The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1871, Page 5

“ OUR DOCKS. General McClellan’s Report on the New System. The System Compared With Those of London and Liverpool—The Advantages of Our Harbor—The New fea Wall— The Cost of the Work. ‘The long expeeted and much sought for report of General McClellan, Engineer-in-Chief to the Board of Docks, will be found below. General McClellan, it will be seen, transmitted his report on the 26th ult. The report was embodied in the report of the Departinent to the Mayor and will form portion of the message of the Mayor to the city councils:— DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS, ENGINEER'S BUREAU, New York, April 26, 1371. To THE HONORABLB COMM:SSIONERS OF DOCKS:— GENTLEMEN—The system of construction best adapted to facilitate the rapid and economical hand- tung, loading and unloading of vessels and the transportation of f:eight and passengers to and from the immediate water front, in apy particular barbor, wili depend upon the nature of that harbor and tis approaches, as well as upon the character and extent of the commerce to be accommo- dated. For a well sheltered port, where the water front is extensive in proportion to the commerce, where the bottom sheives rapidly and the daily vari- ations o! the tide are not great, the simplest and most appropriate form of construction is @ quay or river wail, so located that the largest vessels can float alongside of itatextreme low water. Where the bottom shelves very graduaily it becomes necessary to extend piers so far out that the Water near tho ends will be deep enough to float vessels. Piers are also necessary in Cases where, even when the water deepens very rapidly, it is necessary to accommodate a large commerce along a comparatively limited water front, as well as when it is desirable to aiford protection against @ rapid current, floating ice, &c. Ia cases where the rise and fall of the Ude is very great, and where the water front is limited in extent, a large com- merce can be advantageously accommodated only by some such system as the wet or tidal docks 80 extensively used in Europe, and of which the docks of Liverpool and London are the best examples. “In arranging a system forthe city of New York it is propey to examine the systems that have been adopted in other ports of corresponding commer- cial importance. The magnificent docks‘of Liver- pool wad London, constructed by such distin- guished engineers as Rennie, Telford, Hartley and oihers, accommodate the largest commerce of the World, and thereiore naturaily suggest themselves as fit subjects of comparison with our own pro- posed system, Such @ comparison will point out the extraordinary advantages which the hydro- graphy of the port of New York affords for the pur- Doges of commerce and navigation, aud will at the game time show that far greater dock area and Wharf facilities can be obtained In this city by a much more simple and far less expensive system than that which has been go greatly admired in the cases of Liverpool and London. THR DOCKS AND PIERS OF LIVERPOOL, Lrverpool is situated just within the mouth of the river Mersey, a deep and navigable stream, which has, opposite the city, an average width of apout 8,900 feet, and @ depth varying [rom 18 to 60 feet at low water: the rise and fali of the tide is from 18 to 33 feet. ‘Tne river wall, within which the docks are located, occupies about five miles fm length of the bank of the Mersey. Tho great variations in the tide render it impossible \to load and unload vessels advantageously abreast of ordinary quays or piers tuthe Mersey; the some- what exposed anchorage 1s too limited for the great number of vessels that frequent the port, and, were it large enough, the heavy expense and delays of the system of loading and unloading by means of jaters have been found unendurable by com- merce, There is, then, but one system appli- cable to such @ port—that of enciosed wet docks, with entrauce gates. This ~ system has been admirably carried out in Liverpool. Commenced as early as 1709, the docks have at this time attained colossal proportions, Omitting the Birkenhead docks and other additions since 1864, they cover 610 acres, obtained irom the shore of the Mersey between high and low water marks; the river wall projects trom 500 to 1,200 feet beyond the original shore line; the length of quay frontage Within the docks is 14 milesand 119 yards; the docks are bounded on the river side by a wall 30 to 50 fect high, with an aggregate length of nearly five miles. Asa rule ne warehouses surround these docks, only landing sheds, + ‘The Utne for entering and departing from these docks is limitea to from 24g to 3 hours each tide, and as the sills of the docks are above low water there ‘are more than 100 days in the year when vessels drawing 18 feet cannot enter them, and many days when only 16 feet can be carried in. A good deal of diMouity is experienced in keeping these docks free from mud and silt, THE DOCKS AND PIERS OF LONDON. The port of London may be sald to be confined within that portion of the Thames which extends from London Bridge to the lower end of Bugsby's Keach. Along this portion of the river it averages aboot 1,210 feet in width at high water, and almost 874 fe-t at low water, leaving a fraction over 16 feet. The spring tides rise at London Bridge from 17 to 20 feet, the neaps froin 15 to 16 feet. Considerations similar to those which determine tne dock system of Liverpool nave created a@ corresponding system for the port of London. In the latter case, as in the Jormer, the insuMicient river front and anchorage ground, the great datly variations of the tide, the neceasity of providing for the cheap and rapid hand- ling of freight, have led the able exgineers, to whom the problem has been entrusted, to construct en- closed wet docks, similar in principle to those of Liverpool, but differing in some details of constrac- tion—e. g., a8 a ruie, the London docks are sur- rounded by extensive warehouses, the sills of the tes are below the water mark, and the docks have Been excavated inside toe shore line. NATURAL ADVANTAGES OF NEW YORE HARBOR, Having briefly called attention to the hydro- grapiical features and the dock constructions pecu- Marto the ports of Liverpool and London, I will now, In a very few words, mention the natural ad+ vantages of the port of character of the system beat calculated to develop these advant at the least cost uf time and money. ‘he city of New York, perhaps unrivalied in its position as a great commercial mart, 1s situatea upon an island iormed by three rivers. Of these, the Hudson is (chief in volume and extent. This river washes thirteen miles of the shoro line of the city, every foot of whicn distance can easily be made available for the use of vessels of the largest class. It 1s navigable for 150 miles above the city, and by its connectivg canals affords water commu- Mication with the Western States and the chain of the great lakes. Through the upper and lower bays the Hudson communicates directly with theo cean, affording a safe,and convenient passage to the largest ocean steamers as well a8 to the sinalier coasting vessels. ‘The East river, although inferior to the Hudson, yet afords a river frou of 9% miles, most of Which can be made avaliable for the largest ves- sels; gives a good communication from the Hud- son