The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1870, Page 4

HORRORS OF THE DEEP, Tho Packet Ship James Foster, Jr., and Its Terriblo Memortes Revived. Tho Onso in the Court of Common Pleas—A Dilstory Motion Denied~The Suit to Bo Procesded With on tho Original Status— ion of Judgo Larremore. In the Court of Common Pleas, Special Term, the almost forgotten history of the tortures perpetrated on board the American packet sup James Foster, Jn, Wus yesterday in some degree revived, It will be remembered with what horror the whole com: munity was stirred on the arrival of the ship in this port in March, 186%, 02 the completion of her then voyage from tho port of Liverpoo), aad when the fearful suf-rings to which the unhappy passengers on that voyage had been subjected were made knowa throug the columns of (nis paper a cry of indigaation went up from the whole community so eupaatic and so deep that the matter of investiga non into the cravities charged against the captain, firms mate and carpenter was specially commitied to the Board of Emigration. But the avenger ‘was even then pressing on the heels uf ‘the more Jliy, and buta few days afier the arrival of the ship here hud elapsed when the captain of the ves- gel and bis brother, the first mate, tell yiotims to the disease which their own neglect and cruelty had engendere] among the passengers and crew. The carp the compliant instrument of his superiors an the whip! and flogging and in the course of starvation enforced upon the unhappy passengers, was spared the Mal tribunal, but 1s at the present sent undergoing the punishment meted out to for his share In the horrors of that bleak month / March passage across the Atlautic under sentence of our own eriminal courts. ssengers, uuder advice of proper counsel, san action agaiast the owners of the vessel, ction 18 still pending and one phase of which came off yesterday in the Court of Common vicas. This was a motion om the partot the de- fendants pursuant to an order to show cause: why the plaintitls should not be compelled to bring In as | parties the executors of Alfred J. Cipriant, deceased, ‘and also to serve the other defeadauts with tie sum- mons and complaiut, and why plamtias’ proceed: ings should not be 4 until the same had been In deciding this Lairemore movion aadg , against r defendants, , for violation he plant, in exit pool lo New meu damages to Vork, ‘hereby piaintitl Tie umount Of $1,000. of said defendants i ared li an answer to the we of trial en the ovember 19, ' 1869, lid defendant rdaiitted a Wa who nd 1 few months glace ‘ t o tad net r c33, and who has action) died, aud the ommunteated by said de- vhe plainug sntatives of 5 0F tli AtauVeS is Who have Joti! to bring in s parites, to serve all » and meanwhile t jain be 1 tn the decision es sentatives y es to thts ped to U1 ants se pearance Seeond. can or take judi without + p L tue deh ss upon oF NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Bail roads—Botter Protection Demanded. CuIcago, Nov. 15, 1870. ‘The many robberies on the railroads to the West have recently caused oMicials who have charge of the freight department of the different roads no Ut. tle uneasiness. For years these depredations of bold operators have been practsed to the great loss of carrying companies and the no small anvoyance to shippers Cars have been broken open at different stations and large amounts of valuable property abstracved, Dti- ferent plans have been adopted to prevent the re- currence of the robberies, but to little eifect, as the thieves geuerally succeeded in repeating their thefts at regular intervals, and the railroad companies had no other recourse than to pay the losses and submit to the complaints of the shipp rs. A ride over nearly a thougand miles of railroad has given me large opportunities to observe the man- ner in which the freight business 18 conducted by three large railroad companies, and to observe what precautions are taken by them to protect the ship- pers against the annoyance of having their goods stolen while in transitu. The railroad oMcials con- tend that as they pay for the goods stolen the gen- eral public has no business to inquire tanto the man. agement of their affairs. Yet they seem to forget that the arrogance to those who do not receive their goods, upon which they depend to fill the orders of customers, 18 often of more serious consequence to them than 1s the pecuniary loss to the railroads that have to pay for the stolen property. Shippers Will send their goods by the safest route sooner than by the quickest, provided the latter do not use all necessary exertion to deliver the property shipped To the consignee. I left New Yerk via the Erie Ratiroad. By this route vast quantities of freight are daily shipped ‘to the West, and @ close inspection of the means of preventing robberies on the road proves the officials to be wide awake to the necessity ef protecting the property ef those who entrust it te thoir care. On this road the cara are carefully Watched by men, one of whose duties it 13 to do 80 Whenever & train stops ab a station or on aside treck to allow another train to pass, It is Buch times as these thatthe thieves have usually chosen tor the breaking open of the cara. ‘They thea wait unul the train stops, when tiey duiap the packages out, while con.ederates pick them up and Cirry them o1 In this manner goods to a large amount were stolen between stations, at some oue of which the thieves would quictiy allp Trom the car and make theic escape. ‘That the employés cf the different roads are often unpltcs in these = =robberies was established upon several occasions. ‘Ine very men entrusted with the duty of protect- ing the freight were found to be tn collusion with regularly organized gangs of robbers, formed for tue express purpose of preying uponraliroads, The dificutty of procuring honest meu co watch over the cars while in transit has always been one of tho chief obstacles) in the way of raliroad officials’ in tueir eilorts to insure a sale delivery of the properly enirusted to their Cire, Im one instance the con- Gactor of the train as well as the brakesmen were found to be im league with the robbers; and it is to be presumed that On every railroad of any extent in the country employes equally dishonest are to be found, On the Lake Shore road there have of late been but féw robberies of iretght of any magnitude, Ln- telligence of the organizaiton of numerous bands of rauroad robbers throughout the West have made Wis omMetals of the road exceedingly vig: lant. Freight is carried over this road by the several lines establushed for that purpose. ‘The raiiroad i8 not, therefere. tae direct carrter, aiLhougb (he cars are Carried over their track and. transierred to the Michigan southern Ratlroad, which is now also contrelled by the Lake Saore. The cars leave New Yors by the Hudson River and Central road. When focelnea HF the Lake Shore road thes are exawined and duiy “checked off; the cars are then sealed and piaced in charge of the conductor wud despatched over the road to the Michigan South ern division, Lo Which they are delivered alter being duly examined aud ‘checked off” in the same man- ner us when received. No especial guard seems to ve paced over the cars WDC In transit, which, it woull appear, ought to be done to prevent ropbers: from