The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1871, Page 4

I OEE NA premrem ‘ ————————— THE C An Officer’s Account of the Recon- noissance in Force. Opening of Hostilities Gallantly Met by Our Biue Jackets. Terrific Fire of the Corean Batteries. foor Powder and Poor Gnas the Salvation of Our Flotilla, The Coreans to be Cleaned Out. We have received from an officer of the United States squadron now operating against the Coreans a very interesting letter, dated Salu River, Corea, June 3, 1871, in which 1s given many particulars re- garding the. first serious affair with that people. accompanying the letter 18 a sketcn of the locality, which we give herewith. It shows plainly what an admirabie position it is to defend, and how it could, Af fortified and armed in modern style, be rendered impregnable almost, ana certainly able to prevent the passage of such asquadron as the United States hes now in those waters. The subsequent opera- tions of Admiral Roagers, the only account of which ts contained in his oMictal despatch, must have been against the forts that are shown upon the map. These are the saine, doubtless, which were carried by storm with such sertous logs to the Coreans, set A COREAN HELL GATE. The letter of this oMecer tells the story of the at- tack In a most enthusiastic way, and he has ex- plained the position of the attacking ships and taunches in @ manner that renders the whole affair easily understood. In addition to the tortuous nature of the river and its narrow channel, the Coreans have another thing in their favor, the wtrength of the current, wich runs with greater velocity than at Hell Gate. It was owing to this that the Monocacy got ashore almost within pistol shot of the batteries, THE FIRST SHOT. ‘The letter, in speaking of the attack, says:—‘‘Cap- tain Blake, with the four steam launches, the Palos and the Monocacy, left about noon, and up the river they went. About two o'clock bang! went a gun from one o! the forts, and the old Colorado was alive, just as though you would siir up a nest of bees with 9 stick. H. rushed up to the captain, ask- log permission totake his Jaunch and goup: but the Admiral would uot permit it, What a vexed lot they were! T., M.,S. and B, went up ia our two steam- ers, and t were envied, I can té!l you. “The firing lasted altogether about two hours, off and on. A quartermaster who was aloft reported that the forts were fring on the boats. We could see only one fort from the poop deck, THE ENEMY’S POSITION. ‘ePhe vessels all came down about half-past four o'clock, and then we got the news. They had goue up about mine miles all right, the launches leadiag, followed by the Palos and then the Monocacy. They saw on the left bank @ creneated wall, built all along the shore for mies, and here and there a fort, which did not appearto be occupied. Looking ahead they saw on a hiil hundreds of fiags, and the hill covered with soldiérs, dressed in ye They saw also a fort; but as they meant Co be peaceable they Kept on, althongh making every preparatton for the fun likely to come of. When they were about two miles from the point the Benicta’s launch got a rape foul of her screw and dropped astern of all in leaving 1, the others keeping on, and the launches shot round the potnt first. They ran pretty well © the lett shore, and when within about one hundred yards, two tiers of batteries were un- masked and blazed away into them. You know thar Mr don’t swear, and he said it was | “just hot’ then for a few minutes, HOW OUR SHIPS ACTED. “Old B. came ronnd that point a fiving, and let drive all the guns on the Palos at them: the consequence being that they Kicked so hard as to y the bolts out of the side of the slup and render uring the remainder of the Nght, The ne up and she pelted her pills away; ubulng elghi to ten knots slapped a rock, causing her to leak badly, though her ow she kept on sending her compliments in. The aunches went most gallantly, pegging away with their -bow-wows’ all the time. The poor Benicia’s jaunch caught it, two. She, after clearing her screw, startea ahead full tilt, ronning the gauntlet of this crenelated wall, when the Ooreans were tnick, and firing at her all the way up to the bend, and waen she rounded the first point she canght it from the ters of batieries alone, toe ythers naving gone round, and when there knocking away at the back door. She got round all right though, and she was the only one that had anybody wounded; {wo of her men were hurt, but not