to Long Islana Sound, and through the latter brings New York intoclose communication with the manniacturing States of New. Bygiand, while it affords a second approach to the Atlantic Ocean. Tne Harlem river would alone, in aot Pres of the world, be regarded as sufficient in itself for the re- quirements of a reapectable commerce. It gives 214 miles of good water front to the city, and presents the means of obtaining, at a reasonable cost, a sec- ond and convenient channel of communication for smail vessels between the upper waters of the Hud- son and es 9 Island Sound. ‘The area of the portions of the Hudson and East rivers immediately opposite New York, available for anchorage, amounts te 135 square miles, and this area 18 perfectiy safe, never being rendered dangerous by the winds or waves. The upper bay of Now York presents an avatlapie area of 14 square miles of perfectly safe anchorage. ‘The lower bay | gee an anchorage of 88 square miles. The available water front of the city 18 24% miles. The average rise and {ali of the tide along our weter frout is 43-10 feet, Iwill thus be seen that, omittny, as foreign to the immediate Ferhoee of this report, the great commercial factli- of Brooklyn and the Jersey shore, localities mdissolubly connected in in- . And between which and this city no rivalries ought ever to exist, New York pox sexves advantages Which need only be developed to enable tt to accommoxdate ail the commerce that the future can concentrate here. It requires no demonstration to prove that com- merce ls the very life-blood of New York, iar | not only the classes directly engaged in It, i pat others of the popuiation as weil. itis evident that anv money judiciousiy expended in creating faciliues which will cheapen, expedite and render secure the work of loading and unloading vessels will be well expended, and will yivid such abundant returns in the ies prosperity of the community as to render it wise to reduce the charges upon com- merce, at loast, to the lowest point compatibie with aying the iuterest upon the cost of tie necessary improvements On the water front aud making good inevitable deterioration. In a commerctal mart e this, all port and dock charges of whatever na- ture upon shipping should be reduced vo a mini- mum, The pre-eminent advantages of such a port w York should never be sacriiiced by the short- sighted polley of imposing unnecessary burdens upon commerce? It will now be weli to call attention to the follows ing statement in regard to the tonnage of Liver- pool, London and New York :— STATISTICS OF COMMERCE—LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK COMPARED, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL, 6,047,4 ‘Bsa1 073 464,459 4,578,265 ove figures, although furnished to this department by the Bureau of Statistics in Washington, give but an ini, perfect iden of the total tonnage of New York, because tl Jonnage of the port a not diatingulaned {ron tbe to page Of the collection district. ‘Kui district je describ fn the Regulations of the Treasury as including within {t mits “the bays and harvor of Now York; the fast New York and the general | ae NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. é g 5 | int calied Va Pond north shore of Long Island: all of the South Island as far eastward as Montauk Point! ym river as far northward as it is navigable; tbe ‘odieoent Praers, and. 0 much of the borne in mind, however, that no official record 18 Ext, of the entrance and clearance of coast- wise vessels, with the exception of the inconsiderable num- ber which contain foreign merchandise and domestic dis- tilled spirits. HB TRUE PLAN FOR NEW YORK, Bearing in mind the relative tonnage of the poris as shown in this statement, also the extremely mo- derate variations of tide here, as well as the fact that our rivers and bays afiord excellent and spa- cious anchorage ground and a natural water sront in- comparably superior to thatof Liverpool or Lon- don, it 1s evident that there ts no necessity for our resorting to the English system of enclosed docks, It is safe to say that, without relerence to its exces- sive cost, such a system would oe absolutely pernici- oushere. Frown what ha salready been stated it 18 clear tat the arrangement best suited to our wanla is a continuous permanent river wall, 80 located as lo widen the river street very considerably, with ample piers projecting from it at sufficient intervals, and so covered as Co affora security against the weather, fire and thieves, whenever necessary. This is the simplest, most convenient and by far the most economical system that can be suggested. It brings into play ail the extraordinary natural advantages of the port, and it affords every facility for the cheap and rapid handling of vessels and their car- goes, Aware of the importance of locating the river Wall and pier head lines so us to avoid any injury whatever to the harbor, while affording all possible facilities to commerce, and regarding this as the most important point to be determined vefore coin- mencing any work of conswruction, I obtainea your Permission to avail myself of the mrvices of General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of En- gineer, United States Army, as @ consulting engineers to assist me in the determination of this vital question. 1 selected General Hum- phreya on account of the weight attached to 118 reputation in river and harbor engineering, and also for the reason that tis position renders him entirely disinterésted in the matter. Tbe question of the location of the river wall and pier head lines of the new arrangement has heen very carefully con- sidered by General Humphreys and inyself, in view of its effects upon the harbor. We have acted with all the light afforded by the data in the possession of the United States Coast Survey, as well as much new and useful information obtained by the surveying parties of this Department, THE NEW RIVER WALI. We find that the proposed location nowhere re- duces the cross section of the river to an area in any case approaching those of the controlling sec- tions of the two rivers, 8o that the new location will not diminish in any appreciable degree the amount of the tidal wave, nor consequently the scouring effect of the returning ebb; an entirely diferent condition of things from the probabie re- sults of various proposed changes 6n the Jersey shore. The lines might, except at Corlear's Hook on the East river, and between Eleventh ana Eighteenth streets, North river, be thrown further out witnout mjury co the harbor, but it is believed that the proposed river street, 260 feet in width on the North river, and on the East river 200 feet in whith from the foot of Whitehall street to Thirty- first street, and thenoe 175 feet in width, will afford ample facilities for all future requirements of vusi- ness, while an increase ol that width would mate- rially enhance the cost of construction, On the North river, from the Battery to Eleventh street, the proposed pier head line has been thrown out 80 far as to give the new piers the same gen- eral length as they have in the present arrange- ment. ‘The same rule 1s followed in the lower paw of the East river, carefully avoiding any obstruc- tion to navigation in the vicini! of Corlear’s Hook. On the North river, above Mleventh street, there are no piers propo: ‘until Eighteenth street is reached, where