The New York Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1869, Page 5

ASIA. Tho General Condition in British India. Distarbances Along the Persian Golf Shore. A British Gunboat Fired On and the Consequences. Russian Interests and Mus- * eovite Policy. English Trade to China by the Suez Canal. By tne Horopean mail at this port we have our special correspondence and newspaper mails, dated at Bombay on the 22d of Uctober, supplying the fol- lowing highly interesting details of our telegrams, overland in Asia and submarine from Europe to the above named date. ‘The Disturbances in the Persian Galf—An Eng- Meh Gunboat Fired into by the Muscat Au- thorities—Satistaction to be Exacted by the British—Hajee Ahmeed Retnkes Bunder Ab- bas with an Army of Five Thousand Per- sians-The Wahabec Ameer Advancing Against Muscgt—News from Central Asia— The “Thief Caste”? Among Hindooe—Wreck of the Ship Hyderabad—Terrible Safferings of the Survivors—Adventures of a Band of baiaieth RietPranaets Bomsay, Oct. 22, 1869. The disturbances in the Persian Gulf begin to assume quite @ serious appearance. Not content ‘with cutting each others’ throats, the people of Mus- cat bave fired into the Engiigh gunboat Clyde, one of the two vessels placed under the direction of the Britiah political agent, Colonel Pelly. Tne aiMeulty of properly resenting the outrage at the time was very great, as‘the Clyde te by no means a formidanle craft, and she therefore prudenuy steamed away. ‘The arrival here of thia news has created some little excitement in the oficial! mind, and the wires be- tween Simia and Bombay have been pretty well employed in transmitting messages on the subject between the Viceroy aud the Governor of Bombay. It has been determined vo send her Majesty's steamer Daphne, Captain Dougias, at once to the assistance of Colonel Pelly. What the upshot of this may be 1t lg impossible to say; but, taken in conjunction with our other news from the Gulf, ft will be seen to be of possibly great importance, That sly old fox, Hayee Abmeed, who was turned out of Bander Abbas a month ago, by Sheykh Saeed, at the instigation, it ts stated, of the Sultan of Mus- cat, has managed to muster a force of 5,000 men, the greater part of whom have been lent to him by the Shah of Persia, while the remainder is composed of the most desperate among the loafers at the various Arab and Persian towns, that is to say, ot men who have but one object in existence—loot, The Hajee has retaken Bunder Abbas, after a very severe strug- gie with Sheykh Saeed. The Sheykh was, of course, greatly outnumbered and bad to run away to Muscat. The Hajee still has bis “friends” on his hands, and would, no doubf, be glad of an opportunity of getting rid of them as soon as possible, but does not dare to disband them until it is quite certain that the Sultan of Muscat will not openly commit himeelf to the cause of Sheyki Saeed. This 1s by no means an Impossibility, as the Sultan 1s under the influence of his fanatical wezeer, Huleylee, a man who 18 quite capable of running his head against a stone wall, or, atany rate, of advising his master to doso. As I explained in a previous letter, Bunder Abbas, prior tothe expulsion a year ago of Saeed Selim from Muscat, belonged to that Power, and was snatched away during the disturbance attending the revolution that placed Azan bin Gbees, the present Sultan, upon the throne, by Hajee Anmeed, who had previously held the appointment of wezeer to Saeed Selim. The Hajee took possession of the place and handed 1% over to the Shah of Persia, taking care, of course, to get himseif appointed its gov- ernor. Persia has now, by the military assistance 1t is rendering to the Hajeo, taken the place under its protection in @ yet more open and avowed man- ner, and bas comuitted itself on the side of Ahmeed too lar to retreat Without great dishonor, Apart from thig, however, Persia is known to be only too anxious to get up @ war with Muscat, im the hope of obtainiug yet more territory by the chances of miliary Conquest. And as Persia is now practically a@ mere flef of Russia, the British Indian authoriues will do all they can to avoid @ result so unpleasant to themselves. But, on the other hand, tho British agent has adopted a policy hostile to Azan bin Ghees, aud Azan has fred into an English gunboat, and Colonel Peily is not over-anxious to do much to protect him, Some months ago the new government of Muscat seized the only port on the guif, Beureymee, belong- ing to the Ameer Fyzul, the head of the Wahabee Power, 19 Central Arabia. ‘he Amecr is now reported to have started trom Riad, his capital, with @ iarge force, with the purpose of retaking this place. He will no doubt succeed in doing 80, and will probably also delegate some Pin A fanatical lieutenant to carry fire and sword into the heart of Om: And as the Walabees are bitver foes of the English, and have been at the botiom of the con- spiracy for the subversion of the British rule in India, discovered a few months ago, 1t willbe bard for Colonel Peily to do anything except interfere in favor of the Muscat government against them. It will be seen that there is here @ very pretty tri- angular dilemma .or Colonel Pelly to steer through in some way or another, Each of the parties in the dispute is @ British enemy; Persia, because she isa irieud of Russia; Muscat, because she has fired into @n English gunboat and been otherwise insolent, and the Wahabees because the tenets of their re- ligion make it a sacred duty for them to reject any aiuance with unbelievers, and yet again because they have attempted to stir up another bloody re- bellion in India. Tne trade in the gulf 1s mostly in the hands of #ritish Indian subjects; it tows almost entirely through Bombay, aud 1a now very impor- tant. Solt will not do to ailow these Powers to fight it out among themselves on the Kilkenny cat principle, because, 1n that case, the greatest part of ‘the Joss will fall upon British merchants, But, then, on the otber hand, in what direction can action be taken? ‘fo ald elther of the parties to the quarrel Will be to ald @ foe, And yet something must be done, and done quickly, The Arab buccaneers who recently “looted” Bah- reim under the leaderstilp of Mahomed bin Knu- Jeefa, seem tO have made a very thing of it, Having carted the merchandise of the town to the shore, the merchants who had been plundered were invited to buy back their goods. An auction was held for the disposal of the bdooty, and the poor “‘panians”’ (the Hindoo and Parsee traders) had the satisfaction of repurchasing their wares. Mahomed lingered too long, however, on the scene of his pre- datory labors and seems to have been captured, afier @ severe fight, by some of the local chieis. He 18 noW @ prisoner and awaits the arrival of Colonel Pelly, for whom the Bahreim ates have re- served the luxury of hanging him. Nearly ali nis foilowers, however, escaped to the mainland in their buggalows. The Persian Gulf will be seen to be even now a@ strange world, A regular line of steamships and the development of commerce nave done but littie to civilize it, Itis still governed on Oriental prin- ciples, revolutions are as frequent as in South America and a great deal more