The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1870, Page 5

eword aque its eae none ress of wrougs the achievements it las in view, now does this old love regain the Febagiay tear Rostanth Lay Hore ‘and mark this cen: en ae the misfortune ot Napoleodt the mark now follow his brother’ confident that it will iead to vI redress. WeQTRALir®. ae Pe of Denmark has, it ls true, In answer wl" bs Ambassador's announcement of the war, declared that he intends to remuin neutre circumstances may occur to bring about ol je in the royal intention, and if Bri Of AN alliance wiih Dentnark it will not ‘upon that declaration as a rejection of such an alilance aud needa not anticipate a refusal. The Danish government ts biding its time, but, still, is : rps = pouty bus, on the SOnTAIT S008 ny chiminary measure for subsequent active participation, # READY FOR ANY EVENT, The Danes reason thus:— If Prussia gams the day it will be the one pre- @ominant great Power in Europe, aud Denmark will then, even if she has maintained a strict neu- ‘ality, fall an easy, unresisting prey, for the Ger- mans have honesty ‘enough to conte-s that the end ‘and aim of their policy in the Baltio 1 the conquest of Denmark, - ‘The best lot the Danes can then look forward to will be a sham independence, such as the small States of Germany now enjoy. To the Prus- #ians’ defeat, to Prusgia’s overthrow alone can the Danes look for safety, and therefore is it Venmark’s duty not to sit with folded hands while & war 1s being waged whose result will decide if Denmask is to be or not to be. And this practical viewof the question leads to the be.tef that tue Duke of Cadore Das brought proposals for an offensive aud defensive alliance betweon France aid Denmark, and it is the earnest wish of the Danish people that government ‘Will not hesitate to accept, ‘That it is preparing Lor guch an eventuality 18 without doubt. It has ot apne & provisioual law regarding the issue of bills of credit to the amount of five millions of Danish dollars; it has equipped a part of the Danisn feet and is engaged in equipping the rest; 1t has made every necesary arrangement tor the speedy cailing In of the troops, a division having already assembled in Jutiand, on the border, All these pre- eer measures leave no shadow, of doubt that the Danish government, if called upon by France to do 80, wil foliow the wishes of the Danish people, and let Denmark share the dangers of the war in or- der that it may likewise share tie reward of victory. But until sach an appeal is made tt would be sheer madness in @ little State like Denmark to declare war against its mighty neighbor, Whose talons it bas already twice felt, WHAT NAPOLEON MAY GAIN. An alliance with Denmark must be of no slight Importance to France, both on account of its thus securing convement poivts for commencing its ope- rations in the Baltic and because if wili gain in the Danish army an addition to its forces, of so inch the greaier importance as it will be thereby relieved from the necessity of transporting a proportionate Dumber of troops over the sea;and what sucha transport costs France has learned by experience, Doth in the war ol the Crimea and in Mexico, MILITARY FORCE AND TRAINING. The Danish army may be reckoned to amount in all to about thirty-five thousand men. Tocy have & comparauvely short time of service; but they Make sume exertion to make up ior this partly by the “snootlng societies” that lorm themselves in every part of the country and which are an excel- Jent practical scoot of arms for the younger sol- diers, aud partly by the yearly cainp of exerche. Such a camp was litely held at Hald, in Jutland, and 10,000 men were there assembied. ‘This camp broke up only the other day; but the men have not been disbanded, but remain with t emunents That the ish solder, f service, ts no bad sol- dier; he has very satisfactorily proved in two cam- paigns—in the war of is4s-50 and in that of 1se4. ‘The late Minister of War, Raasiof, forme: Dan- ish Ambassador at Wasbingion, who resigued bis wroOlo as Minister of War wien the weaty of su Thomas was rejected, employed his brief ministry well, and has afforded a memorial of bis zeal and a@bility im the way in which the army is now equipped. All the infantry of the line are armed With exceilent Remington rifles, made ia America, H i <= while the reserve are ovided with rifles of @n older construction, aliered to breech-iouders here in Denmark. ‘The cavalry, that bas always been estceined as very @illclent, but Which bas been reduced somewhat, im accord. ance with the latest military experience carry, in addition to their ueuai arm, @ carbine made according to the Remington sys- tem, as far as I know, also made in America. ‘The artillery are provided with good rifed guus, and, if 1am not mistaken, are also posses: of imitratl- leases, thongh of a different construction from those ofthe French. A detachment of engineers have very recentiy been taken for the torpedo service. THE NAVY. ‘The Danish feet ts, in country, ver: It consists o} Proportion to the size of the respectable and admirably manned. two iron-clad frigates, one iron-clad corvette, three irou-ciad batteries, one screw snip Of the line, four screw frigates, three screw cor- Vettes, besides several other steamers and some palling ships of an older construction, employed us hospitals and receiving shi It may be seen from the above cursory skeich that even with “ Fegard to the forces it can dispose of by - sea and by land Denmark’s alliance is not to be de- spied, and toe manner in which the German aay, press, more especially the Hamburg journals, speal of Denmark’s eventual sion in the war shows that the importance of thut alliance is by no means overlooked. THE FRENCH FLAG THROUGH THE GREAT BELT. The advance guard of the Frencn feet, which for g@ome time has been lying in the t, at last passed yesterday through the Great Belt, the strait t separates the islands of Zeeland and Funen, foto the Baltic Sea. As I understand the French it is to take up its chief station in Kjoge bay—a that cute into Zeeland from the sound, and is known in history by a sea fight, glorious to Den- that took place there—and the provisions for bel ma will be shipped from the little country town AD aviso steamer, the Herondelle, that was to Rave brought the Duke of Cadore here, but was pre- vented by average, has now arrived and 1s an- obored in the roadstead, though not mentioned in ie Danish journals, A PRUSSIAN “SLIPS OFF.” The French officers are greatly annoyed at the Prussian iyon-clad battery, the Armenius, shpping through the French ‘leet while lying off Cape skagen, and getting safely into Jhade Bay. It succeeded mm effecting its escupe by showing Vanish colors again and again, aud by standing in close to the Swedish coast, in order that {t might, if put to the push, run into @ Swedish harbor, while the hazy weather greatly favored ita escape. What I telegraphed and wrote about to you, that the German feet at Williamshaven was unrigged and the crew off to other wervice, 18 corroborated by a newly published Prussian order tn council, by ‘which the supreme command of the North Ger- manic tieet ceased to exist the 29th of last month. THE BRITISH NAVY. Serious Preparation for the Eventualities of the War—The O!d Flag Run Out, and “Make Rendy” the Order—Torpedo Experiments— Hints from the French Naval Batteries Plan—Tbe Monarch and Captain Turret Ships—Manniug the Batteries—Wiil She be Great or