The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1870, Page 8

et St AFTER SEDAN. On the Tiold After the Great Fight--Seenes end Incidents at the War Gelgotha—Tho Debris of MacMahon’s Army—The “Grave” of Wilitary France—Red Ruin nd a Fallen Dynasty—lHow the French Moved in the Retreat—Con- Anot of the Prossian Victors—The Lren iand—A General **Loot??— WacMehon Under His Wounds- ihe Town Afier the inel Fight—‘Gapsin Humanity. SRDAN, Soph. 8 1870. Iu ts only by repeated visite to the feid of the last great battle tuat one can understand fully the tm- mense magnitude of the eagagement which decided the late of France, To-day I have for the gird time gone over the scene of last Thursday's Mght, or at Jeast Over 80 Mach Of Las One man cax encompass in a forenoon, without becoming entirely bewildered | by what be sees and hears. ‘the conclusion that T have come to ts that although MacMahon (or, ratuer, General Ducrot, who commanded the army afvr | the Marshal was wounded, until General Winpffen arcived and superseaed bim) cofamitvea one very great mistake, of which I will speak presently; that once the retiring army had got inside | Sedan aud was surrounded by the Prasstans, there was notning ieft bat to surrend 1 mistake to which I alluded 2bove was evidi made when the retreat of the French army was fret ordered je of retreat ought to have been made to the east and not to the w Hart MacMa- hon’s army when bis right wing waa outfauked | commenced to retreat upon Montmedy instead of fedau every mile would have brought the troops nearer to Where Bazaine was still holdimg out at Metz, and it 1s posswle, aithough I admit not prob- able, the much wished for junction between the two armies might have taken place, It is, however, worse than useless speculating upon what might have been the case. What we know and what we have to deal with is what has happened, and of the truth of that I have, unfortunately, the plainest evl- dence even In and around thts dirty little tavern, outside the walls of Sedan, where J ain weliang bats letter, DEXRIS OF MACMAHON’S ARMY. A few hundred yards from where I sit is the débris of MaeMahon’s army. Eighty thousand Freueu soldiers are—I cannot say cncamped, for they are sitting on the bare ground, with no other cover over their heads than the sky of heaven—to be seen, hud- dled together, the picture of dirt (how a Frenchman when he is in trouble seems to revel in dirt), han- ger, misery and utter disorder. Poor fellows, ue withstanding their many foults, and in spite of the Juct that their own disobedience and want of digetp- dine brought about the finai crash of thet cannot help feeling for them. The Pru not kind towards their enemies. The sup cers of their army are more ctvilize soldiers ahd the lower commissioned Ks, re not. Jam very sare that no tribe of red Indha: would leave thetr prisoners forty-eight hours w out food, a8 these unfortunate Frenenmen told me to-day they had been left. One of them bad been mm America, and had fought to ihe ranks of the federai ariay during the great civil war. He had been for several weeks a prisoner in the Confederate eamp, and declared that bad as was ibe treatment he had reveived al—I think he said—Aandersonvilie, it was princely when compared to the neglect and starva- tion he had suffered at the bands of Prosstans. j And, while talking of the latter, | would b of the many stout admirers of Prassians we out here aud jndge for themselves. GERMAN CONQUEZOKS. | J have seen a great deal of the Germ Ing the campaign, muck more, in fa expected to, see, or ever hope to see again; and I have no hesitation in saying that as bullying, thank- less plunderers thetr troops exceed uny I have ever seen In the Held or read of in bh. In the ranks iney are no doubt at the p: the first soldiers 4p the world; but off duty sao and audacious, and seem to live ¥ npon what they take from the upfortanate pexs districts through which they m: Thre ago, when resting in a peasant’s cottage ou th border of the forest, two Prnssian sold and asked the people to give them oro ochsenfletsh (beef) and wein (wine) they asked for these things I put Une ¢ mildest possible iorm. They people to give them wiiat th them in about a8 pleasaut a driver Would order lus gang 1 to go to labor, The owner of the cottage conld 1 word of German, and 30 got me to 1 stand as well as{ could that he dad neither wine nor meat im the house, had barely enougit bread for his family for one with the butt ends of their muskets piood boiled to see the rai nis They took every partic) ead he had, leav himseld and family wit) ny food Waaiever house. But before jeaving they 8 people's cottage from top to bor pea the matiresses, and wook what: There was not much chat even Liese me it worth their while (o take, but two or ure H of warm socks, a iew yards of lin 2 Dianke! i afew other small matters tt i seemingly as a matter of course, | single Instanee of many hundred snch cages going | on every day. i i $ he | { { selusiy ot with, 1 have seen 9 great deal of war both in Burope and the East, wut L uever saw’ s ave so badly tothe jhabitants of a country. They really seem to plunder and destroy tor the skecr pleasure of doimg the people harm. It ix quite true bat If the peasaats could @ superior oftice wud could there and then identify to vnat ollcer satisfaction any soldier who had behaved badly the man would be most severely punisivd—perhaps shot. But ho: fe poor peopie to leave the! work and go for miles on the bare chance of obtaln ing justice? They theniselves say inat all they would wish to obtain 18. re tion’ for their stotea. goods, and this, 1 imaging, would bo impossible. en uiany thousands, same maine’, Would be site For to attempt to identify one, two, three—or e jozen—soldiers anc ny CONSEQUENCES OF THR PRUSSIAN MARCH Wherever ihe Prussians have passed through they have Jeft benind thet a starving population. ‘tne People of Alsace, Lorraine and the valiey of the euse say that they would rather French than paid by te Prussians. ave kind and civil to tue people, pay for what they take, as they eases out of a hundred. Tne jatier are overoearing, | even when they take what they want for nothing, 43 chey invariably do. ‘fhe superior oivers 4 polite, excepting to French pessants, an vere towards any oi their men caught the dificulty ts to get at the superiors, seem to be allowed to wander avout te stoaling whenever they are off duty. Mol example set them by their in their pearing towards the peopie Of the country must have great egect. Tnever yet saw a Prussian oilicer spesk to a french peasant that he did pot weal hin as you Would a dog. An American gentleman that I met here the other day, Who, being ut Spa, nad run over wo see the bat- tle Held, told me that he fad been taken prisoner _Suring the great American civil war by thie South Fons, and had ween a year in their Raids. He had ‘been olten very badiy treated and very harshly spoken to; bat be never remembered eved the most overbearing Of the Conteverates ever speaking to Nortaern prisoner as the Prussians speak to the people of the country, - Here at Sedan the Prussian authorities have go far taken possession of the ovens, but they will not allow the bakers to bake for’ any person except iheriselves. The consequeuces are the peop the town cannot get bread to eal at any price, and MALY Couiplaiats ave breaking