bloody, piracy and buccaneertog (which 18 after ali only piracy on s grand scale) yet fourish in its waters anda brisk wiave trade is carried on between its ports and Zan- vibar. Butit cannot be allowed to remain much jonger in this state of social and political chaos, ‘The indian press call loudly on the government to seize some island, either Kish or Ormug, and establign @ free port, like Singapore or Hong Kong; and it also suggests that @ British feet should be Kept constantly in tire Guif to act aa @ naval police force. But what will Russa aud France gay to sach @ programme as this? They are jealous of British power in tho East already. Will they consent to any new acquisition ? We have turther news from Central Ama, The fighting between the Russian Outposts and the nbegi of Kasten Turkisten was 3 at first a xd, It seems that there was acvually a fight on the Naryn river, which Sprung out of aa advance by tho Russians into Tur- Kistan territory and that the Kushbegi was arrested; but peace was again restored, tne Rus- slans, of course, bemg allowed to retain the soli Be A Seized, ‘Tais is the old, old story over « curious illustration of Afghan character has Just been brought under general notice, Some years ago, it seems, an adventurous Atgban organized =& force of ,200 men ana led them from Caoul to fo interior of ara bia, where their services were purchased by the Wahabees. ‘This ttle army was held together paely by the desire of making money; 16 was compos of soldiers of fortune, who saw no particular guilt in cutting throaty Ton, ‘The principles of agai Dalgety aptain 1 still fourish in Central Asin This. particular ore 01 mercenaries has, Yowever. met with but indif NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, ferent fortune. Tt lost 500 men while in the service of the Wababees, and was then dismissed by the Ameer Fyzu). Upon this the army broke up into several hich hired @ ne them, as they were wrecked on coast, While they were then endeavoring to march over- land, “iiving on the country,” they were captured the Britigh authorities, who have to their ee Afghan mountains. ‘These Afghans are certainly hopeful neigubors tor & Pepe aie ‘a8 that which governs British India, desirous of nothing so much as to be “et slone:” for all Afghans are equauy adventurous and war- Ike, and they enjoy the prestige of having been the only Asiatic people, a have given the English All the people tn Bombay who are able have left for Matheran, Mahabieshwar, or some other hill station, to escape the dreadea October heats and fevers. There is po local news of interest. Some curious revelations have been made by the eapture by the police ofa gang of native thieves. It 18, of course, well known that among the Hindoos even criminal pursuita, such as thieving, pimping and otwwer harmiess modes of gotting 4 living are heredt- castes, Irom which no one born 12 them can escape. The father is a pander and all nis maie children must be panders also, while his pres te must besa men wbioss hig the Avant wsreputable calling. ‘These people of course shame at their mode of life; it isthe destiny that fate and, what isequally strong in India, ‘“‘dus- jotted to them. These thieves form a jundred strong. They have no fixea abode, but wander all over’ the country; and recently a couple of hundred of them spread ther ea over Bombay. Their reguiations are ular, and thelr arrangements for perfect. All over the country they tal bunniahs, who receive the stolen goodsand money. When the thieves arrive ina Place these bunniahs advance them money for food and whatever they may want, and the resulta of their Leen Anette are day by day handed over for sate. Every uow and then the thieves and théir banker settle up their accounts. The goods value, but the en are rated at three-fourths receiver is allowed an additional ten cent for commission, which makes altogether t! five per cent. One of the thieves conicssed that lagt year the 200 who visited Bombay carried away at the end of the season no less than 18,000 reals ($9,000), a very large sum in India, where three-fourths of the Pa er have incomes of only fifty dollars a year. sald that dui the week before he was captured “the weather was wet and umbrellas were thelr principal booty, but some brass chatties, Waist cloths, ‘aren, pocket band! three rupees m money and & gunny bag were also brought ip.” ‘Some of the internal rales of the thieves ure very singular, They may take whatever they can. get from the shops, ‘or the ground or a carriage, but they must not commit even the mildest form of vio- lence. If they attacked @ man for the purpose of robbing him they would break their caste and be ‘turned out by their fellow members. Nor may they steal anything except between sunrise and sunset. If a heap of goia were lying in their path after the sun had gone down they would not touch it, And not only must they steal by day but the goods must algo be disposed of the same day, either by burying them or by handing them over to a bunniah, A terrible shipwreck has taken place on the coast of Zanzibar. The British ship Hyderabad sailed .on the oth of August from Allaputty, with eighty-four souls on board, of whom thirty-two belonged to tue crew. On the 10th of September the ship struck on @ reef some little distance from the Zanzibar coast, and became @ total wreck. No provisions or water were saved, and the survivors suffered the most terrible privationa during the eight days they were on the reef. But for the fortunate arrival of a coasting steamer they Would all no doubt have per- ished, As it 18 twenty-one persons died of thirat ‘and four were drowned, The Tudo-European Telegraph~Extension and Connections. [From the China Telegraph (London), Nov, 15.) ‘The (udo-European Telegraph Company have now the entire Jength of their wires completed, with the exception of some trifling links near Teheran, The line runs irom Lowestoft by submarine to Nordeney, thence to Berlin, Udessa, Warsaw and Kertch to Teheran and Bushire, thence by Persian Gulf cable to Kurrachee. The scale of charges 18 aot yet fixed, but will certainly be lower than the present rates, The line will probably be vpened on the ist of December, Telegrams announce the completion of the first section of the new Persian Gulf cabie. A China Ship by the Suez Canal. {From the China (London) Herald, Nov. 15.] The sveamer Rocket, which left Sluelas for Shang- hae on the 24th October, was towed into Lowestoit during the late gale, with loss of the captain, engineer, &c. She proceeds anortly, under the com- mand of Captain Roper, via the Suez Canal. The Rocket has been despatched by Mr. James Beaz- ley, of Liverpool, and is intended for local empioy- ment. She is consigned to Messra, A. R. Tilby & Co., of Shanghae, ITEMS FROM INDIA. Our newspaper files from Calcutta and Bombay ta the 23d of October supply the tollowing interest- ing news items from Asia:— A large village 1s reported to have been burned at the Black Mountain by an English force, under Lieutenant Colonel Kothney, as @ punishment for a recent raid, ‘The report of @ collision between troops of the Russians and of the Kushbegi of Kashgar is con- firmed. Abdool Rahman Khan, the companion in misfor- tune of the late