Little Britain? Lonnon, July 13, 1870, The Channel squadron away from the coasts of England, the iron-clads of the Mediterranean ab- sent from that ever-roliing sea, and the station which generally has two admirals left without one, the command temporarily devolving upon a junior * captain with a commodore’s broad pennant flying, and this at a time when dark clouds overhang Europe, ts considered by this Admiralty as politic. Ihave just had a telegram from Gibraltar to say that the squadron from England will, in all proba- bility, be in that port to-morrow, they having been seen to the westward, sailing in two divisions. The Mediterranean squadron are in all pro- bability§ cruising, on the lookout for the home squadron, in the vicinity of Gibraltar, they having left Malta on the sd inst. ‘The squadron then consisted of ten vessels, five of which were iron-clads and five small vessels. Four of the latter saluted the flagship when outside the Malta channel and parted company, one for the coast of Syria, another for the Pirens, and the other two under sealed orders. The combined feet, I now hear, will not proceed to the Atlantic. The economical principles of the present government are becoming daily more and more disagreeably manifest, and with regard to the cheap north coun- try coal which has been introduced into the navy, I am quite convinced the smoke will prove very dzle- terious, not only to the canvas and masts, but the Diack clouds which the funnel emits will weriously interfere with effective signalling. AT WAR FEVER HEAT. The Royal navy reserve drill ships 2t the various Porta are getting their men, which are principally merchant seamen now in Bngland, drilled up to “man-of-war pitch,” and during the week the men from London have been sent to the practice range adjacent, to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, where a section of @ man-of-war 1s erected to instruct them im naval gunnery, through a course of which every man has to pass during bis annual training, and I am informed their practice was very good. TORPEDOES AND NAVAL BATTERIES. The new torpedo experiments have been again postponed; but Iam assured they will come off next week, probably on Tuesday. Therefore 1 intend to take arun down to the Medway to witness the trial of this addition to the many instruments of naval and military tortare. The government are about to adopt s plan on ‘Which the batteries aro now fitted on the French Jron-clads, on the broadside iron-clad Sultay, now the Work is now betng carned out on board. The Upper deck armored battery, which rises up @ con- \aiderabie height above her fighting decks atnidsiupr, ‘all complete now and ready for the armored plates be fitted on, The battery projects slightly the port and starboura = midshi, so as §=to «command very near! a aad alt fre. ‘The plates ordered are to be #1x i tiiek in the track of the gun and in the most on ns and five inches thick im the other pper deck battery will mount two 3g ton guns, which are to be fitted . and thus allow her to fre from che ettery wil trount eight 400-poundar eighteen will mount eight two ‘ot wich wil ‘ire from ber eabra- right ali pal on side TURRET SHIPS. ‘of the two turret vessels im the naval world, apd the laurel of most is declured for Captain Cow- ship, the town yond although it would be to assert tha’ the Monarch is not a m Of naval architecture, and there 4s no de the motion of both vessels ls easier than Woden ship. Tuking the Monarch, a young officer. who was on board in her first com- petitive ex; "mental cruise with the Captain, told Ine that “dorits the whoie of the trial her upper deck was perfebuy dry; that she has heeled ag much as ten degrees, hut her average Is six degrees, when her stanility Tapiily increases, She does not steer 60 well a8 the Captaya under sail, and does not answer her heim so weil. | Althougit she sulla better she does im one Instance while it took utes to wear the Captatn was e time, and the greatest roll no- lced in her Wearing Was eighteen degrees,” ‘There is no doubt that this is'all correct, aud that both ves- sels have some points of advantage over the other. Taking, lor instance, Ue Monarch’s end-on fire, in my wind it i8 superiok to the other vessel, and her defence against end-on attack is much greater, yet in @ broadside engagement the Captain’s deience 1s much superior, In the extreme angies of the bearing of the turret# the Captain's ad vautage in command of the horizon !is manifest. in readiness for mediaie action at all times, the Captain fas a great advantage, and there does not xist in my idea the slightest inpediment her turrets, as it can lain’s tripods would oder the Monareh in clearing f cles before obtaining the fw and then if there were shrouds, on which the pends, would cause a hind) It is well known Vhat no screw steamship coyld venture to engage with her upper masts, yards jand rigging in place; therefore she must strip tor the combat, and the time occupied in these preparations would ve far longer in the Monarch than jn the Captain. ‘Tae Monarch’s hull being higher oug of the water than the Captain's, it offers @ beter chance of being struck by shot; and this it ust =—be@ Adil ted i8 an advuntage on the side of tho Captat: she being a low \treebord turret vessel, Again, the turrets of sue latter being further apart than the other vessel an enemy’s fro Would be more concentrated On ome ship than on the other, although the smail amount of protection to the uptake and iunnel in the low treebord ship migné de an inducement to an ent to batter at her centre, 80 as to deprive herof greater portion of her sveam power; and the rudder of the Monarch, in my opinton, would be a very Coaspl@uous mark in # 8eaWay to an efficlent ganner, Thereiore, taking ail these considerations into account, [ ain tuctined to give my opinion that the Captain is undoubtedly the vesset that should be awarded the prize, And when I tell you that it takes five ininutes to place the guns of the Monarch iy to a limited range, sweeping only between the and main rigging, and that the piain’s guns Ja the same time can be got ready for action without limit to the range of her guns, except the position of the main tripod, [ think you wtil readily concur with me that she must be superior as & mian-of-war. I fear I have dwelt too long upon this subject, but it is @ matter of vast tmporiauce to Great Hritain that she should have the proper ship to protect her fay, as the navy is the arm sie most depetds upon, aud on it depends whether she elecis to hold het name as Great or Little Britain, } WORK IN THE PORTS AND ARSENALS. The ships building at the po are being burried forward, and during the week # considerable num- ber of 400-pcunder eighteen ton muzzie loading guns have been sent from Woolwich arsenal to the diter- ent nome dockyards, and shipments will take piace next week Of the same class of guns for the dock- yards of Malta and Gtbraltar, aiter which. the dis- tant stations will be supplied. nine-pounder muzzle loading guns in store at Woolwich are being fitted with steel tubes and rifled on the Henry Bys- tem, and iron gur carnages are being manufactured in the royal carriage department for service tnroagh- © out the feel, the conver- splenaid the full sweep of t be said that the Cap- obstruction, whereas ction has bad obsta- i range of her guus;+ mouion the standing rity of her masts de- Al ini fhe lberai eee 8 aN instance of the liberal econo! tised by the British