out anoug them, DUE PRISONERS, Bul worst of all is their conduct towards the an. Jortunate prisoners, 40,000 or 69,000 inca, Who be game prisoners the other day under the treaty with MacMaiion’s successor. These unfortuaate men are wu hnddied together on a wet fletd. without co ing, clothes, food, fre or rink. This ts the sevent) day of their captivity, and they have never hau fesh meat given them. They look the picture of | despair and of honger. One of them, a young cay- wiry sergeant of family, whose iriends | know pomething of, told me that if I could manage to ring @ sheep into their camp, he felt sure it Would ied and eaten raw, so tremendous was the hun ger that guawed them. They had had, he said, one wlugie biscuil each served out to them dally since dney surrendered #8 prisovers, They are not allowed to write to their friends; and yesterday { saw about 7,000 of them inarch Off, without being told where they were going, or rather being refused ail kinds ©; mforwation 4s to where Wey would be taken when they asked the question. Why mien who are prisoners of war, and against whom all angry feclinga ought surely to cease, uouid be ihus treated, Lami at @ loss to imagine. In the mind of au American, ab Engilshinan, aod from what iknow of tem, of a Frenehivan, | am ‘very Certain once an enemy is conquered ail reseu oent ceaver, Weil wigui Prince Aaille Morat way, rovbed by the | The former | | come. | she came suddenly upon ber son, a chef @eseadron | | OF Huss | co be wie first power In Europe, Nay, tothe very , Feady to weet the evesmy. an assed Rouilion with tho ho oid when he passed through, Roullian with the Emperor on Saturday “We ( would have treated the Prussians aifferently if the case had been reversed, and they had been our prisoners lastead of we being, a8 We are, thelrs.”” MACMAITION’S WOUNDS. MacMahon is here, very badly but nob mortally Wounded, aad a prisoner. He i8 One of those who wonld nob give their parole wot to serve against Prussta during the prese.t war. His wife, the Duchess Magenta, arrived here two’ days ago, bringing with her @ sur. geon from Paris and a well known Sister or Char- to he ity » toourse her husband, She was at the Mi state, near Nismes, and would have come to her husband 1a tweaty-foar hours, but the Pras- sians Would not alow her lo pass their lines, and so sue had to go round by the ventre and west of France, reach Paris, then go by the Northern Ratt- way to Bru-s-is, and so come through Bouillon w Sedan, over the Belsian frontier, | From all T hear MacMahon would be lkely to re- | cover quickly from his wound were ib not tat he | and fumes at the past and worrtes huaselt very the future. He blames the Emperor vd jor having surrendered tus place, neral de Wimpifea ought vo have tried to ent bis way through the enemy, even if out of 30,000 men be hak lost 40,00) In attempums to do 80. fret PAROLE. I mentioned in a recent letter thet such French | ofiicers a8 had given thelr parote not to serve agaist Prussia during (he present war were re- leased and aliowed to go where they liked, To-day I learn that a very curious arrangement has beea entered mio by the Frenen army, and one whic. L question very much Whether Prussia will einer | approve ot or eonsiier as maigtamine Ce | spirit of the promise given, — It sees all the oficers who have thus given their yas io | are to be Bent Lo Algeria, and there to exchange With other oiticers, Who are to come to France and jo the army in Payis or in the deld, Thus some tour or five thousand woraout oflcers will be taken away from the army that is tigiting the Prusstans aad will be supplanted by 2s many fresh men, with ten tlmes thelr energy and without the cowed jeeling whict 18 aiways produced ina beaten army, ‘his may cer- | tally be the detter of the law of parole, but it hardly seeuis tome that It is tae spirit, INSLDE SEDAN—EXTRAOKDINARY SCI The towaof Sedan is iv the most feartul state of confusion, dirt aud rain, Even tae few sites the Prussians fired into it seem to have done Ho small amouotot dana 1 can hardly recognize it, tae piace as Lt pow exists—the neat, irim ithe town L passed through httie more than a week ago, For its size Sedan fs one of the most productive places 1 | France, iis specaity being the making of clotir and tweed, tie jatter in imitation of the Engilsh article pearing that name, {[t was a wealthy town, too, @ town with is tiltle commercial cliques, its club, its manufacturing aris- tocracy and its protty public works, It has seldom been my fate to eat a better hotel dinner than I did jasi Friday week at the Hotel de l)Hurope in Sedan, or vo drink a beter bottie of Bargnndy or to play & better contested rabber at whist, walca I did at the ib, tomvntcl | was introduced by a geatienag met on the frontier, who insisted ai the evening upon introduclag me to every one as “a most dis- tinguished journalist.” Alas! what a change for the worse does war make inatown. There ts now no dusmass of any Kind gvlog on in Sedan. The factories haye ali ceased working. Thelr owners have fed to gos out of the Way of tue Prussians. The few Ubat remein and did not take the precaution of sending their horses and carriages over tue border into Belgium nave had every Vehicle they possessed and every autmal in their stavies taken by the conquerors. “The sireets are fuil of oroken Chassepots, swords that have been tArowWn aside, knapsacks that Have beea Gast away and horses that are Wauderiag avout wiuoub an owne ‘fue siench m the town 1s something awful; it scems to form part of the very food youeat, Kvery factory, school, hall, court of law, or pubilc palld- ing of any kind, and every private building that 13 large enough, fui smal W have always notic he very air aiter @ gieat battle scems preva pow Jt is the smell of human blood. Go where | a Will ghastiy Gyures—men suffering quite as iuaeh trom hunger as from wounds—qeet tie eye. Unitke the Angio-Saxon race, Whether in America or England, foreigners sgem to have no more ides of cleanliness tuan & Hindoo has of skating. it would cult to decide whether the frenou or the Ger- maus Were the Most positively dircy in Luelr habits, Jn an bogush or American Noapttal the first toiag | done toa wonnded man Would be to let lim have a torouzh goou bata, to put atm on clean nen, and afterwards to se to his 1 believe halt of those now in is would be cured if a Course of that kind opted, But itis the very lasi thing thought Asa rale there 180 surgical operation Freuchinaa or a German would noo rather ci than subiit 10 & good Wasiung. Hands undergoing that turture they ca under- wud, bub beyond that, no. ‘They seem realiy to revel im airt. If is @ great pity that the Inter- junal Society M Aid of the Wounded does not mptto tnpeove the gcossion and wy te ineul- notions of personal cleantmess ameng he poor | iows broughy under their care, ‘GAPS IN BUMANITY. What fearfal gaps t humanity this war must have | A Prussian olleer of rank to-day assured me at (he iosses in kttled and wounded in their army AMOUR at the present moment to something very Hittie sort oF 200,00) men, aod i Mave reason to Dée- oh have igst about haif as many. Jess than ere Were & month azo who 0 may be fairly sup- a kuled since the commencement jeissomething both very touching and ex- touching Ja a practlve which eXists in the | anarmy, ond which, f am told by Prassian j r mmenced with the prese non-commnissioned OMe eu outside his tunic or jacket, upon 13 written his name, tte numbder of his regi- p letier of lus Company, and the designation village, as well as of the province in j js Situated. Whenever a dead soi- dier 1s founc rst thing done 13 to cut off this | card and deliver ib to an oilicer of the brigade whose | porticular daly it i8 Co collect the names of the dead. ‘there no sooner 18 @n engagement over than the name and native place of every dead soler is koown, and relatives have at least the consolation | of KnoWiag 4s soon as Uey lose a relative. This is Just one of those litte matters which dis- guish & practical from an impractical people. A chehinan Would rather undergo tive years penal rvitude than submit to what ue would call “@inat- | roi detail.’ Inisurne that owing to a want of thine for details they Have lost an army, hutailtated ieir nation, and brought about a revolauion, But if utter slect of emiall matters would be French. A Frenchman not only negiects measures, he hates aud utterly de- And tue consequences are thar When ne time of trial comes, if he has to du with # pracil- r e like the Germans, ne Is beaten. ‘here ure how thousands, ah, hundreds of thousands of Frenelunen © have been killed in unis fearful war, | aod of whose fate their relatives are and must re- roain io the MOBt positive uncertatuly for years to { saw 4 case ofthat kind here yesterday which had a happy ending for those concerned, Ao oid lady arrived from the far off south of France after hard travelling to try and find out where 3 buried, beleving him to be dead. The whole of the Frenca army is in such a staie of in- uceivable muddie that she could get no Intelli- gence of nob only her ofispring, but even of the regiment to which he belonged, Some tola ber that, tae corps was shut up with Bazaine at Metz; others that ithad been cut up ai the ight at Sedan last week, and many deelared that it was with Vinoy, | who has fallen ‘back upon Paris with a fresh divi- | ston of 25,000 men, The old lady, utterly unable to yet anytning jike reliable information, was pre- Varing to leave Sedan, when at tie corner of a street | ars, Who was badly wounded in the arm, but by uo ineaus mortally so. Her son told her he had Wwrilten seven Jetters to hia home siace the campaign began, but not one of them seems to have reached lis destination, When soytuing goes wrong French civil em- ployés do not aitempt to remedy it, An American | postmaster would, if the enemy Were in possesstun of 8 lo do his best to send off the mails some- | how. Nov se with the French. Uniess the regular mau could Come at the regular hour with the regula- tion paper, take over the letter bags in the regalar auner and give the regular receipt for them, a ch postwaster would never dream of taking action in the matter. He would—as indeed he has tm thousands of Instances—pack up his mails, put | them at the bottom of Lis largest portmanteau, lock | Up the portmanteau m his spare room and then make of fimself, If 13 said that at the present | moment there are something like 6,000,000 of letters | in France that lave been thus leit to take care of themselves. ASMY “HURRAG” FOR TAB FRENCH REPUBLIC, Jt1s curioug to observe Low popular the republio seems to ve among bovh men and officers of the French aruy. Surely if ever there was a fickie peopie on earth the Frenen are that people. A montit ago 1t Would Nave been high treason to @ Word agalogt ihe Euiperor; now oue never hears & good word—not even a word of pity—said abouts bun, And I must sdmit this sudden change against | theit Old ruler does them but little credit. What: | ever may have deen the faults of Napoleon Il, be certainly saved krance from anarchy and raised it last, Ul and suffering as he was from a most fearful disorder, ie worked hard to redeem the faults of those wio made him believe tiat the army was I beleve that when the austory of the four weeks’ campaign 1s written by an Ampaitiai hand it will be clearly demoustrated that the Duke de Grammeont aud Marsbal Lebwut were the mea really to blame for che ausmlllation of | France. Tue former was determined, at any price, to bring Fran 8O tO Speak, poilticaiy into the mess; the latter Was to blame for making out to be ready au army that did not even exist save on paper. In any case It seems cowardly to Kicx at aman when le is Wo; but yet of every twenty living Freachmen ue Meets Nineteen abuse the ex-Emperor as loudly as they praised im forty days ago, At Bouillon and other villages just beyond the Belgian irontier there are a great number of busi- ness meu Who have fed there from Paris, Chalons, Epernay, Kheims, Charieville, Mulnouse, and places where the Prussians have put thetr foot. As & mat- ter of cuurse the political opiuivns of these men are all more or less dir ut; but they seem ail lo agree jn saying that there can be but one government in France that will set the country on its legs again, and that the only persons to do this ave the Orieaus family. None of them seem to believe that the present administraiioa can last. But thev accept it | as the only combination of names that could please | ‘Kina MeN OF Payls Soy fhe Moment, gud coud J | Yo vm Eprvon o rae HeraLp:— | declaration, indirectly charging maifeasance in ; York, whose deiegates In convention placed him in ur were to begii again to morrow ihe very ee | Mn is6}, when he was Marshal of ihe Southern Disirict | of New York, and Stewart L. Woodford was Assistant | 18 that he did, with all his old solar spirit and efter induce them to take a really active part in the de- fence of the capital, PARIA, Jt is wonderful to see and hear the entire fatth that the French people have in the siege of Paris and in the arming of fhe whole population, as the one only means of saving Parls, even at this the eleventh hour. ‘They say—-pray remember that 1 do not say so—that France can still raise a million of men, and of these 250,000 will be soldiers, They declare that Paris is provisioned, and that she can hold ont for six months. They are as confident of smashing the Prussiavs under the walls of Paris, of coming in bebinad them, of routing them, of foremg them to retire through France, and then of exterminanng them as they retreat, as confident as they were six weeks ago of going to Berlin, Oan I say more? ere 1a no use inthe world arguing with them, As J said in one of my frst letters from ris, the | Valley of the Mouse, ff ‘tall taik’’ and brave words could conquer the enemy the Prussians would have but @ short time to remain in France, But the one great thing called onier is wanting, and without that ay army can do but Uitie against h well organ- ized enemy. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR COVER VOR Serious Charges Against Him. New YORK, Sept, 24, 1870, lt is a matter of serious public concern that the two great parties controlling the government of the Empire State should place in nomination for Gov- ernor men fitted for the high position by experitnce, capacity and unquestionea i tegrity, The honest, taxpaying people of the Sta, demand this. 