles. At Pokegeina, twenty mii below the junction, is a fall of ten da half fee below Sandy Lake some low rapids. The next fai 48 below the Crow Wing river, between which an he Falls of St. Antuony are geyeral falls and chutes. mn Crow Witte to te 1 navigation at all stages of the river for smail steam- era, ne of very few locks. on al the woper trikpiaries ard pomprona Jakes | the im Gasy to create | up by the handful | one of the severest and most © reservoirs referred to anda | ever experienc and swamps of a jess size than those already of, but similarly situated for reservoirs. ‘The coming when the territory beyond the heads of North and of the Saskatchawan. will be our prinei- pal reliance for wheat. It would be wel! to look fore ward toa water commnnication with that re; Thia has been one of Mr. Penfield’s studtes, Winnepeg ts as large as Lake Erie, and ts connected with Winnepegoos, about half as large, both of which are now in Britis territory. ‘The Sarkateha- wan, which is as large as the Ohio, heads in the Rocky Mountains and runs easterly in thege large navigable inland waters. ‘The Red River of the North can easily be made na- vigable, like the Missisaippi above Crow Wing. It rises in the United States, near the St. Peters, and runs north to Lake Winnepeg. rom the great swamp region an abundant supply of water can be had for canals of any size, connecting with the wheat country on the banks of the Red river, Lake Winnepeg and che Saskatchawan, which is than the present wheat-ralsing portion of the Un! States, “We hope the government will order @ sur- vey of this country, having all these onjects in view. It is mantfest destiay that the Untted States will, ere Jong, in some way, have possession of the valley of Lake Winnepes and its tributariea, It is beyond the pe of Canadian occupation, but naturally within The climate 1 better than that of New Eng@lang, and the soil equal to that of Minnesota, Im onr possession if wonld Immediately become popue lons and productive. | REAL ESTATE MATLERS. The following 18@ summary of the auction sales, of real estate during the past week:— erry IMPROVED. Wednesday. Toureday, September SUNURBAN IMPROVED, Tuesday, September 2, Great Neck, L. Re; Rre, N. Y. 200. 96,98 « Tuesday . Y. Wernesda: £22, Passaic, NJ BUNURBAN DNIMPROV Tuesday, September 21, Great Neck. LT Tneaday, September 21, Bergen, N. ‘Tuesday, Septer er 21, Paterson, 4,\ js Tuealay, September 21, Greenville, N. aol seg Wednesday, September 22, Passaic, N. J 3.100 — 146,688 ‘Total week en:tine September 25. + OAS The following extubits ine totals of the different kinds of property sold at auction during the previous. week:— * City—improved Buburban— uni Total for week euding September 18, Tho following sales of unimproved property are announced to be held during this and succeeding weeks ‘Tuesday, September 23, 600 lots at Rahway, N. J. ninety-nine lots at West Hoboken, N. J. ‘thursday, September 39, 300 lots at Linden, N. 3.3 ninety lots at Bayonne City, N. J. ‘Tuesday, October 5, 250 lots at Linden, N. J. wednesday, October 6, twenty-seven lots at Brooke lyn, N. Tuesday, October 25, 400 acres at Fordham, N. Yu» being the Lorillard estate. Real Estate Notes. The final settlement of the question raised respecte ing the validity of the sale of the Hempstead Plains property by the town authorities to Mr. A. 'T. Stews art, having vested the title to this extensive tract of land in that gentleman, the inquiry naturally eccura, what will he do with it? This ha’ been already answered bere In a general way, but still, as the matter 1s one of considerable magnitude and cannot be very hurriedly disposed of it 1s posstble that Mr. Stewart has not yet completed his plans for the im- provement of his new purchase, In this view the following extract from an article on “Co-operative House Building,” in the Lynn Reporzer of Saturday last, may offer a valuable suggestion:— Two well known citizens of Lynn—Messrs. L. RB, Frazier and D. H. Sweetser—not lopg sinee pur- chased a large tract of land in the wWésterly partof the city, through whien they are constructing some fine, broad streets and laying out eligible builaing lots, which tney are selling at low prices. No doubt they expect to realize a fair return for thelr invest- ment, which they ought to do, but their plan is not one of mere speculation. They alm not only to hel batld up our city, but to supply, also, the deman for low priced honses, and to 1 those who desire to obtain homes of their own. For this purpose they not onty sell the jots at seasonabley ices to appli+ cants of good character, but they loan them the money with which to erect dwellings, To secure one of these lois does not require that the purchaser should have all the money to pay at once, It can be paid in insteliments, and when the lot is paid for, or nearly 80, these gentlemen, who have facilities for 80 doing, are prepared to furnish money for the erec- tion of dwellings ata fair rate of interest. Thus, little by little, a man may obtain a comfortable home, and make it what he pleases by his own e: tons. From the same article it is learned that an asso- ciation has been formed in New Jersey, the plan of which is thus descrived:— or monthly By the members each paying In wee} aflxed sui, a fund ts created wh in turn is loaned to