Adiniralty it may be wort arate to re- Mark that on their accession to office one of the finest bodies of men in the British army and use- fut on board ship were reduced by one bai — the Royal Marine Light Infantry | refer to. Now tne corps 18 to be augmented 6,000 men. These go recently disbanded are now appealed to to and many advantages are held out to those whe will re-enlist. These men were pensioned on vi sue, and this pension they will of course retain and draw their pay as well. Yet It a) to The so disgustingly absurd that, for a false-named liberal economy, these men who were denounced a8 ueleas and sent about their business should now have in- dueement held out for them to return; which at once proves that they were not so much live lumber on the army list as the naval administrators would have led people to suppose, POLITICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS. Sanmel Shellabarger has received the republican nomination for Congress from the Ohio seventh district, now represented by Judge Winans (fep.), declined. Hts democratic opponent is Hagh J, Jewett, Shellabarger was a member of the }’orticth Congress and popular with all parties, The contest will be close, Colonel John Warless, of Laramie, ts therdemo- cratic candidate for Delegate to Congress wy- oming Territory, now represented by 8. F. Nuckolls. The republican tions for county officers in Wyoming are mostly women. ‘ General Thomas J. Henderson is the ifregular re. publican candidate for Congress from the Illinois Fifth district, now represented by E. (, Ingersoll, Tepublican, General Lew Wallace will run for Congress on the Tepublican ticket in the Indiana Seventh district, now represented by G. 8, Orth, republican. All the candidates nominated at the Florida Re- Ppubitcan State Convention on the 18th imstant are colored, Johu T. Bird has been renominated for Congress by the democrats of the New Jersey Third district, Governor Hoffman has appointed Benjamin N. Loomis, of Binghamton, County Jucge of Broome county, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Horace 8. Griswold. William P. Chiiton, of Montgomery, ala., 1s recom- mended as a candidate for Congress by the conser- vative democracy. The Clayton (Ala.) Courter pronounces the reported recommendation of M. B. Wellborn, of Eufaula, for Congress a mistake, as Pike county hay made no such recommendation as yet, J. W. Butterfield, brother of William Butterfleld, the successor of the well known democratic pollcl- cian, Isaac HM), In the New Hampshire Patriot, te dead, Nor AHEAD OF TAMMANY.—The Arapahoes have a “Big Horse” and a “Big Jake.” But they don’t have a “Big Six.” Therefore Tammany ts still abead of the ‘‘Big Indians” of the Plains, Ben Stark has returned to Oregon, expecting to besent again to the United States Senate. There was atime when the people of Oregon were Stark mad. But are they so now? The Democratic Congressional Coymmittee has commenced issuing campaign documents, Fifteen have already appeared. They treat of the tariff, the debt, railroad land grants, government expendl- tures, the naturalization laws and Congressional in- vestigations. These are all important matters, and touch the republicans at their weakest points, A Montana paper say ‘The Lord be praised ! Twenty bushels of wheat to the acre, and Ashley routed,’ ‘The Albany Journal thinks that 8. J. Tilden has no more infuence tn the democratic councils of this State than Ben Butler. ‘The Augusta, (Ga.) Repudlican hoists the name of U. 8. Grant for President in 1872, and hopes a South- ern gen:leman will be nominated for Vice Preaigens on the same ticket. ’ The Philadelphia Post ts informed of certain clan- destine movements in the Third Congressional dis- trict, having for their object the defeat of Hon. Leonard Myers for Congress. Perhaps it 1s only another phase of the mama for “destruction.” The following names have been mentioned in con- nection with the United States Senatorship from North Oarolin Ex-Governor Vance, Rovert H. Cowan, Bedford Brown, Robert Strange, 0. P, Meares, A. S. Merriman, A. J. Dargan, M. W. Ran- som, R. B. Gilliam and Hon. F. E. Shober. The dts- bilities of the five gentlemen last named have been removed. The others are Ineligible, Craims Serriey.—Colonel Stanton, of the Pay- master’s ofice, has just completed the settlement of the last of the clulina on account of expense of re- Construction in Mississippi and Arkansas. The whole cost In the former Stave was aboui $325,000 wad in the lavter $170,000. Who Are tho Heirs of the Virgin Queen’s Admiral? A Will Made in the Time of Elizabeth Raked Out of the Dust-The Way the Admiral’s Brother Made His Will and the Way His 8cn Didu’t Do “the Square Thing’ —6125, 000,000 at Stake. Yesterday, a little before noon, & HERALD reporter entered the Brandreth House, corner of Canal street and Broadway. After marching and counter- marching ina room where trunks and boxes were lying around rather loosely he found his way to the omMce. The clerks were busy behind the desk, and ‘80 he encountered @ man of ail work about the house, whom he accosted. “What part of the boliding is parlor A?” be queried, ‘ “So you want to go there too, do you?” was the Yankee reply of the naturalized ciuzen, who was not of African aesceat. “That 1s my intention,” remarked the reporter, “T suppose you’re one of ’em 1" Under ordinary circumstances the reporter tn question ts an individual of great presence of mind, but this interrogation came to aim in such an inde- Dnite shape and so suddenly that he was for a mo- ment at @ loss to kuuw what to say, so be said nothing. “Your name ts the same as the rest, | suppose ?’? Again was the reporter nonplussed, but he finally plucked up courage and asked the man what he was driving at? “Oh! it’s the ikes of yon don’t know at all, and you goin’ to parlor A. Why, I know your name.” lt was intimated that the garrulous individual might be possessed of such wonderful knowledge Without detelinent to the hotel business, “iso°t your nauie— “What ¢”? “praKp ft’? As the man rolled oui this dock of a word he slapped his hand on his thigh and gave way to un immoderate ft of jaughter, which he reduced to reat moderation, however, When he was informed hat such Was not the reporter’s name, The infor- mation, mm iact, changed the man’s whole facial ex- pressien irom that of extreme drollery to one of sober thoughtfulness, and, extending bis hand to the visitor, he suid quietly, *’Pon may soul Pm glad to hear it; for ve had nothing but Drakes here all the day.” Conuductiag him up one fight of stairs he pointed to a doubie room with both doors open, and exclaned, “They're all there, every mother’s son of theia,”” aud then disappeared, it was not long before the reporter found out the secret of the mun’s mirth. ‘The two rooms, a par- lor and @ bedroom, were jammed with a mixed gathering of men, women and chiléren. ‘There were several porsous speaking ali in the same breath, and every few sentences the word “Drake,” with a pre- 4x of Mr. or Mrs, or John or Charles, struck harshly on the ear. There were tree anctent looking dames in the corner of the room who had their heads to- gether, and who were talking earnestly about something, each of them counting the points she Inade In her argument on the ends Of her jong bony Dugers; and as finger after finger was counted, the word “Drake” seemed to serve as a pertod to every sentence utiered, ere were close beside them two young girls, aitired in wash