Mohammed Azim Khan, is reported to have turned back from Mery and expected at Teheran. Cholera has again broken out at Teheran. ‘rhe silk crop in the Persian province of Ghilan has almost entirely failed, owing to a disease among the worms. From the east of Yarkand the country of the Tun- ganis, or Turk Mussulmans of Thibet, it is reported there was war between the people and the Chinese, who were said to be endeavoring to re-establish themselves in that quarter. The Cotton Frauds bill, with leew amendments, passed the Bombay Legislative Council. ‘The ships 'I'weed and Calcutta lett Bombay by the Persian Gulf with the new telegraphic cabie which is to be laid from Jask to Bushire. The young Rajah of Kholapoor (in the Bombay presidency) is likely, before assuming the reins of government in that State, to pay @ visit to England. tr 1g proposed to raise @ statue to Dupleix at Pon- dicherry. A new paper, called The Indian Church Review. ain been starved in Bombay to propogate Ritualistic views. The Minister at Hyderabad offered rewards of 250 rupees for the translation of works on moral philoso- phy and of @ moral tendency into Hindoostanee and Mahrattee, for educational purposes, ‘The note circulation ia India has reached half of what of the Bank of England, and during the tast year gave a considerable prodat to government. ‘The receipts on the East Indian Rallway for the week ending October 3 amounted to £35,446, belug ao increase of £483 a8 compared with the corre- sponding period of last year. The Jubbulpore line shows & decrease of fifty-eight pounds as compared with the same period. The cyclone of October 7 extended for a con- siderable distance up country. Arrah and other sta- tions in the neighborhood suffered severely. Heavy floods followed in Behar and the Bhaugulpore division, and the traMc of the East Indian Raiferay was monped for a short time by the washing away Of a bridge, Burmese merchants are eagerly demanding the repeal of the export duty on rice, to enable them to Somueee on equal terms with Saigon and other free rt Pooousts destroyed fifty per cent of the crops in Marwar, ten per cent in Tonk and seven per cent in Jeypore. ihe octroi duty on cotton has been abolished in the principal towns of the Central provinces from the 1st of November. It 18 thought that the government intends taki over the railway telegraphs in India, ag in an om- cial paper they stated that {t is absurd to encourage a@system kept up by guaranteed capital against a system maintaiyed by government capital. Azim Khan, the ex-Ameer of Canool, died at Shahrood in Persia, on the 6th of Octover, The Madras census has been postponed until the taking of tne general census of India in 1871. be rapidiy woreastug and tie governmesy? sesiet: notwith- standing their prohibition, levy@uties on it and ei the Go pe jumerous ims Merchants with goods arrived at Leh from Yarkand. There was @ slight earthquake at Simia on the 7th of October. The Lurkish envoy to Cabool arrived at Umballa, ‘The state of the Pd in the Panjab ia said to be most satisfactory and the people delighted at the Bae! of a “bumper” harvest after so long a woarcity. THE SUEZ CANAL. Scotch Trade=The New Transit—The First British Vessel in the Canal, {From the Glasgow Herald, Nov. 18.) Our townsmen, Messrs. Handyside & Henderson, have tis forenoon reeelved @ telegram from Air. Fleming, their agent in Egypt, dated from Ismailia this morning, at twenty minutes from seven o’ciock, advising that their screw steamer Dido had jus ar- Tived there, en route for Suez, being the first writish merchant steamer to enter the Suez Canal, We understand that Messrs, Handyside & Hender- son have ali along manifested a lively interest in the undertaking, and have watched the progress of the a its nA ope 0 8 termination with an in- preciation of its importance, weil know- olution in the mode of transit to the East juccessful completion of the canal will un- doubtedly produce. Mr. Thomas Henderson, the senior member of the firm, visited and inspected the canal throughout its whole length, about eighteen months ago, and was then strony impr from @il he heard and saw on the spot, that the under- taking would certainly prove an engineering suc- cess, and soon be an accomplished fact. It muat be gratifying to the local pride of our Citizens, ag it is highly creditable to the and enterprise of the owners of the steamer Dido, that the fret Briush merchant vessel that passes through the canal suould hall from Glasgow and Ay the well knowa “Anchor” gag, NEW YORK CITY. TRE COURTS, URITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY, Before Judge Blatchford. In the Matter of William F, Goodwin.—Tiis case was referred to a register, who certified that George V. House was duly elected assignee of the bankrupt’s estate, and executed the bond required by the thirteenth section of the act; and he further certified that, in pursuance of the rule of the court adopted November 13, 1869, he called the attention of the assignee to the provisions of General Order No, 28, and he now brought the case to the notice of the Court, although he had no means of knowing whether or not the assignee had failed to make a report to the Court of the tunds received by him or of deposit made by him, as required by the order mentioned, Juc ‘tchford, in referring to the matter, ob- served tl when an assignee failed to make # re- port to the Court of funds received by him and of deposits made by bim, it must be assumed no funds had been received by him and that no deposits had been made by him. In order to wagant pro- ceedings against an assignee fur not complying with General Order No, 28 1t must be shown by ant ma facie evidence that he had received funds or ad made deposits, in respect to which he ought to have made @ report to the Court under said general order, No such thing was shown in thig case, and therefore there was nothing on which the Court could base any action in the premises. Notice to the Bar. Ordered, That the calendar of jury causes made for the present November term of this Court stand iM respect to causes therein which shall be undis- posed of at the close of the present term as the celendar for the ensuing December term of this court, without the necessity of fling aew rules of issue or serving DOF notices of trial in respect of guch causes r the ensuing December term, Other causes may be noticed and put upon auch geiepess at the foot thereof for the ensuing Decem- r terin. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Notice to the Bar. The catendar of civil jury causes in the United Btates Circuit Court will be called by Judge Blatch- ford ip the District Court room on Saturday, Decem- ber 4, 1869, at eleven o’ciock A. M., tor the pul ol setting down for trial during the month of De- cember such of said causes as the parties thereto will consent to try before the court without a jury, UNITED STATES’ COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Distillery Onse. Before Commussioner Shields. The United States vs, John Warnike.