'The two parties have assembled tn State convention, and placed their candidates in the fleld for 1870, Stewart L, Wvodford represents the republicans and John Hoffman represents the democrats. The former opened the campaign on the 10th inst., upon the steps of lls own residence, in Brooklyn, in answer toaserenade, He threw down the gauntict to Gov- ernor Hofman to meet him ‘face to face before the people of the State’ on the question of offigial hon- esty. He said that “the time had passed for false, cuphonious and hypocritical speech.’ He then pro- nounced Governor Hofman to be “a gentleman of scholastic culture, of persuusive eloquence and rare personal retinement,” * * * “who would shrink as from leprosy were he culled upon in private life to stand sponsor for such wrongs a8 (Woodford al- leges) were committed in the cities of New York and Brooklyn by election tuspectors and canvassers, | &c., and which procured the election of Hoifman to the ofiice of Governor. iis relieves Governor Hott- man of any personal responsibility for ballot-box stuffing or repeating at the polls, General Wood- ford’s challenge is thrown deflanily at the demo- evatic party of the State of New York. Official houesty is the test. The cities of New York and Brooklyn are the scenes where the grave offences charged were perpetrated, The Man most respon- sible for the government of this city, its chigf magis- trate, Mayor Hall, has accepted General Woodford’s challenge. He has taken up the gauntlet so boldly harled at New York and upon the very terms named by Wood(ord—that “the time has passed for aise euphonious and hypocritical speech.’ Mayor Hail proceeded directly to the quesuion of oficial honesty raised by Woodiord, aud, among other things, said:—"'Mr, Woudiord has charged Governor Hoil- man with fraud in the New York elections. When the books of the French Cable Company come to be examined Mr. Woodford will have to answer why five thousand dollare were paid to the Lienten- ant Governor of this State.’”’ Tuis very extraordinary office, Was pupliciv made at Rochester, on the 21st instant against ex-Lieutenant Governor Woodford, now the siandard bearer of the republican party of the Siate and the avowed representative in the Sara- toga Convention, against Mr, Greeley, of the National administration. Jt was the first opportunity oiferea aiter the renomination of Governor Hotman, which took piece that day, to any democrat to respond to Woodford’s challenge. That honest man has uot beea heard from s:nce. He lives in Brooklyn, reads Ube HERALD and attends brother Beecher’s church. Tue latter has undoubtedly read the HERALD of Yhursday moroing last conta:uing Mayor tlall's | Charge uttered the previous evening at Rochester. it does pot matter so much wheter Mr. Woodford is “a sardine,” as asserted by Mayor Hall, nov is it of much consequence about Wood- ford’s rejoicing in a military ute waich be never earned or eid in the face of the enemy during tie war. Sardines are good and brevet Generais are as common in the United States now as cotton specuia- tors Were ip the Northern army duriag the rebellion. The point which most concerns the people of New York, especially the republican voters of the State, 13 about the five thousand doliars paid by the French Cable Company to the Lieutenant Governor of ihe State. Mayor Mall says “Mr, Woodford will have to answer.’ “It is evident that the Mayor iniends to insist upon the question, Such a brand, even em- anating froma democrat, cannot be winked out of sught. The administration at Washington, which endorses Mr. Wooatord, desires an explanation frou him, The republican party of the State of New nomination, demand an answe ‘the repubii- cap press, especially the Z'riv would like an auswer, although they do not dare tu ask Jor it. Horace Gr sacrificea upon Woodford’s honest altar, 13 anxiously pausing for an explaaauon, Senator Conkling, Who eugi neered Woodford through te Saratoga Convention, is overwhelmed wiih shame at Woodiord's silence. Kings county, the repuptican delegates of which to Saratoga voted solid for Woodiord, are crying mad because their pet don’t show life after tie explosion of Mayor Haii’s bomsheil. Kaufmann, candidate for Lieutenant Governor on the tcket witb Woodford, believes that the latter should speak out and vindi- cate himself or withdraw trom the canvass. fhe Siate Kepublican Cormmittee, with the uprigt, hogest Surveyor Corneli wt its head, ts paraly zed ac sich a charge from Mayor Hall, and fis members are | overwhelmed with grief at the slent consent of | Woodford, Passing from the prompt issue made with Wood- ford by the chief magistrate of this mecropolis in be- haif of the democratic party, We come to @ yet more serious outbreak in the ranks oftue republican pariy | self, Malfeasauce in ofiice is charged boldiy against Woodiord, when he was Assisiaut United States District Attorncy under b. Deladeld smith. ‘The charge 1s proclaimed by ex-Marsial Rovert Mur- ray, Who assumes to be 10 possession of the officlal documents to prove it. Mr. Murray makes no secret of the statement. He unhesitatingly tells the leading re- publicans of the State that Woouiord ig not an honest man; that he shouid be with drawn, [le asserts that United States Attorney for the sume district, that the brk Augusta was fitted out at this port for the slave trade by one Oakes Smith; that said vessel was seized; that the case was placed in charge of Wood- | ford in the District Attorney's office; that application was made ers of the vessel to have her bonded, amount of which bond would depend, as usual, uy the real value of the vessel; that an appraisal was necessary and ordered; that Woodiord selected his father-in-law as appraiser; that he reported the ves- sel worth only $600, when she Was considered worth about $10,000; that advantage was taken of this num valuation by Sinith, who gave bonds in that amount ($600), and attempted to escape in tne Augusta upon his hellish mission of siave trading; that the bark’s escape was prevented by sarshat Murray, who, upon his own responsipility, de- spatched @ reveuue cutter after her, and captured ber of Long Isiand; that he obtatned authority from Washington to have Oakes Smith and al] on board arrested and removed out of Woodiord’s jurisdiction to Boston, where Smith and his com- panious were tried and convicted and sentenced to State Prison. While in jail Marshal Murray says that he received from Smith a confession that he paid Stewart L. Woodford $2,000 to have the slaver Augusta bonded in the low sum named above, in order that be might re; 8 her easily. ‘This 18 the gigt of the ex-Marshal’s statement. He says it 1s oficial record, It has been the subject of Much serious conversation in republican circies since the day of Woodiord’s nomination, many of Wwhom.say that they are convinced of the truth of the record and will not vote a ticket with Wood- ford’s name upen it. It is pot only of the highest importance to the republican party that the whole affair should be investigated, but it would be an everlasting disgrace to American institutions to bave it said that fips in the United States has become so degraded as to tolerate such crime, much. leap to elevate and give place and power to the by Oakes Smith and over own. the Until the republican party present their ‘standard bearer with @ ciean record, aud the charges of Mayor Hall and Marsbai Murray are explained and re. moved, it had better cease to throw stones at iia neighbors, especiaity at the democratic leaders, } | BEAT OF THN WEATHER. Tae Kuiry Fingers of Auroru. * \ ‘The unusual heat of yesterday was a subject of | warm discuseion in the city. Nobody thought Old Sol was going to make his meiting infuence feit at such an advanced stage of the season; but the fact ‘veness, Few, however,cured a Continental de- | mand note for this latest spiteful exhibition of nis veteran higiness, because everyoody Kuows his power 18 on a@& Weakly ‘wane, for this | term at least. The overheated inhabitants Patronized stoops and doorsteps, and wherever else they deemed sober coolness might de found. ‘There were much fewer people singing out in tones of bone irony to their neighbors, “Pat away that inen coat!’ or “Mash that old chip nat! "Light clotues and head gear were not so picutiful, but they were nevertheless useful and in harmony with the heat of the day. AN omen of this reactionary weather was the brilliant aurora borealis wnicn cub up such shines Saturday night aud resembled | fifteen millions of Koman wh and rockets, It shot like the motion of fying gatop a the darkened sky ar came back Z tue most graceful of waltzes. The colors and the other accessories were gorgeous, and if we only have to suifer an unusually warm Sunday for the sake of witnessing such a magniticent spectacle every Saturday bight, welcome the penance, BROOKLYN CITY. Singular Building Accident-Suicide and At- tempted Suicide~Police Intelligence. John Hudson, prisoner tn the Fifth street (E. D.) station house, attempted to hang alinself last even- ing, but Sergeant Bunce prevented hin, John McDermott, a tighterman, who has been missing from his home in New York since Frdiay last, was found dead yesterday morning on the lighter Vineyard, at Greenpoint. Suiocation ts supposed to have been the cause of death, Corouer Whuteuill took charge. of the body, As officers Phelan and Orpen were taking a pri- soner to the station house on Saturday mght they were attacked by a party of rowdies, who suceeeded 4n rescuing the fellow. Edward Behan and Edward Perrine, Who were supposed to have been concerned in the rescue, were arrested and locked up to an- Bwer, John F, Watson, a printer, residing at No. 47 Carll street, commitied suicide on Saturday night by hanging. He atfached a portion of a clothes Ine to ‘a rafter in the garret of his house, just over the star- way, and then, securing 1 around his neck, swung: Iumself of When discovered by his wite life was binned The deceased leaves a faniily of several enildren, At half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night four floors In the carpet and paper warehouse of Stewart Sutphen & Co., Nos. 63, 55 aud 57 Henry street, fell through to the cellar of the building, carrying with them a large amount of siock which had beon stored on the upger floor. The flooring was supposed = to very Strong, from the fact that there were two large | ated ronning throngh the building; but these, it appears, had been weakened by cutiing them in order to let the iroa columns rest as much as possi- ble upon each other on each floor, The other por- tion of the structure, Nos, 65 and 57 Henry street, was uninjured, and the damage will not exceed $5,000, It is probably a fortunate thing the acci- dent did not occur ava time when the employes of the company were in the building, for some lives might in twat case have been lost, A SSBBATH MORNIWG AFYRAY, An Oysternan Thrice Stabbed=No Nineteenth Ward Police Found. ‘The Nineteenth ward, which has recently become celebrated for murders and cutting affrays, and the dificuity experienced by citizens in finding the po- lice when wanted, was yesterday morning dis- graced by incidents not very creditable w some of the police who should have put in an appearance, Atten minutes after three A. M. the residents of sec- ond avenue, between Forty-second and Forty-third streets, were aroused from their slumbers by a fracas progressing on the sidewalk. Looking out two men and @ woman were seen in deadly confict, and one of the men, named Wiliam Briggs, @ stonecutter, living on Eighth avenue, near Thirty-fourth street, Was seen to stab the other man, Peter Carroll, keeper of an oyster saloon on the northwest corner of Korty-third street and Second avenue, in three Places, While Briggs was plyiag tne knife Carroll's Wife disarmed bin. Oarroli then turned upon ius assailant, and, knocking him down, beat hum se- verely, The citizens from their windows cailed to Carroil to cease beating him and hold Briggs antl they could dress and go to his assistance, Instead of doing so Carroll permitted the fellow to escape. The alarm was given, but no Nineteenth ward Policeman put in an appearance. One of the citi- Zens Who had joined in pursuit of Briggs, who ran down the avenue intothe Twenty-frst_ ward, found officer Scaultn, who rapped and brought to his ata oilicers Burns and Mulvaney, of the Twenty-first ward. Search was made for Briggs, who was ar- resied by Burns corner of Second avenue and Thirty- eighth street. ‘ne accused was arraigned before”Sergeant Von- noily at the Kast Thirty-fi{th street station house, when the cause of the atfray was discovercd, It appears that Briggs aud a compaumon, named Patrick Quinian, entered the saloon aud Briggs refused to pay jor his supper, Wuen Carroll, who is a quiet, well benaved man foliowed lui out to the street, when he waa turned upon and stabved, and would, probably, have beon kilied, had not his wife come to his assistance. Quinlan stood by and refused to interfere in the altray. ‘he wounds of Carroll, which are slight ones, were dressed by Dr. Purdy, police surgeon. The accused was arraigued at the Yorkville Police Court and éommiited for exammation, Notwithstanding that the aitray occurred in the Nincteeuth precinct and Scanlan gave the alarm rap at tweive minutes after three, no Nineeetuta ward policeman showed himseif unin about four o'clock, ‘when he was seen leisurely patrolling the west side of the avenue, opposite the oyster saloon, with a woman. Five minutes later two drunken men were found lying asleep on his poston the north side of Forty-second sireet, between Second and ‘Third avenues, and several suspicious fellows loadng pear by, appareatly waiting tor an opportunity to rob tiem. The citizens of that neighborhooa justly complain that when a policeman is wanted he can rarely be tound. Almost nigntly thieves and raf- Naus from first avenue come up there and rob aud tight, making It dangerous to travel the sirects. Captain Guaner, itis truc, 1s short of men, and has to give many of ls command large posts; but he would do the pnblic a service by selecung men Who can be found in the case of murderous allrays, as Well as Wicn dishonest serviint giris ask their assist aace to enter people’s houses to fright ladies, as Was done by two of ius Command last Tuesday. DARING BURGLIRY. ‘The Burgiar Bires Two Shots at an Officer. Between four and fire o’clock yesterday morning Frederick Wohigemuth, of 89 Clinton place, was awakened by hearimg a noise in his tedroom, and upon jooking around discovered @ young, well dressed man in his stocking feet rifing his pants’ pocket, Hastily springing out of bed he grappled ‘the tntruder who turned on him and dealt bim a blow on the nose with some hardfinstrument he heid in his hand, A desperate struggle ensued, during which the burgiar succeeded in escaping from the clutches of Mr. Wohigeniuth and making his way to the front door, disappeared in the strect, pursued by Mr. Wonlgemuth, who shouted “Stop thief!’ OMlcer Colton, of the Fifteenth precinct, Who was on post in the neighborhood, hearing the cry and observing the fagitive making his way towards Washington Parade Ground ip his stocking tect, pursued him, and, alter entering the park, was fired at twice by the fleeing burglar, «Oiicer Brad- Jey, of the same precinct, hearing the fring, came to the assistance of Colton, and tie would-be mur- derer and burglar was secured and taken to the sta- tion louse in Mercer street, where he gave his name as Wm. Miller, twenty-iour years of age, and residing at the corner of Fifty-cighth street and Seventh avenue. On being searched tn the station house a watch and smail sum of money which had been stolen Jrom the house, which had been entered by means of unlocking the front door with skeleton keys, was found in his possession, The revoiver, a seven barrelied brass kouckled one, having two shots discharged, was also found in his possession, His shoes, which he leftin the hallway in his hasty exit from the house, were recovered and given to him by Sergeant Holman. He was arraigned before Justice Shandley, at Jefferson Market, yesterday morning: and denied all knowledge of the charge preferitd against him, but was committed witnout bail to answer. AN ASSAULT BY DEPUTY CORONER. sic Scandalous Notions ef Professional Etiquette. Information has been furnished the HgRaLp that Deputy Coroner Shine, of the First ward, made a severe and brutal attack upon a brother physician while in the discharge of professional duty. The facts are thus stated:—Dr, John N. Merritt, of Graen- ‘wich street, being called upon to attend a lady in confluement, the Deputy Coroner made his appear- ance and claimed the case as one under his own charge. Dr. Merritt replied that he had been previously Srp loxet by the lady to attend her during her confinement, Out of humanity to the lady, Who needed immediate’ attention, Dr. Merritt waived his right and said, “Go on with the case.” Dr, Merritt then atepped into an adjoining room to | Wash huis hands and while there Dr. Shine, without , the least provocation, seized a large shell from the marbie mantie and nade an onsiaught on Dr. Mer- ritt, striking him upon the head and iace, frodneing Severe wounds and otherwise injuring him. The Wounds, from which he is now suiering, were Gressed by Dr, Andrews, of the Washington hotel, A SEALOUS SUICIDE. On Wednesday morning a young mon named ‘Theodore Davis, a resident of Glen Cove, who was by occupation @ coachman, committed suicide in a most cool and self-possessed manner. About a week before he left Glen Cove and went to Jericho to live with his mother, where was stopping a young lady to whom he was to be marticd ina fortnight. He had dressed hineelf on the above night for the pur- pose of taking his intended to @ ball, bub a ew minutes before the ime of starting some- thing went contrary with him, and he determined on self-destruction, mouner and intended, “I am if tO commit Bul cide; I hope you will give me @ decent buriai.” ‘They thought nothing of this—took it as a Joke—but soon after heard the report of a pisio!l, and, rushing out, found his body lying on the ground, his rignt hand tenaciously grasplg a pisiolL There was a hole in nis lefo breast The ball penetrated the heart, and death ensued im an hour, Jealousy is the only cause assigned for the commissing of te 1 Fash ach Coming down he said to his | NEW YORK BEKALO, MUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1870—YRIPLE SHEET. EGYPT. Americans in the Egyptian Sorvice—Their Position—The Kbedive—His Wealth, Habits and Views. Cano, August 28, 1870. Tam glad to Know that our oid friends in our far off land have not ‘orgovion us, We are all pleasantly situated here, and are treated by our noble Viceroy with great kindness and consideration, and are ail busily engaged in our various departments organiz- ing and giving them a system, Heretofore all has been confusion, Our reports have been most lavor- ably received, and doubtiess will be adopted. We hope to be, and no doubt will be, of service to this county, and in a short tine make the army of Hyypr the best litte Mfmy in the World. I have never seen such material. The soldiers are the finest looking men I have ever seen, well be- haved and subordinate, They would charge the gates of darkness. Iam pleased to say the American offe cers are very popular with the soldiers and people. It was very different with the French officers who were here before us We have had quite a hot summer, If we had come out 1a the fall instead of the spring it would have been better, a8 the heat has great ly exhausied us, With regard to the American omcers here I will inform you that General ©. P, Stone is the chief of staff, General A. W. Reynolds is quartermasier, commis- sary nod paymaster genera, General Loring 18 m- spector general of ail the suiantry, General sibiey is Juspecior general of ardilery, Colonel Khett is chiet of ordnance, Colonel Kennon 13 In charge of ue Coast detences, Coonel V. A. Reynolds is colonel of Lgat artilery, bat is at present acting a8 assistant luspector general; Zenuer is tuspector of cayairy, General Moit, who Nad that position, waving been trausterred to the stan of the Viceroy. While T am wridag @ regiment of tafautry is just passing. | have never seen such a body oj mea, Pheu move: ments are like clockwork, { have visited most of Une piaves Of mterest and am much pleased with all 1 have seen, Tuere is always someting gomg on which taterests usin the way of eves and amuse. ments. {am Lola the winter here is most delightial ‘dhe Vicevoy expends large sums of Money to alnuse his peopic. We have oue of the fines: opera houses mthe World. The Viceroy pays all expenses and has the best performers in Europe engayed. He wiil have none but the besé and the previiest women as performers His bails are maguificent, We are all excited just now on the war question in Europe. The Viceroy 18 a prince of great amitty, and fore- Saw the trouvie now existing im Europe, He had many french oiicers in his service, bul he knew that When the Emperor wanted his subjects they Wouid be demanded and Would have to go. Such has been the case, and the Freach are now leaving kgypt. The Viceroy has employed American oilicers or distinction, on Whom he can rely, Of course they ave acting independently of the United State: an their contracts they are not required or to serve in any Way against the United dtates. Kindness oi the Viceroy and bis ministers is very ‘narked to his American pets, while they m retura are exeruing every nerve to deserve his good opinion, All the court have returned to Cairo for the winter, which is expected to be very gay and delightful. The Viceroy ts the richest prince on (his side the Water and more liberal than princes generally are. He is ioved by his people and rides cut like @ private gentleman without fear, As he passes every one stops aud salutes htm, which he returns like an la soldier. He is about forty-five years old, handsome, and speaks several lauguages. He has given iia Americans several diners, and is re they should bring out their ianilics this The Viceroy reads the American newspapers. He is one of the snost progressive igen of the age. United States OMtcials la Egypt. ’ New Yous, Sept. 24, U ‘to 188 Epiror OF THE HERALD:— Some c wardiy anonymous slanderer writing, or