The New York Herald Newspaper, May 27, 1870, Page 5

Rock, #. scriptural Jacob's Laduer, clef mg 9 eons MIDSUMMER RETREATS. [Sie eee ‘The Season of 1870 in the Catskill ‘This 288; Mountains. Tat eayacious; hay goon fun Ture, clea parlors and the cnarge wed 60 per ovary ftelzn turk vioiiag th aotnoes has bora ‘Who Ghould and Who Should Not Visit This | su q on hor dune. The. prom Desort— of the Soenery—Capa- | Bruges row Fic tu ude aa by sa.ne ‘Magnificence [te a ag cour dons, am exampie of task ity and Accommodations of the Hotels— Sanne p who live domaniaat eayrice Something About Eating—A Mountain Tue Luurel House ts two und @ hall miles distant Sunrise—Fishing, Dancing and Ore =| Siogant rooms asa everyiiing w doue > Procuie Cu queting—The Retreat of MT yr ire ane, k by E. ©. Dick- ista, Poets and Literary Mon. inson, stands xX Lulles (rom tie viliag? And midway ‘on the road to the meuutadh It is a fine resori. ‘The guests are weil treated aad the x Cis, ‘Tue house has been relited aud refurabohod throughout. 11 ig now open. ‘The Prospect Purk Hots stands on the buff over- looking tbe dudsoo, The river view papers 1G hag been freshty tived, A new wtitoa been buiiton. The arraugements for the season wie first pr py ade peed aie to be ocou- zi Quanimons voice Rese fs that fh execis ail ocher hotels, [te valy rivat CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, May 23, 1870, People living inlani eek the asvasiore, and ‘those dwelling by the coast desire the mountain air. Such @ mutual interchange of localities con- ‘@uces to health and enjoyment, which require vary- temperatures and intercsiing novelties; and in to carry out this law it is found that one sum- mer Fetceat i9 but tho comploment of the other. Long Branch affords New York the ocean; the’Cats- ‘Kill Mountains cool, refreshing breezes and superb * geenery, and Buratoga mineral waters and gay @musement4, Philadelphians rash to Cape May for fine bathing, to tho hilis of their own unduaing State, and compete with metropolitans for the rule Of the numerous springs—Saratoga, White Sulphur, Richfield aud Sharon. Hence the Catskill Mountains @re patronized chiefly by residents of large c.ties on She Atlantic seaboard, but there is & very large class of both sexes who are drawn hither by the Magnificence of the views aud the bewlidering Splendor of the vast mountains and the gcven tields It is the broad expanse of nature, the topographicul features of the hills and dales, the strange tradi ions, Mysteries that attach to dark recesses, secluded Waterfalls and hidden sirea us, a speechless wonder overtaking even the cuidest hearts, that make these Mountains What they ave in history and literavure. And beyond attracuons lke these, and the cool, vitalizing, almost champazne-like airs ant tie goo t hoteis, the reader will not readily perceive what there is 10 this vicinity to render 1# a desirable sua- mer residence. But 1o many what have been named @re more than suMMcient, with A HRAYY MARGIN for local troubles aid disasters, The lady of fashion, who {3 most pleased when she Is titering with a gandy snob over the loity Periods of the latest duteligctaal —aniscar- riage; the woman of the wold, who Myu 6 about the hotels of Saratoga on French heeis, driven to sheut despacr over corse.s @.tre.y WO mail, Bad Which support a busi indch smaller sui, ant who eairies her accompushuieats u,on her checks aud manual dexterity ia ber bosom; uke a plas ™.83, Who shoutu yet be among m nods aud teuses, but Who lonys jor fast horses, iast men and iast Wa- tering places; the poor maiiea unt Lig amoas tha Gangerous rocks Oi: the thirties, the youln who is the other sex ou the bain, (he youth who has tue Other #eX at Us purse, tue scented, eriaming, elus- tio, pilabie clownlsh idiot, who is “a nice fellar, you Ww,” and the mercantile ich, Wu0se Visage isa Ave dollar bill—ati of these people could never ap- ee © tie Cav kil, Mountains, Hougs they are vised to keep away, UG tage oe Lute, ing, however, to those nu- merous young yevtiwen in New Yo.k who @re op the lookoui for & sighing and romautc Maiden tv know that mauy of this »)ec1es come bee, become ra, turous over the scenery, are woued by, won and married to ine c.ouds, the great oaks &.d the moun.wns, abour au Of wihick \hey wre Square Miles vi Unkling pociry. Beyond this exeep- tion only Le true iover 0. nature would be nappy at the Catskill Mountains. . THE GREAY POINT OF INTEREST ; Mes back tweive mi.es trom the Hudson river, and Is We pros, ect obtained fom the rocky ledge about Avy ie.t to ihe rear of tue aountain House, You nuW stana 2,700 Jeet above the level plain be- fore you, and over 12,09) square miles of undulating, Fichly cultivated and irmit.gi country is iucudcd 1p Phy rangé oi vision. At 16 one Of LhOse Figats Wevur be forgutten—vne of thyss imiel.vle uupressions and engraven scenes that rem ia withe we mm Ory, ullouched by yeurs or trying Viciss.tudus, ou stand nedr tue Cuge of the precipice. ani di Fare a your fect desceads an abrupt, rocky, Dec- . 2 ular Cult, broken in outline by craggy inasses thy Most promineis Od/e26 that girikes tue ViBitOr’s eye whea he r-acies cue stacion, The Catskill isd Leit hotel in the village, Well kept and alivays floolet with guests. Some 0: the Léian is. have bo-u ‘here Prospecting for a sit waereon to build a hotel. Its e:ection is Yct problematical. es LIVING here during the season is quiet monotony. True, fishing, hunting aud croque lug are all pursued, aud hops yive @iresa deal, noLof good hands, bat of swiltieet. The @ovnpanying music is a siring band, anid often a@ brass one. Of dramatec euler (anions tuere is not a shadow. The .wile swauds Upou its repulatoed, but I hope it wil. be beter taan the brief experieuce of your correspoudent woud jean een * sre is bu doubt that many, many thousands will Visii these Mouutiinsy ths suinmer. Those coming Wil tlud @ deligat.a. resort, gad ihear juraey mere ‘Will be @ pi gdinage to some of the most not sworiuhy scenes buat ilusiute tue rich abundance of our country’s natur.} grinaeur, Taey will fud that Wiicw does nol extst elsewhere; they Will also lind elsewuere that Which dues nui exist here, Bat ll In wii nO ove cad aiford to ont tie Catsktlis; for to see the.n 13 Lo MU Up 8 Diank page in ue book of Insting adinirat yrou's “*Maaired?? alone ts al- most before tue spectator’s eye wheu he staads upon tie mountais brow and looks dowa tuto tae Wile d-rness of chaos 4,009 fect beiow, and trea coutem- pates the peacelul plata, caressed vy leaty arbors } dud sigh ns deus, “the vigorous iadagery of bis peo ainost Couches the @arch, aad you cau see Written on ‘Me Minty crag— Monntains have fallen, ‘Leaving 4 gap 10 tue ciouds, and with the shocie Rovktog Wher aiplue vresarea, uillag a pe KeOu VRieys Wit dvatrasito. 