—The defend- ant was charged with carrying on the business of @distilier at the corner of Forty-fourth atreet and Ninth avenue, without hawh&g pald the tax required py law. The defendant averred thay he occupied the premises in question as a grocery and les the basement to one Henry Smith, who stated to him that he manufactured nothing but cider, but who, it subsequently appeared, illicitly manufac- tured apirits. The delinquent was held under $2,000 ball o awatt examination, The Alleged Fraudulent Personation of Revenue Ofticers. The United States vs, Lalor and Kuhner.—The defendants, as previously mentioned, were charged with frauduleatly personating revenue officers. The evidence in the case has already appeared. The case Was summed up yesterday, Assistant District Attor- ney Jackson representing the government, and utr. Sedgewick appearing for the defendants. Alter the summing up of counsel Commissioner Shields announced that ue would render bis decision on Thursday next. The Custom House Weigher Frauds. The United States vs. H. A. Smalley.—The de- fendant, a gon of Judge Smalley, of the United States District Court of Vermont, and who was a weigher in the Custom House, was, with others, charged with having committed certain frauds rela- tive to the pay rolls, District Attorney Pierrepont, in reply to Mr. Sedge- wick, who appeared for the defence, stated yester- day afternoon that after having made a searching investigation into tne rges preierred, be was convinced that Colonel Smalley had really no per- sonal knowledge of the matters alleged. Moreover, at the time the charges were made Colonel Smalley was absent in Paris, but as soon as the Oat were made kuown to him he returned immediately aud requested an investigation. Under ail the circum- stances he (the District Attorney) asked that the com- Plaint be dismissed, Commissioner Shields said that on the recommen- dation of the District Attorney he would dismiss the complaint, and ordered the defendant's discharge. Smuggling Cigars. Before Commissioner Osborne. The Untted States vs, Joseph Schneider.—The de- fendant, who carried on the business of a tobacco- nist in the Bowery, was charged with having smug- gied 80,000 cigars and 1,000 pieces of ribbon. Held under $20,000 bail tor exammation. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions Rendered. By Judge Fithian. Benjamin F. Stephens vs, Manly Howe et al.— Motion granted. Christropher Marz et al. vs. The New York ana Harlem Railroad Company.—Motion denied with- out prejudice, Hiram R, Mites vs, Eliza L. Wood et al.—Motion nted. eT puza L. Wood vs. Hram R. Mites,—Motion granted. Margaret Sherlock vs. Stephen Sherlock.—Motion granted. Joseph A. Ingramvs. Goorre Rollet al.—Jadgment for defendant. No costs to elther party. Rebecca Gray, Administratriz, vs, National Steamship Company.—Motion granted, Hannah M. Irving vs. Lydia For.—Judgment for Plaintif for $19,172 86. ¢ dn the Matter of the Accounting af T, Easton Ben- nett, ver, &c.—Motion dented. Rovert Brown vs, Wo’ Reylander.—Order vacated and set aside. Caroline Lang vs. Michael L. Hilter.—Motion dis- missed, With costs. Ten dollars costs of motion, By Judge McCann. New York Opthaimic Hospital vs, Rugens Dupuy.— Order signed and filed in Clerk’s office, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. SUPREME COURT—OnaMBERS.—Held by Judge Ingraham.—Cail cf Calendar 12 M.-—Nos. 63, 113, 114, 133, 143, 169, 175, 195, 198, 199, 201, 202, 208, 216. ‘Cali 282, MaRInwe CouRT—TRiaL. TerM.—Part 1—Judge Alker.—Non-jury causes only.—Nos, 4820, 4429, 4267, 4285, 4328, 4361, 4374, 4377, ns 4460, 3g, 4452, 4456, 4457. Part 2—Before Judge Gross—Non-jury causes only—Nos. 4119, 1 a 4342, 4357, 4259, 4467, 4468, 4473, 4474, 4478, 4480, 448) SURROGATR’S CoURT.—Gideon J. ate. Contented issue of tact to be tried, ing Wednesday, December 1, mmenc- wi 1869.—No. 1, will of Frederick Seigfried; 2, administration of &e., of Jabella Burchell, Alias Armstrong; 3, min- istration of goods, &c., of Daniel Angevine; 4, will of Joseph Bertand; 6, will of Henry M, Steele; 6, ad- Ministration of goods, &c., of Dorethea G. Kapp; 7, wilt of Martin Althous; 8, ‘will ot Ann Serr; .% allegations against | will of Thomas Howe; 10, will of James Amory; 11, will of Elesnor Barrington; 12, of Henry Barrett; 13, will of Walter Walsn; 14, will of J witt of Harriet Halsey; ’ 16, will of Flynn; 17, will of Thomas J. Blan 32R wall of Lazar Spitz; 19, ‘whl of Peter Becker; 20, will of John W. Farmer; 21, willof Helen Macauley; 22 will of Jacob Boell; 23, ‘will of Cornelia Livingston; 24, wil of Thomas An- drews; 25, will of Richard 8, Addington, CITY INTELLIGENCE. TaE Wararann YSSTERDAY.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the cor- ding day of last year, a8 indicated b; ohne thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HeRaLp ing, corner of Ann street:—~ 1868, 1869, 12 M.. Average temperature yesterday..... . Average temperature for corresponding date Gn Grange iii at wix A.M. the thermomoter registered CHILD Run Over.—Yesterday morning @ child named William Hickman, of No, 116 Bast Sixteenth street, was run over by & milk wagon driven by George Danity, and slightly injured. ALUMNI RaUNION.—The annual dinner of the Alumni Association of Brown University will take Place this evening at the Metropolitan Hotel, Presi- dent Caswell, Professor Chase and Senator anthony Wil be present. 8, 8. Cox is to preside, Bor@uaRy IN SEVENTH AVENUZ.—On Sunday night the clothing store No. 490 Seventh avenue was entered by burglars, who broke open whe rear door and stole six overcoais, a biack frook coat, a pair of Pants and other property, of the total value of $100, with which they succeeded in making their escape. DEATH ON “DUTCH HILL.”—Notice reachea the Coroner's oMee yesterday afternoon that James Powell liad been lying dead on “Dutch Hill,” Fortieth street, near First avenue, since Friday Jast. Cor- oner Flynn has the matter in charge and will make ‘an investigatio KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRICK.—A very important meeting of this body will be held this evening at the Readquarvers, 134 Broadway, The Bosra of ‘Directors will nave certificates of stock under the charter ready for delivery, and it ia said that a satis- factory report as to the proposed new ubrery build- ing Will be presented. bs Diap or His Insunres.—Coroner Flynn was yeaterday called to the Morgue to hold an inquest on the body of Frederick Wausman, # German, 88 years ofage, whose death was the result of injuries re- ceived on the 16th ult, by @ barrel of whiskey fall- ing upon him at 67 James street, Ho sustained compound fracture of one of bis legs. Tus New SEAL Or THE Diocesz OF ALBANY.—It Was erroneously stated in connection with the elaborate description of the new ecclesiastical seal printed in Sunday’s HekaLp that this gem of the iy nary’ art was manufactured. by Meare. Browne a Rg Rly ~ wi (or Biyhoy 0 fant episcopal incumbent of that d eee A PITCHER IN a Man’s Heap.—The police report ® singular accident as having occurred yesterday morning to,Thomas Brennan, aged twenty-two, of No, 57 Mulperry street. About halt-past twelve he Teli down Stairs at the above number, while got out with a pitcher, which was broken ip the and @ piece of it ran into his forehead. Brennan’s injuries are believed to be of a fatal character, not withstanding the pitcher was extracted. SUIGIDE BY SHooTinNG.