The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1869, Page 5

DOCK IMPROVEMENTS. Riparian Repairs—New Wharves, Plers and Ferry Houses—The Battery Im- provement—What is Being Done on the River Fronts of the Metropolis. 1 19 doubtful if there exists another maritime elty in the civilized world that can present the spectacle of so many mean, dilapidated and rotten wharves and piers as tlis, the great commercial Mart of the Western Hemisphere. Along both the North and East rivers, as far as the eye can reach, miserable specimens of New York’s wealth and greatness in the shape of decayed docks and piers may be seen. Why it 1s that this state of affairs should exist in a city where so much of the wealth of the world is stored 18 a mystery that wiser heads will have to solve, Babylon and Tyre, which have passed away, and Venice, which still remaing a monument of her former greatness, after having each attained the zenith of prosperity, winded into obscurity. But it cannot be posstble that New York is following in their footsteps; yet the present state of the commerce of this eity and the dilapidated appearance of its wharves almost warrant the belief. _ Foreigners who land here trom qjferent seaports onthe globe are struck with the miserable condition of our wooden piers or landing places, and ridicule them. Liverpool can boast of granite piers that have withstood the test of centuries. Havre, Bre- men, andeven Rto Jaueiro, whose shipping interests cannot be placed in comparizon with those of New York, bave each their docks built of substantial masonry, and, tu fact, there 13 scarcely a seaport of any pretension in Europe but can putto shame this city on the subject of docks. The improvement of the wharves has been the subject of earnest discus- ston in both the Legislature and Common Council, but nothing of a define character bas been accom- phshed. Last wintcr, in the Legislature, an elaboe Tate bili on the subject of. wharf improvements in this city was presented and its passage warmly urged, The bill advocated the granting of more power to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, allowing them to act with greater liberty, but by a vowe of the majority of the members of that Legis- lature the bill was laid on the table for an tndefinite period, The following is the amount of revenue derived trom the rentage of docks and slips during the past four years, collected by the Comptrotier:— AMOUNTS COLLECIED ON DOCKS AND SLIPS. 19,652 27 Total....... 5 . During the present year there has been a marked Improvement in the erection of docks, and on both Tivers. Iron has been gradually supersedtag wood, and has a far more lasting capacity, as well as presenting @ handsomer and more substantial Qppearance, Work on THB BATTERY SEA WALL, which has been under process of construction durtig the past year and @ half, has suddenly come to a stanistiil, It seems that the Legisia- ture, during tts sessi in the year 1868, passed an ordinance authorizing the establish. ment of ao free floating bath, to be moored atornear the Battery, and the Common Council shortly afterwards granted the privilege of placing @ bathing establishizent near Castle Garden, where at now lis moored. In duc time the subject of build. ing o sea wall aroend the Baitery was diseased and funds appropriated for tliat purpose and placed at the disposal of tiie Strect Commissioner, who selected General Viele to superintend the work. The Gene- val has done the work to the satisfaction of all con. cerned, and the wall has been completed to within @ few yards of the termini; but her A DIFFICULTY Ov¢ The floating bath above relecr ‘way of the sea wall, aud ihe ‘alleged, refuses to move it, as he says that he has a lease from the city for a number of years. This lease now proves to be a boue of contention, and the Corporation Counsel has been consulted by the Streec Commissioner, and a suit has been entered agaiust the proprictor of the bath, In the meautime the workmen remain idle and tie sea wall looms up ik au unfloished state, When the work ts again resumed and the earth that has accumuiated filied in between the wail aad solid g@round and the old anchors, chair &e.. Teimoved, the Battery grounds may y resort of thousands. It 18 not kuowa ab present what disposition will be made of the growads, but it isto be hoped that they will not be given ‘over to commefcial purposes, a8 a number of weaithy ghouls wish. The hail in Castle Garden, where at one time assembled one of the largest and most aristucratic of American audiences upon the first appearance oi Jenny Lind in this country, is now used a recep- tion room for emigrants trom every portion of the universe, and it is extremely doubtiuiifany indi- vidual who attended that memorabie eoncert would recognize the piace for the many changes waicd 1 has undergone. GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENTS NEAR DAE BATTERY. At the foot of Whitehall street the Liited Staies government huve for years been the owners of an old, ailapidated building which has been used as a barge oMce. Lately this ancient structure has been onthe verge of collapsing, aud Mi. A. B. Mullet, the government architect, was seat for wo remedy tho defect in some manner. He examined the struc ture and drei up plans fer tke erection of a spien- did buildmg ana the balding of & sea wail for a basin, which were submitted to higher authority and approved, A portion of the Battery shore near the Staten Island ferry was obtained from the city gov- ermment for the construction of ine basin and erec- tion of the barge ofice, sud two months ago Ww: on this basin was con need, and already tu stones of the wail are gradually appearing above Waier, Fifty men are regularly eimpioyed in preparing the stones for the wall & ng them M position. The sione 1s proctwed’ trom Maine quarries, and blocks weigh fuily thirty tous, and eacu has to be Placed in position under Aft; r by divers, of whom there are two employed. hot known at present what the plans tor the new structure will be, but as soon as Mr. Mullett rewurns from San Francisco, whither he las gone to superiutend the construction of public, { to lies in the proprictor, it is come into Close proximit wall; but wince, the beginning of the liug on between the Streot Commissioner and the proprietor of the bath referred to it is understood that work will also have to» be suspended, as the toatl bh lnterieres materiaily with the progress of the w THE NEW PISHMONGERS’ LANts At Jast the weaiihy fishinongers of vid Falton Mar- ket have awakened from (heir lethargy aud ave doing something now that will asioaiglt thelr dor- Mant brethren throughout the city. A stock company, composed of eighteen wealthy mem- bers, was formed, and tiey have now in course of erecuan & Mmaguilicent two story buildy composed of iron and wood, on the East river, between Fulton streer and Peck silp, Which will compare favorably witu any edifice, but of the same material, in the city. ‘the structure hag been under Way nearly one month. [tis built on two hundred and forty-seven oaken piles, which are elnost equal to stone in durability. Fronting on Bouck street tt will be 200 feet in leigth and 75 fect im depth. ‘The first floor 13 large and commodions. and will be divided oif inte eigiteen compartments, Or Fialls, with an office adjoining exch, one stall for each of the eighteen stockiolders. The cost of the structure, when completed, js extimated at diverent sums, Some are under the tmyression that 1t will reach as high as $200,000; but about $150,000 will ‘obably be nearer the inark. Ag yet the directors ave not formed a definite plan as io the beat mode of heating tt; but Mr. Crocker, the Secretary of the ‘soctety, nas been testing a number of putente, Owing to the peculiar situation of tue Duliding—over the water—i is very dimcult to net the require- ment. The more feasible plan, which Will doubdticas be pdopted, is