poplin dresses, ali dounced and frilied to the EXTREME OF FASHIONABLE PERFECTION. They wore jaunty round hats, with an woundance of artificial towers on them, and as they nodded their heads in the excitement of conversation the Dowers nodded, too, as if to lend weight to the words that came so glibly from out their pretty lips. Several country looking people, with tawny skins and hauds the color of crisp burned sole leather, in nother part of the room, every onco in a while joimed their voices to the general hum that prevatied, while close by them sata demure looking old gen- tieman, with snow white hatr, falling down to his shoulders, who sat apd looked aud sat and looked bout him all the while, without saying @ word or giving heed to anything that was said, except when somebody mentioned “Drake,” and then the old man (for he was deaf) put his head to one side, laced bis hand behind one ear and isstened, as if he new a tale hung vy that partioniar “Drake.” The HERALD reporter Was mystified, vat ® comma- nicative young lady explained the whole scene to him. He was in the midat of the lineal descendants of the great English Admii Sur Francis Drake, whom Queen Elizabeth so delighted to honor. They nad assembled iogether to find out who was who and what Was wnat in the matter of the LAST TESTAMENT AND WILL of Sir Francis, Thus was the magical infiuence of the word Drake in the meeting made plain as day, and the reporter at last discovered why 1t was ut- tered with such unction and why the deaf oid gel tleman could hear 1+ pronounced betier than eny- thing else. The meeting, it was explained, was a formal one and of the fiity odd persons present every one was a Drake, or the son or daughter of a sun or a daughter of @ Drake, or the son or daughter of some one who had been @ Drake when he or she was alive and strutted about on this earthly stage of ours. it appears that Sir ¥ran- cis Drake, the admiral, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, made, as most men do who have plenty of this world’s goods, # will just beiore his death. In this will be bequeathed all his estates to his brother Thomas. ‘fhe latter died in due time, and it was found by his will that he had lett the estates to nis five sons, min ap Willlam, John ana Thomas successively, with the proviso that the property shoula belong to Francis, and upon his death to his male heirs. When his male heirs ceased it was to belong to Joseph, and so on, under the same conditions, be handed down ww the other brothers If his male heirs ceased. This was in 1662. Francis died, and on opening his will it was dis- covered that he had broken the entail of the original will of his father, Thomas. His male heirs had ceased, all being dead, betore he made the will, and mastead of making it in favor of the rightful male heirs he made it in favorof his female heirs. This was in 1794. The brothers had died meunwhile leaving no male heirs with the exception of Joseph, who left a son Who was called Francis. This latter, it is believed, came to this country, and it will thus be seen that the claim made by the Drake descen- dants in the meeting 1s that they are the real de- scendants of Joseph and have a prior right over the female aron of the family who now hold the estates and who got them through the will made by Francis the second born, the nephew of the great Admiral. A VALUABLE PROPERTY. The bulk of the property at stake lies in the county of Devon, England, and some of the estates are now occupied by parts of the city of London. The whole is estiinated to be at presont worth $125,000,000, @ sum quite big enough to tempt any man by ri the name of ‘ake to fight for it against all odds. Dr. Berkinst, of Philadeiphia, who married one of the Drake] family, was the first person to inaugurate the movement for the restoration of the property to the rightful heirs, and has now 1 his possession copies of the will of Sir Francis himself, of Thomas, bis brother, and that of the descendant who broke tie entail, At the meet- ing yesterday he read the copies and a very elabo- rate report as to what he had discovered during his Investigations into the matter of the right of the present holders to the property. The report showed that actual descendants of Joseph Drake were now living in New Jersey, Maine and Orange county in this State. Before the meeting broke up, after the reading of the report, @ permanent comunittee was appointed to collect assessments from all parties interested in the estates in question, the funds so obtained to be used in paying the expenses that would be incurred in the searching after the “lost heirs” and their lost rights. ALL KAGER FOR THR FORTUNE. sting came to an end several very amusing scenes occurred. ‘wo women In the room, rather advanced in years, 8at talking together, when one exciaimed, “Why, you don’t tell me so; then you’re my cousin.” Then came the rep; Yes, in- deed,” but accompanied by @ look which showed that the party of the secoud part telt in her own mind at that particular moment that the fewer the cousins the better, Lf that $125,000,000 was to come home to tbose who thought it was theirs by right. Another couple (women) got into an animated dis- cugsion about the “family Bible” and a paw of “shoe buckles” which bad belonged to some ancient member of the Drake family, and upen which hinged, to judge from the fenor of the combat, a great deal of chronological importance. ‘“I'hat Bible, you know,” said one, “was to be given to me as the oldest sister.” “Not a bit of it,’ was the reply; “it was given to John.” A look of the blankest ‘amazement and indignation overspread the determined countenance of the other. Drawing herself up to her full height and crossing her arms as though she intended to bring her two elbows together she exclaimed:—“Given to him ! no, indeed; it was only loaned;” and the emphasis she put on the last word made her tremble from head to Toot from the a exertion required to put it in as heavily as she did, A YOUTHFUL HEIR PRESUMPTIVE. Another amusing incident occurred. There was a boy about five years of age amoung the presumptive Pie and he too jomed mw the general word skir- mish. “What is your name, sonny?’ inqmred an inquisi- tive old lady as she stooped down and smoothed back the hair from his foreiiead, “Chariey,’’ he muttered. “Charley what 1” “Oharley Drake.” The woman, also one of the family, stood bolt up- right, evidently surprised, but thoroughly convinced that the Drake family were very numerous in that room and of all ages. Stooping down wo the littie fellow again, she inquired:— “What would you do if you got all the money?” “Buy ‘lasses candy |” was the answer of the de- sCendant of the great Sir Fyancis, AN OMISSION OF SIR FRANCIS. It Is to be hoped what $225,000,000 will be enjoyed by somebody who thinks he or she owns ft by right, and that betore @ hundred years passes over Gotham. Surely the oid Admiral little dreamed, when he was Scouring the seas for & foeman’s crait, how dearly bis Memoag Would be chermhes by lus reipuves ib A had he certainly his fortane for ‘the endowment of 4 hospital, in whic! me ducks’? of the Drake family might end their modern days in comparative ease and comfort, War iQ PLACE NOTES, At Virginia White Sulphur Springs there are now upward of nine hundred guests. The accommoda- tions are not adequate for so many, and numbers are camping out. Among the celebrities present are Generals Beauregard und Gordon, of Georgia, and Haraie, of