4 splinters; Which efusted thorwaiors ists-Stai sth mado aiges into mist an ‘Tuelr tountsine und auosber chauuel, ‘PARADE OF GME SEVENTA REGIMENT, Ove of the. Members Falls Dea: the Ranke While Going Thr ugh Wall Street. ‘The parade of the Seveath regiment yesterday Was one of the finest ever soen in this city, and was never surpassed even in the days before the war, when ihe “id 3. venth” was in the height of its popu- larity. Tue day was all that could have been desired, antalthough the sun did act rather svorchingly, Stil the heat was not so oppregsive as to make the marching very wearisome, Besides, the water cart folks took the HBRALD’s suggestion in good part, and did not sprinkle the pavement aiter midday, and Superintendent Jourdan had the regment headei by au efiicient force of police, who cleared the s.reet for blocks ahead of the column, go that it met With no obstacle to timpede its progress all the way to the ferry. The marching down Broadway was reilly superb, and the appearance of the men could not have been better. There was quite a large turnout, and ali along the route crowds assembled witness (he rogimeat pass. In Wail street it re: elved @ perect ovation, and by the time it had reached the ferry the licket box was besiegel by hundreds of New Yorkers who haa determined to accompany the regiment to Brookiym, On the ar- Tival of the co.amand at the foot of Montague street iv was received by the fweaty-th rd resiment, and then ihe parade through Moatague, Henry aud other # Tevig of the City ou Churchesbegaa, Neary ail the 8b Guts Lie (Wo reg Meuts Passed through were paved ©: hee with Concrete or wood, and the marchins, as @ consequence, Was splendid, The sidewaiks were Juomed all aiong tie rote wih Brooklyaies, and @ ery nousetop aud window had its quota of eager sigui-seers, Maiy of the buildings were gaily ies- ton a wich flags in honor of the seventh, and It was evident ou al sides that the people had deter- mind to sow ther guests that they were rigit we come. Mayor ibfieisch reviewed the regiments av the City Mall, or rather they passed in review betore him, aur which the Seventh was es- 86-CZrOwN Crane, reac tug duwa Lo an earthy D ee. from whic the mouatata aide pursues a cuil- fag but stui steep aecisity, sweepmg on to (he evel country til its sharply deflued outline biends Wich the green meadows av its foot. ‘Plus is but the prelimwary, the foreground, and wonderfully diverc- indetaias it ts, it contributes but a preiaco the gorgeous picture stretchiag away to tite dis fapt horizon, A luxuraat growth of firs, spruce, ceda.s, elms and map.es thick.y posuiate the moua- 2 8 sido, and towerlag above them and over ail the dark tints and decay, rotted } corted to tne ferry by the Twenty-third—a splendid trunks and pbrancues of the ioity hemlucks. | regiment by tie tad and one ine bids fait to be- And then before you ts a roiing, saying, | come a formidable rival to the Seventh. ever-moaning sea of foliage tossed by the brisk breezes intochanging tiats, fcom the ligni- €st green to the deepest biue. Six hundred feet be- jow you is such a forest of undergrowth aod leaves, continumg to the waving outhne Of the Mountalu’s base, thas you wuru from-this Boon-gacheting monotony, and, gazing beyonil, be- Tore you is mapped out the coumiry, plamiy visioie over & revch Of sixty miles easiward und westward ud 200 miles northward gnd southward. Here are beauty, the picturesque, wayesty and graadeur, Here you sev the rade convutsions of A PRIMITIVE CREATION in the hazy, looming mountains to either hand, end below ihe flourishing cuitivation of the tarmer and Januscape gardeners, Overspr.ailng a surface so is ant that the eye canuos detect any elevations or @epre:sions of territory, though the grea is line else. ‘The mind 1s lost in its” magnine nee, tie Memory is searched for @ comparison oniy to ex- hume a contrast; the eye opens with wonder ant elses with imecrediiity. And vast as tills vast Jaud:ca)¢ is tt 18 Owly aD appetizer for the imagina- Bon which seeks to pamt the couutry ai inher aititu.es tian have yet been attaned by the boidest aerial navigator, It 18 @ prospect Gifering ouly iu degree from @ view obtained from the highest potut of the heavens; it ts a view gimilar to that we would obtain were the sky lined ‘by a fi im of quicksilver and were the heavens but One Vasi mitvor, redecting the scenes, actions and Movements of everyting on eurih, And, here it might be Weil to uuserve that shouid @ome shrewd Yunkee raise a # ock company for making a looking g ass Of the vault of the ueavens, ‘and succeed practically in carry)tag ont the pro- Ject, itis to be hoped that he will not charge as Mauch for scenic employments as they do at th so Gear (jovely) Cat-kiil mountains, But of courgs people wij! say mountain airs must bring moaatain Prices, ited; but let us have everything on tie Mountain «-tyle. you have ‘DIGNITY fu the prices, let us have dignity in the food. There 4s notning #0 lusclousiy agreeable us to see a hice, diguified brace 0: game, flanked by dignifd saaves, Feposing upona diznilled dish, brought by ad.g- ied servant to bo siwwed in a dignified stomach. People like dignity li 1b 13 carried out; bat when you uy thee dignified prices dignity must not sto ere, TlUs s¢.mon appLes to some of the hoves about the Caiskill Mouutains, and ts food for reflec- tiyn where there 13 not 100d for the stomach, I breakfusted ata somewhat celebrated house herve, and the viciuals (this ls tae mogi elegant nume for the articlss) we.e such as I oun 6s in the Arctic regions if l owned a fifty year olu hen struck by Mgltuing, and the hiae of @ lean cow tanned by the frosts of Lweuty Winters, Wuat the couve? Ditilla- tivns from some tasteless compound, more indigen- Ous 10 flejda of rye thaa to Java or Borneo. It 1s not gurely the best tilng in tie world to exohange beet gteak for leather ia the myrntug. Lt acts on a man. It acia badly. Bat this diversion broke in upon ‘THE SCBNERY, As the visitor stands moving his eyo overthe grand Bpe tacle in repose, as It appears from the moun ain'’s peak, were is no.ning Mure apparent than tie diver- ity, the com imation of art aud rude nature, the mourriage of the picturesque and the cultivated beau. tau Look! the great plain seoms as a siect of liquid ou Lig Ma CQuLdrium et the foot of the moun- i, While upon its Buriace float fences, Toads, white Cottages, whole villages—all soitened by distance and te atmosphere and dwindied into liliputian aize by milos of intervening space. And where 1s there nore glory, more of the opulent inspiration of @ grand View than in the sunrise aud suaset from ths loity altttude? ‘the moon has to ite reat aud morning is about to break, Ti is & heavy m_sciness and the streaks plaid the clouds, The darkness lifts irom the valley and the atmoa- Phere becomes joaded with a changiug ether. Then There 19 & redd@niug of the eastern Sk¥; & looming of the crimson sun, Moments are gone. The siow | yp nat is moving Intolignt, and soon the prospec. Buifused by a wealih of golden beams, and tio Plains, the matchless mea ows, the swaying foliage and the iar of villages are washed by Waves ot liy- duy fhe. Lhe heavens are @ coniagration aad tho ames ieap to the clouds and tinge them with a Sparkling dye. Soom the picture becomes distinct, Notulug witaeyer vecurced to mar the pleasure of the day with tle exception of oue terrible event, When cerialaly Would have cast @ gioum over the whole regiment had tt become generally known. 