the erection of a furauce in the rear of ‘Ue building and beating th by hot sir. The second story will be divided into apart- mente for the benefit of marketmen, bUb the tain hall, which 19 seventy-five feet in length by twenty. five in width, will be devoted to the society as a club room. As soon as finished the bwiding will be thrown open tothe public tor imspecuon, and the etardy fish dealers contemplate givroxg a grand ball on the opening, which will, no doubt, be ine grattd- eat “fish ball” ever known. ALONG THE EAST RIVER there prea great many improvements going on; far more than during any previous year since the war. Near Catharine strect terry, where the Kavt River Bridge Company have selected the location for the erection of towers, @ company have jfurchased ground for the purpose of building stone piers, which will be the first of the kind, when completed, that the city can boast of. Th a, will be occupied by the Pacific Mall Ereamaasip oMpany’s slips, to gether with those of the Old Dominion line, which ply between this city and Richmond, Va, At plor No, 40 the New York Dry Dock Company are building a large dry dock capabie of receivin Verscls of tho largest Class, the old dock, whic has in its time received vessels that the Brooklyn docks could not uccommodate, having Pecome use- ‘Jens from long service, The work ib progress te to | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. De 220 feet in length, and 1s so advanced that several steamers of large tonnage hove already been q it for repaire. All ai the river, Poth above and below the dock, the soch I iL the scene 1s enliven- ing. Sloops, schooners, galling vessels and steam- ships can be seen recelving discharging differ- ent classes of merchandwe from all parts of the world. At pler No. 40 @ vessel from Leghorn, Italy, is surrounded by busy stevedores, hauling out huge sinbs of marble from the Ferrara quarries, & portion of which is destined for the new Post Ollice and parcels for different buildings now bein con- siructed ih thé city. All is activity and bustle, Here a sloop unloading hay from Connecti- eut and there a schooner discharging produce from Massachusetts, while lying aloug at different docks old scows filled with the refuse of the city may be observed, and located on each pile of rubbish a swarm of human beings of every age, sex and nation- ality are busily engaged in securing auch articles as they may deem salable. At different intervals the modest uttle seamen’s Bethels are located, gener- ally with & painting representing a sailor, with Bible in hand, to attract the attention of any honest Jack who may, perchance, as he walks by, drop in and lisien to the discourse of the minister. Taese chapels secin to exert a beneiicial influence over the minds of seafaring men, as on the Sabbath they ave crowded to suilocation, and at the end of the services each sailor is provided with Lible and tracts to be read on board ship. Between plere 39 and 40 a large SHAMBN'S CHAPEL 13 being erected uuder the auspices of old Trinity. ‘fhis chapel will be the largest floating ark of Chris- Uanily in this country, aad thousands of dollars are being expended to iorward its completion, The new Leriel wili be two s:0.ies in height, 150 feet in peg by fifty feet in width, with @ seating capacity for 700 pe us, ‘The mterlor will be divided into threo apartuients, two of which wil be occupied by the pasior. The edifice will have a tall belfry, from Which on cach Sabbath mora @ large beli will peal forth the hour of prayer. A short distance above pter 41 the famous “Hook” or cove 18 In view. <A perlect forest of masts, princt- paily of schooners and brigs, greets the eye of the visitor, Furiuer up, at the foot of second street, WEDS'S SHIPYARD stops further progress. 4 shipyard has been the birthplace of many a stanch cratt that now ploighs the waters of different oceans, The stagnation of the shipbuilding bus.aess 13 here apparent, and nothing worthy of note is betng done. The different docks between this yard and Twenty- sIXUN gtreet are, generally speaking, In moderate repatr, a3 the bnsiuess 1s coniined ciedy to coasters, ‘The old buildings along the section are being gradu- ally tora down for the erection of jarger and more comimodious business houses. When the Hell Gate structions are reioved, 80 as to admit the largest s of scagoing vessels, the wharves In the upper portion of the city lying en the East river will ‘undergo miraculous changes. The managers of the Cunard, Bremen and Inman lines of sieamers have already purchased wharfage grounds in the vicintiy Of Sixtieth aud Seventieth streets, and will begin at an eariy day the erection of magalicent stone piers, which wiil gradually have a tendency to draw otuer companies in tiat direction, At the foot of ‘I'wenty-sixth strect the Commts- sionors of Charities and Correction are building ao extension to their old dock, upon which they intend to commence the erection’ of a large building for oficial purposes. This, with a few other minor im- provements, cunstituies the Coudition of progress Glong the East ive L ALOnG THE NORTH RIVER. The wharfage front of the North river extends, property, from pier No. 1 to Fittieta street. Beyond ‘Thirty-fourth street, however, but liltie shipping business 13 being carried on, but the tendency for moving upward Will gradually extend business of a commercial nature to the full extent of the city limit in the course of afew yer Business on this side of the city is carried on with more vim. Everything 18 activity, and to stroll along the river during a working day would forcibly remind old residents of the days whon New Yor was without an equal. Yhe frat improvement noticcadie along the river is the erection of a large freight depot at the foot of LAberty street, adjoining the passenger depot of the New Jersey Raroad Company. The building is intenged to be used for storiug freight and imer- chandise preparaory to transportauon. The next nouceable improvement above this is a building now in course of construction at pier 38, destined to be THE LARGEST WAREHOUSE IN THE CIty, y oi the Evapive Katiroad Lrausportation This Corporation purchased three docks ring tie present year, and have had piles driven flooring !uid, so that they are new virtually one. The great Wareliouse, which covers the enure foor- ing, Is 600 feet in length, and is 264 feet wide in the widest portion, it covers 5,000 square feet of sur- face, and 100 men are employed upon it at the present time, ‘The New Jersey Ratiroad Company, foot of Des- brosses street, huve under way a large iron ferry house. The buiding in question ovcupies 100 feet along West strect, it will extend back beyond the lumits of the proseut ierry house seventy-tive feet. It 44 Of @ peculiar style of arcilitecture and has an imposing uppearance. It will be divided off into two apartments. with the usual entrance for pas- sengers and vehicles, One side is to be devoted ex- CHUSIY GLY TOUR ANG AMC OSUSS LO UNG, BES REL RG ak us street, a few new improvements are in progcess. Since the completion ef the Pacific Railroad the pas- senger trafic to Califorata by the steamship line has almost ceased, and sf there 18 not a change for the better during (he next year it is very probable that the vesseis will be drawn of entirely, Taree of the nest steamers of this company, the Ocean Queen, Ariel and Rising Star, are at present laid up for the want of sometiing to do. A few piers above Williams & Guion’s Liverpool line of packets lay. The vessels comprising this company's feet consist of six, viz.