breaking ito the cars while wating at sta- Uons or on the side track, A mere examination Ol the cars at the different ends of the roar does, not seem sufficient. In going a distance of seme hundreds of mies the cars might be half emptied Wiiout the theft being found out until some hours Nad clapsed since the yoods were dumped eut aud the robbers had made their escape. Before the Lake Shore was consolidated with the Michigan Southern it was the duty—so I was told by an employé—of several persons to eXamiue the Cars at every station, and to Keep ap especial guard over them while the other nis Who ré named ia the sum- Mons } owners of a Vessel | are tenants ¢ and must join or be jowed in an acre law bromght by or em. UL so joined as plaints, some aie, ot a survives to the surviving parc owners. Who tay afterwards be compelled to pay to the personal representatives ol the deceased we Value of iis sbare. ii joimed as defendauts, and the ra mm Oceurs, Lae eXecutor or perso- nal represe: of the One so dyirg, cannet be sued OF Jou survivors, us the labiliy Gitters mm the case ofeach. The executor is charged de bonis testatonis; tie survivers, de boms propriis, and the judgment contd not be tt ndered. ‘Phe Sccold question raised upon the argament is answered by ihe pleadings in tie ueon and tae cude of procedure erming the sam ‘Whe con- t tor o: whiou this accion ts “ PACL, ULOD, wikis oe sone piven rele A a’) @ Share in the earn id not to any fixed eu as In the 4 vessel. The ‘Code (section 146) a K Jos that 10 rinst de aunts, Joinily dauts served, and if ne bo entered jointly ind ve agaiast eal, all so far at it may be etiorced against. the joint proper only ast Of all and the sepa ate property of the defend- S served. The plaintur having joined as eudauts in this case all the owners of the vessel, upon the joint contract alleged in the complain Niay proceed to trial aguimst the defendants served, 2s provided by said section 136 ef the Code. The defendants who are {ius proceeded agamst, if focced to pay more tian thelr just proportien of the caim, may compel the otier defendants to con- ‘ribute their share. With thas view of the case and ‘loe law governing the same, it follows that tis mo- Gon must be denied, We costs of the motion to abide event of suit. £038 OF TEE MERCHANT SHIP JAPAN, She is Burned at Sea off Cape Horn=Rescue ef the Oficers and Crew by the Ship Matchlews, {From the Alta California, Noy. 10.) The ship Mateniess, Vaptain Dawes, trom Boston, Lin port yesterday, having on ‘voard Captain Euminons sind six of the crew of the American ship Japan, which was burned at sea ou Oape Horo. m Captain Emmons we leara the following 2 lars Oi the disaster:—the ship Japan iett verpool June 3, with her lower hold filed with ud a gen ‘al cargo of merchandise between On tue 20th of August, In latitude 60 25 longitu 64 53 west, the smell of ke Was discovered by those on board It was supposed to arise Irom some 4 coal-tarred and stowed betwe iy st 22d the smell of smoke grew stronger, bat mons failed to find any signs of fire. On 25th of August, in latitude 57 47 t, found the smell of in the cabin. In the merning the | ton ¢ opened ind the hi was found to be foi of smoke. AS soon as it cleared away Captain Eminons went below and worked his way over the in the lower hold to the main ha re he le smoke coming up threugh the coal in j Sand quite warm. He thonght, by th of things, that the fire migiit soon | br yhe returned tu the deck and bi al (ches down to stop the Ventilation below. He kept the sitip headed to the northeast, in hopes | to Ke the Straits of LeMalire, was al ) miles distant. On the 2ith the sino zoln he could net stop the at day a chip was seen to the east- Japan was leaded of and ran down to | whica proved to be th , Cap: | twin Dawes, from Bos:on, bownd to + neiseo, | Tae coudivien of attairs was communicated to Ca) tain Dawes, Who kingly consented to take tig ol cers aid men of the duomed ship on aoard iis ves | gel. Captain Emmons sa; oWing tle fre was hable to break out at any time, and that there | Would be but a small chance of saving ourselves in | the boats, I thought best to abandon the ship at | once. We left in tne boats, saving put a sinall por- tion of our clothing. It was biowicg heavy ana there Was a thick Saow squall at the time. Captain Emimous says he does not Know when the ship purued, as they saw no sins Of the vesse aiter they iet it. No eiforis were made to extin- us Lie fire by Nooding the lower hoid with water, tthe fre should be fanned into a flame by the jon of air if the hatches had beea kept open. Ou the gist ef August eleven of the crew of the J were placed aboard the bark Cecilia, bound uparaiso, and on the 20t Of September seven e were bransierred to We Dark Paiatioe, bouad oneeption. the Japaa was bailt at Bath, Me., launched tu November, 186%, and was owned by George F. Pat len, of that place. She registered 1,251 tons, Tis was the sevond trip of the Vessele She was con. ws te Dickson, De Wolf & Co., of this city. mo tor ARMY INTELLIGENCE, Lieatenant jonel Dickenson Woodraff, unas- sigoed, is ordered to report by letter to General Mc- Dy President of the Retiring Board tn Wew York t Lieutenant William 1. Horton, of the ‘twenty-iourth infantry, 1s, at Lis own request, trans- rerred to the list of supernameraries. The military commission im session at the War Deparuue nt, acting under the act of Congress for the reduction of the army, are closely occupied with ime business belore thew. They wilt dispose of 100 causes of line officers, reported disqualified for duty, in the course of the next two weeks. Thirty clerks have been detailed from the department lo assist { we commission pire Line, and have employed an almost compl | monopoly of the freigitage ousiness upon rafiroads. Many of tue roads over which Wiese hues despateh freight ace largely taterested in them, Lhey pene- rally own a cer Imber ol the cars. Thus, aliiough the Y Which these lines send their freight cont criaia extent, yet they are ‘nevertu pous.bie for them, They recetve the carsin the ner Bia +ve done to afford additonal protection to. freight standing upon the track. Since the two cousuiidaied these oficial wed to take care of conx1vads, WIUN the excepuon of what watch can be kept upon them by the conducior and brakes- mon, This latter statement is denied by some or the oMeers of the road, but I have reason to velieve that the facts are as above stated, ‘Che officials of the Lake Shore and Southern Micht- gan road are now, however, consideriag what can cars wulle en rowle to their destination. an they propose to adopt 18 the establishment of a spe- ciai police to accompany the trains and guard them While making the necessary stoppages. It is pro- posed to make an estimate of the average losses tne company have had to pay tor stolen freight durin; several years back, and then to see whether it woul be cheaper (or the company to maintain the pro- posed police force or to continue to pay the losses, At will therefore be seen thaé tue oifictals take into consideration their own losses and gains only, aud not LUe aunoyauce Which the robberies may cause their patyons This is & Way of doing business Which shippers will not fail to duly appreciate, and the diverent railroads which adopt the same policy will very likely soon discover that lt works greatly