—Some days ago Matthias Mish,a German of very intemperate habits, who lived in Eighty-first street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, while suffering from &® severe attack of delirium tremens, shot himself through the head T"ahEiteeed Tat Stuaseaie eke Ses al junday ni ¥ ensued, Mish was firt: ‘tures cate of age. Coro- ner Flynn was notified to hold an inquest on the APooR REVENGE.—John Lehey, of No, 785 Third avenue, ® slave to drink, for some days has indulged immoderately in the use of whiskey until he has be- ratiry bin appetile and’ ine liquor dealers relusiag to al wor dealers frast hn “arther yeuterday ha returned to His wife found bim nearly strangled, cut him down, and Lehey lives to drink another day, THE RED AUVRORA.—At forty minutes after twelve o'clock on Monday morniag nearly ali of the sky was remarkably clear. Between three and four o'clock the heavens were suffused-with the red and scarlet variety of the aurora borealis. The planes Jupiter shone forth in the west, while the eliver Sir- tus 8] about one hoor west of the meridian, and the moon @ short distance above the eastern lo: Shaper pet of the moon snineine Bip sees ever-changing aurora produced @ singularly beautiful effect, SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—One evening several weeks ago a man proceeded to the foot of pier 1 North river and, divesting himself of bis clothing, jumped overboard and was drowned. His clothes were secured dnd taken to the New street police station, where they gtill remain. On sunday algae the body of & Man ina nude state, about thirty-five years of age, and having dark hair, was found in the dock at pier 8 North river and secured. Coroner Schirmer ‘Was notified. Theremains are supposed to pe of the man who jumped overboard. THE STEUBEN MONUMENT.—The officers and trus- tees of the Steuben Monument Association have resolved to petition the Legislature for permission to contribute their funds to those made up by the Seat porary At es city, and to those appro! yy the lature some years ago for embellish the grave of General Frederick William von Steuben, the well known hero of the Revolutionary war, by & monument or other- wise. The remains of General Steuben are resting near Steubenville, One da county, and his grave ia Said to be in a dilapidated con‘tition, POLICE OFFICER KILLED BY FALLING FROM AN Omnipus.—Yesterday morning information was re- ceived at the Coroners’ oMce from Captain Mount, of the Seventeenth precinct, that oMcer Augustus Van Arsdale, of the Broaaway squad, had been kiiled, Tne written notice stated that at eight o’clock A. M, the officer attempted to monnt to the seat of a Broadway and Eighth street stage near the corner of Kighth street and avenue A, when he feil backwards and, striking on his head, received injuries which resulted in nia death soon after reachi the station house, corner of First avenue and Fi Street, Deceased waa forty years of age and a native of this country. Coroner Schirmer was notified and held an inquest over the remains, Verdict of accidental death war returned by the jury, Mr. Van Arsdale was aa excellent officer aud @ worthy citizen. He basleft a widow and several children, POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BURGLARY IN THIRD AVENUE.—About one o'clock on Sunday morning officer Ryan, of the Eighteenth Precinct, while on post on Third avenue discovered @ person coming from the front door of the bakery of Mr. Chellbrough, at No. 285, and walked towards ‘Twenty-third street. The officer started in pursuit, upon poeerying whicn the burglar took to his heels and ran several blocks, and was finally captured on the corner of Twenty-second street and First avenue, after an exciting chase. Upon examining the prem- ises it was duscovered that an entrance had been effected by means of forcing open @ window on the Twenty-third street entrance. The prisoner was ar- raigned at Jefferson Market yesterday and gave the name of Thomas Johnson. A complaint was pre- ferred against him by Mr. Chelibrougn, and in de- fauls of bail he was committed to answer. ALLEGED FALSE REPRESENTATIONS.—Oflicer Leay- croft, of the Second District Court aquad, yesterday arraigned before the presiding magistrate at Jefferson Market a man named Andrew J. Clark, upon complaint of Mrs, Hermina Gonza- lez, of No. 10 Union square, charged with deirauding her out of $500 on the i2th of January last. Mrs. Gonzalez charges that on the above date the prisoner cume to her and desired her vo allow him to purchase a house for her at No. 186 Fourth street, for $14,000. As she was desirous of Purchasing a house she authorized him to nego- Uate for the property, agreeing to pay $3,000 down, and the balance to remain on bond and mortgage. Clark informed her that he would require $600 cash to close the contract, which amount she advanced him, since which time she has ‘never been able to complete the balance of tne agreenient, and charges that his representations were false and made for the purpose of defrauding her out of her money. Ho d the charges made against him, but was com- muyfted in default of vail to answer. LAROBNY OF JEWELBY.—On the 5th of October last, James Donaldson called upon Mr. John Baker at nis place of business, 141 Sixth avenue, and informed him that he had @ customer who was desirous of purchasing @ goid watch, chain. and diamond ring, and if he would entrust the property to him and accompany him he could dispose of them to a good advantage, Mr. Baker, having confidence in the statements made by Donaldson, gave him the pro- perty, valued at $247, and accompanied him toa place in Broad street, where he was to meet his customer. While waiting m the saloon in Broad street Baker states he stooped to pick @ match from the floor and upon raising his head discovered Donaldson going out of the door ‘with the property in his possession. He saw nothing more of him until yesterday, when be handed him over to the custody of detectives Hill and Rockwell, of the Ninth precinct, ‘The prisoner was arraigned before the presiding m: ‘ate at Jefferson Market yesterday morning and dented the charge, but was committed in default of $1,000 bail to answer, ANOTHER PANBL VioTiM.