—/daho, Man- hattan, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota and Nevada, As fur up the river as the Transatlanic Company's (French) dock, the spuce is illed with vast lumber yards. At Twenty-tnird street the new ferry house of the Ente Ratiroad Company ends the improvements aloug this river, The building is entire.y of tron, and Lie architecture 18 Of a striking nature, It Was cen- structed at an outlay of $15,500, It is also stated, and witu some show of authority, that the indeiativabie aud irrepressible Fisk, Jr., 18 ih bearers @ line of ferryboais to Bull's Ferry and Fort Lee. the propel Compuuy. MLATARY NOTES. Now that the regular @rilis bave been already begun by Lue various regiments it may not be out of place to mention avertain circumstance which may in some degrec effect not only a change in the drill of one Toghnent, but ia &.1 those commands which take it as a pattern to go by, The circumstance ts that it has been decided, or it is about te be decided, by the Seventh regiment officers that the rate er swiftness ofeach motion in the manual of arms, with the exception of ufo motions relative tothe cartridge, the rammer and the fixing and unfixing o! the bayo- net, be fixed at the sixty-seyeaoth and a half part of aminute, It may be that this slow time will pe beneficial in some respects, and that the motions Will ke more accurately observed than if they were executed in quicker time; but Upton tn his tactica evidently does not take this view of.the case, for he fixes the rate at the nioetieth part of a minute, and this rate fs strictly adhered to by the battalion of West Joint cadeis, which have the reputation of being the most perfectly drilled organization in the ‘ Mion. However, @ trial of a siower rate will dono Hares ‘the First division will eens review by the Commander-m-Chiel on Weanesdiy, the 6th inst. ‘The troops will be formed in deployed line’on Fiith avenue, the rigit resting om Waverley place; the brigades i thew numerical order from right to ieft, with tue First brigade of cavalry on the left. The First brigade of infantry will take its position at two o'clock P, M., as the base of the formation, each of the etner brigades in their turn forming on the Jeft of the p iing one, Hisgexceliency the Com- na ‘i nee Wili begin the review at three o’clock ecisely. he following changes have takep place in the ‘Thirteenth regiment:—Promoted—Lieutenant Colo- hel Thomas §. Dakin, to be colonel; Major Frederick A. Mason, to be lieutenant colonel; Captain Philip H. Briggs,.to be major; Second Lieutenant Ava W Powell, Company C, to be captain same company; Sergeant John Pedronceilt, Company C, to be secon lieutenant. Appointed—Samucl Richards, to be first Heutenant and adjutant; Abraham Van Nostrand, to be first Heutenant and quartermaster. Some buaybody, who has nothing better to do than to get up what he chooses to cail “rumors” about this, that and the other regiment tm the militia, has of late paid paitientar attention in this way to the Ninth regiment. He rumors it that Adjutant Allien 1s to resiga, and that there is a great deal of trouble among the oificers of the command. There is no foundation whatever for either of these Grandyisms, ‘The Ninth ts in good spirits and condition, and can tal are of itself, despite the efforts the croakers inking to ignore its good name. Lieutenant Neary 8, Steele, Seventh regiment, has resigned, and an election wili shortly be had in his company to fill hie place, ors have been lately elected in i ‘u regiment:—John ©. Omnger, to be captain, Company K; Willlam Koop, first lieutenant, same; Neison G. Peterson, second houtenant, same; Julius R. Adler, second Heutenant, Company A; Charles Reichel, second leutenaut, Company D. ‘The officers of tus regiment assembled at the armory last Wed- neaday ae eg instruction, Juptain Henry Viseber, of the First iment cay- airy, ts to be tried by court martial on taeaien inst., on the charge of ‘“unofticerike conduct” and “ignorance of duty,’ preferred by Major Madden, Of the same regiment, It 18 to be hoped that this onry Inartial will bo carried out ga it should “pelted is to say, that it wili uot have to “ para sine die without doing anything, flinply Decause some vody wilt have negiected ron nctve certain papers on the accused, according tolaw, ‘The Kreubiel court martial went to pieces ou this technicality rock, as many others lave gone before it. if thoae who preter charges and get a court martial formed do not know what to do to make their actions legal they should turn thelr minds to psf they can understand. The ma- jority of the court martials that are held in the National Gusrd nowadays are as 80 many farces to be laughed at, and for which no one seems to have the lightest respect, and tl pe gd be kie a tneleouncis ‘aaa’ common sess iy on Bis ai eae is tage doing at all is ju Charlies M, ede! Com, rgiest, ecial order, com te Ete i pert on thelr solderly bearing Bua wood eotany os exhibited daring the Just drill peasou, aud hopes ‘be the same spirit will animate them the coming season. The Twenty-second regiment intends to adopt a new fatigue cap similar to that worn by the ofiicers, which is of dark blue, without visor, resembling 10 form the caps now worn in the English army. The following promotions and appointments have been made in the First regimenu Insanity Adam C, Corson, surgeon; J. C. Jalins Langbela, Alexander D, Bailey, to be first lieutenants; Wm. H. Hoffman, Joseph J, McGreer, Charles W. Terretie, to be secon Mentenants, Private Henry Engel, of Company K, Fifth regt- ment, has been elected aud commissioned tirat llea- tenant of Company G, and Second Lieutenant Be hard Hutage!, of Company ©, first eutevant. Pirst Lieutenant Gustav E. Wellenkamp, of company D, ‘has been detailed as acting adjutant of the regiment. Owing to the recent order relative to the review of the First division on the 6th inst, and the Second divi- slon on the 7th inst, the dates of the regimental inspections haye been changed. The following regi- ments will be inspected as follows:—Seventh and Thirteenth, October 25; Fifth, October 19; ‘Twenty- third, October 21; Forty-seventh, October 22; Sixth, October 20; Fifty-fifth, October 15, On Thursday evening last, immediately after the termination of the regular drill of Company 0, Thirteenth regiment, National Guard, Brooklyn, private Laladay, a veteran member of that organl- zalion, siepped forward, and in @ neat and ding term of eulogism, on behalf of his comrades, pre- sented Captain Philip H. Briggs, who has just been promoted to the rank of major, with @ horse and equipments, The Major responded in his usual felicitous manner, thanking lis feliow soldiers for the handsome and unexpected gift. They thereupon repaired to another apartment and partook of a luncheon, which was spread for the occasion, Colonel W. N, Irving was then made the recipient of a sword, by the men who served under him tn 1861, when he was captain of the Png! \eer Company of the Thirteenth regiment. Everything pissed off most satisfactorily. Suppression of Political News—Bxctcement Over the Price of Gold=The Municipality of Havana Cry Out for War—The Press and Public Sentiment Support It=Demon- stration Against Americans Fearcd—Jordan Concentrating His Forces—Seqnestratious— Political Prisoners. GAVANA, Sept. 25, 1869, Havana has been in the greatest state of excite- ment for tho past thirty-six hours. The political nows from the United States, if any, was suppressed, while the market reports told of gold at 65, and the wildest conjectures were indulged in, amid them all the one prominent idea “war with Spain.” Late last evening it was announced that the pante in New York was ended, and gold had fallen to 36, This has allayed the excitement somewhat, and many Americans have temporarily suspended their preparations to leave. Strange to say, a war with the United States is looked forward to with the most pledsing aaticlpations by the people here. ‘The idea is immensely popular. With the mags this ig the regult of ignorance of the relative strength of the two Poivéts; with if the Idea is actually enter- tained that the few iron-clad ships of Spain—there are three, I believe—could sink the whole American navy and destroy one after another every city on the Atlantic