to their own inconventence as well as to their pe- cuuiary disadvauiage, One of the precautions which many roads seem to think quite effectual to prevent robbery 13 that of aling” the cars which carry What 1s called through freight.” This seems to be of little conse- quence to tie ihieves. They provide themselves with seals precisely similar to those used by the Tuiiroad sealers, and after a car has been entered and robbed they reseai it and the robbery goes une discuvered until the car arrives at its desiination, ‘To be Bure these seais are changed quite often, but as some Oi the cCuployés of Lhe road upon which the robuers operate are geuerally conuected with the gang the later promptly apprised of the change Of seals and are prepared with new ones. As false keys are easiiy obtained, it will be seen with what facility the robvertes are committed. The Lake Shore road recently paid severai thousand dol- lars for new suis ior a sori period, and yet tue ves seem to be able to expend as giea: sums 10 of both seals amd Keys. itis ap- parent Iroi Luts that the Value of the foods stolen ust be Very great, cise the thieves Couid not afford to expend such 1b us Jor Une means 01 eifeot- ing their robve es, » MMaticr contalned In express cars{s ol more than that wiich ts slapped m common freigut sirieter Waich is Kept over them. ‘he fre- quent dumping out of on sates, containing vaiu- aules to a li road Offcils ¢ Fr responsibli joudl, have somewhat Irighiened ikened them to @ sense of | arly all of the robberies of | Ken plice while tuose having itab their me A bew theresore, lately gone into Joree upon | wany roads. [lt reju otbers connected wit exp: S messengers and Ss to tase their mieals ia their cars Wade ou duty. By this measuce | ditional security is given to the conteuts of the press car, and te robberies of Uns kK nd of valu- | aie property dave tab me leas frequent, ‘The mi great disfavor with tho , bat 10 1s one which was de $3, and WIIG Will EaVE exe r 4 any important resulis unt Friday eveiung last, mea & Vasl deal of money aud anavy- | When a riclt vein of ‘sliver and lead were siruck one | AACE, i i and a half miles south of the town of Hammonds- Within a few years past severat companies have | vijle, some eight feet, below he surface, ‘Die dis- | been organized tor the earryiug of freight. These | covery produced the most intense excitement in the companies Lave establisued *iiues—such as we Line, tue Ked Lane aud the & and i rovbed pay them the amount of stolen. 1b is doubtful, however, if tue estabiisument of Luese lines has doue any good wo su va. In deed, conversations With séveral promineat railroad Officials buve convinced me that they are & positive hindrance lo the cheap cenveyan of freight. Lhe fact is appareut that @ large number of people must be maiitaimed by these lines, and that the expe of Such maintenance susi come out of profits real- wed. between the railroad Company ana the ship- per. The question naturally ari could not tue amount be saved the latter by dealing directly with the railroad companiesy The latter compiaim that their rates are already so low that if it were not for the profits reaiized from their loca freight tra they would be obliged to advance them very mate- rially, Suct betng the case, would it not be better for both the ratiroad companies and the silppers to abolish tuese “lines” altogether? It seems» that buch would certamly bo the better plan to pursue. Whe old system of carrying freight by the ratiroad Companies Worked gatisiactorily, and there 14 no reason why 1t should not be re-established, to the ad- RAILROAD ROBBERIES. | Revavuan, ni How Freight is Carried on the Erie and the py vantage of carrier and shipper. Frow my observation of the manner in which the carrying trade on the Erie, Lake Shore and South. ern Micnigan ratiroads 1a managed, | am of the opia- jon that tae bustaess is conducted on @ princtple aitogether woo loose. ‘to be sure, these roads are cautlous to a certain extent, but not sudcienti, as to make them desiravle routes for sh Shippers are entitled to a greater dogree of al bores to the ribs, tae haan Ag my fot Lubpection of the rail of may be able co offer some wo meat ame ne.ceniee, nat — ot preventing robberies that may bo valuable and effective, MISCELLANEOUS FOREICY ITENS, A massacre of Christians ts (November 1) threat- ened ip Damascus. A BOWIE-ENIFE TOURNAMENT. Terrible Duel Betwoen Gamblers in the Indisn Territory--Both the Ovmbatants Killed— Freo Fight Between Their Gom- rades—A Fearful Soone, Lown, Kansas, Nov. 12, 1870, Dr. ¥. ©. Lawrence, of Vacuna, Colorado, re- cently of Philadolphia, bas just arrived here and furnished me the following details of one of those ploody tragedies enacted nowhere else than on the It 18 announced that seven theatres wilt be open | borders:— in Rome this winter, » Anew two-penny edition of “Robinson Crusoe!’ has been brough: out in Helland. On Tuesday (election day) Joe and Charley Bigger (brotaers), Gus Norton and Tom Jackson, who had been driving & herd ef cattle into Missouri, passed M. Ivan Tourguénlef, the great Rassian novolist, through here on thelr return home, in Northern goes to England for a six weeks’ stay. The Quakers’ fund in Kngland tn aid of the sick and wounded in war exceeds £3,900, A roan bull oalf, aged seven months, was sold at Melbourne, Australia, lavoly for £200, A singular likeness is sald to exit between Gen- ‘frochu and Bismarck, as regards the 0; thew heads and brews. The Netheriands book catalogues are Ii taken up with pamphiets on the Kuropean war, the wana supply of theological tracts and 00 ‘rhe Netherlands Choral Union of Amsterdam con- aoe a posliensons Jor the promotion of singing in Hol . Texas, The men were all young, woll mounted and armed, and each possessed of considerable moncy, the proceeds of the sale of their cattle, They stopped some two hours in this piace and [had a long conversation with thom. On Wednesday after- formation | noon they camped on the banks of a emall stream in the Indian Territory, about forty miles from here, ‘aud | and, after staking out their horses while cooking school their supper, sat down to @ game of cards, They had hardly commenced their game when Orestes Watrous (known a8 Cook-eyed Wat), The Alison and Dick Bradford, noted New Orleans Signor Mamiani 1s endeavoring to found a new | gamblers, rode into the camp. ‘These, gamblers pubiic school tn Rome, the from clerical tnterferenve, An army of rats has appeared in Scinde, India, to finish up what odds and ends of vegetation the locusts may bave overlooked. Signor Inizol, formerly of Calcutta, though he took an entire opera company to arent India, did not succeed in obtaining support, bas down as @ teacher of music tnere. first that will be froe | were on # professional tour from Fort Soott, and were bound for Buxton Springs and Kansas City. The new comers were gladly weloomed and invited to camp with the berdora, which invitation was quickly accepted. ‘The sun being some two hours high it was sug- gested that there was plenty of time to have a socla- A statistical abstract for the British colonies ahows | ble game or two of poker belore supper, and aocord- that sugar to the valuo of £¢,031,892 was exported irom British possessions in 1868, Tho total trom the West India islauds amounted to £2,894,300, Froin Kurope the death ts announced of Oaptain Chamier, author of ‘om Bowline’ and otuer novels wnich were very popular tn the.Old World thirty years ago. In the fourta week of October there wero 131,200 persons i recelpt of parochial retici in London, of Whola 34,720 were in Lae Workuouses aud 96,480 word outdoor paupers, An officia! report states that the subsoriptions in France to the new lean centracied in Kngland amount to 94,000,000 of drauca, The subscriptions were Opened durlug two days, Paris was unable to participate. = ‘The autnoritie# in Ginsgow, Scotland, are (Novem- ber 4) perplexed with reiapsing tever amoug the people aud @ very dU sprovertionate amount of hos- wal accommodation. The fever ts bot fatal, but it ncapacitaies for work, and throws tne families in ‘which it occurs more or less on the city rates, The German infantry have been armed wih a new weapon, designed for mowataiuous aad guorilla warlare, which supersedes the hight feild artuiory. 