Alabama; ex-Governor Herbert, of Louisiana; Governor Walker, of Virginia, and his aid, Colonel Oowens (en route tor Montgomery Srings). General Robert E. Leo is at the Hot Springs—for.the treatment of rheumatism. A grand Masquerade ts announced for the 31st instant. At Newport hops are very enjoyable affairs, although they are characterized by a plentiful lack of dancing. ‘The tollettes are particularly tasteful. On a recent occasion Mrs. Governor Hofman ap- peared in a lavender silk, with a@ train, and trimmed elaborately with lace, Miss Higgins, of New York, wore & peach-bloom silk, with train, timmed with raffles of French muslin, edged with Valen- ciennes lace. Miss Cuntrell, of Little Rock, Ark., Wore & short dress of white French muslin, trimmed with ruties and puffs of the same. A wide sash of rose-colored ribbon, and knot of the same shade, fastening a Valenciennes rule at the throat, ‘fhe dress was very simple and girlish, and particularly becoming to the bionde Who wore it. One of the most elegant dresses was worn by a new comer, a young lady from New York. She was a brunctte, tail and very graceful, and her Gress suited her exactly. It was a rose pink under- dress, made with train, and trimmea with wide black velvet. ‘he overdress was of white tulle, looped up with pink roses, ‘The corsage was low, With an edge of point lace around the neck and around the band of the very short sieeve, The white gloves reached nearly to the elbow. ‘The hair was dressed in heavy braids, with one pink rose abt the side. Earring and locket of diamonds cqugpleted the perfect ensemnbie. Among the recent guests at the Profile House, White Mountains are Hon, Horace Clark, Hon. W. D. Bishop, Hon, Wiliam A. Wheeler, Augustus Schell, Hon. Harney Kelley and family, Le Grand Lockwood and family, John Campbell, George ‘Tay- jor, William McKeliay and family, D. B. Sickles and family, of New York, and Willlain Smith, of Boston. At the St, Lawrence Hall, Montreal, the following distinguished people were on the wing of travel last week:—-Hx-Governor Asa Packer, of Pennsylvania; ex-Governor Underwood, and Governor R. P. Page, of Vermont; Sir Willoughby Jones and lady, of Eng- land; Hon. S. Tilly. of Ottawa; Sir Jon Young, of St. Johns; Hon. Curistopler Duncan, of St. Albans; Hon. Mr. Hughes, M, P. P., of England; B. B, Come- @ys and family, of Philad — H. A. Baroum and sons, of Syracuse. and H. Brews, daughter and niece; G. H. and Mrs. Paimer, H. J. Raymond aud Charles (, Atien, of New York, Captain Charles A. Ranlett, Jr., of the ship Sur- rise, accompanied by his wife, has recently made he grand tour of the waterlug place: at Niagara Falls and ending at saratoga Springs; going down the St. Lawrence river and over ihe | great Victoria Bridge. Captain and Mrs. Ranlett Wili soon gall for Clina, During lis absence troin town Captuin Ranlett ‘received a handsome and valuable gold medal as @ testimontai of iis gallant conduct in saving the life of a boy at sea, who feil overboard at midnight, ‘Toe family of B. A. Brooks, of Forty-second street, can House, Richtieid Springs. Mr. akes frequent but brief trips to Saratoga, he having @ brangh establisument at the Springs, which has been successful this year, General G. W. Darling, Mrs. Daring and Miss Sharp were at Congress Hall, Saratoga, last week, but passed Sunday at Fort Wuiam Hotel, Lake George. ‘Mr. Morris Phillips, of the Home Journat, is still on bis grand tour around all the watering places. Last week A. 'T. Stewart, at the Union, aud Com- modore Vanderbilt, at the Congress, were the finan- cial Hons of Saratoga; Augustin Daly, the chief re- Dreseniative of the drama: Judge Hilton and J. F. Daly (of the Common Pleas), and Curtis, the great legal .ignts; John G. Saxe, the only poet of any con- sequence, and Mansfield Tracy Walworth, tue best known author. An elegant hop was given on Wednesday evening last by the ladies staying at the Bay Lawn Mansion, near a known as the residence of ex-Mayor Mickle. The hous2 and grounds were beautifully and brilliantly lighted by Coinese lanterns, and the interlor of the house was elegantly decorated with flowers and green vines. Among the ladies and gen- Uemen present from this city were Mrs, Lawrence, Miss Hattie Townsend, Miss Emily Townsend, Mizs G. Gould, Miss Parker, Migs Titus, Miss Annie Wil- lets, Mr. and Mrs, Taintor, Mr. and Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Webb, Mr. aud Mrs. Bell, Mr. Wright Mrs, Powell, Mrs. Mott, Miss Annie Law: rence, Mr. Pearsall, Mr. Titus, Mr. Wiliets, mr. Elli- man, “Mrs. Mickle and Miss Anule Mickie. ‘The New Yorkers at Suaron Springs, but soon. to leave for fresh fields and pastures green, are the Melens, with Migs Melen, well known on Fifth ave- nue; Miss Jenny Newcombe, of Twenty-fifth street: the Jacqueses (Mies L. E. and Miss M. A.), the Dil- lingers, Miss Blooagood, Mr. J. R. Grayham, with Miss Kate and Miss Belle Grayham, Miss Kate Finch and the old family of Cheauto MoiMts, of St. Louis. Howe's Cave is ftteen miles from Sharon, It is truly @ sublime recess of nature, extending two miles under the mountain, It b to be @ place of public resort, and the little hotel over it is full of guests. It is @ successful rival to Mammoth Cave, Ky., which Artemas Ward calls the greatest case betore the cave of the great rebellion. Among the society pee at Saratoga we notice Mrs. Barrett H. Van Auken, with Mrs, Vanderbilt; Mrs. and Miss Booth, of California; Miss Booth, of Boston; Miss Brown, of St. Louis; Mrs, John Sloan, of New York; Mrs. Hancox, nee Wall; Mrs. Griffin, of Baltimore; Mrs. Cornwall, of Hartford; the Misses Evans, of igon avenue; the Misses Hilton, chape- roned by Mrs. A. T. Stewart; Miss Randall, of St. Louls; Mrs, Barnard, of Fi:th avenue; Miss Davis, of West Twenty-sixth street; Mrs. and Miss Chase, of Fifth avenue; Mise Beardsall, of Fourteenth strect; the Misses Thomas, of Philadelphia; Miss Hicks, of Troy; the Misses Brennan, danghi of Comptroller Brennan; Miss Wick, of Youngstown; Jadge Joseph #. Daly, Mr. Charles Smith, pianist; Mr. Robpins, of Utica; Mrs. James Frazier, of Cin- cinnati, and Mr. Henry ©. Probasco. Especially no- ticed in Saratoga Miss Sullivan, a charming blonde, chaperoned by her sister, ‘Mrs, William Allen, of Columbus; that beautiful vranette (Italian), Madame Fabricotti; and the blonde, Miss Mamie Crane, daughter of J. A. Crane, now residing in Elizabeth, N. J. UMVERSAL'ST STATE CONVENTION. Hupson, August 24, 1870, The Universalist State Convention for the State of New York assembled tn this city in annual session yesterday, Mr. E. W. Cromwell, of New York, was elected president, ana J. Herbert Grant, of Auburn, secretary. The reports of the various committees of the Con- vention have been presented, and mainly accepted, after brief discussion. The report of the Committee on Ordination of Fellowship presents the following facts:—Thirteen letters granted, seven letters of license renewed, four transfers granted, two transfers received, four ministers ordained, two per- missions for ordination granted, one resignation ac- cepted, one case of discipline, 1a which the accused was exonerated. ‘The afternoon was devoted to the revision of the constitution. In the evening a discourse was delivered by Rev. Asa Saxe, D. D., of Rochester. The adoption of the new cousttution was deferred until the next annual session. To-day the following were elected trustees of the St. Lawrence University:—Washington Wheelock and George