coast, while the formidabie old hulks that are floating around these waters, to the imminent danger of all on board of them, would sweep Ameri- cau commerce from the seas. With the more intel- ligent this idea of war is popular, as it would fur- nish a pretext for accepting the inevitable with alg- nity. Nor is this feeling indefinite and undefined. It has taken shape and expression iu the municipal body o1 this city, which, it may be sald, has already declared war. Yesterday it had a meeting and pre- sented, as the result of its consultations on the [Sees Grave state of affairs, the following to the og Political Governor :— ‘00k EXOKLLENCY—fhoso who subscribe thelr names and have the honor to belong to this Assembly, considering that they in‘erpret ite acntiments and those of all Spaniards in this province, make this solemn deciaration, #0 tuat your Excellency approve, speaking once more for themselves and inthe naine of ail lovers of thy, national integaity, fir that they are disposed, as they always have been, to'sucri- heir lives and estates to sustain against all’odds the dignity of the nation. Secontt, if by any chance any foreign Power should show, by direct or indirect ucts of hostility, that they forget the rights of Spain, and make any allempt against the honor due to hersovereiguty, the supreme govern- ment can work with perfect freedom ‘and decided encrgy, without stopping to fear that we, iu this aland, may expe- rience injurious accidents; for we place before our personal interests the honor of our’ national flag, which must always all the world. And lastly, ll Of ite integrity, be sent to of this province, asking them to join in this manifestation of most injured pa- to by your Exéellcacy, we APOLINAR DE RATO, JUAN A, COLOMI, FRANCISCO F, IBANEZ, MAMERTO PULIDO, JULIAN DE ZULUCLA, ANSELMU G. DEL VALLE, HAVANA, Sept. 24, 1869, The Diario de la Marina publishes tbls tn its alcance of last evening, and as further indicative of the popular seutimeat I transiate its comments: We are informed that to-day the most excoileut Ayunta- miento has appro Acclamation, of the resoition which we publish and'which was prosenied by the gentiemea whose sigaaturea are attache. ‘The Ayuntamiento has, in a short period, given groat proofs of patriotism and jatogrity, i to-day has the enviable glory to appear, in therface of the worid, a# the authorized aud novo Interpreter of the sentiments indulged in by all Spaniards wae lave the for- tune to defend the national integrity in this province. We wish for neither life nor property without hover, No! and all of the nailenni governmen: Ja to preserve our honor iy aud tae sword takes our ia this way, it 1s worthy the oxy’ alao, because i The Ayuntams posreeses to: > Of Havana ber placed fiseif with disnity at the head of the city which aud has prepared a beautiful path presents, for all osher municipalities in which they will gallaatly fol- low. Weallnnite with the Ayuntamlen avana to sus- tain that which they have so proutiy proclaimed, with the profoand faith that God is on our side, becauss our cause is just and holy, For the past two or three days it has bean sus- pected-that some demonstration touching America or Americans was about to be made here, expressing the popular sentiment, and sowe iittle tear was teit az to the character which a would take. Foriu- nately 1t has thus far taken no otier shape than this bombastic resvlution, I have reasoa to believe that this 4s nol the work of the government, as repre- sented by Rodas, nor 13 it approved by him. It1s but another exhibivion of tie sentiment which tound vent in the remarkabie editorial which lately appeared in the Diario, anda travsiation of winch was sent to the HiraLp. The Captain General is powerless fo restrain its expression, wile appreciat- ing the fact that tt is likely Lo prove injarious fo the interests of Spain. On the other hand. the Peltticai Governor is said to be im pertect harmony wiia this Jeeling; and, owing to this, no great cordiality exis between him aud bis cuief it 1s certuimly to pe hoped that no very grave complications may arise With Spain unti the Uuited States has suriicient force in those waters to look afier the lives, if vot the interests, of her citizens, ‘The feeliug of insecurity and alarm is constantly on the increase here, as are tue vigilance and activity of the authorities. Arrests and one’s liability to it form one unendiag subject of conversation, and no foreigner or native leeis xecure. ‘The Captain Gene- ral fads himself with as little power lor good as General Duice; for the volunteers mierfere in every- thing, even to the action of the ordinary tril of justice, #8 the following statement will show:— A justice of the peace recently ordered that tho goods of a ceria person, who was a volunteer, should be embargoed for reat due; whea the osi- cers arrived with the process the defendant, with a number of his comrades, met them with arms in their hands and tareateued to shoot them if whe: attempted to execute it, ‘Che oilers departed, and the Captaia General, upon being applied to for assistance by the judge, in order to carry out the law, stated ihat he could not heip lium, and believed it to be most prudent to let the matter drop. The family of Dr. Nicholas Mendive, whose assassination by vounteers 1 mentioned in my last, recently ap- plied to the Captain General for justice upon the murderers; and, though bo promised tt suouid be done, nothing has been heard of it. Much uueasi- ness ig folt at this condition of affars, and thouga reat difficulties are placed in the way of getuug passports, a steady stream of ao coe to Spaia Qnd Mexico has set in, the fear of confiscation of property preventing peuple from going to the United The project of a reserve militia seems to have fatied altogether, and it may be deemed abandoned, This has grown out of the fears of arming Cubans enter- tained by the Spaniards. Four battalions had been forined and the officers appointed, but when the ap- plication for arms was made, in order that the mea Might be exercised in them, objections were made, s 8omo of them were more than suspected of being enemies to the national integrity, and the volunteers threatened to abandon their dutles, aud go the mat- ter dropped. From the seat of war the news 13 not extensive. Passengers {rom Baga report that the Cuban dag 1s fying at Puerto Padre, the seaport, it wili be re- membered, of Las Tunas. The Pelayo steamer re- cently returned here irom several ports on the north side. She is said to have started from here jnore than @ week since with arma and munitions to be landed at Puerto Padre, but on arriving there and finding itin the hands of the rebeia she was compelled to retarn. Ruthors of a fight between nesada and Poella, near Puerto Principe, iu which the latter was routed and killed, are rife, but not credited, [tis known that the government has de- termined to recall Poelio f r vot having displayed the requisite capacity for hi- p ition. The colored Tuilitia on the railway betwe.. Principe and Nue- vitas are not well supplied. One of them, recently brought here wounded, reporta that they have nothing to eat, and that they “are marcnlng to a graveyard filled with crosses,’ General Jordan is concentrating @ large force of all arms and has calied in all the able bodied men, so there remain in operation oniy eaough to protect baggage trains aud annoy weak detachinents of the Spaniard: Goneral Lesca, from the Cinco Villas, reports that the Guardia Civil had surprised a camp of insur- gents, under Pascual Martinez, killing sixteen and ‘Trinidad contain nothing of military operations whatever. A leutenant had dug up, near Manza- millo, twelve cedar boxes containing important papers and the arms of the family of the “citizen Francisco Aguilera.” The Diario of this city has seen @ private letter saying Valmeseda was about to send a train to Las Tunas with 60,000 rations. This