the piers begin again and grad- ree in length until Twenty-third street is reached, where they attain the tength of 600 tect, and preserve that length as fur as Sixty-first street, beyond which point the new arrangement has not et been Jaid down. In no case will they be ex- ended so far as to interfere with navigation. A careful examination of the question of sewage has led to the conclusion that it 13 not desirable to recommend the construction of a longitudinal sewer adjacent to the river; but wherever a sewer pierces the wall it should be so located that its outlet may be at or near the pier head, instead of at the foot of je pip. The yolumé and currents of the North and vast Trivers are so great that, with outléts on the pier heads, no difficulty can arise by pollution or ob- struction of tne rivers from the sewerage matter; hence the system so ably carried out in London finds no application here, even did the topography admit of its employment, In regard to a railway aleng the line of the river Wail, it is suificlent to say that the proposed width of the river street affords ample space ior the con- struction of any ratiway that may in the future be determined upon, As nothing can be done toward the practical construction of such a railway until a considerable portion of tne river wall is COmpleted, it would be premature to discuss the subject at present, further than to say that such aroad can be easily built so as to afford all desirable tacilities for the handling and transportation of freight and the transportation of passengers whenever the proper ume arrives. PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION, With reference to general sections and materials for the bulkhead walls I have, with your permission, rocured the aid of General Q. A. Gilmore, United ates Corps of Engineers, as consulting engineer, and, with his co-operation, have made a very thor- ough examinatiun of this most important subject. The river wall should be constructed of Beton and ge ag of masonry alone, as may be best suited for each locality. ‘The nature of the bot tom along the river front . varies to such @ degree that it is impossible to make any plan of wall or foundations applicable to all cases. Along those portions of the river wall where piers and slips are constructed the average depth of ‘wa er should be 20 teet_when possible, and the wall should rise about six feet above m high water. With the exception of half gg adjacent to ferry slips and the like, none of the new piers should pe legs than 60 leet wide, except where some special case requires it. There should be a reasonable num- ber 80 feet and 100 feet wide, The dimensions of each pile, as well as the charac- wer of its construction, must be decided in each par- ticular case by the purpose to which it is to be a lied and the nature of the bottom. It is proposed, or instance, to provide on the North River @ pro- per number of per, specials adapted to the grain usiness, some of which shall permit the erec- tion of suitable grain elevators and storehouses; others for flour; others again, in different parts of the water-front, for the coal, brick and lumber business, &c. It is algo recommended that in every section of the water front a suitable num- ber of piers snali be reserved for the general pur- poges or commerce and not confifed to the use of any particular lines of vessels, for under the exist- ing @iTangements merchants are often subjected to great difficulty and expense from the impossibility of finding accommodations for transient ves- sels near their warehouses. Under the new arrangement it seems obvious that these concerned in the warehouse business will find it most conventent and economical to locate their buildings along the line of the river streets. The general plans to be adopted must involve the con- struction of piers, with supports of such a nature ag to offer the least erie obstruction to the water. The wide practi departure from this principle Fes of the most serious defects of the existing system. Ihave examined all the plans submitted to you for consideration, The oniy information whicn these contain are general ideas which the projectors think should be adopted; but the want of knowledge of the ground, which 18 a matter involving the laborious surveys now in progress deprives them of practical value, except as suggestions for a gene- ral system. THE NEW SYSTEM IN BRIEF. In brief, the general system proposed 18:— Firs:--T0 constract @ permanent river wall of Beton aad masonry, or of masonry alone, so far outside of the existing buikhead as vw give @ river street 250 feet wide al the North river, 200 feet wide on the East river, from the Battery to Thirty- first street, and 176 feet wide north of that point. Second—To build piers projecting from the river wall of ample dimensions, adequate construction, and, 80 far as possible, affording an unobstructed assage for the water. Thi d—Whenever it is necessary, to cover these Plers with substantial sheds suttabie to the require. ments of each case. In carrying into execution the proposed improve- ments along the water tront of New York it 1s ol) vious that they should be extended only as tue re- quirements of commerce demand, ‘THE PRESENT HARBOR FACILITIES. The commerce of New York is now accommo- Gated by the sollowing extent of wharf facilities, %. North river, from the Battery to Sixty-first street, & bulkhead, with an aggregate length of 23,163 feet and an aggregate lengin of piers of 41,220 feet, with @ pler area of 1,606,024 square feet. ast river, from and to Battery to Fifty-Orst street, 26,494 feet of buikhead, and an aggiegate Jength of piers of 19,189 feet, with a pier area of 716,664 square fest. ‘Thus the bulkhead and piers together give a wharf line of 150,292 feet, or 285 miles, With a pier area Of 2,522,668 square feet. By whaw line ts meant ;alljtnat portion of the river all and piers that vessels can approach. Con- siderable portions of this wharf live are practically useless from insuMcient depth of water and over causes. FACILITIES OFFERED BY THE NEW PLAN. The proposed arrangement of water f ront, includ- ing the uew river wall and a far better disposition of the piers, gives on the North river, from the Bat- tery to Sixty-first street, a river wall line of 25,743 feet and @ pier length of 37,529 feet, with @ pior area of 8,326,600 sqaare fect, and on the Kast river, from the Batiery to Fifty-drst street, a river wall live ot £7,095 leet, with @ pier area of about 1,750,000 square feet. Thus In the proposed system the piers and river wall together Will give & wharf line of about 196,000 Jeet, or avout 87 mues, aud the piers alone will have an area of about 5,105,000 square feet, sufficient, it issafe to say, to accommodate a commerce vastly greater than that which now finds its way to the ‘Water frout of New York, WHERE TH NEW SYSTEM BHOULD BE FinST AP- LIED. It would thus appear that for a very long timo to come it Will be necessary to extend the new system over @ portion only of the water front between Bixty- first street, North river, and Fifty-first street, Bast river. Nearly all the commerce of New York 1s now located between Grand street, on the Bast river, and the root of West Eleventh street, on the North river. From the jnsufiicient breadth of the majority of the piers, the lack of width in the river streews | and the consequent