1c occurred im this Wise:—As the Seventh fo ther march down Wall street reacted the corner of Pearl street Mr. George W. Soh nosterg, & member of H company, sad- denly fel. to the pavemeut, He was immediately yick a np by two Of his comrades and carried into an ofmice near y. As it was not supposed |hat any- thin,, ser.ous ba | bap pened to hiin—bis falling in tie racks nut ate acing tue atteati.n of any other com- pany Dus that of the oue he waa atiached to and That Li US Immediate rear—tne regiment passed on as if no hing hed happened. Dr. Willard Parker Jr., the surgeon of the regiment, was at once calicd iu to the oiice, and on examining Ar. Schenckberg Pronouuced him dead. Its suppdBed that he dicd Of apupiexy. He was @ very heavily butt mar, about thi, re years OT age, and he had served out. hig tim? 11 the regiment, bub had turned out with hits old comrades as ap honorary member. Teen SUPERVISORS LIP. John Foley Wully Victorious—He Is Sworn in and Takes Fis Seut as Suporviser, in Place of Henry Smith, Judge Cardozo, of the Supreme Court, sti warmed, no doubt, by the sentiments of charity and huwanity be bad been extolling on Wednesday at the laying of the corner stone of the Mount Sinal Hospital, felt evidently much charity and sympathy for Mr. John Foley, who has been fighting for the Supervisorship, and yesterday administered to him the osth of office, Mr, Foley in tak- ing the oath gave the court Bible such AN UNCTUOUS KIS3 that it could have been heard all over the room. Mr, Foley took his hat In hand end mmediately started for the Supervisors’ chamber, The Supervi- sors were at the time engaged as canvassers, and Mr. Foley, with a copy of the oath of office in his tical 83 walked in and managed to let those present know that he was now Supervisor, He gazed at the heavy furniture and no doubt estimated the cost of fitting up the room. He sat down on one of the easy chairs, smiled complacently, stroked his jetty goatee and felt no dount happy a8 aclam at Aigh water, ‘The others in the room gazed at him, some congratulated bim, whiie others anaply ke of him and the fight cessful, Jt 18 @ pity, however, that the iruis of is persistent efforts will be so much like DEAD SEA FRUIT, as the Board ‘of Supervisors ts to die a speedy death and Mr. Foley whi have little or no opportu- nity to make ihe Court House ring with his homilies oa ponies ecomomy and make the “ring” quake with his denunciations of official dishonsty, to say nothing of the fact he will lose the balay, honors end emoluments appertaining to the oillce for which he has fought so earnestly and to which he has at last attained. COMPLIMENTS TO THE POLICE, The Driviog Public Taank Superintendent Jourdan and Captnin Wilson, ‘The following ts & copy of a well deserved expras- sion of thanks, emanating from those who haye long felt the necesalty of protection to life and limb on the driving roads of New York, The road is now patroiied by a mounted force of police, under Cap- ‘tatn Wilson, Who 1s @ universal favorite with all iaw abiding cluizens:— BrRTHOLY'’s CLUB Hous! 1434 street nnd kiphth avenne, ‘Wa, the undersigned, riders on the Harlem and ‘th avo- pus Wagon roud teuder our sincere thanks to Superintencent Jourdan and Captala Wilson, of the Thirty-second precinct, for their Ktadneas ia protecting the road from the reckless driving of inexperienced men. and dawn despatches darkue-s. Tius ia the day Fraucis J. Campbeil, 8. F. Fairchild, John ©. Sares,'Ste- promt alr es Mountains, aud itis am acoouche- ser lg Nay day iH Li peppy. ya eed ye Uae at ). Lite in, W. C. , A. We Bude of the carte Peay Susie Loum the remowest | Nicheel Consolly, J. Re Heed, John Hi, Bietin, Wlitana, Hi’ lock, J.B. Wilkin E. iB 4 other promainont citizens, vith HANDSOME GIFT TO A CORPORATION, Ata special meeting of the trustees of the Pro- testant [plscopal Theological Seminary of tho ENCHANTING VIEWS a heen oe about the mountains, There is the road leading to the Mouutaia House, piercing througn a valicy aud up the mouutaip side, where almost every phise of topographical diversity can be seen and enjoyed. The Mountata House retreat is a “ened sput, gud so with the Rip Van Winkle Houss—famous by tradiuon—from which the eye can slant | Gaited States, held in tins city on Wednesday even- down a beautiul dale, iullel te a quet a \ . resi by the musi of laughing waters, Tia | tog, tt Was agreed upon to accept tie donation of Sleepaag fa the soft couch of irving’s dowuy Bnglish, ®.) top of ihe mountain there 16 4 lake contatalng Bons? UWSiVe Square Mies O AYeR, And Che Wa.ers are fi'ty actes of land in Grand Park, Mamaroneck, Westchester conuty, which had been iendered by Andrew Wiison, Jr, a8 a site for th tr proposed new fi..a With a heathy and mu.tiplylag seaooi o1 fish. | college. A coimtit-e Was also appointed to elect Bu poms ding Ns Shores is a wick y Wooded growth of | tne groimds and examine the tite tothe same. It 8 ang Cedars, projecting cueir @ sradows ou | is sated thatthe trustees will expend over three al margimot the Biiver sueet. Bow we proveied hundred thousand dollars In the erection of tue for iisuesuen, Ohler pois of interest are ths Bemtoa.y budding, inciading the enclosure and em- Bioue deps, hew.! by naipre, down jue mOuniamM’s — Deldabwentof ihe roads. is the Mountain House. ‘Tae Progject Park Hoiel 18 | y NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, 4 EMIGRATION. Moeung of the Commissionsrs Yosterday—The Per Capita Tax Question Considered—Re- Uof for the Victims of tho Emi. grant Ticket Swindlers, A Btated session of the Commissioners of Emigra- tou was heli yesterday afternoon at the Castle Garden, There were pres nt Commisaioners O'Gor- man, Lynch, Frear, Wallach, Barr, Beil, Busted, Nicholson, Harty Schaack, aul Mayor Hull, Atte the ordinary routine business h.d been disposed of the President (Commissioner O’Go mu) read a lete ter from Henry Blisinyer noti’ylug the ' oard of the fact that he had resigned the position of President of the German Soviety, amd that Mr. Frederick Schack had been elecied as his succesyo, and Would (therefore take wis place as member of :he Commi-sion, Ar. O'Gorman then tutroducea Mr, Schaack,to the Commission. Qa motion of Mayor Hall the Secretary was di- Tocted vo note the expression of (ue thanks of tie Board to Mr, issinger anil thoir appreciation of his disinceres/edness ta the performace of his duties in the Gommission. On motion of Mr. Frear Mr, Scliaack was appointed on all the comniitteca in which vacancies oceurrea by the resignation of Mr. Bissinger. Severai letters were receivel (rom parties asking som privileges in Castie Gardea, The communica- tions were referred to the Castle Garden Committee, witn power. Mr, Hart, froin the Special Committee, Toported a new CODE OF BYLAWS for the government of the Commission, The bylaws provide among other th ngs that the meetings be held every aiternate Thursday at two P, M., and that they sali be open to the pubile press, Mr, Lynch objected to chanalng the title of the oMcer in charge of Ward’s Island from superinten- dent to warden, a3 provided in the new bylaws, e this quite @ little discussion sprung up, Jt was ated by Mr. Hart, that the committee desired ww have only one executive ofice’, styled euperiue tendent, and buat to avold any possibie confusion this the chun-e had been mate, ‘Ibs report wag accepted and alopted on motion of Mr, Husied Bud 300 co. ies ordered to be priaved. A communication was received from the counsel tothe Board notifying thei that Messrs, Saunders and Ford, the VICTIMS OF TAR TICKET SWIND: of No. 9 Hoboken street, had » ea tn t Prosecute the swiidiers, Burus aud Chinck, havig refused to compromise the matter with the robbers, Saunders way swindied out of $1,200, and Ford out of $439. They hai been returned by the Inmin line, and had been cared for by tue agent of the ling gince their reura, They did for the money they 1 st, flovd their own interests’ for the’ benetit of @mizrauts and traveicrs, as the punishment Muted out to the two swindlers lias hid @ mot salu. tary cifect. The couyse) suggested that, in view of the facta, the Coumisstoners would do well to make some sppropts ion which would help to defry the expenses of Messrs. Saunders and For, and sated that the ageot of the Iniman line had certilied his fatention t raise & subscription to make up ino part for the loss the two men hed suffered. On motion the matter was referred to Gio Pruance Committee, with power to make & donation, not to exceed ‘$000, gud that amount was appropriated