confirms the statement before made in the HenaLp, and leads to the conclusion that Jordan’s concentra- tion of troops 1s to oppose this convoy. The report comes from Manzanilio that Vicente Castellanos and his party had surrendered at the suggestion and entreaty of his wile, ‘The aepaL number of sequestrations are reported, Amohgthém the property of the following:—Dons Gabriel Rodriguez, Francisco Perez Cruz, José del Cérmen Martinez, Pedvo Alfonso Serrano, Nicolis Chirino, Francisco Consuegra, Justo Consuegra, Emilio Corcho, Dionisio Vasquez, Kafael Iuentes, Pedro Escario Herrera, Jesus Fieites, The foliowing disposition has been made of politl- cal prisoners. Subjected ‘to council of war—Pbro, D. Pedro Yora; Donnas Victoria Valdes, Carmen Correa, Rosario Cortazar, vidcida Perez, Kosa Perez, Dolores Perez; Dons Pedro Correa, Pedro Varbouell, Juan Urdaneta, Ramon Cortazar, Mateo Aifonso, Antonio Alfonso, Rafael Alfonse, Blas Perez, Jose Eulogio Alfonso, Sent to Meilila—D, Manuel Almeyda, José Almey- da, José Maria Olivia, Miguel Oquendo, ree Isle of Paris—Francisco Yeuz and Gervasimo erez, Obliged to change their residence—D. Frederico Jova, Lucano Santana, Rafeal Francisco Rojas. Placed at liberty—D. José Garcia Montes, Luis Hidalgo, Francisco Martinez, Felipe Guzman, Felix Valaes, Estébau Dominguez, Marcelino Bacailado, Justo Mena, Andrés Leal, José Haro Duran, Ber- nardino Duarte, Manuel Kodriguez Gonzalez, Pardo itbre Francisco Carballo, D. Juan ‘frigo, The Captain General has declared for all the negroes taken irom certain slave ships named between the years 1524 and 1842, and calls upon those who have the use of them to present them within a month, go that they may receive their freedom Lesser Very few of them are living and on record, as it has been @ well known custom to report to gov- Say me deata of the emancipado whenever a ai led, ‘The Captain General wi!l soon make a visit to the Cinco Villas, Various causes are assigned for this, and among them a desire to be absent from Havana at the end of this month, though for what reason ts not stated. He has sent a reation of lis to bring out his family from Spain. ‘The Governor of Matanzas has been romoved and D. Juan Burrill y Lueci appointed in bis place. On the evening of Thursday a young Awerican pemed Frederick Richard, a native of Mobtic, son of @ gentleman who was a jong time Consul for the United States at some point on the island, was taken frow his room in the hotel, at about eleven o’ciock, and hurried off to prison. Mr. Richard was a cierk in the house of Piasson, Avilis & Co., of which firm Sefior Avitis was recently arrested, On a previous occasion his baggage had been searched and certain Masonic papers taken, Through the interposition of the American Consul General Mr. Richard was re- Jeased last evening. But fearing further aunoyances he salis in the Eagie to-day for New York. A Mexican who arrived hee recently from New York fell in g fit in the street, and on searching him to nnd out who he was despatches from parties in New York to Cespedes and otters were found. He was taken to the hospital and there succeeded In getting hold of a dose of poison, which he swal- jowed. PARAGUAY. Lator from the Battle Fle'd—Lopez Abaudons Ascurra—He is Overtaken and Deteated Agatn--Pursuit Coutinued—He is Declared an Outlaw—Rumored Landing of Sinves in Brazil. Rio JANEIRO, August 27, 1849, Since the departure of the United States packet the following telegrams have been received by the government in regard to the operations against Lopez:— CouNcILLon Parannos -After the telegram I sent your terduy I will add someibing more for you to ‘At six A. M, of the 12th our batteries, placed at three points, kept up a warm converging fire upon Perivebuy. After two hours’ constant firing the Priace, wio in person direstod tho action, ordered the advance to be sounde!. attack’ advanced from three points, wulle Marat made a demonstration from another upon t place, Ina quarter of an honr the ditch was jet clinibed and the encmy broken. The Twenty-third and Seventeonth battalion corps, the Argentines in the Second army corps, and the t enth and Twenty-seventh of the First army corps covered themecives with glory. Res{stauce becanae imposes!’ Eleven fags and sixteen hi y. and thiriy-two pounders, wers then taken, Over 600° P. fuayans were kilied aid upward of 900 wonaded, togeiher With abont 500 others taken prisoners, ‘The forces of the enemy were commanded by Ltouteaant Colonel Caballero, wio was killed, as also Major Lopez and other officers, besitics p:iesis, &c. Dur lose was comparatively Snalgniiicant, perhaps 3y0, with few killed. Among ther unhappily, the army deeply iaments the valiant and General Jolin Mane! Muena Barreto, who fell ehot the bowela.with tir balls. Ils nobie body We lost, among others, Capisin Selxaa, who coz the line of skirmishers of the Firat corps. Lopez and his atilte are at Cnacupe. We are coing thither. the engineer There iammeh silver here in the. shape of articles and money, besides the archives of the State andof Borzas; let- furnitiire, por: tora written by Lopez, others by Mra. 1 celatn, books, wines and a thousand ¢: ‘The honors of the di ng to the Twent the frat In the Second corps to insign Gaspar Kiber nd was tnd first to p iz A proot of great, ya aa places, Colonels Contato, Ant iano and others were also wounded. ly cheered by thearmy. He dezo- rated Lulz Maria Campos, the commander of the Argentine force, and the two ex who were wounded and nas requested alist of the soldiers who distinguished themselves to recetve | nio Augusto, Major Fe Our he; ved provisions vender tolerably. The w go to Asuncion, and also ti nd non-eomb; Among tiveso last (wenty-six From the Brazilian Minus * ASUNCION, August 13, 1862, The enemy, immediately after our brililant triumph oa the [th at Peribebuy, began to fleo in haste, abandouing everything. He succvedted in getting off on the 1i:h, because it was not possible for the forces under the comman 1 of Gen- eral Mitre to come up a time to occupy Tobaty and Barreira, Grande, ‘As soon as the Comte d’Eu know of the fight of Lopez he ‘1on in purseit of him with our two army corps, and tnese overtaking the main body his fleeing forces, \- mandad by 1 Cabailero (the same who was killed on the 12th, after veing killed on t Ith of December, 1368), he completely beat them nine miles from Caagoatay. Two thousand dead of tae enemy sad many prison remained on the field of battie, the rest dispersing into Woods witch surround the piace, We took fiteea cannoa ‘and a ;rent deal of militar; private bana Among the prisoners are some of importance, as Major Godoy, whem all assert to have been one of the most wan- guinary tools pez. The baggage of old Vice Pi a Sanchoz was tnicen, showing that be and others were not far off. The Prince pursued the fugitives. ANl the oordiilera, and that Ascarra which General MeMabon, it is faid, deciared imprezuable, have fallen tato the power of the aliles, without other Tesistance than at Peri- bebuy, Whose attack and assault was brillianuly executed in half ah hour. Allof Paraguay, therefore, from the Manduvira down, is dominated by the ‘ailtes, ‘An exiracrainary immigration of people from the cordil- lera is going on into the valley of Pirajn in quest of Asui gion and its neighborhood. Many foreigners and some weil known familios—aa those of Senors ‘Bedoya, Egusquiza, Gibaraw jure, ic.