diMeulty of access, this quarter Of the city 1s entirely too crowded, and it is im! Die to transact the shipping business rily in the very region where it 8 more than probable that the heavy general business of the port muss always be conducted. It 1s, therefore, evident that the new system should be first applied to this por- tion of the river front, in order to afford relief as goon as practicable, The proposed array ent will give between Grand street and West Eleventh street a wharf lino Of 21.43 miles (greater than the whole existing quay line of Liverpool, including the Rew constructions at Birkenhead, which amounts in all to about 20% miles), against an existing line within the same limits of 20,7 miles, and from the superiority of the arrangement in the increased width of the piers, slips and river streets, and the greater depth of Water making every foot available for use, will ac- commodate with ease a much greater commerce than now exists, TUR OOST OF TH WORK. ‘rhe cost of the proposed system between Grand street and West Eleventn street will be about as fol- lows, viz.:—Four and one-third miles of river wall ‘at $3,500,000 per mile, $10,825,000; piers, $9,175,000. Tot 20,000,000, or per mile of whari line, 1. In the above estimate for the cost of the river wall the filling of the river street is included, but not the paving. In the estimaie for the piers, provision has veen made for a few, into the con- struction of which masonry and iron can enter, bat the great majority are to be of preserved wood, built in the best manner, and far superior to the pre- Sent system. The question of building plers of ma- sonry or iron troy ns one of cost, and they can be applied anywhere along the river front whenever it 1s considered desirable to dg 80, ECONOMY RECOMMENDED, But the cost of building permanant piers is 80 great that I have not thought it advisable to recom- mend their general use, especially at a time wien money is of such great value and when taxation for all purposes 18 so heavy a burden upon the commu- nity. IT have no donbt as to the immediate necessity of widening the river streets and build- ing @ permanent river wall, as recommended, but I think it sound policy to content ourselves for the present with constructing piers that will affora all necessary facilities in the way of space, general arrangement and strength, but mostly of a cheap material, leaving it for other generations, richer than we are, to replace them by permanent struc- tures whenever it becomes expedient to do so, It is to be understood that the proposed locations and dimensions of the piers are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Board, when the question comes up for selution in each particular case—°. @., @ pler laid down as 80 feet in width may, to serve some speciai purpose in tts use, be changed to 100 feet or 60 feet, and vice versa. So, too, any special slip may have to be widened or narrowed to accom- Modate to the best advantage the commerce of the adjacent piers, Sheds are not included in the above estimate, as their construction must vary with the use to which they are to be put. COMPARATIVE CHEAPNESS OF THE NEW YORE DOOKS. dt may be interesting to catl attention to some facts in reterence to the cost of the Liverpool and London docks. The Liverpool docks, up to 1864, according to Sir John Kennie, nad cost about $50,000,000 in gold, and the quay line obtained by this expenditure Was 14 miles, 119 yards; ,that 1s about $5,500,000 in gold per mile; or, bear- ing in mind the low cost of labor and material at the time these works were executed, I should think it not unfair to say that similar work could not be executed in New York for double the amount, Again, the London docks not the dock system of London) have @ capital of $20,000,000, gold, and this, it 1s believed. was whoily expended in the docks, _ warehouses, &c., These docks have a quay line of 9,570 feet, and hence, according to the above statement, cost at the rate of $11,000,000, gold, per mile of quay line. And ere the St. Catherine's docks of Lon- don, with a quay line of 5,110 feet, cost at the rate of 310,600,000 per mile, In & word, the nature of the water front of New York is such that dock facilities equal to those in Liverpool cap be obtained uader the arrangement proposed at a cost incomparably Jess than that of those superb constructions. In termineting this report, it may be proper to Tepeat that it 18 hot considered advisable to propose to apply the new arrangement of river walls and piers to the entire water front of the city at once, or in the immediate inture, but only to provide promptly for the requirements of the xiang com- merce, and then to extend the new construction as that commerce increases and requires additional facilities, so that the expenditure shall be distributed over @ considerable time, and the burden imposed be in Just proportion to the commerce it 1s intended toaccommodate. Respectfuily submitied. GEO. B. McCLELLAN, Engineer-in-Chief. FIREMEN’S PARADE, A Good Tarn Out—Cowplimentary Remarks of FPresideat Hitchman—Chiet Eugineer Perlcy’s Report. A brigade of the Fire Department was yesterday morning reviewed by the Fire Commissioners in Tompkins square. The brigade consisted of three battalions—the first under command of Assistant Engineer Orr, consisting of Engine Compantes Nos, 7, 8, 17, 30, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 7; the second, under the command of Assistant Engl- neer Shay, consisting of Engine Companies Nos. 13, 26, 26, 28, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 6; the third, under command of Assistant Engineer Sulli- van, consisting of Engine Compantes Nos, 2, 8, 6, 13, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 10. At nine o'clock precisely Commissioners Hitch. man (President of the Board), Hennessey, Slater, Blair and Galway entered the square, and imme- diately thereafter the brigade formed into columns, Cnitef Engineer Periey had had the men arranged on each of three sides of the square previous to the Commissioners’ arrival, the avenue B side being open as the point for review. When the companies (of which there were fliteen In all) were formed an engine and tender stood by the left of each and on the extreme left of each line were the hook and ladder apparatus. The men stood twelve front in ine of action, with captain, and the brigade num- bered in all 160 officers and men. The manceuvres consisted of a walk round the square, then a trot; next the mounting ofthe apparatus by all the men, after which the brigade galloped round the square, then dismounting and forming into line as et first. Mr. Hitchman then made an address, which spoke in most complimentary terms of both officers and men, and highly in praise of Chief Engineer Perley, who was the head and front of the parade. The parade and address lasted from nine o'clock till a quarter to ten, when the men were dismissed. It was evident from the excellent turnout of this one of the three battalions of the Fire Hes ea that the Fire Commussioners have been doing their duty thoroughly. The officers and men all appeared in good style, and went through the exercises called for with promptnuess and perfect skill. The sight ‘was a very pleasant one, and was witnessed by pro- bably five thousand persons, not et e ile calculable numbers who were spectators from the windows of the tenement houses which surround the square. Onief Engineer Perley, who has recently made an inspection of the department, will at the next meet. ing of the Board make the following report:— Overenats. Uniform Coat. Uniform Punts. Oips. Shirt. 