16 is & smali portable neid p! weighing about thirty-flve pounds, and was tested in the war of 1x8, it can be carried by twomen, and ten shots @ minule can bo dred with it, Its raugo is 2,000 paces. Tho London Finanoter of the lst of November re- Porta:—In addition to the sum of £800,000 in gold ex] dat the end of the week by the Maswilia from Australia and the Kast, telegrams received re- port ao arrival at Galle of £626,000 tn gold ‘by the Geeiong, tho bulkgof which will be remiited to Eng- land. ‘These two sums represent @ total of no lead than £1,420,000. Among tho large subscriptions which have lately been forwarded irom abroad te the Foreiga ae the North German Confederation, partly for u® wounded and pardy for the invalids and surviving relations Of the j.ven of the Prussian armies, are the follow —Germand of St. Petersburg cva- triputed 60, ors; Batavia, £301; POMBO £685; Milwaukee, 6,00) thalers; Lima, 24,063 thalers; Montevideo, 41,00, aud Petropolis, 615,000 reals, A shock of carthquake, sald to be tae severest ex- Perieuced in Lochaber, Scotiand, in the memorics ol the present geueration, was felt iu Kort Willian and surrounding disiricts about two o'clock on tne morning of November 3, ‘The various ‘accounts agree as to the severity and duration of the shock, Poople were awakened ‘by the rumbling noise and tremor, some thinking that their houses were falling. A body’ of laborers employed 1m a quarry at Pen- Machiuawr, Waies, When engaged Making cxcava- tions in the rock, discovered a iarge number of Ko- man coins Of the tine of Vespasian and Augustus. ingly Watrous, Bradford, Joo Bigger and Jackson took ahand, At firs’ Bigger and Jackson won, but luck soon turned, and Watrous and Bradford were iu o ‘air way of cleaning out the others, when Bigger detected Watrous cheating. A row at’ once ensued; blows were interchanged and weapons drawn by both parties, when it was proposed, in order to secure fair play, thas’ Bigwer snd Watrous should fight it out on horseback, thelr weapons belug bowie knives. ‘Vhis was alonce agreed to, and the men prepared for the bloody fray. ‘They were divested of their coats and shirts, and thelr knives were bound to thoir right hands, ‘they were thon -piaced sixty yards apart, with orders to ride at each obver full ‘speed, passing on the leit side, Both were spleadid horsemen. Bigger wes mounted on a clean-lunbed, fiery pony, @ little over fourteen hands high, while Watrous @ large “watch-eyed,”’ vicious roan. At the word ke the combatants spurred towards cnn et ike the wind, out inficting any injury. joust was run, when Watrous’ hoise received a light cut on the flank. On the fourth round Bi r, a3 he Das threw Dimsoiion the on side of his pony, 80 as to expose nod portion of his person, and drove his knife deep into the neck of his adversary’s atced. Watrous, divin- ing the manguvre, wheeled as the blow was struck, and attempied to hamstring bigger's pony, but succeeded only in Seog | a severe wound, This style of Mguting was then abandoued, aud both men and horses bo rst to vecome tnfuriated at the sight of bi As they heared cach other the fifth time Bigger suddenly atruck Watrous with his left eins the face, at the @ feartu same moment cutung tn bus thigh; but befure ho could got away Wat succeeded to driving his knife into Bigger's skoulder, Tie com- batanis and horsos were becoming wo. 1088 ot |, when Watrous determined, if possivie, to end the combat by riding down his adversary, wich he thought the superior Weight of his horse would enable him todo, Accerdingly, on the sixth round, he made directly upon Bigger’s pony, and Bigger, in attempting to avoid the Collisiom.qvas severely cub tn the arm and face, The pony, howover, was game, and,” ail very lame, acized the rean by the cheek, lacerating it in a feariul manner. At the advent — a agents sane together with @ feari 00) thfown, failing upon his rider, but both mmmediately regained themselves. Watrous’ horse was [ast bleeding to death from tue stab inthe neck, and Watrous himself couid scarce keep his seat irom the wound in the thigh. Bigger succeeded in again sticking Watrous in the thigh, and was struck it re- turn in the side, Several biowa were interchanged and evaded, or felt only upon the herses. ‘The Aight had now lasted more than half an hour, when Dr, Lawrence rode up in time to “witness the About & hniudred pieces (which vary in size spd value) have beea coilected. In an adjoining quarry, about six leet from tie suriace, Were found two human skeietons and that of a horse. The bodies lay side by side. One of the human skulls was nearly perfect, the teeth being complete. ~ The Indian Mirror gives particulars of a curious case Of @ Kulin girl, who Was saved by her uacles when she Was about to be married to @ an who had fourieea wives. ‘The marriage Wus distasteful to the giri, wuo had received some ed About cigutgen Yaad ANd WHA ltVINg la’btaninin, and was determined to sadrAbench gin to Ume-houored custom and make her a fifteenth wile, The Hyderabad (India) Crescent of October 1 nar- Tates the folowing instance of a valuable “find:’’. A sentige! over the Nizam's Palace was aun nitiself by making figures on the ground when his fingers came in contact with something embeuded in the earth, He removed a portion of the earth and discovered a large iron lock fixed to a massive chain. On digging a litle turther he found that the chain and lock were attached to a wooden box. He reported the circumstance to his immediate su- berior, The box was found to contain alvernate jaye:Npf cotton and pearls. The value of the latter is egtlum.ted at five and a half lacs of rupees, SILVER MINES IN OHO, Silver and Lead Mines Discovered in Joffer- son County, Obio—Flush Times on Yellow Creek—A Sixty Pound Lump Taken Out. (From the Steubenville (Ohio) Herald, Nov. 14.) For many years pase mpts have been made to discover jead mines in orthern part of Uus county, believed Co exist fron the tradiuonal indian stories told by the eariy settlers of the supply of lead the Indians aiways had, ina rough state, walle carrying on the border warfare. Large bodies of the red men froma distance visited this country for lead for their guns, and the locality, altnough: known to be somewhere near Yellow creck, sowe twenty miles above this city, could never be found, the Indians refusing to divulge the secre, to the whites, Some twenty-live