serl- vusiy, and a couple of ghot struck her, but did not penetrate. WHAT SAVED OUR BOATS. “The Coreans had poor powder and poor guns or they would have slaughtered our boats. . They have only gingalls, and a few long eighteens and twenty- fours that are 1 don’t know bow old. I asked 8. what it was like, and he said tt was just hell for a | few minutes on both sides. The water ail round ihem was alive with balls, ana they made the Voreans ‘smell hell’ from their howitzers, al! of them pegging away together. I think that the Corcans mean fight. ney are something In our rear, as though they meant to stop our goimg out, which ope or two of our nine or sieven-inch shells would show them was not to be jone, Weare going up again in eight or ten days \o clear them out, If we don’t get auy communica- ton from the Corean government, when we shail have @ very lively time, no doubt."’ OUR TOTAL STRENGTH. Beyond all doubt the threat that the Coreans were to be “cleaned out” in the event of no answer being received from their authoriiies, has been carried out in its fullest sense. The action—the quiy account of which is in Admiral Rodgers’ despatch to the Navy Departinent—that occurred in the latter part of Jane, whereby the Coreans suffered such heavy loss, was the cleaning out process. The admiral was probably avie to jaod about seven wundred and Ofty men (seamen and marines) trom his squadron, and this handful of men, by reason of superior disciple, superior pluck and determination, combined with approved arms and covered by the fire of the fleet, was enabled to do wonders against the hordes of Coreans, Who possessea but iittle elee thay numbers to render them formidable. BADLY WHIPPED. They were whipped—badly whipped—they jost nondreds of men. Their forts, guns and munitions of war were captured, and the coun- try about the scene of action was occupied by our forces, and the Stars and Stripes for the first | They were | ume flew over that far eastern land. taught to feel the power of the United States. They were given to understand that our citizens could not be molested and maltreated with impunity, and they were also teught the lesson that aby insult whatever would be resented, The mur- der of the crew of the schooner Genera) Sherman was avenged, and thus the principal object of the ] visit of the feet was accomplished, WHAT NEXT We are Naturally anxious to know the next step ip the drama, It is plain that we canvot continue to vocupy the small territory we have conquered, even if we desired t do so. And {t would be worse than folly to attempt to force our way inland with the tmal) force that we have to operate with: it would be overwhelmed, ly commenced heavy reinforcements would have to be sent, and then what would be gained by 60 doing * OREA. building breastworks or | To follow up the war ao vigorous- | he resisted, NEW YURK HERALD. SUNDAY. AUGUST 13, 187L—TRIPLE onaitions? Notin tne least, No. We have done enough, and it would be folly to attempt to do more, The prodabilities are that such is the view taken of the situation by Admiral Rodgers, for we hear nothing of further operations, and we incline to the opinion that he ts satisfied that no more can be accomplished with the force at his command. BUFFALO TROTTING PARK. Match Between Thomas Jefferson and George Wilkes for Two Thousand Dollars and the Stallion Championship of America— Jefferson the Winner, BUFFALO, August 12, 1871. Quite a large attendance of horsemen assembled at the Buffato Troiting Park this after. to witness the trot between Dan Mace’s black stallion Thomas Jefferson and Billy Borst's brown stallion George Wilkes, for & stake of $2,000 and the stallion championship of America, The bettmg before the start was $100 to $75 in favor of Wilkes, bat after Jefferson taking the first heat in 2:29 tt changed in his favor to 4 to i, and, although he lost the next two heata, the odds were the same tothe end of the race, which was won by Jefferson. First Heat,— George Wilkes received the pole, and | when the word was given them on the third score he got away with the lead. Rounding | the first turn, Wilkes madea brush and soon showed daglight between himself and Jefferson, and made three lengths before reaching the quarter pole which he passed in thirty-four and three-quarter | seconds; but as he entered the backstretch ne made a bad break, and before he got to work again Jeffer- son wag leading him twelve lengths, which he car- ried past the half mule pole in 1:12, and as they en- tered the homestretch the positions were the same, - Thomas Jefferson coming home a winner almost on a walk, Wilkes five lengths behind, Time, 2:29. Second Heat.