5 432 409 9 Good.. Ordinary .18y 9 15 100 48 Bad . at “a 66 49 16 Non 15 0 26 7 6 It may be proper to state that the defictencies al- luded to in the report are to be found only above Forty-nipth street, in which section the men in many imstances are only temporarily employed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The United States steam frigate Congress, bearing the broad penant of Commodore Joseph F, Green, United States Navy, arrived at the Navy Yard, Bos- ton, Mass., May 29, 1871, thirteen days from Samana Bay, West Indies, The Congress has been avsent from the United States for over aycar, and bas cruised during that time chiefly in Dominican Waters as the flagship of the South squadron, North Atlantic fleet. She left at Samana Bay on the 16ta of May the United States steainers Swatara and Nantasket. The Swatars was to sail the next day for St. Domingo city, and from thence to Caldera Bay. The Nantasket was to leave Samana the same day the Congress le\t, for Monte Christi, with orders for the United States steamer Yantic to proceed to Key West, Florida. After this duty the Nantasket wus to go to St. Thomas to undergo calking and other necessary repairs, ‘The following 18 a LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CONGRE: Commodore—J. F. Conmander—W, K. Mayo. Lictenant Command r—-G, W. Comin. Lieutenants—E, B, Thomas, ©, H, Stockton and William Watts, spar Schenck. Surgron— cogent. Engineers—Chief, EB. Charies H, Greenleat; Fitch, S-crctary—F. W. Prescott, Masters—H. C. Hunter, J. V. B. Bleecker, A. Marix and W. H. Everett, Assistant Surg-on—Homer L. Law. First Liewtenant of Mavines—Oharies L. Sherman, Midshipnven—F. W. Holman, T. C. Spencer and Charles E. Freeland, Paymaster’s erk—Willlam V, Moriarty. Commodore's Clerk—F. L. Leeds. Clerk to Chiefof Staf—F. A. Willis, Commander's Cierk—W. OC. Wyman. Boatswain—W. G. Tompkins, Qunner—W. T. Devian, Carpenter—Thomas McGlone. Satimaker—David Bonce, Mates—David Fader and D. ©, Harrington, THE MURDERER BUFFUM INSANE. PEEXKSKILL, N. Y., May 30, 1871, Robert Butlum, who murdered John 1. Seaverns, of Newburg, and who was sentenced by Judge Joseph F. Barnard to Sing Sing Prison for life, was last night removed to the Auburn Asylum for insane convicts. He was sent to Sing Sing last week and has failed rapidly ever since, baying lost fifteen pounds of flesh in six dara, Lateh; Second First Assistant, ‘Assistant, T. We THE REBEL FX-PRESIDENT. Hie South Tour—How He Speech at Augante, Ga. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinet furnishes the following pen picture of ex-President Jefferson Davis as he appears to-day:— The central figure of the group isa tall but thin man, straight as an arrow, and with more the port and bearing of @ soldier than a siatesman, thougi his manners are most winning and graceful, and every comer 18 immediately put at his ease. A handsomely shaped head, covered with thick tron gray hair (strange this is, for lew men in America Sport natural hair after fifty). ‘The face 19 thin and narrow, and the cheeks are sunken somewhat, but the forehead is high and intelectual, and the nose, slightly aquiline, 18 delicately chiselled. The lips, drawn rather closely together, denote the extraordinary drmaess and resolution characteristic of the man. The chin 4s covered with beard, and in addition to a goatee, he has aliowed beard to grow upon his cheeks, and @ closely trimmed mustache 18 sported upon the up- per lip. The beard 1s like the hair, ‘‘a sable streaked with silver.” ‘The hands are narrow and symmeiri- cal and the fingers tapering and arisiocratic, His whole appearance denotes the highest nervous organization, combined with a wonderful quanuty of brain power. Always unostentatious in his at- tire, Mr. avis wore last night a neat but unpretend- ing suit of gray, the coler reminding one of the clown worn by the soldiers of the “lost cause.’” At Augnsta the ex-President of the Southern Con- Tederacy delivered the following speech, in response to @ serenade, from the balcony of the Planters’ Hotel:— I feel that I have a pecullar claim eucn the peolpe of Georgia, and that the people of this State have also @ pecullar claim upon me. My lather was @ citizen of Georgia many long years ago, and to him have | often siened in the days of my boyhood as he told me traditions of the great Revolution. It was to this city of Augnsta—this ancient old town upon tie banks of the Savaunah—that my father, then but a mere boy, came to join the Revolutionary forces, and enlisted beneath thé Américan flag. am proud of my father and proud of his State. If it is acrime to feel proud of this sire—to glory in his aevotion to the cause of the right—to remember with exultation his services in defence of liberty, then, my friends, 13 it also @ crime to oppose a des- potic centrahzauion Of power, and uphoid the right ofa State to withdraw from a voluntary compact entered into only for the preservation of the Iree- dom of them all, If thisisacrime then am | a criminal, and It 18 the only offence of which I have been guilty. I repeat, Georgians, that | claim two be of Georgia descent, and I glory in my lineage. Although the distinguished gentleman who wel- comed me to your city with words so kindly and so eloquent has Said that you pay a tribute to me by your pre.ence here to-night, { cannot think that he ‘was correct in thus remark, It is not a tribute to me individually, but because you feel that lam one of yourseives taat you come to do me honor, And while | am fully aware of this fact, ao not imagine that I fee! at all mortified at it, or that my vanity is wounded because you honor me only as the repre- sentative of your Cause. That cause is dear to ne— more precious even than life (applause), and I glory in its remembrance, Just here let me say to you that I well know how every utterance of mine 13 seized upon by the organs and members ol a certain iaction. 1am well aware of the eagerness with which every word of mine 1s canght up and the ingenutty with which it 18 dis- torted and used in furtherance of designs upon my people, and hence [ dare not speak to you asi desire. My heart is full to overflowing, God knows, butl cannot speak, Many memories of the pust are struggling in my brain, but I must pe silent. Though | must notspeak itis no fear for myself which commands my lips to be closed. No; I have been punished for my crimes and have experienced the worst which could pe imposed, In the cant lan- guage of the day punishment with me is “played out.” The worst that can be done has been done, and I have no more to fear. If I speak it is not my- self, but you wno will be injured, for, unforvunately, additional wrongs can yet be heaped upon ioe Therefore, if I claim merit for anything, it will be tor keeping silent. My simplest words may work you barm. If I say, “Good night, my friends, go to your homes,” and a Congressional invesugating committee happened to be within hearing its mem- bers would swear that I directed you to go off and join the Ku Klux, (Laughter and applause.) fliled with that jealousy which springs from the knowledge of their inferiority, and of the justice of