years ago anold man, whose early life had been spent With the Indians, reappeared upon the sceues of his youth, and together with a young mun, claiming to be his son, began @ search for the pidden treas- ure. Five miles above the mouth ol Yellow Creck, @ small stream emptying into the Ohio, ihe old man and his companion began to seek for the metal, fol- lowing the direcuons given to hun by an old in- dian, one of the last survivors of the Mingo tribe. Taking the stde Of tae Hill above the stream, tho supposed landinarks Were discovered, and the two bel Lo Work digging into the hill, ‘The exporers, a Shove distance irom tue surface, struck a large fat rock, Winch sounded hollow irom the sixes of the pick and found it to be a& slcll rock. A hole was made through this stone and the eld man prepared ww explore tie darkness witum, He dropped a distance of ten feet aud found himself in a complete graito, Whose only Opening to the outer Worid he had just carved wm tue solid Tock ioriaig the top. y Was a square walled room, twenty ie in widthand ten fet tn helg trely empty, and no indicatious of lead ore were dis- covered. ‘The sublerrancan groito was Visited by many, the searol: for the lead’ mines was given up, | and but @ttie thought of aut some six montus ince, When the Old Man's story Was agaia told aud | the work of expiring we b of Yeuow creek again ¢ommenced. The rt eorts did not, however, produce muc. ement, aud XU Wellsville without were carried on by parties fr nelgiborhood, A large piece of pure ore, weighing | Sixty pounds, was laken out on Saturday, and is on | exhibition at Wellsville. We have a p amixture of siiver and lead, broken f chunk.” ‘Taose of speculative 1 8 in the heretotore barren tills of eek, and | are already buying up Jands, with a view of enor- | mous profits, ‘The land on which the metals were | found. formerly beionged to Buz Davis, a colored man of tals city, FUNERAL OF THE LATE ») or CALIFORNIA.—AL two o'clock Trinity h’ was | crowded by the many friends of the deceased, who | came to pay the last ribute of respect. Among the congregation we noticed the Mayor, supervisors, | threw away what seemed to | Quincy in securing (he other man. final round. AS they came together Watrous en- deavored to rise in his stirrups and to throw him- self upon Bigger, but neither horse could stand the encounter, aud both fel. Bigger was streaming with gore from the cuts tn the face, back and arms, Dut was able to extricate himself, and rushed upon ‘Watreus, who could notrise on account of the wounds in his thigh. Bigger threw himself upon Wecrous With the fury of a tend, and almost 1, & moment his kniie nad reached the anturtunate gambier's het and Bradtord, seeing the fate of lis friend, raised his pts we: fired, and Bigger ‘" dead acrops the corpse of Watrous’ sneueg, Carle, , Nor- tof dine Aen! at once’ upon. Bradto aud Allison. Bradiord wa; xilled in thé mélée, and Ohariey Big- ger and Jackson severely wounded. The wounded were taken to @ cabin ‘about haifa mile frem the battle field, and their wounds dressed by Dr. Law- renee, Who pronounces them in a fair way of re- very. ‘This is one of the most remarkable fights that has ever occurred, even among the lawless adventurers of the border. It sounds like romance, but the source of my information will not admit of a doubt of its truth, THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BANDITS. Interesting Narrative of the Arrest by Mer- mon Elders of the Train Rebbers. [From the Salt Lake News, Nov. 10.) At about two o'clock this morning Heber P. Kim- ball, J. Quincy Knowlton and Riley Judd arrived in town, having in their custody two’ men, who are supposed to be two of the four men who robved the Central Pacific train, and who were seen at Deep Creek jately. Theodore F, Tracy, agent of Wells, Fargo & Co. in this city, had spokea to Heber about going out West, raising a posse of men and making an effort to find these robbers. In company with his wife and her sister and J. Quincy Knowiton he left the city yesterday morning m @ cart for Grantsville, expecting to leave the ladies tuere, and from that point take his measures to flud the robbers if possible. Whea they reached the forks of the road beyond the point of the mountain they saw the stage coming and found that Riley Judd, Heber's brother-ta-law, was on board. Heber hailed himand requesied aim to go back with him to Grantsville. Riley said he could not very well do 80, as he hi some letters which ought to come wo the city. Just then they saw two horsemen approaciing from the west, aad, as they thought the ieiters could be sent by them, Riley got ow the stage and accompanied them, When the horsemen saw them they sheered out of the road as if to avoid, but seeing it was a car- riage containing ladies they turned back Into the road. When tuey met Heber inquired it they were going to the city aud could take some letters. One veplied that ove of them Was, but the other Would hot go in for two or turee aays. Some further conversation ensued, during which they remarked that they had been mining in Skuik Valley. What they said aroused Heb Picions. He inquired if they had he: out the railroad being robbed. ‘They repled they had not, and, wanied to Know it the robbers had been caugit, He sala no; but added, You answer the description véry well, and 1 guess we'll take you,’ ai the same moment, having got out 01 the carriage during tae conversation, he seized the horse by tie bridie and brougut his pistol to bear upon Lite man. ‘The other ove started his horse tato a gallop and rode off as hard as he could. le was followed by J. Qulucy Knowiton, who mounted the captured hian’s horse and gave , the fellow having, however, got about two miles the start or him. He succeeded in getiing 40 ciose to Lim that he could have sot himif he had wished; but, being alone With him, he thought to do so'would be unwise, and continued the chase. reached K, T. City, 1, Im passing through tie slough or irrigating canal, une supposed robber Sadie bags, and shortly aiterwards Quincy captured hin. he searched the water and ali around tor some time for | tue saddle bags, but could not fad thein. Tn (he meantime the oiler supposed robber had deen taken toa house belouging to or near that of Bishop Lorenzo Young, aud was kept there under guard by Kiley Judd, while Heber mounted one of bis team horses and went down the road fo assist Wuen they got ready vo bring thein on to the city they proposed to tie them; but no sooner did the arst one caught bear the proposition than he made @ desperate elort to a way. He ran towards the mill poud. One of tue boys fired the shot gun ‘at his legs, but it was loaded with fine shot, and only two or Uirce of them hit him. They finauy caugut bua, but he only sub- mitted after he received several raps on tlie head Judges ol the United States Courts, Supreme and | from the buts end of a pistol. Sue Courts, city officials and many leading citt- zena. The members of the bar, who turned out in Sstonger force than ever before, formed in open line | ga the church steps, The chancel was tastefully decorated with flowers and evergreens. Ata quar ver past two o'clock tie solemn peals of the organ reminded those present that the remains of hun who left 60 many behind to mourn lus loss were being brought to recetve the last rites of the Churen, The body was enclosed in a casket and covered wiih @ profusion Of wreaths and luimorteiies, The pad- bearers were Judge W. T. Walla Judge FE, W. McKinstry, 8, M: Wilson, W. W. ‘Cope, W. CG, Ralston, R, P. Hammond, Lucien Hermann and Jebn Nugent, Rey. W. G. Turner, rector of ‘Trinity church, and Rev, H. D, Laturop, of the Church of the Advent, oftctated. The imposing funeral services of the Episcopal Church were read, and several beautiful psalms chanted by the choir, which had been elarged for occasion, The funvral cortoge was then jormed. Jt waa one of the largest ever witnessed in this ‘and slowly went on tts way te Laurel Hill ‘Oeneiery, where the remains were deposited in the rece ving vault.