for the pary ‘Mayor Hall called attention to the matter of TRANSPORTATION OF EMIGRANTS’ BAGGAGE in ths city, and oifered & resoiuuon, wrich was adopted, directing the Cas'le Garden Commitee to investigate the subject, and clothing the committee Wit power fo mike any requi-ite changes er regu- Jacions, ‘There has been # greit deal o: complaint in Telation to ‘he manner in Which baggage was cared for and transpoited in the city, and the Commmisa on- rs Bem determined to have the business properly con jucted, * Mr. Bo'l then called the attention of the Board to the Buiject of . hob 4-6 any return and they tad sacri. TRAD MONEY, and stated that -treauons etfor's were being mado by other cities along the seaboard to induce eml- grants to Jand at those cities by clarging uo per capita tax, None of the Cities bad anything like Bees, accomodaitous or provision tor caring tor ie evizranis, but the local railroad companies were aiding in the move nent, as they were looking only to their own benelit, hoping to obtiin larger pas- senger travei over Lieu respective Lues to the West, Mr, Bell then offered @ preamble and resoluilon, Which he said did not commit the Board to anythtog, but under the action of the resoiuiion the pian should b® found pricticabie, the Board could then apply to the Legislature for the passage of a law reducing the tax, The preamble and resolution are a8 rollows:— Whereasthe Board has ascertained that strenuous efforts aro being made by other citieson the Atlantic wenboard to attract emigrants by holding out the 1m ent that no com~ mutation money will be charged, it 1 desirabie to reduce the amount to the lowest figure commensurabie with the neces: sary expenas to afford emnigtanis that care in poveriy and Hllnioas now provided for ‘oma by this Comustasion; there- fore, Resolved, That the expenses of the Commission be kept, if oxaible, within an amount in proporiion to & commutation jee of $1 60 from each emigrant, ‘The resolution was unantnously altopted, lation to Tu re- THE NEW LUNATTO ASYLUM Mr. Huested moved that a committee of three bo Appointed to examine apd report at the nexi meet ing ona plan for the Lunatic Asytum to beerected on Wad’s sian, After some little debate the re-oz lation was adopted, ant Me-srs. Huested, Lyneh and Frear were sppomted as such commailtiec, Mr. Nicholson, from the Finance Commiites, re- ported that they had exammed the bills, accounts and vouchérs, and had found them correct, ‘The semi-monthly statement made to the Commts- sioner shows that up io May 19 there arrived at this port 68,894 emigrants, any from tha! date to May 26," 10,289, besides $,009 for witch the offictal manifests have not yet been received, making a to/alof $7,183. arrivals to date, To tho same date in 1869 there ar- rived 86,383, so that the arrivals this year are $0 jar 800 In excess of last year, The financtal statement shows:— Balance in Bank, Janvary 1... + $79,972 Average receipts to dat: seeee 204,311 Total recelpts...... eo ssns «$288,083 Disvarsemeuts az per pre cvunt to MAY 19. .seeeeeeeenneene seeees 201,518 Balance with City Chamberiain........++. $32,165 RECEPIION AT COOPER INSTITUTEZ. The Female Axt Department Inspected by a Large Conconrse of People=-Engrevinge, Drawings and Statuary on View—Intereste ing Statistice, All the rooms devored to the study of literature, scleuce and art in the Cooper Institute were crowded to excess last night by an admiring assemblage of our best citizens, who were attradted there by the invitations issued for the annual recep- tion of the Female Art Department, An excel- Jent band of music, under the direction of Mr. Felix J, Eben, occupied the reading room and played choice selections of popular music during the evening. Flags and banners in profusion were tastefully displayed, aud the evtire building bore an animated appestauco, The uymber of ladies pre- was very jurge, which of itself gave a charm to the gathering. While the excellent music floated inthe gir the ladies, with thelr gallants, romenadel through the rooms ana admired tho ‘alr artist's handiwork which adorn the walls. These included specimens in perspective drawing, draw- ing from cast, drawing irom life, mechanical draw- ing, architectural drawing, free hand drawiug and moulding in clay, The summary report of the work of the Union for the last year shows that in the free art school for women the number of papils during the yenr was 231, the number at the viose of term 120, number ro- ceiving ceritficates 62. In the free school for women in wood engraving the umber of pupils received during the year was 25,'and the number attending at the close of the term was 12 Section four of the report gives the following statistics of the Free Day School of Telegraphy for Women:—Numbor of pu- pila during the year, 82; number Who retired volun- tarily, 18; number dismissed, 13; number gra- uated, 31; number who obtdined situations, 23; number waiting situations, 2. Average wages earned by femaie operators per month, irom thirty to seventy dollars, The Alimerous visitors inst evening expressed mMucii satisfaction with the evidencos of progress of the fowale puptis, which were conspicuously dis- played on the walis. In fact, many of the pieces of Statuary, original and copied, and drawings from nature, Were excellent and were well worthy criti- cal inspection. ‘fhe work of the male students of the ait department will be exhtbited this evening, and to-moirow evening the prizes will be awarded. ‘THR TRADITIONS of WiNNIPEG.—Manttobah lake, which has given a title to the province formed out of the Red River region, derives its name from @ small Ms my Merious Thich nee ie a ony . my 0 ere 13 DO real “mys tery” about it, On no account will the Ojtbwars ap- proach or land upon this island, aupposing it to be the home of the Manitobah—‘the Speaking God,” Ing, of ‘the wares our'the “guiugiey) or. Pew ves on whinge, or large pevbles lining the shores. Along the northern coast of the island thereis a joug low clid of fine-grained compact limestone, which under tho stroke of the hannner clinks like steel. The waves boating on the shore at the foot of the cliff causes tho fallen fragments to rub Inst each otlier and to give See resem) the chimes of distant chureh be 1s. This phenomenon occurs when the gaies blow from the north, ynd then, ag the winds subside, low, walling Bounds like whispering voices ar. heard in the air, Ei ih traveliers assert that the Feces sp hin Cerrpty td have been awakened af night under Mupreasion that bie; Were listening vo church bella, m ' ms, 3 city some five months In constant atvendance a) the court to. MAY 27, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE CITY TRANSIT PROBLEM, A Plan for @ Suspension Railroad—What the _ People Have to Say—Suggostions for Speedy Uptcwn Travel—A Steam Car ‘The article on uptown travel recently published in the HERALD has, a3 was expected, eveated con- siderable interest inthe metropolia, Praoiteal e:- gineers and inventors are atimaiated by the brilliant Prospect held out to them to apply their beat powers toward the golution of the city. transit problem. ‘The number of plans now in tits offf-e 6 quite larze, and Wille they all differ in design are each wo tly of consideration. But a few of them can be noticed at this time, but when ail the most valuable suggestions are received'it will be proper.to consider them critl- cally in @general article. The firstin order for pre- Béut notice is ‘THE BUSPENSION RAILWAY PLAN. ‘This plan eontempiates the construction of a series of aus- fh bekages ot spun Crom BO eat a Ea feet a » aw the case