—Wilkes was the frat from under the wire, but was closely foliowed by Jedferson. Round- ing the first turn Wilkes showed in front, witha lead of halt a length, with which advantage he shot past the quarter pole in thirty-five and a quarter seconds. Aa they entered the backstretch Jefferson made a Skip and lost a length, but made it up as soon as he got to trotting again, and they passed the half-mile pole nearly even in 1:13. Round. the ower turn Jefferson made a bad break and lost several lengths, and as they entered the homestretch he was four lengths behind Wilkes, bat down the stretch he trotted very fast and crossed the score only a head behind ilkes. e—2, 27%. Third Bene nee Went away on even terms for this neat, but rounding the first turn Wilkes went to the front and passed the quarter pole with a lead of half a length in 36% seconds. Down the backstretch he passed the half-mile pole in 1:14, Jefferson kept his nose vo Wilkes’ wheel, and as they passed the three-quarter pole showed even with him; but as they entered the homestretch Jefferson made an exceedingly bad break, thus allowing Wilkes to come home an easy winner by eight lengths. Time, 2:28. Fourth Heat.—Jefferson got nearly a length the best of the sendoff for this heat, but before reach ing the turn Wilkes went to the front and passed the quarter pole with a lead of one length in thirty-six seconds; but down the backstretch Jetferson closed this up, and they passed the haif-male pole together, in 1:18, and trovted like a double team until halfway up the liomestretch, when Wilkes quit and Jefferson came in iL: winner with plenty of speed to spare. Time, Yee Fish Hat—They got a good send-off, but Jecacr- son went to the front as soon as the go was given and led one length, and passed the quarter pole in thirty-six seconds; but down the backstretch Wilkes went tothe front and led a quarter ofa length, and assed the haif-mile pole in 1:18r but rounding the lower turn Jefferson gave Wilkes the go-by, and led three lengths by the three-quarter, which distance he maintained to the score. Time, 2:27%4. The following is & summary:— BUFFALO TROTTING Park, August 12.—Match for $2,000 and the stallion championship, 1n harness, Dest three in five. Dan Mace named bik. s. Thomas Jeffer- SON... wea 48 Buly Borst named b. 8. Geo Time, 2:29-2:27 %{—2:28—2:27 o— 211 14 FLEETWOOD PARK. About one hundred persons assembled at Fieetwood Park yesterday afternoon to wit- ness 4 contest between William Weeks’ sorrel gelding Star Henry and owner's sorrel geldimg Rehable—mile heats, best three in tive, in harness. It was anticipated that the match would be interesting, although the horses are not fast; but it was much of a one-sided affair, as Star | Henry won the race in three straight heats without an edort. SUMMARY FLEETWOOP PARK, MORRISANIA, August 12, 1871.— Marten $400; mile heats, best three in five, an har- ness. Wiliam Weeks named s. g. Star Henry. | Owner named s. g, Rellable........... | TIME. | Quarter. | First heat. 41 | Second nea' | Third heat. ‘i j isp Pepa ROT NEES { BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. | Arrests. The total number of arrests in Brooklyn during the past week was 568. \ Pickpockets Sentenced. Tuiee pickpockets, Damed John Engiish, Charles Brown and James Edwards, were sentenced to six months each in the Kings County Penitentiary yes- terday by Justice Buckley, for attempting to pick the pocket of a lady at the Myrtie Avenue Park. Probably Fatal Blow. William Dalion was arrested yesterday and locked up to answer in the Third Prectact station nouse on 2 charge of having committed a fatal assault on Christopher Terrence, of Columbia street, near King, by striking him on the head with a stone. The injury was inficted on the 28tn of July, and the phy- sicians now say there is no prospect o! hus recovery. | The Brookiyn Fund for the Westfield Saf. { ferers. Yesterday Messrs. Carrol! 