—Alla Vaitfornia, Nov. 8 We are indebled to officer Philips for the above particuiars, Heber, Quiney and Kiley having startea out West with the iuvention of tryiug to lina the ovher men, A company of United States cavalry from Camp Douglas aiso started in search of the robbers, Mr. Alfred Barstow, the Uniced States special mail agent, made application yesterday to the general commanding for the aid of the cavalry; bat orders had to be received from Washingion by General Morrow before he could send them with such an outfit as to make their services available, it is altogether likely that the other two will shortly be captured, "AS Soon as Mr. Barstow heard the intelligence of the robbery, through @ despatch from Supéinten- dent Towne, he immediately took trai aud canoe out on the line until he met the train which had been plundered and obtained all the information which he could from the men who were aboard. Since then.he has been indefatigable 1n his exer- tions to obtain clues to their movements and to have them arrested. Me has used the telegraph freely, and its ald has contrivuted greatly to tho ar- rest of these two who aro now here, shrough his kindness We Lave boeu javorod with the perusal gf | by this time they had | marks Harvey. Ho ho tray lattor, who gate him i rd tts name, he is 01 and that if the al wi hp x the written stat Harvey, in the published description of the rub! ta described ah twei -three years old; this man says he is twenty-ol; years of He admits nothing that would show on its face that he was @ to the robbing of the train, but there are several points of his statement as to his movements and where Be sicpeed walen Heoe with the tufor- mation in tl on of Mr. Barstow respect- the ners oa the robvera, yw 001 Company 1 Third United States Cavalry," wi was found by Mr. Barstow in the débms picked BR by the men on the train alter the robbery, he denied ever having scon it before, He is “au honest miner,” according to hia own account, and if tt be doubted ‘he wants an Ofiicer to be went for from Fort Halleck who ls ac- quainted with Harvey, that he may bo confronted oe a {¢ may bo easily proved that he ns In bis saddle bags at the time of nis capture ho marked = ‘Wil- had $126 ta nbacks, $390 in gold coin, $3 60 in silver, & of gold dust weighing a Tikdlo over ro apertbers bir rt 8 Hae d pacl ‘weigh ing near! ounces. old dust and ‘nite States currency ho said he had traded for; but, tely for bim, tie dust 1s Boise dust, the kind which was stolen from Wels, Fargo & Co.'s ure; and another unfortunate feature for bim ts that the numberw’on all the green backs found on him are defaced. A gold chain was found upon him, ‘Tuls he called a fob chain, Lut it t 18 @ plece of @ new gold neck chain which has evidently been out in four be- tug about ove-fourth the length. In his slatement he admits that his travelling companion had a pair of suddie bags also. ‘Chis, we undorstand, the otner donies; but there 1s no doubt ue sucoebded in throw- ing them off when he was chased. @ other captured man says his namo is Baker, but he answers to the description, Mr. Barstow thinks, of Halt, one of the robbors of the train. When captured they stated they wore strangers to eacn other, but afterwards thoy mauifested an anx- lety to. ponmarea wii each other, whioh Mober P. Kimball cl |, informing them it was scarcely a suitable time for them to make each other's acquaint- ance then. Baker, or Hai, heard something about fe oy re Vg ge ley committed near jophi, ani one ef the parties engaged in that hal told all he knew about 1t, er turned ‘Btato's evi- dence. He remarked, in the nearing of his com- panion, Morton, or ‘Harvey, and, a8 Was thought, with the the intention that what he said shoald be heard by bim, that if @ companion of his were to servo him so, he would kill him if he nad to do it in the court room; or if he was a friend ot the man Wao was thus informed upon he Would kill the ‘man who “squawked,’" romptness with which We are gratified with the the ture of these men has been effected, aud es- pecially that, havi come into our terriiory, they have been redoaby the vigilance of our citizens, (P. 8.—We learn by telograph that another of the brigands, Dan Taylor, making five in all, bas just been captured. This is good work for Utan.—Kp. HBBALD.) DESPERATE STREET FIGHT IN SACRAMENTO. All Parties Gamblers—One Killed Mertally Weunded. onto . 9) correspondence of tno Alta (Sacram' (Nov. 9) nae yr A desperate battle, which ocourred on Second street, near K, about noou to-day, tor coolness and determination excels any affray of the kind that has oocurred in this citys The parties are well known sporting men, and have been for years residents of Sacramento. Taoir names are John and Matthew Greer and William Dresser, The first named has of late been arrested several times on account of fam- ily troubles. Dresser, a8 will be recollected, was shot and stabbed in San Francisco on the sist of July last by an ex-policeman named Wilson, and for ub expected to recover. He aay ae Gaps eg haere ” jury of that an siunutt to kill, aod at the time of his death was oe oe ian eterna cisco, ‘1 a to. have been a grudge of ol Pyare the parties, tore aornlnke about four o'clock, chad @ quar 6 fare rooms Orr Sie Oalibaselbat Oh Bobond stroet, in the course of-whioh ‘Dresser struck Matt Greer over the head with @ pistol. The latser was unarmed at the time and the quarrel was stopped by the parties retiring to their homes, There are coniicting statements as to how the affair of to-day commenced. The folluw- ing are ve pa ag near a8 can be ascer- ined :— “Dresser came along Second street from K, and turned into the doorway leading up to the gaming rooms over the Union saloon, and started to go up tha. stairs; Matt Greer called out something to gine mae CL Be} poo pemmeneee to shoot, own precisely how muny spate we " Sa an of Oght SOU Arad belore DresseE MDA ARS brBiterwitere ee shot, He returned the tire of the Greers, standing ‘on the stairs, up Which he had started to wa.k. COuuw aufer as to the part John Greer tuok in the matver, He ran into the middie of wanted Dresser to come out thete and settle rho affair. Matt Greer also went into the street from the sidewalk, One of the shots tired irom the street struck.’ Dresser, and, passing through hig heart, killed him aimost instantly. After he had falien ne raised bimself convuisively and tired his last snot, after @ bullet had passed through his heart. One of the shots tired by Dresser struck Mati Greer in the right side of the siomuch, aad, passing through his liver, came out of itis back. After he was struck fie stood in the street until he had fired seve- Tal shots, and then walked across to Dr. Clauer’s office, on the opposite side of the street, where his wound was dressed. i John Greer was arrestéd by the officers. After a severe struggie he stood in the street with a self. cocking revolver in Mis hand, and threatened to kill any one who aitempted ins arrest. Officer Karcher (applied with him, while a deputy sueruf wrenched he pistol from his grasp. ie was then placed ina hack and taken to the station house, Matt Greer Was subsequently placed in a carriage and taken to his residence on M street, where John was after- ward taken to see his dying brocher. ‘The scene be- tween them 1s said to have been very aitectlug. ‘The of Dresser was taken up stairs in the faro room and Jaid upon a lounge. His wife soon arrived on the spot, and hergrief over the corpse was heartrending. ‘The body was subsequently taken to Conboie’s coffiu warerooms, where Coroner Count will hoid an toques. At the time of the shooting the street was full of people, and the most of them made themselves BCArCO BS SOON As possible, Une of the bullets irom Greer’s pistol missing Dresser passed through the staircase, through a sheif, trouga the side of a cue Tack and lodgec in acue in the Union bililard sa- joon. The portion of the city im which this affair occurred has been proliic of deaths, In nearly the same spot Shoemaker was killed by Couriright, aboat two years ago, and buta week ago Foster killed himself just a few steps around the corner. At eight o’clock this evening Greer was sul! alive and resting well, but the surgeons say he caunot poesiny recover. ‘The bullet passed completely through his body, and was found in his clothing. It had evidently not struck a bone, ag the ball re- tains its glooular form. All the parties conce:ned in this sanguiuary affair are maried, Hach of tho Greers having a family of three citidren. THE HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS, ‘This institution, which has been sustained by the American Fema! jardiun Society for twenty-two years past, ts the central point of a large and ever- increasing Work among the homeless and friendiess of tls City. During the past year 715 women and children nave been for alonger or shorter period inmates of the institution; 912 ndults have been fur- nished with situations, and 619,000 meals have been given awa Since the Home was first, erected 46,000 have been received, and 3,500 children have been proviced with Christan homes. ‘Tue me iudusttial schools have done good ser- ; here Vagraut children are gathered, fed daily, joued and taugit in te usual primary branches and sewing. Nine of these schools have been sus & tained daring the past year; 4,795 street children below whe level of public schools have recetved in- struction, bread and clothing, the average daily at- tendance being 1 [his sovtety was chartered because it receives benciiciaries from all parts of the couutry; butit has no cndowmeut, and conse- quently is dependent upon the voluntary contribu. tions of the benevolent tor means to continue its good work. ‘This certainly 18 an institution deserv- ing of the assistance of tue inhabdiiants of New York. ‘The office of the Home is at No, 29 East Twenty- ninth street, where conislbutions, gGlothing and articles of Lood will be received by the managers. A FALL FRom THe Roor or A CrurcH.—About four o'clock y: lay aiteraoon a termole casuaity occurred on Ninth street, near Central avenue. AS’ & young man named Henry Vite, in the employ of Dunu & Witt, was slating the roof of the Central Christian church, opposite the City Buildings, the ladder on which he was standing broke from 1t8 in- secure fastenings of repe and precipitated lim to the ground, & distance of over a nundredfeet, Be clung to the ladder and Was still on it when he struck the ground. ‘ihe ladder struck with such force that it stink through a brick pavement neatly a foot into the ground. Several persons saw the ter- rible fail, and rau to the unfortunate man’s assist ance, expecting to find him crashed out of all Known resembiance, ‘They founa him doubled up ou the ground, very pale, and witn the blood oozing from lus mouth, but not unconsctous, and with Lo limbs broken. Finding that he could stand, the med supported him to # second-hand store on Cen- tral avenue, near Kichwend street, whe .ce, alter ho had been examined by a physician, he was removed to the hospital, His injuries were internal, and of 6uCM a Maiure 43 Lo be beyond remedy. Blood flowed from his mouth consiantly and tn a greatstream, and nothing could be found to stop the homorthage. He gradually grew worse untit hali-past six o'clock, when hie died, consctous wo tha last moment. Otte Was @ single man, twenty-four years of age, And boarded on Sixtn atreet, near Harriet.—Cincimnait ‘otal, Lath, MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. Mooting of the Board of Aldermon—Ornamentay Lamps--Streot Pavements—Minor Orders— Creation of » Now Fund. Now that the excitement attendant on the election has pretty well settled down the City Fathers are turning their attention to business, After several attempts to hold a meeting the Board ef Aldermen yesterday succeeded in getting together a quorum, and actually disposed of a respectable amount of business, Alderman Coman, president, was in his place, of course, He 1s always on hand and tending promptly to business, and, although he has been very much pulled down by’ his recent severe indisposiuon, he is ever among the first at the post of duty. He called the meeting to order at two o'clock, at which al! the members were pre- sent excopt the elegant Jereme and solid ycoman Irving. The Clerk and his deputy—Messrs, Hardy and Twomey—were at their desk, the former strok- ing his goatee and the latter smoothing his hair away frou ‘THE PARTING IN THE MIDDLE of his head. The good-looking young man who acts as oficial reporter pinched his natty mustache with the thumb and forefinger of one hand, and with the other he held a pencil on which Le was feoding, while he gazed admiringly at the classical “posish” of the veteran attaché, Mr. Smith, stand- ing by tho Cierk’s desk. The ordinary routine pot tion of the business having been dispusea of, a num- ber of papers in relation to various matters, see others a eae Against the paving of West Tw street wi WOODEN PAVSMENT, were read vy their titles And referred to the appro- riate committees or ordered ‘to over.” ‘The following work Was ordered:—To sot or reset fro) of ios “a. and 64 Bank street, 73 nes nt fos. 623 a Gureisto er street, Both sides of Fiftieth street, from Sixth to Seventh avenue; both sides of Fort: sixth atepety from Broadway to Kighth aveaue, and on tne side Of Chatham square, from Mulberry to Worth street. Alderman Mitchell, who is pushing Alderman Ouday very closely for the right tothe title of THR MOST ORNAMENTAL MEMBER of the Board, se far a3 good looks and “make ue are concerned, put in @ heavy argument in behalf by moving the udoption of the general orders which have been “aid Over’ tor some time, direct ing that LARGE AND ORNAMBNTAL LAMPS be substituted for those now in use at the corners of Fifth, Bixth and Seventh avenues. and ‘twenty-third svroot §=While Mr. Smith was reading out the gene- ral orders Alderman Mitchoil chewe: HALY A BUNDLE OF QUILL TOOTHPIOKS. Mr. Sinith