thay require; and ior the preseut extend- Feliévei ina ssf briiges wii the intersect rom Tubrty-courth street to Halt or Batrery ; vbr Fourth avenues Howery aa aibata ative’ tobe, ‘CRs | Brat smd veount story wecka. Hail, dc, By taking the Bowety ant Chatham Ry ‘The convenient und advantageous be made with | Borth, and the second story double tr Bast river ‘and traing cross th, aad thered; wn passeugere ft Broukiya withoue ahtinge of cars. tie Jrboig soneresryatere 10 be suspended ‘not leas than 4 feet @ street, from cabvlen passing over substantial of tron erected at convenient distances ayer whic shail have four Vases or columns Lips n Cy foundations of alla mennoury, under the corners the sealant each corner of street and curved ao as to each o.her over the centre of *\uaie, Upon which will bo placed the gaddles, over which the cables will pags from each direction dowa to a aubstantial bed of masoury wader the outer edge 0: the sidewalk and gutter, and tuere be. se- eurely anchored, The cables wiil be placed about thirty feet @vart, or suiiclant width (or a douvle (rack; and tue super- Sructure, whic would ve o¢ trou, suspeaved (com (he cab.es but at short distances apart, eaabiln strong ead Jour vauaure paper pai ed to wet, the atrnctaye to be made very tight, and still durable; and with » (continuous) tmber piace side of the rails there wouid be no poastuility of fag the track, Anu with the tracks laid rubber bear- ‘and the cara with the reovntly invented woodea whee:#,it Ja delleved that trains sun ab tha rateof twency miles au bow will nob maAke any nore noise than How madé by the cars atela miles an ho And with dumeales or smoke cou- suming eagines no Inconventonee 40 the Feshionts on tho oF aasongers wo. grversenced ti smoke; and fas (o the dace tbat ‘would be out of the ‘aqueation as a matter of course. one this plan the tracks can be Kept on near! uniform Hall or pad oun Tui uta ee e by simply. varylig’ the ‘of the towers, and ledgthe of the hich wou. impor iis alted in ihe rapid irhath of keeipe, We pet eae 2 superstructure nd prevent oan be sociired to tie structure om each sie. ab the crore streets aan anchored in ma: ander the aidewaik and sitter 40 as to be entiroly out of tha way; ani upon the ops of the towers ail {ne telegraph, wires vatlid oe stretched, and the numerous poles removad from tha sidewalks, And, vests the whole scare painted white, It worl proagnt a very light and airy appearance. Aa the towera or supports Of dais structure are placed ateuoh Wag distances apace mnt on the comuers 0° Ut sidawlksy and at tho. sanily prepared before belng ‘brought on the hardiy povaible. that any sevieua o!-jeqtion will be raised or oan be maintained against this plan, ae no material Inter- Fuption ta businces or the tralle om the atrout would occur during the consiriction of the work, or ia Tegard to the pos: tion oF apace ft would occupy in the ale or atrect when com- pleted, occupying as it would only about one-quarter, or thirty Fest, {it the centre of a lundred feet stredt, and, the wnoie suruature weaily painted, it would be ornaméntal rather than ‘Aa thisatrecta’e would bein the centre of the street and 80 far from tue puiidiags there would be no posalbliity of the travel over it being in\ercepted by iires on either side of the aireet. Therefore, by this plan, it ta believed that MWke clockwork, yearin and year out, passengers City Hail enn be set down at Murrey Halil to. late Yorkville fo tweive ininutes and Has with ity and pervect rafet; The ingrews to the trains below various points alonz the ronte forms on either slue of th tot nd story oF th haying suitable entrances in the Laid Jn order forthe cars to reachhe/suspetision allway as at preseut proposed to ne cons: ruc exinnln, ‘hirty-fourtl etreat) iia Intended to lay the tee fone ib iostatourtace ‘the atmosphere, mine | #2 the great minutes, lem in Atteen minutes, y, ma dist, ‘Thirty-fourth street at the would necessarily be by plat- oxtending from the ral.way ‘selocted for that purpose, eet, buildin ¢ monopolies will of Forty-socond sirevt up on each side of the opea.cat to the | ayatast tho introduction of op of the arch at Foi ‘street, and alter converging ° ” to the centro of the avenue, rua on the aurrace ty | Dut i 18 believed that the Common ‘Thirty-foorth street, and thence on to ths snapension | wilh for once railway. The care would be takea up the in ciiiued plane, by a suitable stationary engine plared at & con- veufent pr This inclined plane would doubtless be a tein- porary thing, as the suspension railway, waen once In use nd prove? beyond a doubt to be adapted to the wants of the pabds, would be exten ed to and over the Yorkyie ti and'sabsequently to and high over the Harlem river, ani ne ro passenger business of uil the jew York from the North, Northeast and and Northwest, and the pretent iracks on the eurvace be used for the fretehtiay Yuafnoss, The cost of this plan for a rapid transit. raflway of lmitet capacity will cupacity, than any will call ont I M% would y of un- great ‘deal lose, comparest with ita er yet introtMsed, and, tt Is believed, cyion” (if any) than any other plan; and that nearly nil business men in the ety must and will admit that some pian tor a more rapid tranalt for passengers throust the elty te daiiy Celt and must almoat im- Mmetintoly be hac, ana it fw believed that 1 thia pian ts found to offer the least’ objection aud produce the great deride Fatuin—rapld transit and perleot safety that all business yoen and Mizeus will cLedrfally unite fa oatzying out the good work at an early day biowing out the gas. tietr kiogdom eu City Steam Railway. To ran Enitoe oF 7an Hesatp:— When the leading journals of the dey becoms Interested and exiond their {niluence in @ common nenas direction fo reference to public mprovements £0 greatly needed as those of New York city steam railway communications, hopes that have been almout vanquished by miutaken encouragement of novel and tmpracticable schemes begin to revive again in the anucipation that we may yetat an early date enjoy the best Of thoxe lately made publ throngh the medium of the New You« HERALD, or sone plan of @ similar description, When many Americans are auroad it fs not uncommon for hundred years beaiad the jany respects, for there ia much I progress of our country; but pout much time in the ‘vast cty of Lenton nd experienced the benetit and plonaure in tho transit of the various metropolitan steam rail- ways, tanist, like the writer, feel somewhat chagrined that so raaay years have pantud In talk of the required York city railway improvements, while up to the present date not & souitary scheme of @ practical nature has been commenced, Tt fs about ten years since the underground railway of London, between Paditngtoa. and Moorgate street was com- y within which tine the expertineut has been com- ‘table, and extended through and around polls untli the Londoners enjoy at least thirty nyenieat and rapid meana of locomotion, over mute’ tralos pasa every two aad a half minutes. All this gréat work, the exteasion of which fe atill proceeding, has been accomplished wituout any pretension to novel inven- tioas intended to wnrprige the world with wonderful enginser- ing ingenuity or danger of dlaappotuting the populace b failure, the whole work having peen carried out on well Known prluciples, and as one of the treats to bo enjoyed. T woull recommend our New Yor visitors to London to go to the “pulace of Weatmiuster station,” there descend to the raliway, tak ticket by way of Kensington and Queen's to Moorgate streat, by which route they willencircle « ty and on the way discover at the varie ‘hich are of the most elegant with what rapidity passen Jropped, and in everything @ pattern oi at adaptac/o to our wats ia New York ad & sublerranesa rail- wa if London fifteen termint from which or big! i railways lead through and outward in t directions from the metropolia, preventing to the eva riding over them «vast panstarnte view of amok- ney (opm, aust as the airectsare passed over busy rcenes holow. ‘The river Thames ie crossed in four places by high-level rafiway beidges of beautiful architecture, ‘Butween Charing Cross and Cancoh atrect stations —time Just reven and abaif mmutos, Ineiudiog atop at the Waterloo ho river ia crovted twice, trains leaving elther s.a- ther every ten es. ‘The whole «tistance of high-level steam raflways over the bullt wp portion of London Will excead fifty miles, whleh, with some exceptions of cast fron, fs constridated uf aoild masonry and ocoupted underneath for cosamereial or ua@itil purposes. Paris is alxo surrounded metropolfian steacn railways connecting with Mines in various directions froma the olty. tufnk that of the plany in well known practical use it must be admitted that the subterranean railway is the movt desirable for New Voric; and it ts quite cortain that 20 amount of capiial requisite to complete auch a ayatem would tail to be well remunerated, @ven wera every foot of the way accomplished by Diasting; but, considering tne time that must olapse before auch w work could be completed and the urgent necessity for ite immediate use, tt ix probable that the high level pian shonid be established jira. ‘Two lines could be constructed almoat wholly of cast fron— one lino lewding, say, from a station Wweated between Broad- way acd Greeawich street, near the Batter northwarly betwacn Hudaon strest and Broad other froma akstion looated In, Hanover myuare, extending nearly on a line with and on the easterly aide of the Bowery; the right of way vould coat but litte, as the property u: tho whole distance would Ktfll serve, unterneath th rona, for commercial and luabi6 purpose: contd be carried out and made a handwowe an alfair, gragotul cast Arches leaping over the sirecta i uch more orna) tal and pleasiog than ma- soury {a ie bes: form, Let thie weil uaderstvot, vimple ave tem bo undertaken. If there is any hesitation at home, use alone, the Theatre de Batwing burner thove who — bay be the thus increased times oxyhydric — buruer sixteouw aredths, two litres oxygen. dredths per hour, tlon of at half the cost that produced b, $1 85, gold. 5 316, Cubic fect there are torelgn capitailats who are quit to the work, in one year from the commencement of {i the Harle ran dé brought withia twenty minutes of Wall stsee! including a tuficieut number of stoppages on the way. Mt T. SILVER, A Suspension Railway. fo vk Lortos oF 7H AenaLp:— J notice in your Saturday's issue @ plan for # sutpeusion vel 60 far as only ono oable for suspension {ato be used; but never tried, I hare been cogitating over a plan for # suspension railway for Now York atrectaa year or two, and now propose to give you a brief outt if you w tropa aver bo tried st wilk-venttiate it new about tt except the hollow tow taako it applicable. for street railways. gould bags a xood claim for s patent bt Ih eto }O #0 101 any or compar ever into @xeciution, | presume they “would be willing to ake me Mgckbolder aad perhaps & director. Suspension bridges are m mucceas and aro dnsable, A rus. yen railway, roadway for instance, ought to be Thually 90, aud the spaus will be short—ouly cho lenyih of & i ‘The solid towers 1 Prppowe | 0 get. rid of by piacing trow poste or columu an the four corners, a crous! each one leaning towards the centre, of sufficient like ®@ sus} connected and dea Capucic THe ti sirucied by known englae build: is commanded by at the to; adrangular frame, and also diagonaliy, ‘This will oot a hollow tower, w: a Iai a ‘all the passageway for trucks, cars, Ac., iste heen pcan at sas tema 0 a0 to raal a ways. track to be from the eables in the usual manner end platforms the columns at the proper height for Cong who go up and down on narrow stairways uit from the sidewalk, ‘on the outside of each column, ‘The fees Lire can be anchored, 80 tower races iuelf, Instead of leaning columns ths towers could be made in four arches, or rather one quadrangular arch, whicn would be more orasmental ai re more room (or oar near the corners, All the ourves of the railway would be Inside the tower, where ia res'stance to lateral pres. eur of suspended railway (rom atreet to strest being @ straight line, Make a double track, and stroug nough tO guatala two trains of cars passing each other, Ronit with dumay ‘engines or u locomollve. ik tha welgut be objectionabie, fet the locomotive be on an advance section ‘and s tow ling aitached to the cars, pe pee plan ew ter} N gree that ae ee a inst street ralroads? At odatracta no light or nebeteeles by anow; not iu anyboty's way; Ocoupies | hams, 6,000 mies, Haima, Jay clsco, 7,5. ihe wesseun track on each Ler soul ‘passencers a the race of ten Med Ay LOUr, elo, ping oD. ecouvemet disances, Pu wack e the way passengers, stopving every tiurd or fourta block to take on wud jet 4 id 40 at the Fate a q make darkuess visible, made for that purpose, htres . oxyge twelfth contimes per metre; surcarburetted = bydrogen times per metre, no The cost of ‘The scound type (Ox; with, the leaks are near of the.ow pressure al as with the ordinary g} rated by the oxyhydriv gas tn proportion t 4 mg power obtained 18 concerned it 15 & great dal lower than that generated by ordinary estimates of Lhe cost of the new yas ar yas, aéventy centimes per meiro; three dutlars, gold; carbuare: 0.35 2-10 centimes per metre; per 1,009 cubic fect, metre 1s equal The Pars sirect gas co's pT 1,000 Cubic fert, ‘a3 in Naw York costs $3 50 per 1,00) cub'c fet, or double the Par's price. The same ditterence in prices would be made manifest in this city by the in-roduction of the Rew gaa. it burners, Consuming 140 Litres, or five feet por our oan be repliced by oxyhydrio burners consuid- ing but aixteen iltres, or two-thirds of @ foot, of oxy- gen—twenty-eigh: litres, or one foot, of surcarburet hydrogen giviag Che same light at haif the pric. double the light for the same price, and at one. the heat gene-ated by common gas, The Oxyhvdric Ga: Company of Paris obtained a charter fom “the proper authorities on the 26h of March ja3t, authorizing ft to lay pipes in tt centre of the oily, alength of one kilometer. locality Wumiasted by tae new gas comprise: two theatrea—the Vaudevilis and the Grand Grand Hotei, the boulevard Monta tre, des bail Rese Oue cublo thirty centimes per metre, or $1 53, guid. Common ley took place yesterday, Fietoler, 1 wish some- merbess ve Veen ving wo do wo for ® y er any, ak Twaut the transit proviem A Two Story Ratlread. To THe, Eprron oF ram HERALD = Aa the roadway Kta!.road hes been ki'led before te birth aud toe mantrap raiiroad in Greenwich street te dying de fore it could do harm to the travelling pubilo, it would seem BOW In time and piace to concentrate the public mind to the only feasibie pian by which the city and suburbs can be ap and durable way. sete to build a two story raliroad of tron trestiework, atoue OF uriok, beginning somewhere between Variok aud Hudson, or Hudson and Greauwieh sireets, on the north side of Canal a the yarve between ehber ot th aud having ite prinuipal street, It should traverse ibe oH a reeva, tal Bear Fouureents sitet ey 48. wath Fourteouta street cear 10 Weatcheater county, bet aud Nints aveaues, The depou to