individual members. with whic to bay or to bund hous: dition to t ‘Taoae reveiving the loan pay, in ir weekly or montilly fee, six per cent money borrowed, until such time as the accumulated fund reaches the par value of the stock subscribed. aud tien each receives a title deed to his house free of debt. e time required for this varies from tou to fifteen years, during which time the individual pays little if any more than he would for rent if he had hired & house outside the assocla- tion. This subject is one deserving of attention 2560 on the part of those who have purchased or are about to purchase lots either in New Jersey or other suburban locatities, Of the many hundreds of these lots that have been sold within the last year the greater num- ber of them will never become remunerative except to actual occupauts and througa costly improve. ments. Tuey have been paid for @ period of the ereaiest infation of our currency that is likely to exist, at all events until such another crisis as brought forth the present national paper, and as We steadily progress in the path of contraction, even if that Movement is left simply to the opera- tion of natura! causes—growth Ia population and extension of terriiory—ail valnes must of necessit: fall off tn the same proportion as the greenbacl appreciates. That this is well understood in the market y ls apparent from tie character of the offer- “8, ail suburban lots on the most liberal terms of Pog Cael nor 1s any change likeby, in view of the contingencies of the fall strin- gency now advancing and the uncertainty respect ing Congressional action this winter. The times are certainly tof joint,’ and men of small who enter property cann be too cautious alike in respect to where and how (hey myest, but especially in making engagements extending Into the future, At Fishkill, on the Hudson, A. K. Chandler has | recently sold forty-four buliding lots, each 25x100, to varlous purciasers atan aggregate of 214,950, Py ed has sold the piautug mil! property $3 an 5 Front street, Newburg, to Kyder Power for $5,900. se sie The following sales of city property are furnished by G, Lespinasse, of th Ity, as having been effected between the i0th and 24th imet:—Two lots on Lex+ ington avenue, between Seventy-sixth and Sevemty- seventh sirects, 650x100, $28,000; five lot Bowevar $9,2503 wb ‘eet, betwee way aim keventh avenue —plot ir ezular, $8,000, | ai anne. wae WHE HONDURAS RAILAO49, Another Route from New Yorkto San Frane cisco. {From the San Francisco Alta Californta.] This in)portant enterprise, which will reduce the time by sea petween San Francisco and New York } tofourteen days originated some years since with Mr. Squier, who Hg ak it shape and consistency while he wos United States ister to Central America. it hung fire for a long time between American, French and Hnglish capitaiists, who m | turn had the trans-continental ratiroad route sur- veyed at great expense, and always with the same result. fach time waror Panama Railroad interests or uatoward events retarded operations, until the great louse of Dishopscheim & Goldschmidt, of London, in connection with other European cap- Italista, took the affair in hand, and it is now only @ question of time, say another year, for the locome- tive to be running from ocean té ocean. Shiploads of iron and material from England have been sanded at bott termini, and thousands of laborers, native | ana foreign, are at work along the line. ‘The dis- ~ | tauce across is about 240 miles, there being no seek | 08 impediments of mountains or rivers on the route. The harbors at both ends are excellent. Port Cortes (or Cabatios), on the Atlantic side, is safe, deep and weil protected; while the great of Foneseca, on the Pacific side, is one ofthe finest | harbors in the world, beimg, in a@ “consiellation of harbors,” jandiocked, deep, ie acious and with accommodations for uniiurited sitp ping. By this route the distance between New York and San Francisco iq shortened 1,200 miles—a fact to | Which no ocean tf velier can close his eyes—the mo- Mient that reguiar| lines of steamships commence running; and pasd agers and freight now gomg by Panama wii! naturally seek the shorter route. ‘The time between San Francisco aud New Orleans, via Honduras, will be reduced to about eleven days, and aithough ho steamsiup route can be expected to | compete with our own continental railroads, still It 18 sur. | there must necessarily be much freight and many | Passengers passing by the Honduras Raul espe cially those yoing to or from the Soathern States, ‘Tae principal advantage which the Honduras route has over that of Cehuantepec consists in tts fine har- bors, of which the latter 1s entirely destivute, while the Siatante between New York and San Franciweo is about the saine. DesenverivR® HAM, STORM IN VIRGINTA.—A Very destructive hail storm visited some portions of Pittsylvania county on last Saturday evening. We | aro informed that in the neighborhood of country | between Whitmel and Piggs Mill the | Was literally torn to pieces, and in the neighbor! first mentioned the ground was covered almost, completely, and hail stones might have been raked ‘nis act of Providence follow! protracied dron “i in this country well nigh blasts | the hopes of those pianters whose suitered by RN Wudiduanid (Vad THUG %