4 Lamb, of the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, called upon Mayor Kalbfeisch and tendered him the proceeds of their matinée given on Saturday last for the benefit of the Brook- | lyn sufferers by the Westfield disaster, The pro- | ceeds amounted to $75, and the managers expressed thetr regret that the sum was not larger. The Mayor thanked them thetr promptness and immediately } added $50 more to the fund from his own pocket. j He also stated that he was ready to receive any con- tributions which might be made to the fund by | citizens, } | Fire in a Chemical Workse—Death in Glass Retort: | A fire broke out at half-past ten o'clock yesterday | morning in the upper portion of Dr. Edward x. Squibb’s chemicai manufactory for the preparation | of medicines, at No. 86 Doughty street. The building isa four-story brick structure, bat being fireproof was not materiaily damaged. ‘The loss on the stock and machinery, however, will amount to about six thoasund doilars, is is covered by in- sorance in the following mpantes:—Hum- | $3,000; Ut, $3,000; People's, $8,000; Ni $8,000; Relief, $3,000; Penn: syivanta, $2,000; ants and Traders’, $3,600. ‘The fire originated from the bursting of a glas9 re- tort, anaceldent Dr. Squibb says cannot be guarded against. It was oniy @ day or two previous that one of these glass retorts bu: and caused the death of one of the employés, named Marston. It appeared from the evidence taken before the Ooroner that the man Was molding the retort in bis hand when it ex- | proces and the smell of the chemicals caused pis eath in an hour afterward, AOT OF PRESIDENT GRANT AND COLLECTOR MURPHY, | We are informed that Collector Murphy, at the | Shggestion of President Grant, has determined to appoint the widow of Colone) Join McLeod Murphy to the Snspectorsiip made vacant by the death of her husband. ‘This 1s an act creditable to the Presi- | dent ana Collector, and which places above want | the family of one of We most gallant oMvers of our late war and one of Our most esteemed citizens. ‘Lhis appointment is aid 10 be approved by William Raw, Jr. President, and the eutive republican or- ganization of the Twelfth ward, TEE 81, LOUIS EXPRESS ROBBERY. | Sr. Louts, Mo., Angust 12, 187) | Dp. W. Souter, the United States Express delivery messenger, Whose Wagon was rovbed recently, ani | who is under arrest for being tmplicated in the rove bery, confesses he was concerned init. He telis different stories about beiug approached some months ago by @ man whose name he conceals, ana urged to assist in the robbery of the company. ‘This but the man’s appeals were so persistent and continual that he finally yielded and entered into the ropbery with J, Seman and Thomas Graay, who are also under arrest. Kenaali, the axes A NOBLE It is contenced that the Coreans should be | knew nothing of the affair, The party who planne and who is supposed to have the money, robbe' forced to make a treaty. Suppose we aid compel rg hceseta) the police, but for reasons of poitce them to, what then? Would it be of any vaiue un- AGORA JOKE? DOC) Was always cu bend to enforce I policy he has not been arrested, though be ts in ihe NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE COREA. | THR PERSIAN FAMINE. Map Showing the Locality of the REFEREE States Naval Forces and the Forts of the Core ooo First Fight Between the United NCES, ‘The letter A denotes where the Monocacy struck, and the three 18's indicate where the flotilla received the first fire of the forts. The figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 show the point where the United States forces got in the rear of the Coreans and gave them notice to quit. The three (’s indicate a part of the river wuere the tide runs worse than in Hell Gate, and forms strong whirlpools, in which the Monocacy was caught ana thrown on a rock. w YORK CITY. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as Indicated vy the thermometer at Hudnut's Phar. macy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street: — 1870. 1871. 1870, 1871, There were 630 deaths, 443 births, 39 still births and 141 marriages last week. John Burns, aged fifty-five, died suddenly at 426 East Eighteenth street. Michael Donovan, aged torty, died suddenly at 466 West Thirty-third street. Fire Marshal McSpedon reports twenty-one fires for the week ending August 12, 1871, at noon. The estimated loss 1s $33,718; amount of insurance, $136,275. The Department of Public Parks announce that if the weather be fine there will be music by Gra- fulla’s Central Park band at Mount Morris square to-morrow, August 14, from five to seven P. M, Wiliam Finker, who resides at 905. East Thirty- fifth street, had his left leg cut off about twelve o'clock yesterday by falling off the front platform of car 56 of the Third avenue line, the wheels passing over it. He was removed to Believue Hospital, SS Marshal Hart, of the License