pretending to write, to your paper from Egypt, makes the following allusion to me:— The two broiwers Kindineco were formerly un- der Anstrian protection, and the younger managed. to get tne Uaitea States protection from Mr. Edwin de Leon, who during the Crimean war, it is said, made over sixty thousand pounds sterling by grant- ing the United States protection to Greek subjects exiled there by the ‘ocal authoritles, and Justiy too, 00 account of their avowed Russian sympatities, Noone who knows me will credit this calumny, but those who do not, possibly might, were it to pass unnoticed. I have, therefore, only to say that this malignant libeller makes an assertion utterly destitute of truth (as he and ali Egypt kuow) in reference to a pubiic actof mine. The protection of the Greeks during the Crimean war, WNich obtained jor me the high compliment of the thanks of our State Department, the publication of my correspondence by the United States Coagress, and the proiler of the decoration of the order of San Sauveur by the King of Greece, in re- cognition of the services rendered his nation, at the Special solicitation of the Greek colony at Alex- andria, whom I am accused of itaving plundered. ‘The protection accorded these Greeks, under the law of nations, terminated with the retarn of their own representative, Tint I was base enough to sell Us protection is & charge now coined out of ibe thtevish inind of this unknown defamer for the frst timé sixteen years after the occurrence, and which 1 brand as a vilianous siander. Wich the ciaims of Ar. Kindweco agaist the Egypuan government (which are made the pretext of this libel) [ never had any comeciiou whatsoever, either in Egypt or here, direc tor indirect, which readers this attack on ine Uhe more unaccountable. Yours, truly sDW DE LEON, ral for E SEPT. 24, 1870, EB ex-United States Consui G | To raz Epitor or tas Heratp:— j Im yesterday’s tssue you have an article entitled { “RHgypt,” in which your informant reflects unjust and mistaken aspersions@pon Consul General Buuier aad his assistant, Mr. Evangeltdes, Asafriend, and that their acquaintances or the public may not be led astray, I would ask that sim- ple Justice be accorded them, in this, that the suit of the Kindineco brothers has nothing todo with the United States government, except in their reia- tions 48 American citizens, and that {doubt whether General B. ¥. Battier ever heard of it at ail, or that his nephew aud Mr. Kvangelides ever heard of th before last spring, when the change of consuls was made, and only then in their oiliciai capacity at Alexandria, Mr, Butier procured the services of A. 0. Evange- ides while in tiis clty, preparatory to going abroad, and his main object in so aoiog was that ag Sir. Evangelides had been with Mr. Thaver in Egypt and Knew the whole ruutine of consular atfairs, Ye. sides being a good linguist and scholar, he would be @ valuable aquisition to ius consulate, M. Barthow had occupied the position for twenty years, whicn should satisfy any mau of moderate aspiratious. Consul Butler, usiug his own judgment, did not see fit to select lim. CHARLES N. SWIFT, $4 Pie strect, Serv. 24, 1870. To THE Sprrok or THR HERALD: Ihave read an article im your valuable issue of this date, headed “Egypt—Curions History of a Claim by @ Naturalized Citizen of the United States against the Khedive.” As the Hunan is too liberal tobe hostile to any naturalized cittzen, be he a Greek or of any other nationality, I beg permission to insert in it @ contradiction of the article in ques- tion, ‘The material statements made in this article, 80 far as they relate to the Messrs. Kindineco, are untrue. It is true, however, that they are Greeks by virth, and that they were at one time Austrian citizens, having been naturalized as such in Trieste, , of which the writer of this has the proof in his pos- | session. | Iv is algo true that they have heretofore asserted, | and now assert, claims yg! the Egyptian govern- ment; but it is utterly ialse that the Austrian con- sular Authorities have at any time decided adversely to their claims. On the contrary, those authorities decided in their favor and awurded them a large sum. Both the brothers Kindineco ha¥e been regmarly naturalized as citizens of the United States, and have been recognizea as such vy the proper depari- ment at Washington. In due time Mr. Hale received instructions to treat them as American ciiizens, and he did so. Their recognition ia not a new step on the part of Consul Butler, who merely took up ihe wmatier as dir. Hale lett it. A. 0. FRANSIOLI, No. 20 Nassau sireet, New York. THE COURSE OF EXPIRE. Four \housand two hundred and two passeny: arrived In this port during tue week past irom fo eign ports. They came by the following steamships | end sailing veasels;— Sieamahipe. | Towa. Combis. City of Briavels Bail City of herida..’’ Henry Chauncey. Merrimac. + biverpoon. ae -Premerhaven 40 Barks, Trait d'Union. .... Northern Queen: Hellespont,..... Nina Figari. | ard. Barracouta. “Montego Bay -Minatican.. | course, rotted away 60 that it became - THE WATER FRONT. What is Being Done by the Depart< ment of Docks. Repairs Commenced and Completed- Quiek Wor’ and Good Execution—Evidences of Speedy Reformation im the Character and Appearance of the Docks. —_— Sow da eo Along the departments created under the new! charter for the government of the metropolis the! there was none to which such an important av arduous work was committed as the Department o! Docks, The gentlemen appointed by Mayor Hall Commissioners of this department are too well know! to the citizens of New York to need any com+ mendation. They entered upon the duties of their office with proper ideas of system and economy. ‘They had observed, and had felt the effects of, thd Gisgraceful condition of the wharves and pie around the city, They appreciated the extent an importance of the trust assigned to them, and the; determined to deserve well of the community, Th ‘work of the other departments—such as the weet ment of Parks—can readily be seen by the ottizen atiarge, wheir . SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS in reciaiming the parks and public places) throughout, and, making them pleasing to the eye and gratifying to the ideas of the people can be appreciated. The work of the Department of Docks ig such as cannot be redaily! seen by the people at large. Their work could not, be commenced without a great deal of care and pre-) paration. They, of course, could not immediately{ begin an entirely new and improved system of mag~/ nificent docks, such as befits the great commerctal centre of the world, In the meautime THE DOCKS WERE MOST DISGRACEFUL, and somet}ing must be done to place these docks ~ passable condition and to insure safety to life and property. As everybody knows by this time, Majox General McClellan was chosen engineer-ia-chief to; perfect the necessary plans for the reformed system, and ex-Mayor Westervelt was chosen general super- Intendent to take charge of the work of putting the docks and bulkheads in good condition, Everything having been prepared to make the department ruw smoothty, THE WORK WAS COMMENCED aconple of months ago. The commissioners made tonrs for personal inspection and then requirea de- tailed reports from thetr district superintendents a¢ to what was needed to be done immediately, The