your pretensions, and conscious of broken coven- ants and a violated constitution, they inistrast every movement and tremble with fear when they thiak that right may again prevall. (Applause.) But wrong Cannot always be triumphant. I will Say nothing and you mus: do nothing, even though tyranny oppresses grievously upon you. Forbear for a season, and @ day will come when ail will yet Look«—His be well. I may not, nor may some of you live to see it, but it is surely coming. (Applause.) He who Tetgns above and lives always Wili see that justice is done, He will not allow the wicked to always re- main in power, nor the righteous to be oppressed. We can wait until that day comes, and in the mean- time be quiet, "Tis an old and wise saying, that a ood biting dog never barks much. If we wait pa- dently a sense Of justice will yet return to the people of the United St ) OF an Opportunity will come When our rignts can ‘be gained, and not only our righte—the rights of the uth—but the righvs of all the people, the rights which were fought ior and obtained at the point of the sword in the first Revo- lution. (Applause.) But though I cannot and should not speak, I fear that where the mind and tne heart aro both go tuil that I will not be avie to restrain my words. I can- not think one thing and say another, and unless the honest emotions of mv soul can be expressed I do not care to speak. I thank you, gentlemen, for your kindness, and feel deeply touched at its exhibition. May God foster and preserve you. Yf ever tne day comes when I can speak freely 1 will among you, and say to you all that is tn my heart. ‘ill then farewell, aud may the great God be with you always. (Applause.) SHERMAN FOR PRESID The Old Friends of Democracy in Council— Sbhermun Neminated by John McKeon. The Old Friends, formerly members of the politi- cal organization known as the New York Democracy, had their annual dinner at tne Sinclair House, Broadway, on the evening of the 22d inst, It was an entirely private banquet. The chairman of the occasion, who Is also president of the Friends, pre- Sided, and was supported by a number of gentlemen of prominence in the Tammany ranks, of whom, in- deed, the society is largely composed. After the cloth was removed the chairman, Mr. McKeon, de- livered an address on the prospects of the democracy m the coming Presiaential election, which was heartily cheered by the gentlemen present. After a long and exhaustive review of the causes which led to tne present condition of affairs in the South, Mr. McKeon discuss€d the prospects of we Presidential contest of 1872 as follow! Jt is not my purpose to discuss the merits of any of the distinguished men whose names re veel suggested as candidates for President and Vice Presl- deat. I am not solicitous for the nomination of any candidate except as it may tend to the success of that party which is disposed to change our present rulers, What we need is union among ourselves and a determination to sustain the candidate, who- ever he may be, presented by our national conven- tion. It is the auty of every member of the demo- cratic party to advise not only as to the measures but the man who should lead us. No set of men hold the special priviiege—a monopoly—of dictating @ nomination or measures. We have a difficalt task to perform in order to succeed. Patriouc devotion to the best interests of the country, combined with prudence, alone secure victory. One great object should be the _ restora- tion to power of that great party which was organi: by Jefferson, and on whose success rests the future happiness of millions of freemen. But who shall be our standard bearer? ‘There is one name, and that is General Sherman, whicn can secore triumph. The war proved him @ true soldier, ‘The arrangement he made with General Joe Johnston at the close of the struggle proved him, not only a chivairic soldier but a suga- cious statesman. His deciaration a few weeks since in denunciation of the Ka Klox legislation again stamps him ag a nan who has the maniiness to tell the whole truth to the country and to seek the resto- Tation Of peace to a distracted peopie, His course in life has shown that Sherman has more of the honesty, the boldness and patriotic devotion to the whole Union of Andrew Jackson than any man liv- ing. He possesses all the elements which can unite the opponents of General Grant. With Sherman a3 our candidate for President and Francis Keirnan, of New York, for Vice President, you would have names that could not be suspected of want of hon- esty or patriotic devotion to the whoie Union, With them we would be abie to open a brillant campaign, to be closed only in vicvory. THE STATE CAPITAL. Fatal Ratiroad Acctlent—The Corner Stone of the New Capitol to be Laid on the 24th of June. ALBANY, May 80, 1871. An engine and one car on the Boston and Albany Railroad were thrown off the track by a misplaced switch in East Albany to-day and a fireman named David Kinney, resident io this city, was istanty Killed. The Capitol Commissioners have designated tho 24th of June next as the day on which the corner Stone of the new Capitol will be latd, that day being | the anniversary of John the Baptist. Joho W. An- thon, Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State, has been invited by the Commis- slonera to lay the stone with the imposing ceremo- ies of the Masonic order, and he has accepted, VIEWS OF THE PAST. May 31, 1862—Battle of Seven Pines, Va. 1960—Battle of Palestro, Italy; concluded in the de- feat of the Austrians. 1855—Charlotte Bronte died, 1864—A large amount of powder exploded in Wik mington, Del, and destroyed several Yvew THE COURTS. were STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Adjournment of the Court—Decoration Day. Yesterday Judge Benedict adjourned court, in honor of Decoration Day, making a few brief re- marks appropriate to the occasion. The Erie Railway Litigation. The reference now pending before Mr. Kenneth G. White, the Master, respecting the Erie stock claimed to belong to Heath & Kaphacl, the English share- holders, was yesterday further adjourned, COURT OF GYER AND TERM'NEA. A Bricf but Lively Session, Betore Judge Cardozo, But very little was done in this court yesterday. Seven prisoners were arraigned, and, pleading guilty to various minor offences, were remanded for trlal. Among them, and the only one w particular notice, was Edward Ne having, on the Isth of May, stolen and forged passes on the Erie Railway Company. A Bostonian in Trouble. Application was made for a writ of habeas corpus | in the case of one Clarke Boue. He claims to hail from Boston, and 1s now enjoying the hospitalities of Ludlow Street Jail. It seems he met a young Jady alter dark scenly in this city, and that subse- quently she charged him with stealing her waten, He was remanded back to the committing magis- trate, The Grand Jury. It was stated to the Grand Jury that, pursuant to the request of the District Attorney, they would not be discharged at present, as he expected to make on Friday some communications to them. SUPREME COUAT—CHAMBERS. Decimious. By Judge Ingraham, Patrick Thorpe vs, John J. Sprague etal.—Mouon granted. Jonn J. Twitte vs, Jacob sitler,—Motion granted on the usual stipulation, Pauline Brandon vs, Edward Brandon.