Bureau, granted the following licenses last week:—Express wagons, 7; carts and cartmen, 32; stage coaches, 60; do. trans- ; Junk carts, 2; junk shop, 1; 2. Total, 19%. Amount received’ Mr. G. D. Cardozo, Chief of the Ordinance Bureau, received during the week ending yesterday 148 com- plaints of violations of various city ordinances, twenty-six of which have been settled and the re- mainder referred to the proper depa:tments for remedy. Whule at the fire in Mercer street yesterday Oficer McNamara, of the Elghth precinct, was so much overcome by the heat that he had to be removed to the station house on a stretcher. He was attended by a physician, who pronounced him tn no imme+ diate danger. ‘Thomas Murphy, a lad seven years of age, on Friday evening fell into the dock foot of Fifty- seventh street, East River, and was drowned, The body, being subsequently recovered, was taken to the residence of deceased's parents, corner of Fifty- Sixth street and avenue A, where Coroner Young was notided to hold an inquest. Officer Ostranman, of the Twentieth precinct, found the body of an unknown woman lying in a pool of water between Eleventh avenue and North River and Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets, about four o'clock yesterday afternoon. The corpse was 60 frigntfully decomposed that it was impossi- ble to give a description of it, It was removed to Bellevue Hopital. dames Donahue, Superinteudent of the Free Labor Bureau, Nos, § and 10 Clinton place, makes the following report of business for the week ending August 12:—Applications for employment, 846; of these there were 173 maies and 673 females; male help required, 84; female, 727: situations procured for 77 males and 622 females; whole number of situa- tious procured for the week ending August 12, 699, Shortly before ten o'clock yesterday morning the body of an wuknown man, about thirty-five years of age, with dark brown hair, chin whiskers and mustache, was found floating in the bay of Gover- nor's Island, by James McLaughlin, a Whitehail boatman, who towed It to pler No. 1 East river, The remains were subsequently sent 10 the Morgue and Coroner Young notified. Deceased wore black coat and pants, no vest, gaiter shoes, white musi shirt and drawers. Deceased was about five feet seven inches tu neigh Some time ago Jacob Fisher, residing up town, committed @ serious assault upon a friend of his, named Fred. Zeinger, was committed to prison to await the result of his vietim’s injuries, While in prison Fisher's friends, it is charged, compounded a felony with his consent by paying Zeinger $250 to discontinue the complunt. At the examination Zeinger did not appear, and Fisher was discharged. Yesterday Zeinger was arrested on a charge of com- | pounding a felony, aud was locked up in Yorkville prison to answer In default of ball, The Central Park Meteorological Department reports for the week ending at 2 P.M, August 12, 1871, the following atmospherical pheaomena:—Ba- rometer—Mean, 20.967 inches; maximum, at 9 A.M. August 7 26 inches; minimum, at 12 P, August 8 970 inches; range, | .166 ‘Thermometer—Mean, 77.1 degrees; maximum, £.M,. August 6, 8% degrees; minimum, at Augast 1), 62.6 degrees; range, 26.56 degrees. On August $ rain fell from 2:30 A. M.'to 9:30 A. M, to the depth of .45 inch, being the total amount of water for week. ‘The distance travelled by the wind daring the week was 878 miles, SUIOIDE OF A BROOKLYNTTE, A young man named A. ©. Smith, of Fulton street, | Brooklyn, attended the fu Malo races on Thursday | and bet freely, losing a considerabie sum of money. Rendered desperate by nis losses, young Smith determined upon suicide, and carriea his | resolution into effect on prions erening ab Niagara | Falls by jamping from the bridge leading trom the Second sister Isiand into the rapids, PATERSON (N. J.) CASUALTIES, David A. Miller, three years of age, wae drowned in the upper raceway at Paterson yesterday noon, Jn company with some other boys he was picking flowerd on the edge, and, losing his balance, ne felt into the swift stream and was swept down against the paper mii) gate, where he was drowned before he could be rescued, His father was a mechanic in | | | } the Danforth locomotive shop, and lives on the cor- | ner of Mill and Market streets. | | | A carpenter's apprentice named Polhamus, work- ing ou a new house near the Straight street bridge, fell from the scaffold and broke nis arm, Abram Muller, while serving in the place of a sick friend as brakeman on