having od the reading turned toward President Coman, and secing uim convers- ing with Alderman Ouddy—who had gene to the president's desk as tf to avold the victorious gleams of Alderman Afitchell’s eyes—tapped gently on we president's desk and informed him that THE QUBSTION WOULD BH ON ADOPTION. President Coman bowed hus. thanks to Mr. Smith for promptness in reminding him of what the ques- tion would be, and thon put the question on aiop- tion. ha resolutions were adopied just as Alder- maa Mitchell duisned THE REMALNDER OF THE TOOTHPIOKS. Bo that now, a8 geon aa the Mayor shall sign the apers Alderman Mitchell's ornamented lamps may @ regarded as certain to be posted. rea MoKiever, in a spirit of } PORE PHILANTHROPY, movea for adop‘ton the general order directing the erection of a free hydrant at the corner of Ninety- second street and second avenue. The Board ao- ceded to Alderman MoKiever's desire, and those who thirst in the neighborhood of the locality mea- tioned will the means to quench their thirst. Several orders were adopted directing the BLOCKING OF THE STRARTS below mentioned with trap blocks, or, in other ing with tho belgian pavement, viz.:— nay nttoey from ori Ninth avenue, Sevenzh street, Fourth venue to a Second avenue, from Fitty-second to sSixty-f sircel; Fifty-seoond pera, from Highth to Ninth sieciren we Bireot, ‘Ninth avenue to the ulevard. Regulating and grading was ordered on 104th street, fron Fut evenue to Harlem river, and Fity-cignth street, irom Kighth to Ninth avenue. An ordinance for the creation of THE OBNTRAL PARK IMPROVBMENT FUND ‘Was adopted, and is as tollows:— i ie i ic fund or stock fs hereby created as stagesh Gen cand tulsa ok whiuaten not exceed the wont of $15,000, and shall be issued by the Comptrouer from a amounts as the city of New York ‘time to time. shail be required by the De} ert te she Toulon ment Fund,” the interest of which shall be payabie quarter yearly, and “aif se Haaeccednlo ta tants shane foots the dae a 13 on wl the pone: is ores Sao. @ The CuUpirell ized and to acvertian for tou days tue, for aid fund or stook, but no proposal shall be received for jess than the par vat ot a ai ior the Siuking Fund. Comm! [oae, they elect bo to do, may take auch fund or stook at not u alus thereof, without such ‘said fund oF stock shares ai vided Inte sok proposals shall not be opened wntlt che uch proposals’ shall. not be opened unt nated for he opening thereof iy the: advertisement therefor; and on and after the expiration of said ten di tho Comptroller alall determine which and what Proportion of said 's shall be mocepted, and uball fssue certifi pred, cates in form, as nearly as i: of’ the cert ned far the water stock of the clipot Now York for the ameet 80 accepted, and to the person oF ‘persons, cor; oF ‘Corporations, whose proposals shall have beck sevopled, ‘Sho. 6. The ‘Comptroller shalt recsive at for and upon sald fund of stock and shall ‘same tn acoordance with the provisions of an aot tuo! "an act ‘mainienanes, regulation and gorere- ‘meut of the Coatral Park in the cliy ot New York ‘aud provide additioaal means therefor," passed March 19, 1888, Aud the Department of Publte Parks shail apply sai exciusively to the purposes eds nection of Stack outitled “Amace to. autiorize sks: erosion ane ta gt ue ‘tory imthe city of New York," passed DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. Meet! of the Board of Commissioners Dock Improvement Bonds to be Issued. The people who have most to do on and around the docks are unsparing in their terms of commen- dation of the new Commissioners for the prompt. ness they have manifested in placing the existing stractures in“decent order, and in building new tem- porary docks where the necessities of trade required them. On the other hand many of those who have no direct connection with trafic along the river fronts, or who only s¢e from ferryboats as they cross toand from the city, are not especiaily complimentary to the Commissioners and wonder aloud why the Board of Docks have not already abolished these docks of boards and have in their stead piers and wharves whose SOLIDITY WOULD RIVAL THE PYRAMIDS, and with superstructures whose architectural beanty and business capacity would make them marvels in their way. To such as these it is only necessary to quote the oft-quoted sentence, “Rome was not built im a day.” The manner of men composing the Board of Dock Commissioners and the oMcers under them give every assurance that the work of mak- ig the docks of the metropolis the envy of the world will be carried out. The amount of prepara- tion needed for such an undertaking ta nécessarily great and must be carefully made and every detail completed before the work can fairly be com- meuced. THE PRELIMINARY WORK is now going on quite actively, and in the meantime the bueiness at the meetings of the Board must be generally of such a charac.cr as ty be ol but Lite interest to the public atiarge, A stated session was held yesterday, at which an application was re- ceived from one of the Harbor Co.umissioners ask- ing the Board to dredge in front of the Battery ex- teuston, ‘The matter was referred to the kingineer. in-Chiel, alter which, on report of the Kxecutive Com- nnittee, an application made by Mr. Bernard Keily, dock bullder, for permission to bulla a house oa pier 49 North river fur the Knickerbocker Ice Com- pany was denied, Commissioner Wood then showed Y report of the Auditing Committee that there had heen collected during the month of Ucvober for rents of piers $500,900, and that there was now on hand the sum Of $147,965. ‘The amount collevied, it must be remembercd, does not remain with tho Cominissioners, but 1s paid over to the City Cham. berlain. ‘ine report was disposed of in the usual manner, after which Commissioner Wood offered & resolution directing the secretary to prepare a com- munteation to tie Commissioners of tho Sinking Fand, requiring the Comptroller to issue boads Lo DO kuowa us DOCK BONDS of the city of New York, to te amount of $250,000, AU sIX per cent Interest, to be pard semi-annually. ‘Pais resolution evidently started the president, Mr. Aguew, Who 1s ever ou the alert wy see that the boat economy is used in administering the atiairs of (he departinent. He was much more stared, however, when Commissioner Henry moved to make the Bum $1,000,000, instead of $200,000, He did not think it was good financiering to pay tnierest on that amount of money, mereiy to Keep it on hand. Mr. Henry did not attempt to discuss THE QUESTION OF FINANOIERING P with the President of one of tue leadiag motropo'l- tan banks, but he did argue that the Board ougitt to have the money, so that it could be used tmmo- diately in buying up the leases of Lhose parties who are now Willing to sell, as at some futare ime tie Board could not get them atso low a figure. it was evidently useless to argue, and sr. Heury’s amend= meat was voted down. Mir. Agnow thought 1t would be best to PAY THE INTEREST IN GOLD COIN. To this Commissioner Wilson G. Hunt objected, as he thought tne question of interest shouid noc bo defuicely 1xed, but sueuld be left opon, Mr. Ag- new's idea was put in the shape ef an amenument 10 the oriminal resolution, but It was voted dowa, and alter some further discussion the original reso lution was adopted, after which the soard journed, 7