—Report of refereg confirmed and judgment of divorce granted, Custody of children awarded to plamuit, John Murphy etal. vs. Pal p MceCoprey et al. Motion denied, costs to abide event. Stephen Therry et al. vs. James J. Connolly.— Motion denied. By Judge Cardozo, Wiliam T, Pelton vs, Horace B, Fry.—Motion denied. Home Life Insuran Company v% The Empire Fire Extinguishing Company et al.—Mr. Waterman must appear on Wednesday and make deposition. The Peoplw vs. John Pritchier.—Application de- nied, Marcella C. Jourdan vs, Mary Ann Tracy et al.— Motion granted, Edwin A. Meneviey vs, Herman Funke.—The re- ceivership must be vacated. Nicholas Segar vs, Robert C, Botton et al.—Mo- tion granted; receiver appointed. aa vs, Benzigex Brocthers,—Motion de nied, SUPERIOR COURT —SPECIAL TERM. Another Divorce Suit Wound Up. Before Judge McCunn. Robert A. Williams vs, Josephine R, Williams. — This case, which bas been frequently reported aur- ing the progressive hearings in regard to it, was yesterday brought to a termination, The Court granted a decree of divorce tn favor of the plainuil. Decisions. By Judge Barbour. Anthony Jordan vs, John Stone et al,—Order granted. Uriah Herman vs, Otto Bruerck.—Order of refer- ence. Jsaae Stuse granted. John 1, Taylor vs. North River Savings Bank. Same. Henry a. Zuaquierdo vs, Pedro P. Hernandez,— Motion denied, with seven doliars costs, COURT OF COMMON PL=AS—SPECIAL TERM. et al. vs Henry Dwight,—Order Decisions. By Judge Joseph F. Daly. Murphy v3, Ba'dioin,—Motion denied. led. McNair vs, Hillen et al.—Order sei MARINE GOURT—?ART 3. Decisions. Jacoby 8. for plainud for $113 92 and costs; $25 allowance, Hofman vs. Tristram Shandy.—Judgment tor plaintiff, for $317 17 and costs; $25 allowauce. Excelsior Life Insurance Company vs, Freeman.— Judgment for plaintiff for $313 93 and costs; $25 allowauce. Lovser et at, v8 Waliace, Survivor, &c.—Tried by Court, and judgment in favor of plaintiit for $245 and costs, with $25 allowance. SURROGATE’S COURT. The Tilford Case. Before Surrogate Hutcnings, The Tilford will case was resumed yesterday be- fore Surrogate Hutchings, Dr. Charles N. McLowrie testified that he attended the testator during his last illness, and that he did not appear to have capacity for any great mental eifort. David G, Lester, nephew of the contestant, then deposed that the deceased, during his last iliness, Was in @ Wandering state of mind. Dr. H. Nash, one of the attending physicians, was next called. He testified that the testator was in a weak, debilitated condition when he called upon wthe Surrogate rese rved bis decision, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Supreme. CounT—CHAMBERS.—Held by Judge In- 48, 62, 08, 179, 186, 188, N RT—CRIAL TRRM.—Part 1—Held by Judge Shea.—Nos. 6024, 5905, 5590, 6023, 6025, 6020, 6027, 6029, 6039. Part 2—Held by Judge Curtl Nos, 5917, 5719, 5033, 6941. Part 3—Held by Judge Gross,—Nos, 6937, 6613, 6614, 6615, 6616, COURT OF APPEALS. ecinions. ALBANY, May 30, 1871, Judgment affirmed, with cosis—Owen vs, the Farmers’ Joint Stock Insurance Company, the Min- nesota Central Railway Company vs, Morgan et al., Macklin vs. the New Jersey Steamboat Company, Cuddiby vs. the Hudson River Railroad Company, Relyea vs. Reif, Barrett vs. the Third Avenue Rail. road Company, Wordin vs. Austin, Vood vs, Van Lanti Judgment reversed and new trial granted, one to abide the event—Fondred vs, The Seamens’ Ban. for ean ol New York, Levy vs. Bush, the Atian- tic Dock Company vs. Libby andsAnother, Maghee vs. The Camden and at Railroad Company; Pooler vs. Pooler, Smith vs. Duchardt, Oswell aud Another vs. Loot vs. Pierson, Judgment reversed and judgment for plaintiff on demurrer, with costs, with leave to defendants to Withdraw demurrer and answer ihe complaint on the payment of cost within twenty days after the filing of the remittiturin the ay Court and making thia judgment the judgment of that Cour.— McHenry vs. Hazzard et al, Order granting new trial aMirmed and judgment absolute for defendant with costs, —Chamberiain ve. ker. Order aMrmed with costs—The People, ex rel Crandal, vs. The Board of Supervisors of Alleghany county. Motion dented withont cost—Elwood vs. Gardiner, Motion granted on the payment of ten doilai costs of opposing—The East New York anu Jama: Ratlroad Compauy vs. Elmore. ‘The following is the day calendar of the Court of Appeals for May 31:~Nos, 206, 297, 258, 289, 265, 164, 193, 263, FIRE IN THE HERALD QUILDING. Prompt Arrival of the Fire Department. At ten minutes to eight yesterday evening a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the HeRaLp build- ing, occupied by the Metropolitan Job Printing Com- pany. One of the machine boys was at that time in the act of lighting a gas burner near the trough where the machine rollers are cleansed in benzine, Elther through carelessness or acci- dent @ piece of cotton waste was ignited and the flame inscantly extended to the trough, which blazed forth flercety, setting some timber posts and wood backing on fire. ‘The trough ia close by & window opening bet the eg Sa ting shaft which passes down the entire building. Through this the Names rushed outward and up- ward, reaching the sill of the window onthe floor above. The men of the job oflce commenced throw- iug patis of water on the fire, but wiih little effect, he alarm was then given, and in three minutes ‘om that me Hook and ‘Ladder Company No. 10 jorge W. Quackenbt foreman, arrived, followed by the Vesey str steam engine, In almost as short @ time a8 it takes to tell the entire de- partmentin the diatrict, with the Insurance Patrol, were on liand, the hose was laid and the dames al- eS | agree extinguished. he damage done trifting. “ine IN WILLIAMSBUAG. — The three story frame building, 64 and 66 Boerum street, Willtamsburg, took fire yesterday afternoon ‘and was entirely destroyed. The building was used rent manufacturing purposes, and all the capes met with heavy losses. Jacob Brixiers, owner of the building, estimates his loss at $5,000; insured in the Lafayette Company for $1,000, $4,000 will probably cover the losses of Henry Pearl, cotton batiing maziutacturer; W. Larten, brags scale maker, aud Moviey Brothers, cabiuer Makeriy THE DEATH PENALTY. Sentence of William Hf. MeNevins for thé Murder of Edward Hines. Judge Bedford's Address to tha Condemned. The Execution to Take Place on the 14th of July Next, Yesterday the court room of the General Sessions# was filled to its utmosi capacity by members of the bar, jurors and citizens generally, who were drawm thither by the announcement that Judge Bedford would pronounce the judgment of the law upon William H. McNevins, who was convicted of murder 1a the first degree in shooting Edward Hines on the 27th of November last. Shortly before eleven o'clock the City Judge took his seat upon the bench. Sherut Brennan oceupied a seat on the bench, Judge Garvin and Mr, Sullivan represented the people. The stillness of deata pervaded the court room, and nothing occurred to mar the solemnity of the scene, The condemned man was placed at the bar, and occupied a seat beside his counsel. He waa well dressed, and his appearance vetokened nothing, of the rowdy; on the contrary, he seemed to mant- fest a modest demeanor, MOVING FOR SENTENCE. Assistant District Attorney Salitvan rose end said—If your Houor please, on Thursday last, im the case of the people against Wiillam H, MoNevins & verdict was rendered by the jury of guilty of muré der in the first degree against the accused. It is now my duty to renew the motion I then made for’ Judgment and sentence upon the prisoner, MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL, Prisoner’s counsel moved for a new trial upon the Merits, and also upon the ground of an irregularity in his Honor's charge to tie jury, which ne (the counsel) was constrained to say was one of the falr- est, kindest and most tmpartial that could be given,; and which, bat for the errors which 16 was the da of counsel to present, would have been perfect, The prisoner’s counse: claimed that the jury should have been informed that they could upon the indi render a verdict of any of the different grades of manslaughter, while the Judge instructed them that they must either convict of murder in the first de~ gree or mansiaugiiter in the third degree, or acquit, ‘The Judge denied the motion. j Tae Clerk then said.