--bave appeared. Tbe provisional covera- ment has sent three commissions to aid them. The state of moat ¥ when the Para- guayane returned. that the provisional govern- Thent yester sted rees outlawing Lopez and ‘ing all who would follow him to be traitora, From the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs to Charge D. Juau Thompson, at Buenos Ayre: andoned econd corps, yhere. The Prince . both his army jusand corpses, ad a great pum? feat of arms, ardor. His ready for ight Mons at Asouri commanded by Mitre, could not find it a: wont out after it aud beat Cabailero corps jolved on the field of battle. fifteen’ pi ry, Wagons, baggage ber of prisoner: Its of this ‘Phe pursuit of Lo army {s doug with this ti no. Tt is sill hopod to catch Lopex. Segui! find him. It ts reported that the mother and a sister of Lopez Were captured by the allies, Wounding many, as it was supposed from the cri in the brushwood; fifty-eight horses and some arms were captured; this on the 22d, On the 23d he reports that Colonel Trillo surprised a camp, killed three, took six prisoners, of whom four were at once shot, one of them being the flag sergeant. Farinas, brother of the chief, and some arms were captured. Papers from pautiaga de Cuba, Mauzauilo end Mitre, with the forces under his command before Aecurra, were to have ascended the cordillera by the gap of Altos, to the north of Ascurra, to cut oif Lopez's retreat to the norti; but the command of Mitre was bohinanand, and left the road clear to the north. Caagoatay, near where the second defeat of the Paraguayans took place, is on the road to the great cordillera of Paraguay, and it seems not unlikely that Lopez will secure his retreat to those mountalas with @ part of his forces, Fuis news has caused great joy in Rio, and exchange rules about 19 to 1944 for private bills, the banks not drawing yet. Speculative 3 of Bove- reigns have been made by the bears as low as 12$300 for large quantities; but the stocks of sove- reigns in the Lands of the very few hoiders are kept off the market, aud it is probabie a reaction wiil take place after the first effects of the good news have worn of, Koports are ciroulating that som lots of slaves have been landed successfully in Braail from Africa, and that parties are offering to take large contracis for Africans to be landed in safe parts of the coast. A well known broker deciares that he is prepared to furnish proof that several lots have already been imported. It is not impossible that slaves have been brought tn, for Africa ts on!y about a week's sail from this coast, and @ vessel of light draught could ind @ thousand quiet places to run im and discharge at plantations whose great size and tsolation amid the woods would make it very easy to conceal the mat- ter, It Would also be favored by the fact that a great many of tue negroesof Brazil keep up the practtce of scoring and puckering the face with tribe marks, so thatthe recent importations would not be easily distinguished, even were the lecal authorities to twke the matter up, supposin, they heard of it, and supposing that they woul tink tt advantageous to make enemies of the ail. powerful great men of the place, and ran the risk of being wayiaid and shot or beaten. The tempta- tion ts certainly great while slaves aro worth $1,000 in Brazil, aud Only twenty-flve dollars & Week’s sail aw ee. there hundreds of Portuguese who would jump ata chance of the kind ifthey found oustomers, for reminiscences of the management And profits of the siave trade are yet extant, it being only nineteen years since the trade of Brazil com- pletely or at ieast virtually ceasod. Most of the worn ont by excessive labor. However, there is nothing beyond doubtiui reports to go on, and the fact that the present govera.nent the Chamber of Deputies are thoroughgolng slave owners, who believe in the institution and wish to maintain it. Nothing of moment has occurred in the Chambers since the departare of the New York packet, and there is nothing from the provinces. THE COURSE OF EMPIRE. Simation of Southern Nebrasku—Its Rivers and Valleys aud Agricultural Advanteges= Development of the River Countics—The Tide of Immigration Weatward—The Ride to Lincoln, the State Capital. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 27, 1869. Southern Nebraska ts that topographical division of the State lying south of the Platte tiver, and extending from the Missouri river westward to the line, near which the south fork of the Platte branches off in Colorado. It {8 308 miles long, and varies in width frow forty-five to 100 miles, 1¢ is mar- rowest at Fort Kearny, und widest in the line of counties in which this capital 1s located. Along the widest part the river is making au extensive sweep tothe northeast; then it turns to the south, ana afterwards flows east until itreachea the Missourl, From that point of the confluence of the Platte and the Missouri the distance is about seventy miles tn a Girect southerly line to the Kansas border, or over 100 by the windings of the river. ‘This southern division of the State is watered in the western part by tie forks andthe innumerable nameless iributaries of the Republican, which suweam itself flows along, | should think, for sixty or seventy miles within some four to six miles of the state line before it croases into Kansas. The Little Bine, which 18 nO inconsiderable stream, comes down 100 miles soutreasterly from Fort Kearny. The Big Sandy, which is not so long, runs in the same direction, @ stretch of roliing tavleland from four to five miles wide lying in between them. Both the Big and the Littia Sandy join the Little Blue before it leaves Ne- braska, The Big Blue takes a more southerly direc- tion, At one point the two Blues are fifty miles apart, but they come within eighteen miles of one another across the Otoe Indian reservation. In all the surrounding region there is no more beautiful, fertile and favorite farming land than along the val- Jey of the Big Blue, While you look upoa that river flowing south, it is singular to see the headwaters of Salt Creek running of im an_ entirely diferent direction; for Salt Creek passes close to this city, and continues in the same ~eneral line, north by east, till it strikes the Platte, The Big and the Litthe Nemaha water the most southeasterly counties, while the Weeping Water, far distant from those otuer streams, winds its lonely way between its lines of willows Lill it gradually drowns its grief in the Missouri, Jn many respects the southern side is the most desirable section of Nebraska. As an evideuce of this itis more thickly settied, That, however, may be atiributable partly to the fact thatit was better known, bat imostly, I imagine, to the more potent reason that it possesses especially those attractions which a proneer into @ new country always looks for—a pleasant climate, superior soil, fine streams and considerable timber, At points on the roiling uplands between tue rivers, Wherever there was lack and need of timber it has been in great degree supplied by the groves wiich have been planted by the older settlers. A good deal of the grain grown in the State comes at present from this regiou. Wheat of superior quality 1s raised in unusual qua: tities to the acre; and ever since the first crop was sown no July has yet come round that has not seen each successive crop ready for the hiarvest- ers, Oatsare raised in simuarabundaace. No com crop has ever shown a sign of failure till tls 82ason, wien it las been injured somewhat in bottom janis by the heavy rains, But the damage dove has uot been neariy so great as it haa been in Iowa and iilinois and other States east of the Missow'l, where | have seen large fleids completely inundated and where both wheat and corn lave sulfored 89 sev large nuinber of fruit (ves H japled in al OX- ception they have prospered well. When the proper varieties of trees have been selected, and they have been Judtciousby planted and asented to, no aim culty has been experieoced i growlug fruit success- july. Ic is in this section of the State that inmost of the mimerals found thus far have been discovered. Building stone of various varieties and exvellent quality is foand in several of ine couaties. Coa! ta sufilcient quantities tv meet jocal wauts 13 now veiog delivered by did at mining co: been SO VGPPEORH UP PORES Hy thie TatelaeAt, Tada. trious Inhabitaats, , Plattsmoutit, aad Nebraska City, watch