ve cult in Cuma MPs, occupying & apace of 10) by WV fest, provided wiki salrway eo. ecvators, which would lead whe puule to we ues sry doudle track should carry all the all the travel « i. Upper ter could carry ail tie telegraph wires, am tite way the city a¢ the ornamental. tc.eycay) shaps tooud be used for yas and water Pipes, aud aise tor @ Pueuiusie leter aad parcel express toe, y helping aad au esting, tue pian ty ihe public throws je Just ay, wives the Spen ant tbe panic ‘ ‘ ye"AN OLD iliaD THE WEW ILLUMINATOR. The Oxyhydric Light— What Are Its Advantages Ovor Common Gas~Will the City Adept It or Nott—lf Not, Why Not? It seems quite likely that within a very short Period of time tuts city wi) be tiiuminated by means of the oxyhydrio lgit instead of the miserable gas which mightily throws it into shadows that ouly Evforts have been made during the last year or so to have the new light in- troduced, but somehow or another obsiacies have been vnrown in the way of every movement Of late, however, pardvd- larly since the tatelligence that the oxyhydric Lyne has been used with such eminent success in Poris, some Of our foremost capitalists Nave taken the mat. ter io haad, an! in @& short time, it is to be hoped, the city of New York will enjoy the luxury of a gee which, at the same time that it gives a better ligthr than the ordinary gas, purifles lastead of poisons ‘The oxyhydric light 11 now use't boulevards = of many of the great European cities. Tue company which is now manofaciurivg the article, and wio-e tenporary works have been erected in Forty-first strect, near Teuth avenue, will soon apply to the Common Council of this city for permiasiou to lay Pipes for the geacrai supply Of the gas doubtiess make a dard the look to the welfare of the city and the health of fis citizons, and not allow themselves to be overawed by the heavy weights of the present gas sytem. The new gus gives a bright, clear light, tas nb smoke, and in- stead of heating the atmosphere actually cools it, ‘Tue Company now supply immense quantitles of itfor medica. purposes, aud buis of liseli, as Professor Do- reas says, SA uid Commend it to general uss ba stead of tue pre-ent hydric gai can be full force at night, hoxious article. of the pipes aL aud there is no dauger of suilocation frou 4, for it ofiiy goes Lo purty we air. This fa tis ot immense vaine to our “couniry cousins’? who come to towa and dave & Bubb of Many greeiies fave cone to inthis way; bat if nothin, pure OXJen ovines turoush tne pipes tb That noting dangerous Could ease from 18 escape. The hewtiul eiect of the mew gus is 80 Well Uae derstood by the medical frateaiy (hat tie coupaay already supply over 6,000 cuvic feet a day lor tacur ‘Tne cost of the oxyhydric Hzht an the advantages that woud resu.tirom 14 ad piion may be brieily summed up. The Light is ob: gas and surcarburettsd pydrogen. #8 Was titab atiaticd by ihe Use of the zivcan oF magnesia pencila, which hag strated af tue Pacts Hotei de Ville, at the Tuileries, A la Gale, &c. adopted of Parts consumes 14v llores an our under a pred. sure of 0 m., v.25 millimetres, aud yields the saing intensity of ligut as tue Argand buraci, Con-uming 100 jitres, WhiGi {s replace 1 With great alvaatage at one-hili the cost. by an oxyhydris burner perfect white light, move agreeasie to tie ey that of the ordinary gas and of far grea‘er ness, athough it is deprived of @ gh Experiments have proved earburctiers or quality of the varies @ aa average of forty yrammes per custo metre of hydrogen, the price of the latter being ‘om tihiy centimes to thrty-tive ceniimes per cubic in cofsuming 140 lures per hour, costa, at thirty cou the cubic metre, The samo intensity of tied by barniag Ji is as Cheap aready b eu demon- that Whatever used aud the Batwing burner, ht obuainea bougie) consumes at seventy ant tWenty-ei times, Dinety-elght hua ue oxhydric ligt 1a, there fore, only two cvntimes cen-hundredths per ho vie bougie) consumes thir Soxty litres Surcarbure:ted liy- drogen, giving twice the intensity of ligutof a but- Wing Waruer, consuming 140 fires—tie coat betug the same—cosis only four centimes twenty- AB may be seen, the demi bougie—an oxylydric bougle—setiles the ques- econaiy. first ris the same intensity of produced py common gas, and tue second type double the light at the same cost, The other type of the same system, abie to give as strong @ ligat twelve Batwing burners, and sironger ff desired, gives the same intensity of light os the common gas, With the new system of burn- ers the pencil and the giass chimney ere done away anpth Javed in consequence which the (Wo gases are burned; the lighting and extinguishing are as simpio 3. As far a3 the heat ge EW STEAWO PLEASAAT VoL The trial trip or the new steamboat Pleasant Val- The vessel left the toot of Spring street at half-past eleven A, M. ad steamed down the bay, around Staten Island, having about 500 invited gadsts ou board, among whoi MoMichacis, Georg? P. Androus, Jour Ge che onel Jardine, late of the Jersey City a ental aod ac omplished naviga or, Captaro i Srary. The Pieasanc Valley Yerry, of Keyport, N.J., and ner machinery con- Harrisoa & Co. the ‘3 Of thh.s Cl'y; Cost $60,000, Ske aptain Leary and is to ply be- tween this clly aud Fort Lee on the People’s line, Was built by B, c. DIsTANcRS BETWEEN Naw YORK AND LONDON AND Easrern Asia.—The comparative dia' an: tween London and New York and the prine! of Eastern Asia are given in the receat report of iho Special Committee on American Shipping, in order to Illustate the natural advantages in a commercial lat of view of the United States over Engiand, ndon to Yokoligma, Japan, Via Suez Canal, 11,600 miles; London to Yokohau: and San Francisco, 10,000 tii » Vie Paciio Ra apan, Via Ne New York com and San Pron miles; San Francises to Yokohama, Ja- pan, per steainer, 4620 miles; Londo Via Suc Caual, 10,48) w.les; New York to Siang via Pacific Railroad and San Franctsco, 8,555, mile: San F.angisco to Suanghae, per steamer, 5,558 mils} Chicago wo Yokohama,s,900 mues; St. Louis Lo Yoxo- curve somewhere enue end run (rom ——- CARD. TRAVELLING O71 A Progress of the Journey and Exciting Incidents on the Route—A Motley Story with Mult farious Morale—Where the Card Se cured Quarters and Where It waa Ignored. The modern schoo! of confidence operators, with thelr Wonderfut audacity of chees, upon which de- ends the success of their boldly strazetic endeavors tolive upon other people's money witout going throw. the usual preliminary formula of giving Guid pro quo, never seem to beat a loss to devise the ways and means for the accomplishment of thelr Purpose. We give below some incidents connected with the la‘e alleged expioits of a sainple specimen of this school, wiht» i@ nOW @ sojourner in that noted hostelry on the east side of town yo ept the Ludiow street jal!. The narrative may fairly be opened by referring to é ‘A STROLL INTO THE ST. NICTOLAS HOTEL mate not loug since by Dr. Charies M. Wight, Itie nO unusual thing to stroll Into tnis hotel or any other hotel wiere manifold inducements ex st inviting passiag calls {rom the incessant Bireams of humanity flowing up and down through (hat great artery of u he great etty—Broadway. Tho gentewan of the medical profession whose naine ts given above passed in w.th the throngs debouching from the wan crowds, He had not been there long when a very geullemanly looxing person approached him, wookd Rs hit with very © polite grace and said he beileved he had the pleasure of address i Og an Ol! acquaintance, mentioning the name Of a SUPPOSIL.Ons Person, Whom he assumed to pelléve tue