—On Monday night of last week William Morris (probably assumed), @ guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, fell a victim to the wiles of ono Emma Reed, the notorious female who hi 80 conspicuously im the Front ned Me a rt Allen,’ who my tase oy dae tate Priwon for five years on Friday ‘Bedford. Ashe was proceening 46 trosdwar ac eu early hour of the evening met Emma, and, being pleased with her pretty face and winning ‘ways, accepted an invitation to accompany her to a house on Fourt& avenue, between Ninta and Tenth streets, he having at the time six $100 bills in his possession. remaining’ @ short time he and sought bis more sump- tuous quarters of the hotel, when he discovered eluded he had that his money was missing and Co! been made a victim to the panel @, Reporting iis troubles to the Captain of the Twenty-ninth pre- cinct officer Martinot was to ferret out and arrest the female whom Morris charged with steal. ing his money. While on Broadway Sanday night this notorious panel thief was alscovered by Morris and handed over to the custody of the omcer who accompanied him, mn being conveyed to the sta- ton nouse she gave the nameof Emma Wilson. She was yestorday arraigned at Jefferson Market and re- manded to the station house until this morning, SMUGGLING OPERATIONS OW BOSTON, Heavy Seizure of Liquors. {From the Boston Post, Nov. 27.) The schooner 1. Hodgkins, @ craft of about eighty tons, was taken possession of yesterday fore- noon by the United States authorites, by order of Collector Russell. She came into port during Thurs- day night and anchored off Loring’s w' , South Boston. Information Of her arrival was fret had at avout ten A. M. yesterday, when Captain Doliver, one of the board! a officers, and oificers of t United States tug Hamlin, proceeded to and o hauled her. No person was found on aaa Dut on searching the officers discovered 100 cases of gin and two cases of brandy. The schooner was towed to jong. wharf during the afternoon, waere she now is. ‘The liquor was landed and taken to the Ap- praiser’s office, near the Custom House. Before the ‘vessel was seized 250 cases had been landed and carted over to the city proper. This was subsc- quently mony and bo now the page ed the vernment as smuggied property, The smugglers jad ten teams in Waiting at South Boston to conve: the property to what was sup; to bea piace. [tis a clear and deiperate case of amugslng, and the property will of course become confiscated. ‘The parties jagerl in the unlawful business will al looked r in the most vigilant manner, 18 was a most andacious act—iar more audacious, wa may add, than skilful, Proceedings wil at once be instituted against the owners and consignees. Smuggling on this acale w very rare at tis port, end will hardly prove very profitable. STREET EXTENSIONS. eee Wiping Out. the Landmarks—Last Days of Ancient New York—Church Street Laid Broad and Bare to the Battery— Worth Street Piercing the Five Points—Pearl Street Prospering— The Prospect Ahead — The Law Lagging Behind. co “ The process of Hanssmannizing New York is to al) Appearances going rapidly forward, with the essen- tial difference between the French method and our own of “widening the narrow aud straightening the crooked way” that the former prefers one directing mind and we prefer several. The power to extend atreets 19 about as absolute In the one case as it is in the other. A few ratiroad corporations have only to ask that a dozen biocks of houses—big houses, that hundreds of thousands of dollars were lavished on— be removed for the accommodation of their lines, and straightway, as though by @ harlequin’s wanda, the towering walls of brown stone and brick disap- pear jike the mist of the morning. The intrinsic value of the extension of Church street may be an open question, but few will be reluctant to yield their mite of admiration t the bold and masterly manner in which tt was pushed through from Fulton street to the Battery. To drive a clean gap 100 feet wide through the heart of an old, solid and densely built up neighborhood, through great, ponderous warehouses, and in the midst of thronging lc, 80 long a distance and in so short a time, @ feat of which even our friena Haussmann might be proud. New Church street makes a galiant show. There is a breadth of sky above it of which its paternal relation can never nowadays catch @ glimpse. Standing on Fulton street, at the southeast corner of old St. Paul’s churchyard, and looking towards the Battery, the spectator sees but a house or two standing on the newly created thoroughfare to obstruct his view of the biae waters of the bay and the interesting loaf- ers on the grassy margin of Castie Garden. He must confess, in spite of every insinuation to the contrary, that a great improvement is this same ex- tension. True, it has sacrificed many a noble and costly pile, with stout, imposing fronts of embroid- ered marbie, but 1t has also wiped out an acre or 0 of the sin and filth-deflled buildings of the olden tame, letting tn the light, the air and the smiling face of heaven, where ali three were strangers before. In slicing down the space for the Churcli street ex- tension some warehouses were pared away to a few feet, and the awkwardness of thelr present atten- uated appearance Is easily realized in looking’at the ridiculously shallow depths of the new fronts put up on the extension, Between Dey and Cortlandt, on the west side, a six story range of extremely plain brick warehouses is nearly cumpleted. It is simost a misnomer to call them warehouses, asa man might reach with his arm from the front door to the back wall. Turning around in the rooms up stairs must be done by pivoting one’s self on his heels, At the opposite side, howéver, a much greater depth has been secured, and a more showy, diversified class of buildings has been erected. At the weat aide, between Cortiandt and Liberty, all is biank aga ballalley. ‘The shaving process has been clean 28 @ sawed log, leaving the corner stores intact and much of the wall plaster perfect. Across the mite of the old carriage factory, corner of Trinity place, and away by the rear of Trumty churchyard, the new street in its noble ampiltude of width holds ita way to an old, simoke-begrimed brick building at Rector street, which still stands as an obstruction, but, sweeping past, the extension cuts through and cuts down a hundred old rookeries all along to Morris arreet, Belind Trinity church @ grandly massive brick structure, several hundred feet jong, formerly atood, and, close beside it, tne highest brick buliding in the city used a8 ® Warehouse. Both have utterly dis- appeared, but in the place of the former aa enor- mous iron editice has been erected, with a high Mansard roof resting upon beams, wiuch in turn rest upon pillars or limbs of irom of truly colossal pro- portions. {tis very near completion, and 1s a really @igantic piling up of metal. Within its wais Uuiied plates bonded goods will repose, and to Ayers, the owner, Uncie Sam will pay arentof many thou- sands per annum. ‘rhe Unurch street extension, then, is an accom- plished iact. The lengtn and breadth have been cut, carved and cleared. Next summer the street cars starting from the Park will bear the passenger seek- ing the glorious bosom of the bay clear down to the cottonwood shade of the Battery, where he can feast bia eyes on the dark blue sea, the sailing al and the saucy tugboats. Courch sirect wil wheel into Greenwich with @ tolerably easy curve, but 1¢ would be still easier if the southeast corner of Morris street was sliced off, and thus @ nearer and clearer glimpse of the Battery by the approaching passen- gers would be secured. Yesierday tue work of llling up and grading the new roadway was carried on in @ very dawdling manuver, This should not de alter so much been well and quickly accomplished. In the enure yawning apace, With its mountains of rubbish be- tween Dey and Cortlandt, only two Irish lavorers were visible, and these were away down in a sand- pit, apparently searching for clams, However, if the street car people can aiford to wait so can the pub- luc. Church street, however, 1s @ success. The grum- biers against the extension are those who own pro- erty on the route and