the Paterson and Newark on had bis arm badly crusued Whe coupling THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM F. LYONS. Faneral Ceremonies in Brooklyn Yesterday. The funeral of Captain Willlam F. Lyons, of the editorial staff of the New York HeRaxp, took place from St, John’s Roman Catholic church, Gowanus, yesterday morning. A solemn requiem mass was celebrated for the repose of the soul of the de- ceased, the volunteer choir attached to the church lending their harmony to the occasion. Rev. Father Michael Hickey ofMictated as celebrant, assisted by Father Corrigan as deacon, Father John McGuire as sup-deacon and Father Jon Barry, chaplain of the Knights of St. Patrick, as master of ceremonies. ‘There was a very select congregation of prominent citizens of New York and Brooklyn present, who were attracted there out of sincere af- fection and respect for the memory of the deceased. Among the most prominent were the members of the Knights of St. Patrick, all of whom wore badges of mourning, and the members of the New YORK HERALD Clad. Of the former organiza- tion noticeable were John Butler, Martin Brown, John Harnett, Thomas Dwyer, John Bourke, Jonn Brosnan and the present presiding Judge Quin, There was also present a delegation from the Kuights of St. Patrick, of Jersey City, consisting of Ajneas ritzpatrick, President; James Crowley, Joun Ignatius Cullen and P. E. u'Brien. There were present also in the sanctuary enclosure Rey, Eugene Cassidy and Rev. Father Doran. Among the pail bearers were John Mitchel, a compatriot of the de- ceased in 1848; Jonn H. Harnett, Dr. John Dwyer, Hugh Farrigan, of the Knights, and four gentlemen of the HERALD Club. Among those present were Major General Sweeny, Major P. M. Haverty, Drs. P. O'Hanlon, George Argyle Piunkett and J. Ambrose; Captains Foley and Atterldge and Wiliiam E, Robinson, together with several other intimate friends of the lameated dead. At the conclusion of the mass a very eloquent address was delivered by Father Hickey, in which he dwelt upon the bitterness of death—a penalty which mor- tality must pay—and upon vhe Lecessity for prepa- ration for that dread period which will come to us all. The life of the deceased was beautifnily de- icted as being that of a true man; of one who real- zed the great fact that the intelligence with which the Creator had endowed him should, upon all occasions, be exercised 0 to contribute to the greater honor and glory of God. He had received the holy sacra- ments of bis Chureh, which he revered with all the Intensity of faith and morals, doubting alone his worthiness to partake of so inestimable a gift as the body and blood, the soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, and it 1s to be hoped, and the gooa priest believed, that the God oi 1ufinite mercy and good- ness had received the contrition of heart on the part of His servant, whose sins He had remitted, It was the duty of those present to offer up thelr prayers that the temporal punishment still due the sins of the deceased might be iorgiven, that the measure of his reward may be great tn an eternity of happiness. Calling attention to the vaulty of the things of this world, and urging the necessity of our fulfilling the duties of true followers of Christ, the reverend gen- tueman closed his remarks. The casket, which was of rosewood, flat top, heavily silver mounted, bore the inscription: — Qeererecerererese sisecene reseeeaereneee reseee recent: t WILLIAM F. LYONS, DIED AUGUBT 9, 1871, 3 3 AGED 46 YEAR, 10 MONTHS, I Day. 3 b-vesnussoontaronstonsartoooeenvcesccoreenvets sootoedy It was ornamented by a veautiful star of rare flowers, a trivute from tne press. Tne remains, fol- lowed by # long line of carriages, were conveyed to the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, where they were depostted in the vault for temporary Keeping. MIDNIGHT MURDER. Mysterious Affair in Eighth Avenne—A Stranger Found in a Dying Condition His Skull Fractured—Dead, but Not Iden. tiffed. b sergeant Lowery, of the Twentieth precinct, yesterday informed Coroner Young by note of the death of an unknown man, about thirty-six yeara of age. The stranger was found on the pavement, corner of Thirty-sixth street and Eighth avenue, in an insensible and dying condition, bleeding pro- fasely from a wound on the back part of the head, While being conveyed to the station house by two Officers the man died. Deceased was about five feet six inches In height, dark complexion, dark hair and