bevween them, Trey are all thriving places, aud cach has its hopes of futare prosperity aad great Auportance, clo: Hinkel, MOC so mageh worl + steamboat trade On tue Missouri river in the su however, they ail can take a t u contempiated tines of H Nebraska City is the largest of tie ti siands on a commanding Point on tie old Fort Kearny. ‘Tue people of Nebraska City say wey hold the key to the interior and can comiiand tie trade of nearly tae eatire latte col in Nebraska aud to i m n Missouri and Weste When the Midland Pacile avroad, which wili Loucks tue westera side of tue Alissuutl iver at Nebrassa City, Shall have been cump.cted, It is believed tia consueraple walle wil be diverted to it, because tapping tue Union Vacuic Hathtoad mear Fore Kearay oming dowa tuvouga Liucoin, thet | y, Will be ids tues shorter thaa auy 0 Co oriaweat river tows ti is sOil passing to erm section of ductive vali r into tie Iacerioy, Lave masiderabie excl by industrious far iad lands—ghits o\ a generous govertineut—takea up a few peatiless people, are now good aud Wei farms, end some of Laci OWuers are LO! only The whole of tiis sectio. fortable Dis. independent, of country presenis a pleasiug appearance to Lie eye; but in some localities tae land wou. more Gesirable for iarmung 1 it were wot quite so roliing. ‘rhe cnoicest spots are those nici flat bowtow lands witch are preferred for corn, with Umber along tke margins of the streams, aud those long, slighty portions of the meg but the soll is rich and fertile, ‘This CORREDEMION A bag OGRE, ROW affords many charimtug sites for houses, the groun or ih every direction from each success’ clevation, In the distance some of these undulating lands, covered with the native reese present the appear- ance of magnificent meadows newly mown, ‘Toward evening a8 we approaciied the rope ferry over the Platte river two meu on horseback were seen haetening towards us. One of them was the lerryman, lie did not stop, but spoke to us in pass. ing. Welearned that he was bound for Forest City fast adrink, and if we would watt tili he came back he would take us acrogs the river. Forest 18 a point on the high tableland and where there little more than a store and asaloon. His return to the river before: morning beiug more than doubtful, we did not wait, but worked our own way acrosa ferry. Afterriding ali that day since noon through the night, we fnatly arrived at Lincoln about sunrise in the mo “sing. THE NATIONAL EXHIBiTION, Agricultural Progress=-How it is Made in This Country and with What Result—Lece ture by Dr. Loring. On Saturday afiernoon @ lectare was delivered at the American Institute exhibition by Dr. George B. Loring, of Sal Mass., the subject belag ‘Agricul- tural progress—iow it is made in this country and with what result,” There was @ large attendance, Supervisor Ely presided and introduced the lecturer in a few appropriate remarks. Dr. Loring on coming forward was warmly recelved, Ho said that Amertcan agriculture was yet in its infancy, covering as it did @ large section of the earth’s surface devoted to every variety of sou. Influenced by @ great diversity of climate, opedient to many different markets, it had barely yet been systematized as to present on many acres the most econo mical and profitable husbandry to which those acres were adapted, A comparatively new civilization, an abundance of new lands, the attractions of other branches of business, were undoubtedly the causea of such development, and we now found ourselves, with a very respectable agricultural record behma us, suddenly confronted by the imperative necessity for an accurate, methodical, weil-organized sys- tem of husbandry in whichour expensive labor aud capitalmay profitably be employed, He then proceeded to explain the condition of the Amert- can farmers, showing that theiriugenuity had in many respects succaeded in advancing agriculture to @ higher state of periection than it had reached in manycountries abroad. In England land labor was subservient to capital, The land was held 1n large estates, the chief buaimess of the owners being to direct those operations which yielded them such princely incomes, giving them ample returns for the capital expended. After dilating upon the necessity of proper drainage, the lecturer went on to state tnat the egricniturists abroad followed the lead of men of distinction. In the olden times of superstition if one man had u larger crop than his neighbor he was almost prosecnted as a wizard. New implements of husbandry were always, on their introduction, regarded a3 innovations, At the present time the English farmers argued that by making the bind wheels of their wagons smaller than the foremost ones, the body was rendered even going up @ hul. (Laughter.y He alladed at considerable length to the great delay which had taken place in the march of agriculiural progress. Where tntelligence was low, labur cheap and the husbandman was con- tent with a Iitrie, the science and ingenuity of agriculture were comparatively unknown. He come plimented the quick and enterprising method which American farmers had already displayed. The American wowing and reapihg machines cre- ated quite a sensation in Europe, ie laurels of progress were didly _ awarded to the New World. (Applause.) Moreover,. the American merino sheep also carried the honors for weighi, wool and other qualities. Agricultural schools and colleges were springing w) everywhere, the least conspicuous, however, no untrequently being the most successiul in their results. ood inplements of husbandry were in dewand, and the eifort was to make agriculture the wor ent mind a6 well as the skile ful hand, (Applause.) Markets were starting up 1a all directions for the products of the surrounding districts, and he hoped the railroads would be t producing and con- suming pe , carrying food to the poor aad dis- pensing comniercia! prosperity. (Applause.) The 2) wars Gling between markets and ere 80" gi Mav we intier could not produce a crop in vain unless they tried to wterecat of a gi do so, ‘The estimates of the actual inerease of agricultural products in counection with the efforts to which ie had alluded were t teresliug. The summary at pb ie United States im 1840 showed that there were ic> ed Anat tune 5. 2 bnshels of wheat. 123,071,841 bi Of owis, U7, (81.875 bashels of corn, 35,802,114 pounds of Wool, aud that the total the primeipal crops of that year was $330,000,000, con- sidered at fiat” time aa enormous sum. Ia 1862, however, twenty-two years later, the yi of twenty-one loyal States alone far exceeded this esuuiace, the wool cilp having ia- creased to noai.y $0,000,000 pounds (it was now 000,099 pow and the value of the crops of that year was estimated to be werta $736,686 425; all this exclusive of tie vast amount of cotton, and tobace yeve raised in tne tuies aud waick eutered iato the ©: It the cotton crop of the » examined it would | be ad creased = from 790,479,276 49, ‘ 00,000 pounds, or there 480, just previous to the breakil Guided by these dgures, wiat shou! je twenty yer following. In opou Whose crops tue = made the grain crop of 1880 1 vo be Worth $1,499,009,009, leay= out of the wal be tue ue twelt tation of 1 might be esunie ing Uncoated tue hay crop and the fruit and garden e wareu stanly jucreasing, There could’ de ny dont cotton crop would be more than double in (ae hands of the stall farmers of tg@, South. value of the crop 0! 