Robinson. The following were appointed @ committee on fel- lowship and ordination:—Revs. Joun W. Mont- omery, J. M. Pullman, J. G. Bartholomew, ©. W. ‘onlinson and Messrs. Muuroe, Crane, H. 8. Green- leaf and Charles Eddy. ‘The Convention sermon was preached by Rey. L. Holman, of Little Falls, ‘This afternoon an educational meeting was held, at whid speeches were made in furtherance of edu- cation, The Convention is largely attended; its sessions interesting and harmonious. THE INHABITANTS OF THE DRY TORTUGAS, Avous?T 22, 1870, To THE EpiToR oF Tak HERALD:— In your tssue of to-day you publish extracts from a letter dated Saltville, Va., August 2, addressed to the Abingdon Virginian, which certainly merited the heading of “A Strange Story,” under which you published them, Being stationed at the Dry Tortu- gas—trom which post I am now on leave of ab- sence—I am inclined to doubt the sanity, or honesty, of the ex-Confederate officer, and certainly the cre- dulity of the editor of the Abingdon Virginian can- not be questioned. The tsland 1s occupied by four companies of the Third United States artillery and about forty prisoners. These are its soie inhabitants, if we except the lighthouse keeper and family. Tne prisoners, part of whom are negroes, are all under sentence of military courts, and are mostly desert- ers or murderers. As for the other statements in the letter, they are hardly worthy refutation, inas- mach as levees are rarely built where never ne and vessels have been never known to go to the To tugas for commissar; Three thousand pen- niless persons w not find begging among a fe hundred soldiers and a dozen officers a very remu- nerative business, and as all work on the isiand 1s contined to the fort, and that suspended, laborers might offer themselves at five instead of fifty cents @ mouth and find no employers. 1 left many in Tor- tugas who were indeed praying to leave its shores, but am unaware of any reason for tueir stay other than that which compels me to retuin the + puing aujume. Licutepant CAlsitivuk, commencing | THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL. ‘This house reopens ‘Tuesday, September 13, with an original comedy by Mr. Augustin Daly, entitlea “Man and Wile,” the story identical with that or Whikie Collins’ last successful novel. The company engaged for the season consist of Mias Agnes Ethel, Fanny Davenport, Fanny Morant, Mrs. Gilbert, Kate Newton, Ione Burke, Clara Morris (from the Cleve- Jand and Cincinnatt theatres), Linda Dietz (the re- cently successful dévulante), Mra, William Winter, Jenme Mortimer (from the Western theatres), Amy Ames, Roberta Norwood, wertrade Kellogg (her first appearance on the stage), Miss Vollmer, Miss Vining, James Lewis, D. H. Harkins, J. Polk, W. Davidge, George Parkes, Harvy Bascourt (from the Boston theatre), Johu Burnett (of the Chicago thea- tre), George De Vere, George F. Browne, Francis Chapman, Arthur Mattison, W. A. Beekman, W. Pierce and the veteran George Holland, Robert Svoepel will conduct an eularged and improved orchestra, and will offer several original arrauge- ments of the newest operas—*Mignon ” “Faust,” “Le Rot Carotie,” &0, The sceulc department re- mains in charge of Mr. James Roberts, aud Mr. Har- kins continues in the post of stage manager, Mr. Jules Beneux also in the position of prompter, Mr. W. Sanders romans chief of the mechanival depurt- ment. Since the close of the last season a number of In- teresting changes have been made in the audito- | Tiam, to faily lusure the convenience, comfort and safety of the audience, Two additional modes of egress have been opened from the parquet and orchestra to the street, and by this means the house may be emptied in six minutes, A iarge weather box with double weather doors has ‘been added to the front to guard the house against the drafts of Wiaoter, and these thrown open will ald te ventilation and coolness of the theatre in summer, A water hydrans has been constructed tn the orchestra beside the conductor's Seat and within sigut of the audience, thus ges 9 a dire, even in the remotest part of une house, under Instantaneous control, Six large and commodious Parisian boxes lave been adued to the orchestra, in Tesponse to the frequent call made last winter by theatre parties, now so fasmionable in society. ‘These boxes can be occupied separately by four or atx, or three can be used as one by @ party of twelve or af teen persons. ‘The stage boxes have also been enlarged, and roomier chairs have been placed in the balcony of this theatre. Promenaders have not been slignied either in the improvements, and a handy balustrade has been erected for them on either side of the balcony circle, The whole house has been retouched, cleaned, recarpeted; and, to crown the new additions, a new act ony. has been painted by Mr. James Roberts, and will be unfurled on the opening night. It represents a series of Tlalian views by Lake Maggiore, aod 1s surmounted by an exquisite border piece in imitation of folds of rich lace over @ crimson drapery, in the midst of which is suspended a medallion of Molidre, the father of Freuch comedy, Daly promises to reviv the interrupted run of **Fernauide. Which these two models of mode The favor with French comedy Were accepted by the public has encouragod Mr. | Daly to propose to te most prominent Parisian dra- matisis—MM. Sardou, Dumas, Barriere, Feulllet, Hal- Meilhac, Augierr, &¢.—a) ogement for the production of thetr new works at the Fifth atre, The proposition was instantly ac: cepted, and by this very important contract Mr. Daiy 18 authorized to announce the following forth- commg piays:—**La Princesse George,” by Alexandre Dumas Fis, a comedy of modern society; * L'Amour Sun la Branche,’ a four act comedy, and “Les Cris de Cur,’ w five uct cowedy, botu by Theodore Bar- riere, and a new and fimportant fiye act comedy by the authors of “i'rou-Frou,”? enuued “Tricoche et Cacolet."* Other equally interesting works are tn preparation for the forthcoming season, the earilest of which will bea brilliant revivai of one of Moliére’s great- est comedies, and among the others a dramatic con- siruction by the Hon. A. Oakey Hall and the manager, based upon the well-known and famous fragment by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, entitied ** Affectation,’”’ the scene of which will be laid at Newport, during the yachting season, incorporating all the witty suggestions of the briliiant author of “ The School for Scandal.” Musical and Dramatic Noten. Marie Krebs, @ young and beautiful German The Citizens Up in Arms—How Capitalists Defy Public Opinion—What a Health Inspector Says. Numerous complaints having been made by etti- zens as to the offensiveness of the lots bounded by Eleventh avenue, North river, Thirty-fifth and Thirty- eighth streets, which is used by various parties @s @ manure damping ground, Dr. Morris, City” Sanitary Inspector, has had orders issued looking to the abatement of the nutsauce, This block has long been one of the most offensive eyesores and foul smelling cesspools on the west side of the city, and the Board of Health will do good serviee by dyiving out the partes who profit at te expense of the pabtic health. At Tuesday's sesston of the Board the following oral report was made by Dr. Simeon N, Leo, Sanitary Inspector: — Therewith beg to present a report and ai placing betore you the result of a special inspection made by me at the manure dumps located In an ares, on the West side of the