considered themselves ill- recompensed in its disposal, ‘To the general public this is @ matter of small consequence. Of course the rogues that iatten On every municipal 1mprovement ‘Wil get their slice outgf this also; put this rich and irrepressible community which nas stood 16.80 long can aiford the trifing imposition jor the sake of an ulumate and permanent convenience, New Church street, from ite fine width and central location, should be lined with the bes¢ class of wholesale stores, but so far buildings of the meanest and fimsiest character have been put up, with but one exception, in the imstance of the United States bonded warehouses, which are really splendid and substantial strucyures. By rea- BON Of tue litte space left at the sides to build houses: upon, the asseasments On property along the route nave justly and necessarily been very light, ana so Imadequate vw the expenditure mvolved in the in. provement tiiat property hoiders as far up as Four- teenth street have had 0 contribute their share to Gefray the expense. WORTH STREET OPENING. The opening of Worth street from Chatham square to Centre street and thence to Broadway 1s perhaps one of the most interesting, satisiactory, wise and needful improvemenis that been made 12 10: years. The work involved was of the simplest kin And must have cost specifically and comparatively but a trife. But look at the results, avd look at the prospect 1 laid bare to the passer- om Chatham square or Broadway. Beuud at screen, if we may so call the few corner of Chatham square, the seething social ceaspool of the Five Powts was hidden, and to him ‘who waiked along down from the buat Bowery no glimpse was given save such as might be vaguely caught in the tortu- ous vista -of Baxter or Cherry street, Ihe view from Broad wal wee equally indefinite. Looking down Worth st appeared @ cul de sao, or else & labyrinth of streets and alieys, with no clear means of egress on the other side. A stranger who might be told it was the notorious and leprous locale of the city’s abandoned childen would certainly show little disposition vo explore its topography. But there is no need for app! ion now; for there gre, & suroet straight ag ap arrow, through. the eart of the city’s ulcer, and leta in the light from the blue sky beyond. The timid and fastidious can now through’ Worth street from Bowery to vice versa without fear or trem! and that alone is @ % triamph. etreet something like a resemblance to the moral exposure of privately bad character. As long as none but policemen or citizens Of adventurous tastes, bus very fearful steps were intruders the society of the Five Points felt indifferent to criti- cism; but when the curtain at the end of Worth street was drawn aside and the great bull's eye lan- tern of day waa turned in upon it there was no small amount of mock modesty put on. See this fellow here on the corner, who Keeps the whiskey poison shanty, Makes money of the fori wretches who hang along and hasa private residence up town; he feels just @ trifle shy at having so much light turned in upon him. The opening took an old house down that hid nis sign board in the Way, aud there nis 10 sticks out in unpleasant prominence over the future sidewalk of Worth sti He has not the courage to take in that mange. The opening of Worth atreet cannot be overesti- Mated. It seais the doom of the Five Points and all its concentrated nastiness; it brings Broadway and the thoroughfares cast of {t trom Chatham square inv nearer and more convenient commapioation, and makes way for the erection of other such splendid blocks of warehouses as mark the western ond of Worth street. Already tne work of embellishing this hitherto uninviting thoroughfare has al. New buildings are going up on either side, and ere long no trace will remain of the once famous and infamous Five Pomts, The House of Industry is almost completed and presents a decided! a fpf appearance. The architecture 1s of a bold and com- manding atyle for such material as brick, and if the atructures for business pur} which are shorty to be erected lay ciatm to half the pretensions arch- itecturally which this charitable institution desery- edly puts forth worth street will be the most orna- Mental, as oy ite gonfigurauon It is decidedly the most picturesque, of any in the iower quarter of the city. PRARL STREET EXTENSION, The extension of Pearl street hai long been de- Manded, but that venerable pile, the New York Hospital, being directly in the way, and being an Indusution of great wWerll aud eas, the mareh of tmproverhefit had to await the decline of the hos ital’s eM@cacy. Now, however, Pearl street has had ts claim ized, and in place of halting on the cass side of way, it crosses to the west, and plunges the grounds do ‘bit to % and thence in @ seven of which on one of completion, is another instanve of active energy. Toe grade of Pearl street from Broadway to Thomas street Las rather a steep sppearance, but a good deal of work has yet to be done before the desired incline la au The side of the street next to the wing of the hospital left eo is one huge em| it of earth, whi m due, course me will be removed and of room lett for building lots, It is somewhat intereat- ing to walk down this poms created thoroughfare and realize tue vast amount of labor that must neces sarily have been performed in excavating @ score of gab-cellars and movi ‘ay the countiess loads of rubbish, in all forms, from the ruins of the large and stately building that erstwhile stood here. On every aide are remains of the great trees that flourished on the hospital grecn. Huge roots branch away in weird shape and jimitiess subdivision from the raw and severed soli, and great embankments of earth, like the rat of @ fort, slope down to tne base- ment walls of some newly risen warehvuse of iron. On the whole, the Peari street extension is a wise measure, and might be continued down to the North river with advani LAURENS STREET WIDENING. The tedious preitminary work of awarding dam- > complaints and reporting reaults to the proper au! ty 1s being gone thro and, of Sentet an eauraly conducted the work’ of widening Laurens street from Canal to Amity and thence to Fifth avenue must remain in abeyance, ‘The commissioners are Morgan Jones, James H. Coleman and Robert OC. Hutclings. ‘The following awards for damages have been made to owners of property on Laurens street:— sestity sBSS Fy cen 113,636 va i8'9e1 G. EL Hyatt ti im Gilg. & Week A ABI i hy RC ba Aben. 7,210 (ae 1,509 4° sh LFV 26,200 B. Townsend. [B76 th a Soot a x 8563 “AR. gap J. 10,063 0, & 8,063 def i E ie} & a et 53 He AL Dingees.....502. 