1368, q; estiyated 3,915, the corn crop at ss. 512,489, the wheat erop at $319.139,710, 16 fay crop: and the cotton crop —, Z593 <i gn much W284 we inuch remained tobe accoinplishot. Intelliger’ ye aaa capital were DE: Ing devoled to agricullaral proves, There MUSt De departtnent m iarmine itt Gennite laws, and at §251,041,9 (Applatise.) A ewelling waves of uplands witch ave good for any of the cereals, Mills may be seeo at various points on imahy of the streams, as far Woatward ie couutry has been seitied. Within té last (7% years tne tide of immigration lias vecn sieadily coming ia over all this neigiborhood, During the Jast six months something 11. quarters of a million acres lave been tase: of the Platte under the liomestead and Pre acts of Cun: ‘Se ilious tore rewain wio wish to take them. State and ratiro. are being purenase, some for actual sei 4nd improvement and some on speca'ation laterior towns of Tecuimech, oa the nor the Great Newaha, aud Beatrice, on ile L are in the midst of rapidly improving hoods and are growing with the surrouudiag country. Beatrice is forty miles distant from here ina soutuern direction, Westward of that line the country 18 very thinly sevded. Not thac the in any Way inferior, but unl lately wie f settlers have gone the furiuer they nave io, selves from markets for their produce a suppiy of articies taat they needed. OU Uers have, indeed, estaviimhed thems from the Missouri fiver, but they have exp considerable laconveuience, Now that ¢ road is ranging through the State and inte: jines are being construcied, people are pusti ther West, wiere thoy cai homestead: are cheaper tian forka of the Republica thi ce andl 13 g ine. have the choice of eligt- Jands that are for salo the river counties. Along the » OCyoud the luc of the s.xth principal meria bands of roving Indiaus have interfered somewhat with occupation and improve- ment, Some settlers have acemed it prudent to retire from spots ti iad selocted, and, geueralty, White people Lave been reiuctant to settle so fat away from civilization. itis said that an admirable agricuitural country eXists along the forks of the Republican; and there is a disposition now to setae up that region. I have beeu imformed by General Augur, who commands the forces in the Soatir Platte Department, that a detachment of United States troops Will Wi this year avout the forks of the Republican, wt iew of keeping out the in- dians; and it is understood that @ colony of Kugiish immigrants wil be establisied there as soon as a desirable locality shall have been selected. Lincoln 18 reaciied ac present by stage from either Plattsmouth or Nebrasaa City, on the river, or from Eikorn station, ou the Union Pacific Rativoad. My route led Me from the station Over bottom land a good portion of the Way. On that line an indifferent Wagon conveys ie mails and passengers to Lincoln, Traveiing 10 & soutivwe. direction we folowed tie Eikhorn dowa to its junction with the Platte,down along the Piatte til we crossed It ata ferry, aud up Salt vreek valley to the capital. The heavy rainy have rendered the roads more impassable tis sea- son than they have ever been before. Six miles out we got mired in the mad. Tats episode brought out in bold relief the profane prociivities of our driver. ‘Though young in years he proved a veteran at swear- ing. My travelling companion, @ high-toned farmer from lilinois, had never been more shocked duriug wxty years’ experionce; and he improved the oppor- tuntty in an adiurabie ‘manner to administer a gen- tle admonition. After an four of puliing and haul- ing we got the horses and the wagon Iree; but at other points during the journey we were compelled to get out and walk ankle deep over other treacierous places, The surface of the country over which we passed for forty miles presented @ succession of those fat bottom lands and rolilog prairies. We passed occasional fara houses and large fields of corn, but mostly broad sections of meadow lands, In many places the ground lay broken for the first time by the latest seitiers, A few fences of boards aud wire were to be seen, and sometiines groves of Umber, lately planted and thriving well. They will be avallaole for fence and firewood in time, cca and wher great fortunes of Brazil are due to the slave trade, and the jiantera sigh for the great times of caay money getting when ves were worth only fifty Golgrs bere, and could be easily replaced when sionally rows of usage orange, planted for hedges, marked the boundaries of @ farm. Occasionaliy, also, herds of cattle were seen rasing on rolling uplands which were stlil unbroken, The uplauas Over which We passed are less Jevel than in other department mus" “Ye The wae development of resources Gf Ms country. We were advancing intd & Rew Gh OF FZ yeqthare, In which system and metho: tie prominent characteristics. Now, whi prospects wer” cheerful, farmers of this coun auon to econom,” bate oh lamentabidedcieat, ‘There was too "ach Waste bot in machine aad and labor to give . Uberak: award, and Wich was considerably lessened by sue expensive iodo of preparmg and usin manure and > want of & judicious discrimina- tion In the se.cction of crops. (Applaase.) In order to prom cultural prosperity we needed a@ more accu tvetion of farm Jabor and more improved tiachinery. Tho sktiled invor of ig more and more an tmpeéra- er implement for turning ‘the i aud a more effective seed sower, *. {lug oue crops without tedious be perpendicular instead of ces, He did not like to see boys Jus farm on thelr hands and knees, Laughter.) With ard to uaaure, ls opinion was, i farmers wauted artificial fertilizers iet them buy the best they co set. Agata, with regard to trait crops there was tc “Mt an indiiference exhibited live neceasit sod than po ag toil. m thelr cui Fruit crops should made @ particular stuiy, The iecturer come cluded by lighiy complimenting the agricuitural enterprise of the State of New York, dweiling pt ticularly upon the fact that prominent merchants Wore retiring frou tue excitement of their counting room, not simply for the embellishment of their landscapes, but to spend their capital to advance the awricultural interests of the country. He hoped thelr example would be followed by others. Thelr action In thus developing the resources of the country taught us to love the land as our fathers loved it (Applause) INTERESTING DECISON IN A WILL CASE. Novel Legal Polnts, (from the Chautauqua County (N. Y.) Press, Benjaaiu Chamberiam died ac Randolph in ruary, 1863, leavin4 a widow, but no children. His estate amounted to $359,000 or more. He bequea' In speciiic legacies to his wife and to various fives some $40,100, making the legacies to bis wife, accepted in lieu of dower and other interests in his estate, There were several smaller legacies to the Erie Annual Conference and the Genesee Annual Conference. All the residue of his estate, afler pay- ing above legacies, was to be divided in two 3 gem, and one of said parts to be paid the Cent ‘und Society of the Erie Annual Conference the Methodist Episcopal Cuurch, In trust for the benefit of Alleghany College, at Meadville; the other nalf to the Chamberlain Tastitute, at Randolph; the thereof to be devoted perpetually to the jsapport oF sald institute. Au action wag brought by the heirs. AGLAW of the estaie to set aside certain bequests ks boing tn violation of the statutes. The cage was tried visi Gcorge Fare at Cattaraugus Ciroult, i. iy irkel mad ecislon: in the case. He decides, rap err bent a) saatates of tg State of Kor Ye Tey u it Widow or ehitdren could be devised for tal poses, Seond—That the devise for the benefit of Meadville : pelng in trust to the Centenary Fund Society, which foreign corporation, was void as belug # violation of bef om ot pine the widow of deceased, notwithstat she had elected to receive the pension in will in lieu of comet and other interests iu ihe estate,was atiil under the statute to her distributive share Of the leguctes lapsed under the Fourth--The bequest to. Chamberlain Tnatitute wae tained so far as to give to ft the half of the bequest not eut by statute limiting bequests for religious aud PUrposes to one hialf of the estate, The amount tho Institute would retain ander decision would be avout $76,000. The Pa the estate, and the novelty of some olnts involved in the case will make 16 judicial history. It will undoubtedly go to the of Appeals for Onal adjudication. : / |!