city, bounded on the south by West Thirty-flith street and tne new made ground of the proposed Manhattan market site, on the east by Eleventh avenue, on the north by West ‘Tbirty- eighth street ana dock of the New York company, on the west by the North or Hadson river, consisting of three blocks crossed transversely by four streets, which here find a termination, ‘and intersected by the Fleventh avenue, already graded, together with the uniinshed Twellth avenue, rane ning in @ horizontal direction, thus formu; three squares of reclaimed land, situat on tne river front, in @ section of the city which is rapidly becoming densely populated. ‘The better to understand why this particular place should have been selected as a depository of ene and that in opposition to the expressed wishes @0 eiforts of parties Who own the property, tt is amply necessary to call attention to the number of horses and cows which find stabling in the immediate neighborhood, which create during twenty-four e hours an immense amount of manure, The owners : of these animals and stables, in many instances, aro ' poor, but honest, industrious and hard workin people, They full well appreciate how detriment to health 1t would be to retain any quantity of ant- ‘ mal excreta in close proximity to their dwellings, and therelore take advantage of the nearest place and readiest meaus to rid themselves of the nuisance. Besides this it appeara quite a traMc has been engaged In by parties contracting to fill up the once sunken jots in question, who In lieu of dirt have delivered manure, wiule in not a few instances Money has been puid ty rart the manure away, when 1t has usually found tho? ao resting place. The re- sult of thia Las been Sw Iho" -nge tract of land, lying between Thirty-seve...,.) treet and Thirty-eight street and ccoupying more thau three-quarters of the entire block, 18 simply one mass of manure, ex- g teuding to a depth in some places of twenty feet, it ‘ 4s supposed, and in warm weather ia very offensive. On the block below tuls, directly inthe rear of nine teuement houses lately repaired and eularged, 13 another collection of manure, covering a space of about eight city lots, and winch until very recent Was used as @ free dumping grouna; while jower, bear the southeast corner of Eleventh avenue and Thirty-sixth street, 13 a well-known and fre- quently used receptacie for the deposit of manure, covering nearly six city lots. These embrace somo of the principal seats of the evil su loudly complained against. ‘Thanks to the eMcient measures and wise sanitary ; precauhons adopted and iakea by tae Board of 4 Heaith, the dumpiog of manure on the particular t locality alluded to las beeu laterdicted and ceased; and in piace of this it 1s taken direct tothe docks at the foot of West Thirty-seventh and West Thirty- ninth streets, pla without the confines ¢ Tne inspector ‘cds to speak of the processof removing tn rt loads that are daily carried : away to the country, and urges that the land, where tis manure has laid so long be covered with suc- ceasive layers of earth and sand thoroughly drained, and all dumping upon the 1ots prevented for the future, The inspector speaks in terms of praise of the care taken im removing the manure to the the conteuts of the carts being emptied directly in them, He recommends that all the carts carrying manure tothe buats be provided with covers, that but one pler be used, that it be covered by a shed, and that the contractors be compelled to remove the Doats a8 soon ua filled, * According to this report the practice of dumping f pon the lots has been stopped; bat petitions for “5 permits to do so aud renew the old offence are now before the Board of Health ior thelr action. Exe in barges aud thence removed the city Limits. planist of reported exceptional talent, ison her way to this country. Mme, Viardi-Marti, late prima donpa at the theatres of Constantinople, Alexandria, Rio Janciro, and Theatre Royal of Brussels, is at present in New York. Accounts from the abovenamed cities speak highly of the , Whom we expect to hear this winter at the Academy of Music. The Church Music Association, whose concerts last season were marked with sO much success, Is now preparing for @ second series of con- certs, which promises to be, if possibie, more generously aud extensively carried for: ward than the first series. Social infuence and wealth seem to attend the progress of this young and deserving institution, It has already’ some six thousand dollars towards its future expenses, and before long we expect to hear that the subscrip- tion list has been closed, Mr. George F. Strong, of Wall street, has proved oimself to be a most enicient president. ‘The choras, which last year indicated a remarka- ble amount of training and precision, will have its ranks swelled by the addition of many others who are desirous of joining the association. The executive committee deais liberally with members of the chorus; each singer on admission becomes wa part of the organization and is entitied to two tickets for cach concert. Dr. James Pech, the accomplished and indefatigable conductor, nas been retained and placed on the executive com- mittee, as last year. We have heard of a contem- [spose coalition of the Mendelssonn Union and the armonic Society with the Church Music Associa- tion, We are not prepared to say how or in what way, but as the Mendelssoin and Harmonic have toa greatextent for several years exisied only in name, such a coalition will assist more fully to pro- mote the interests of musical art—far more largely than it is possible for either society alone to accom- lish. a ‘The Arion Society will probably give several repre- sentations of German opera during the season, and the Berge Choral Union will produce some of the best works of the oratorio school in grand style. Migs Clara Loulsa Kellogg will make her début in oratorio this fall. REMARKABLE AND SUDDEN DEATH. A Young Lady Found Dead in Bed. {From the Hillsboro (Mo.) Democrat, August 20.) One of the most wording Occurrences that hag taken place in this county for many days occurrea in the vicimity of Rush Tower, on the Mississippi, some eighteen miles from Hillsboro last week. A young lady from 5t, Louis was visiting at the re: dence of Mr. W, B. Weaver, who, besides the re- mainder of bis family, had two twin daughters, aged upwards of fourteen years. On Thursday evening, the 11th inst., quite a my company of the young lolks were ussembied at Mr. Weaver's, The entertainment was kept up until after ten o'clock, when Miss Weaver, now deceased, retired to bed with @ Miss Conn, one of her visitors. At an early hour in the morning the other Miss Weaver camo up stairs to awaken the young ladies. Miss Conn was asleep, Miss Weaver stepped nearly to the bed- side, when she stopped, turned and ran screaming down stairs, crying that her sister was dead. A wid rush was made by the family below, and the room soon contained ali the occupants of the house. Miss Coon awoke, and, jumping up, ran from the room in a fright, ignorant of the cause of the excite- ment, The scene in the room has often been equalled but never described, The young girl was stone dead. Sie was lying upon ber back, with her hands crossed upon her breast, as if she had died while sleeping, and this she probably did. Although cold when they discovered her dead she could not have been lulelegs for any great length of time, Pre- parations were made for burial, but before the body