1608 ‘The total awards will aggregate nearly $1,300,000, Fifth avenue, when uniied with the extended width of Laurens street, which will just correspond with the avenue, will give @ clear th one enid of the island to the other in its central and meas about twelve miles. Laurens si will unite with West Broadway, and the latter, by nee fomatd Kicteiren te) Be fe he ; ca unite with reenWieh street, ‘om the point o! Janction the Battery can be reached in @ few moments, When finisned this continuity of roadway will be the glory of New York. Strangers willbe driven over its in- terminabie length and shown the longest and:finest street of which the world can boast, West Broad- way, at one end lined with the palace marts of com- merce, and Fifth avenue at its other end, with the private palaces of our foremost citizens, LAFAYETTR PLACE EXTENSION. ‘The junction of Lafayette place with Bleecker street will be-@ heppy consummation and make a very fine street, which Lafayette piace undoubtedly 48, USSIUi as Well as ornamental. Lafayetie place agivis might very appropriately have a notice pus up al eiiber end With the words ‘no thoroughfare.” It i a purely private street, affording no aid or re- Hef to the traftic of the city. The great alm, of course, in these widenings and extensions should be the relief of Broadway or some simtiarly over burdened highway. Lalayette place can contripute to this end by uniting it with Crosby street and ren- dering it convenient to Mulberry. A track of the Broadway cars could be diverted at Seventeenth street, and, turning eastward through Union square, brought dowa Fourth avenue tw Eighth street, where by a gentie swerve towards Broadway it might enter Lafayette place, and, following the ex- tension, pursue the line of Mulberry street to the City Hall, PARK PLACE WIDENING. The broad tuough brief commercial avenue of Park place when widened to West street wiii make @ splendid nppearance. Robinson street, the con- tinuation of Park place, is rather narrow for the demands of commerce, and the making of it uni- form in width with its neignbor nearer Broadway, should confer @ mutual bevetit, BROADWAY WIDENING, The widening of Broadway from Thirty-fourth street to the Park is@ work of serious proportions. Mr. George H. Purser has ordered some lithographic copies of the projected 1 nprovement, bound up with & copy Of the act of assessment, for the use of the property owners. lt contemplates making the street twenty-five feet wider, than it is, at tne sacri- fice of a few fine buildings. Tue commissioners appointed to award and adjust damages are Senator ‘Thomas Murphy, Charles £. Cornel: and — Hennessy, A great dea! of diiiculty lies in the way id sausfying the demands in any reasonable form of ts pro; owners on this route. These people have most ex- Wravagant ideas of the worth of their lots and shan- ties, and place the Valuation not by the prevailing and accepted standard of price, but by the prospec- tive value a dozen years or so hence, ‘the law, un- fortunately, has not provided as it should againss speculators who, on hearing of a projected street Pr BO lee Jump in and purchase tots and houses and then turn arouud and demand double the amount in damages that the property is worth at ita market value. DEFECTS IN THR LAW OF ASSESSMENT, A few remarks concerning tne law and the man- ner of faying out, extending and opening streets will not be amiss just here. The early set Amsterdam, in ered! buildings and laying out atreets, simply provided for their immediate wanws and necessities. As early as 1800 pubitc attention Was Specially directed to tne laying out and eatab- lishing @ city upon @ well considered permanent and uniform pian, and in 1807 an act was passed upon the ‘subject. The totai expense of improve- ments under the act of 1307 was raised exciusively by assessment on the property bene- fited. in opening streets and avenues, however, the awards for land taken, originally “04g insignificant, eventuaily became merely nominal because the change of ownership under deeds conveying the property by streets and avenues as boundaries amounted to @ dedication of the land required for such public uses. The assessment for this class of cases is confined to half the adjoining blocks, In re- lation to the widening and extension of ancient Streets or the opening of avenues aud the erection of parks w the upper portion of the city, a different ruie prevails and assessments may be imposed without verritorial limit upon all property which, in the opinion of the comumisaloners @ppointed by the Su- preme Court, is actually advent It is found dimMoult, however, under this principle, to collect, im many cases, the awards and expenses. The cause is obvious, The vulldings erected for purposes of bual- ness or residence are usually of an ex, jive char- acter and the land of great value. To assess the total cost Upon the property fronting on or actually advantaged would frequently amount to ite contiscation. Under such circumstances commis- sioner are obliged to exvend the area of assessment beyond the area of benefit, for the improvement must either be abandoned or provision made for the pay- ment by: 1m burdens strictly without legal authority, and for which we ity alone consti- tutes the apology. Legislation hitherto has failed to embrace ail the interests involved in municipal im- provements, and adjust to each its juss proportion orthe burden, In the construction of convenient roads traversing the island, in the erection of parks for the recreation ana health of this and futare generations, and in the widening and extension of ‘ancient streets necessary for convenient public use @ substantial benefit Is conferred not merely upon {tae houses and lots, bus upon the commerce, ‘he Dusiness and the people of the cuy. If the con- tracted and unjust which prevails here had controlled the aitted or Old World they would have remained without any of those cent improvements which render their cli ao attractive and prosperous, Tne Boulevards of Paris could never have been constructed, nor the Thames embankment, not the Holborn viaduct, Mf the Operation of the law had been such that the ex- nse Mvolved in these improvements should be imposed upon property immedia' he a or by an exten but arbitrary area Of assessment Yet this 1s the way itis with us. But defective and condemnatory though it be, it has not materially re- tarded the of city gre nd ‘The which confer Tee ey eg be =| individual Denent should bé proporti ts lor by taxation on the communtt, am re i providing for the expense, aud without any wo savanrage resulting from the improvement, will be justly condemned, if not hong an ae owners wae from foresight or commendable vada, benprs § meet these burdens without compiaint, ha aright to insist that eelewt not be uneg! im- it benefit, sessmenta are imposed mere! trary and oj ve. Our citizens posed or distributed wit! Tae BoyLsTon BANK ROBBERY.—It 19 learn from Chief Kurtz that a very minute deactiynon of the men who are certainly known to have been en- gaged in the robbery of thts bank has been for- ‘warded to the chief of every police force in North and South America and Euro, This description is pregnant with detatis of the most important charac: ter. in addition to thia a pamphie' lished and distributed by aut! giving & detailed description of bonds and oth secarities that were stolen bythe burgiars, in which appears @ raph offering twenty per cent op thé value of the lost seourities for ir return, thd paragraph being endorsed by all parties who bave hinds in the hands Of the barglars. Tats proposition wii, of course, be 1; criticised; but such ta the fact. It only remains for us to state that every pre. Uctoctver can seguect nas been Imad for the appre jetect ‘can suggest has hension of the burglars.—Sosion Journal, ow a