reports were made and referred to Superintendent Westervelt, who estimated the cost and at once com- menced operations. vhs A tour of the East river docks was made -yester+ day, and it was plainly demonstrated that the re- pairing has been done most completely and in suct:, ashort time as to reflect great credit upon the de’ partment and win the highest commendations from hose who are most interested in the docks. PIER NO. 6 EAST RIVER, * 4%," for instance, which was 80 much dilapidated as tn be almost unfit for use, was taken in hand, This dock and the adjoining one are used exclusively for’ the canal trade, and the freight here unloaded ts of the heaviest description. The sheathing, which was 80 Worn as to be dangerous, has been entirely re- newed. The string pieces have been strengthened by screw bolts, the rupport timbers and piles have been straightened and strengthened, and, with the exception of the extreme outer end, which is to be. entirely rebuilt, We Rler is now in good condition. WER NO. Ge 0 te which was also much dilapidated, has been repaired. ‘The underpinning has been sti tent nd raced, covered with four-inch planking and fve- inch sheathing. New string plecea have been added and secured with screw bolts through and through. Scuttlers have been cut in the string pi as there are no tunber heads or ringbolts which will answer for securing the boats and at the same time allow vents ior rain water from the dock ffoor, . THE MADEN LANE BULKHEAD, p between plers 18 and 19 which was in such a fright fuily bad and utterly useless condition, has been entirely rebuilt. Todo Uhis it Was necessary to dig ont back of the string piece fourteen fect wide and several feet deep. The courses of the bulkhead umbers were laid and morttcer into capping timbers between the fenders. These capping pieces run back fourteen feet and are laid on and bolted to heavy backing tumbers. This being done the earth and stone filllog was replaced, and now ‘lis iately badly dilapidated structure shows a good Lri piece of work. PIER NO. 22 & month ago was sunken at the outer end somerhing more thun two feet. To repair this it was necessary tonmp up the flooring, straighten the piles, put ta a number of solid bloeks and lay new planking. Thiv was alldone; the worn timbers taken out, the un- derpinnimg strengthened, solid blocks put in cov- ered with five-Inch planking and new fenders secured, ali in sixteen days by seven men, Pier No, 231s to be covered with bew sheathing. ‘The work will be commenced to-day. sand fect of sheathing are to ve lald, w pieces mended, and new fenders are to be placed at one side and at the end of the dock. One of the MOSY SUCCESSFUL SPECIMENS OF WORK done so far, perhaps, 1s pier No. 48, at the foot of Jeilerson street, This dock is used for heavy freight, and Was almost entirely useless. it has been most thoroughly and soundly repaired, and is now in such fine condition as vo excite the loudest praises from the merchants dolug business in the neighborhood. 1 is, indeed, a rivalry among the owners of wurehonses thereabouts to Have their vessels unload. at this plier, apd yesterday it presented an unusually aclive aud comparatively attractive appearance, NEW BULKHEADS, which are really models of substantial work and god Guisn, haveybeen buiit at the foot of Cherry street aud at the foot of Delancey street. The latter has, perhaps, the most finished appearance, but both ave good testimonials to the activity of the department and the eiiicienacy of the workmen em- rR bt Both bulkheads were previously rotten and jaugerous, and have been rebuilt in detatl the same as that at ube foot of Matden lane, above mentioned. Among the points visited that which presented the MOST FRIGHTFUL CONDITION was the picr foot of Twenty-tiird street. This is the only public pier between Nineteenth street and ‘fwenty-eigath street, and has been monopolizea by the street cleaners and some brick dealers, ‘The filth from the streets had been dumped on the dock unul it became @ solid inass, iu some places three or four feet higt. The planking of the dock, of positively dau- gerous tor Man or beast. The Eighteenth ward citt- zeus complained of the condition of the dock. The department had it inspected and in three days after 16 Was reported the work of repairing was com menced. ‘the laborers in the employ of the Dock Denaraneny were obliged Lo use plckaxes and crow pars for DIGGING AWAY THE DIRT s0 as to get to the dock, Already six or elght scow joads have been removed and half as mach more remains, As the surface was cleared the dock build- ers went to work rippin up the oid planking and ‘the work ts being pus! ahead so that within » very short me there will be here a first class dock. ‘The residents of the neighborhood are ioud in their pase af — ee an Tae a by the Commis- sioners pou O their appeal and. the: wonld be highly gratified if the street ‘approaching the dock were so prompily attended to, THY PLASTER PAVEMQNT STUFF from Fifth avenue was dumped on the street, and there tt yet rematns, in places fully ten feet deep. Ex-Marshat fooker, Inspector of Encumbrances, has had an opportunity to show himself, as this filthy encumbrance 1s positively detrimental to health and destructive of property. The stuff was found to be so on Fifth avenue, but is much more go in Its resent condition, A short dock will be built at ‘Tweniy-second street for the dumping boards, and in a few weeks, as before mentioned, the dock wiil be cleaned and it good order. In addition to the bulkhead aiready mentioned the department has completed a new one be tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-filth streets, anu Workmen are now engaged on a similar one between | Twenty-shird and Twenty-fourth streets, ON THE NORTH RIVER SIDE 4 fine dock has been completed at pier No. 22, and workmen are now engaged at pier No. 88, at ine foot of Forty-seventh street, foot of Seventy-ninin street and foot of 155th street and a bulkhead at ‘twellth strect. The Forty-seventh street pier, 16 will be remembered, was'so much gone ag to show only two heaps of stones at low water. The rebuild. ing is going on actively, and witun a week a sub- stantially inished pier Will take the place of the dangerous slope heaps. A GREAT DEAL OF araTny ig shown by private owners, whose careleasne: or parsimony acts detrinentaliy to the appe: anee and good condition of the docks. With few exceptions they seem loath to join with the Commissioners in iorwarding the work, claiming ‘that the wharfage is” not enough to reimburse them for their outlay. Pier No. 22 Bast river, although it fas been placed in good condition, 1s 1p danger of suffermg froin the Fulton ferry boats. The ferry rack has been broken on the northerly side and rests back against the dock, so that qhe thump- tng of the boats must tead to weaken or spring the | dock, and affect, in a great degree, the good work done by tue deparanent, THE NUMBNOUS OBSTRUCTIONS along the bulkheads, such as piles of lumber, olf anchors, chains, carts, trucks, and various kinds of Sbparaius, the Commissioners declare must be re- moved, “If not removed by tie owners the Commis- Stoners will cause their remeval and dispose of them 48 forielic. ‘Those who feel an interest in the water front would be repaid by visiting the public docks and seoing for theinselvea the Work aiready dune or belug done,