Doctor was, Tiat's nob my name," said the Doctor, with equal politeae 8, “tL beg ten thousand pardons,” coniinued the stran- ger; “you ivok for all the world hke hiu—just bis height, Mgure, eatures and procseiy tue same style oO Whisker), Tuis was the “open sesame” to along conversa tiou, Which it is unnecessary to purse. ‘The stranger Nelvon, General Agent Mutual Life PRESENTED A CARD. It was & modest luok.ng card, realiig “John Croas Insurance Com- pany, Newark, N. J., office New Yura 180 Broad. way.’’” Underlying the preseniatiwu of this card was @ plece o/ s.ratezy of wuieh De. Wighs lice dreamed then, bay Winch In course of me dvyebuped 1eBpelf te himwih ino.t potent force and irresistible convic- tion, = After presenting the card the stranger wiose name it bore said he was a nephew of Judge Nelson, and, alucag to his position, udied that it was a vWry responsible one, though paying hin handsomely aid couipeling him to Pave $20,000 bonds for the eacety of the unde passing th. ough his hands, He gave as his bondsman Mr, George Davis, coraer of Broadway and Cortlandt Biroct. Having the fullest contldeuce that John Cross Nelson was all he ciaimed to be, Dr. Wight was induce to join Lim ina litde autual h Ww aleges, that the check was bogus, BrECULATION IN ROCK ISLAND BALL.ROAD STOCK, A golden harvest was here to be made, The stock had> been depressed, but was Bure to goup. Dr. t cov. red $500, Jobn Cross N Loon drew a check or alike amount. {t turned out, as tae Doctor now and instead of reauang i.e Tetirns promised frou tae venture, ho Was mnystified out of Die pa on tere instead of veg put up as @ Ma: gin 1a i wl ect uta, the pocket of Jouu Cross Newou, Tis tod tne | ducvor into aa EXAMINATION OF ANTEOBUENTS a8 conn cted with the Man who bai hus swindled him, He inst asoertaed tat iio vic umizer wae no. a g-nuine agent o. Whe Mucus! Life Insurance ompauy, bub Only @ CalVao#sr Fovel: ing coum. sion» on the poties D: Wa) 1 siryaental in obtain dug. aud ‘Hat che story of the vous wad vondsmen ‘Was bogus. He u@xt ascerained that he was not a nephew of tae Ts swindier Lo the Handa of hes iawyer8, Messrs. Qaackenboss § & Suaw, No. ‘Li Nasa streot, who prvcared from Judge Jones, of tie Superior: C.ut, a war.ant for Judge Nelson, = Suath.g under ps devermines to biing the justice, “ne picet the case ein Dis arrost, and thercapon Was @)Jo up! sued the ALKEST OF JOHN CROSS NELION, and the later gave bunds fr itty appeardiice at court, His first boudsmaa beam: Iry.t med and sucrendered hin, When he procured aa wer bonds- man, Wi0 Lkewhe got scared aud withdrew his bund. This Wis ia Ine latter parvof Apr. ast. Finding Nuasell decried by those Wav hod cluag to mum tuus Jar, and unable to get any oue cu become nis surety, Le was Luracd over to tie ui» youl a deputy short, ie suid if uhey woud give iw one day he woud setde ive mutter aud p y t e voctor back lus mouey, This was @ reed (o, Lut aght came, vriugiug with 16 no Money—nelt or dit it oring ue posoner—tie Vepyuly Sveruy came ouly. It seems Liat Ne son “SS0APED” PROM THE DEPUTY SHERIFP, or at jeast Us Was the story of tle iat romelal, Ab all eveuts, the bid bad flowa aud was nowhere to be found, Neison had been living ut the Grang Motel, but aitr tis vay of ter. noues ment be “cut the Hotel. Meaid sé incre were sev: eral devectives ou bts (rack, haviag ao taterest in asvertatuing ius Wherea outs in coumecdun whl OVERATIONS IN STOLEN WU 03. As ths -Qy,ect Was Venudated ta yesterday's HERALD ttis aot necessary to ,o over the ground @ata except to Say that ty ls hoW aleged thal in the LAAT Oo boads and in negotiating stoisa ones ho has been domg dura the past e.g..esu valhs @ lary #Oi vucralive basiness, Wi &® pf Ming prospect DOW, Slace tue tats COMplamé me Deave Judge Dowling, of us being mae to @uswer for these Grimes, Kesuming the story a8 obtained from Dr, Wight, tf HOW Spp-Ars that Nelson, aver ils escape from the depuiy sicriff, be We same pedis ue oiherwiKe, kept hinsell cuncealed two or uurce weeks In tha PENS 7ov Boadway, Where be had bis meals brought to hii from a De guborg resaucant, be Was I Une Habit, however ut V8NVURING UUL O' NIGHTS from his concealment, and jn tis way the Doctoy spoiied him one eveniug and Wace him to Jeckey Udy, Wheres he lod ‘Tuc oct rat one applie. to Lae sherlif's oitles a belug deputi.ed With the er Wwartaa, Oo 1d arrest, lay proper po Alay imocums last Nelkon ut Wail 01 ny Bie, ped uit iho Christopher str el fecryuoat, Aud LOW we come Lo A LIVELY BCENB AKD HOW IT ENDED, Goad mornuig,’? sald tae Dolor. 04 MOCuiug,”? AosWe.ed Nelson. “eea lookiug for you some une,” pursded we Doc.or, “The h—t you have,” ejaculated Nvigon, “T Gave @ Warraut for your ares." ‘Lei's See if,"? ere 1 18,” and saying this tia Doctor produces. the bit of onicial paper, ad propeny seBied and figved, and Liumediavery Nel-on atlemptes o snaich it irom han, bat the Doctor was too quick. By this ue, a tocy vad boven Walking Gur.og this couver- sation, Mey were Opposite Mr. Hageman's grocery sboce, Nu. 34 Chcistopher street, “You can’t arrest me, or any O'hsr man,” epoke up Nelson, i). see,” Baid the Doctor, and he grabbed biin by the coms cullax, at ihe sume tine cailing on Mr. Hageuwn W asdiot Lim, Nelson at once broke lo: ushed lute the sivre and jickel up & long butcher knw € he must have seeu upon the counter, “Now, G—d d—p you, Iii put tus torough you or any man who dares lay & babu o7 ine,’ ue said, Witt Savage Tage, tia tace vid With passion, and made two Uictets wih it at the voctor, Wao revreatod outo: his way, and thus, doubitess, save t nis Lite No one dave tou him, aud bo Kur.ied from the room, The Doctwr, however, followed after, calling out “Stop titer,” “Police.” A uuudred others werd soon eager in the cise, Finaly, afer a vew blocks? rau, @ policeman stoppel tie Onward Career of the fugitive and arccatd lim, He Was taken to Jefferson Market Police Court and theré detained by Juliye Cox on & compiant of dt-orueriy cond unti a depuly sherut could be seat tor to conve: hua to Ludlow Street Jau, After «al tm, eome tne a deputy sherm areived, aud there waa «| y developed a deputy sherid’s esumate of the vajue of gervies, “Lwaut you to take this mao to Ludiow treet Jail,’ said Dr. Wight, aud Le suowed the pro- cess of arrest, id thas’s What you want: rejoined the repre- te Of the BuCTIMAlLy d.partment Yes, su? ” ae ‘Take itn now," “Yes, 3.1.” “Weds? “Weil, What i? “TL want twerty dollars arat-£ don’t work for | motnitig.?? Tne Doctor pala the @epaty cwenty dol!ars, and hai aa hour lacer John Cross Neisou pecagio AN INMATE OF LUDLOW STKEET JAIL where he i# stil confined. He takes nis c.odnement coolly, HOLWICEStaNndlug the muitiplie ty of charuem Liat ave likely to be brought against bim. As is wel known, Cupiain Kelso’s detectives have long peo | on the loosout for him to auswer the allege irreguiar transactions in stoten bonds and other securties, They have him now convenient at pend Dr. Wight, in tracing back fis history, ascertal that piev.ous to coming to this city he fad beert operating quite extensive'y in tne conideuce wer is Canada, aud hat, previods to tts, be or three years of our frontier, where be: ae Wiidant reckless adventure, He 18 a! ity eight years ol age, weil edacaced and Very pre possessing in appearance and manners. “You your orst card well on ine,” sald thé Doctor, a paring wilt hun, “VU play my carde now.” “cmt you think 60, do you,” WAS tie Coot res Lge n 4 was a good travelling card of yours,’ fought s,” Met vaet you in Ludlow Street Sait’? eli, wiat of that?” eye will land you a Sing Sing!” “DOU 6 JOU DUb OU buddy’?