—Willlam H. MoNevins, you: will remember that you were arraigned upon @ cers tain indictment for murder in the first degree of} Edward Hines, upon which indictment you pleaded not guilty and put yourself upon the country for crial, which country hath found you gullty.. Whew have you now to say why judginent of death should’ not be pronounced against you according to law? McNevins responded, “I did tt tn self-defence.” SENTENCH. ; Jndge Bedlord then proceeded to pass judgments, He sald:— Wilitgm Ha McNevins, you were indicted, tried and convicted of the murder of Edward Hines. Your trial lasted four days. You were, indeed, ably de- fended, honorably prosecuted, and, as I think, om the evidence, righteously convicted. You availed yourself of the late stacute permitting prisoners to give evidence in their own behalf, and you, I regret to say, like all other prisoners who have testified im this court room, with rare exceptions, swore to too much, thereby tainting, as it were, your story witm — suspicion, The great question which presented It-» self in your trial was one of credibility, and the jury found against you. Nothing now remains but for the Court to mete out the penalty prescribed by statute for YOUR GREAT CRIME AGAINST THE LAWS OF GOD AND MAN. ‘This 18, indeed, a solema moment, pregnant with feariul thought and melancholy refiections, May tt prove a stern lesson; may 1t speak in tnander tones: to the thousands of young men in this city who are | waiking the same dangerous road over which you have travelled—a road which, sooner or later, the traveller on to degradation, misery, confinem within the prison walls OR DEATH UPON THE SCAFFOLD. Let these young men remember your fate, henceiorth shun this disastrous and rumous cor as they Would the very langs of the malignant viper, And now, McNevins, belore [ atier the awl sen= tence, which I am compelled to do, onde yo clal oath, and thereby fix a day for the expiation of your crime, which will vindicate the law, aud, tt is to be sincerely hoped, at tue same time, will prove & fags peers for an outraged society, I desire, in ali sincerity, to say to you:—Prepare to meet your jod. Do not, during the few days which will imters vene, remain callous and indiferent. Do not misied by any hope of @ new trial, for I tell you ConPaee believe that the appellate courte wilh respect THE VERDICT RENDERED IN YOUR CASB, and thev it will necessarily follow that you mne® forfeit your lie to the violaved laws of your country. : Therefore, give yourself up to ponerse ry on, and strengthen Reve with the teachings | of that holy religion in wich it was your good’ fortune to have been boru, and when in your lonely! cell you shall be visited by the kind priest and good sisters, whose very presence will create you an stmosphere of purity and devotion, and wha may Rope up many an earnest prayer in your be-| a AN ALI-WISE AND MERCIFUL GOD. I ask you, take guod heed and listen with ® contrite heart In one word, th them in te offered = prayer in the true spiris) of fervent piety, and then it seems to that you will enjoy in all ir bl those sweet consolations and great hopes abe religion so beautifully holds forth to the ui truly penitent man, judginont of the Court, which: 1s:—That you, Williarh H. McNevins, for the murdet and felony whereof you stand convicted, be taken hence to the place from whence you came, there to be safely kept and detained, and on the FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY, 14871, you be hanged by the neck until you are dead, may God have mercy on your soul. ‘The prisoner during the delivery of the foregoing, remained firm, but with intense interest depicted om| every feature of his face, After the conclusion off} the sentence the prisoner sat down and remained firm as at the first. ‘The prisoner was soon after removed and crowd dispersed. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS GRANTED. Immediately after the sentence was pronoune upon McNevins his counsel applied to Ji grauam, sitting at Supreme Court, Chambers, for stay of proceedings upon the judgment. The tion was granted and the stay ordered, Listen, how, to the RAILROAD EXCITEMENT IN JERSEY. The Coupon Ticket Troable—What P Dennis Says—"“Koocking Down’ at Previous to the opening of the Newark and York Railroad the rate of fare between these points on the New Jersey Railroad for an “exet ticket’’—that is, @ return ticket—was forty © It was necessary to use both on the day chased, elee the ticket was forfeited. On opening of the new road, however, 8 0 style of tickets was introduced. Not only was @l fare reduced to fifteen cents for a single scket, bn the ticket was good until used. This gave enti satisfaction to the public, Recently, however, tuckets were recalled and & new system introd which occasioned widespread dissatisfaction. coupon or sheet tickets were Withdrawn and tickets provided, whereby the public compelled to use the. return ~ ticket same day or forfeit it. General vague statement intended to be explanatory, got tnto the loc parece but the excitement ug te beth which they naturally regarded as arbitrary the extreme, Yesterday, order to obts light on the subject, a HgxaLp representatl visited Mr. A. L. Deunis, President of th New Jersey Railroad, at his residence in Ne With his wonted urbanity Mr, Dennis remark that he was always deligited to give the H any information in his power, adding that he Sorry ali the newspapers did not adopt the olicy and get their facts from the fountain fr relation to the change of tickets he @; that for months past the company had been bia casual WHOLESALE SWINDL® on the part of employés, conductors and oth ‘These had taken advantage of the “good until tickets,” and bad robbed the company right left, failing to turn in whole carfuls of them, then selling them at ten dollars and down as low two dollars per hundred, the company’s price fifteen dollars, Besides, there was reagon to b that THE TICKETS WERE FORGED, that being easily accomplished owing to thelr fil preparation. At & watch factory N and Jersey City there were found by the when the cases were worked up, no less : and there was no knowing how many had b stolen besides, Sufllcient evidence was adduced warrant the ARREST OF CONDUCTORS and others, but Aes the supplications of and reiatives they were given & ne Meanwhile @ rt made Howed to remain, on improved basis, Which 1s sold for i cents aj 18 good until 1872, has deen provided, placed in circulation the day before WOW “peace reigns OU6e MOTE 1D weeny