could be pieces 4 the coftin the corpse began to swell, and great quantities of blood poured from the mouth, nose and ears. It could pot befjstanched, and with dimculty was kept from saturating every- thing around the ly. The features became dis- tended, and the color of the body black, the whole change occurring within a short time after the dis- covery. The young lady was buried on the 13th inst. No inquest was held, we believe, Taken alto- gether we consider this a very strange case. Disease of the heart 1s the cause to which is attributed the untimely demise of Miss Weaver. No exercise or indulgence of @ character to bring about such an event was partaken of by the young ladies, and it is probable that the calamity coula not have been averted by any change of exercise beforehand. The sympathy of the neighborhood is enlisted for Mr. Weaver and family, and the amlable young lady {s mourned by all who knew her. OROWNED IN CROTON LAKE. William A. Platt, aged fourteen, and son of A. Warner Platt, of New York, was accidentally drowned in Croton Lake on Tuesday afternoon, ‘The little fellow, whose parents have been spending @ short season at the lake, was observed to launch atiny rowboat alone, and in « few minntes after Was missed from the craft, both the oars of which were seen afoat. arch Was at once made and the body recovered, when all etfortsfat resuscitationjwere unavailing, An inquest was subsequently held on the remains by Coroner GriMn, and a verdict of acct- dental drowning rendered. ‘ARMY INTELLIGENCE. At their own request Captain Kane and Lieuten- ants O'Toole, Richardson and Mallory, unarsigned, have been honorably discharged from the army with one year’s pay each, ander the recent act of Congress, ~WAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Rear Admitra) Glisson reports to the Navy Depart- ment that he has relieved Rear Admiral Radford, in command of the European feet, bowting bis flag on board the United States steamer Fraukiib, off Flush- ing, Holland, Aagust 10. Alderman Hardy, representing the lave ownors, la urging the Board ‘to grant jumping permits, bat i they will not likely consent to the stenching of the west side of the city with the foul smells that bave been evolved this summer, A VOLCANO AT HALLETT’3 POINT, Government Carelessness—Houses Rattled and Factories Smashed—One Mau Fatally In- Jured, Others Narrowly Escape—Stuber 4 Co.’s Oil Works in Danger—They Seek an Injunction. The removal of the rocks and shoals at Hailett’s - Point is going forward at a steady rate day and night, \ under the general supersision of General Newton | and the immediate superintendence of Mr. poral er. Three gangs of about thirty men are em- ployed, and the work 1s prosecuted on the eight hour plan, A semi-circular opening or mine about sixty feetin diameter has been clearea out twenty feet deep, and it isthe purpose of the engineers to in- crease Its depth still ten feet more. From this mine six “headings” are being cut beneath the water, and Diastings are made in these. They are named re- speotively Humphreys, Newton, Sherman, Grant, ; McClellan and Franklin, and are numbered one, two, three, &c, About sixty explosions a day are made ‘$n these headings and inthe open space, and seve- Tal thousand tons of hard rock are removed each day. The work ia carried on 80 carelessly, however, that the lives and the property of the residents and the manufacturets in the vicinity are greatly endangered. Occasionally, too, some of the workmen become maimed and disabled by rockswad planks falling on, them. On Monday aman named Wallace had hia skull fractured and his collar bone and several ribs broken by a plank fallingon him. He was removed hi to his boarding house in Astoria and surgical ald procured, and on Tuesday he was removed to hos. pital, where his recovery 1s extremely doubifal, Messrs, Btuber & Co., oll manufacturers, bitterly complain of the danger to which their lives and pro- perty have been exposed by the extraordinary cares lessness manifested. The government not only seized their leased property, without giving theny but under \ aby equivalent, the former ope. rations of Mr. Pierce compelled them to close their factory and works for about twelve months, and when Diasting was re- sum cd under the supervision of Mr. Reitheimer ha promised to conduct operations more carefully, and Stuber & Co., under these assurances, recommenced work. But the change has been tor the worse and ~ not for the better, and they have placed the matter in the hands of able counsel (Judge Beach) to obtain an injunction against General Newton and his sub- ordinates. It must be sald, however, that General Newton fs not on the ground every day, and, conse- quently, the complaints made by Messrs. Stuber & Co. Tail like idle words on his agents. Ashort time ago the faucet of a large tank con- talning crude petroleum, from which the oil ig manufactured, and distant only seventy-six feet from the government operations, was maliciously broken, and seventy Cys of the liquid were iost. It soaked away into the blasting ground, and all the next day that piace was ia flames, so that little work could be done, The stills, jectifying rooms are 160 feet distant, but mas: stone weigi.! from five to seventy-fve pound’ .e buried within. frightful proximity to those places. One of theso stones broke through the frame still house on Satur- day evening, aud fell within a foot of a colored man who was watching the fires, This man and his family liveina two story brick house near the ofl works, and but 195 fee from the government mine. in the manufacture o! oil 1t 1s necessary that the fires be kept up day and night, and that the oll be carefully excluded frony air Fa inn the process of distillation. But there are certain p! oNy eXpoved, which, should they be en by one of those heavy pieces of rock, nothing coul save the entire place from destruction by fire. The stiliman and his family are kept in constant dread of their lives by pieces of rock falling about theit dwelling, and his‘services, which are very valuable, owing to his experience, are retained only by his employers’ assurances that they will seek an Injunc« tion in the courte, Messrs. Stuber & Co. have $60,009 in in oil works, and they are justly indignant ‘ at this defance of their nghts. The property is owned by Mr. Halsey, who, in consideration of receiving the sione raised from the mine, gave hits consent to the: trespass, but with the understanding that there should be nether dange’ nor annoyance to his ten ants by the operations on the : olnt. A lew daysago @ piece of rock weighing seventy-five pounds wag icked up at the outer entrance to the oll-works, 500: Teet off, and on Monday a piece about twenty pounds? weight came crashing against the side of the of and was only kept ‘rom entering by striking the heavy timber frame. The detonations trom the blasts are so heavy as to shake the houses, an these blasts are repeated sometimes at intervals five minutes. All the drilling is now done by hand, but in a few days the government engincers expect to have tha centre of operauons sunk to @ sufficient depth ta lower the steam drilling machine, and thus to worlg the headings. At present very litte progress i@ made, The rock 1s very bard and not many large pieces are cast off. It is estimated that it will ree quire four or five years steady work to accomplial ali that Is required there. A barge contaming 1 . tons of coal now lies sunk near Pot Rock.