chin whiskers, and had biue eyes. He wore dark clothing, Panama hat and black and white striped necktie, Police Surgeou Armstrong was summoned, and, after examining the body, was of the opinion that death had resulted from a fractured skull, but whether the resuit of violence or accident, of course, he was unable to determine. Captain Caffrey instituted rigid inaniries in the neighbor- hood where the man was found, and could learn nothing calculated to explain the mystery. He found one James Ryder, of S21 Wekt Forty-eighth street, however, who stated that in passing on the opposite side of the avenue, at half-past one o'clock A. M., he SAW TWO MEN WRANGLING, one of them evidently endeavoring to get (le other w go home, Ten minutes later the de- ceased was found ag stated above. The fact of finding the body being notsed about brought during the day about five hunared persons to view the body, but none of them were able to idemufy it np toa late hour im the afternoon, Much excitement exists among the people of te Twentieth recinet in regard to the matter, many fully belrey- ing the mau to have been PR Y MURDERED, while others think sed received his injuries by fail woule intoxicated. Late in the afternoon the ‘coroner called at the station hoase with his deputy, Dr. Marsh, and made a superficial examination of the body, and in one of the pockets found $3 06 and a sinali steel key, but Ho letters or papers of any Kind wich might lead to his identification. Coroner Young gave an order for the removal of the remains to the Morgue, where Dr. Marsh will make @ post- mortem examinvtion, He 1s o: the opinion, from a jal inspection of the head, that d had TURE OF THE SKULL. ‘The nativity of deceased 18 noknown. but appear- au midicate tual he was a German by birth, In @ conversation with Captain Caffrey and Ser- geant James, Ryder sald he heard one of the men remark, “that blow was in- tended for me all night,” or something to that effect, Captain Caffrey and his officers are in active search of information which may tend to unravel the mystery at present gurroundibg the death Of This stranger, SHEET, Full Confirmation of the Accounts Pre- viously Received. Seores of Thousands of People Al- ready Dead of Starvation. MEN EAT THEIR OWN OFFSPRING Hunger-Stricken Bands of Ban- ditti Infesting the Roads, Persia Ruined and Its Population Flying to Happier Climes. The Letter of the Persian Minister. The following account has been received by the Bombay society for asalsting the poor Zoroastrians in Persia from their agent in that country:— For the last five or six years the state of Persia seems to decline, owing on the one hand to the gradually decreasing quantity of snow, and on the pete to the oppressive taxes and extortions of the government, which are daily increasing and are | unmerecifully exacted. Not only that, but every | year the Governors are changed, and those are ap- ; Pointed who can tender the greatest amount of revenue to the government, These Governors do Not fall to exact twice or thrice as much as they pay to government, Thus the bounty of Heaven and the fertility of the earth are decreasing on one side, ana human oppression is increasing on te other. Such a deat of misery has set in with the year be- ginning March 21, 1871, that it makes OUR BLOOD RUN COLD to relate it; yet we take leave to give a short ac- count of it, gathered from letters received from aif- ferent parts of Persia for the information of our Parsee brethren. All the inhabitants of Faruz—the richest and most fertile country—have been obliged to leave the place and seek refuge in other quarters, where even tenance. Rs, 500,000 ($250,000) of revenue had re- mained unpaid to government. Tue chief of the place (Asfoodolia) took securities trom the people, with a promise that they should graduaily pay off thelr debts; but the Shah disapproved of this mea- sure and gave the governorship of Faruz to one Mayer Mamalek, who PAID THE SHAH Rs. 600,000 as revenue. Now, it will easily be per- ceived how many oppressive exactions this Governor must and will resort to, not only to recover the rs, 600,000 ($800,000), which he has paid down, but also tomake additional profit for himself. In Cairman the price of wheat in ordinary times was a keerronce, or eight ounces (twenty-five cents), for about two or three maunds (a maund is eighty-four pounds), but now, owing to a scanty crop and the inhabitants of Yezd and Khorrassan settling there, three keerro- nees, or a rupee anda half, are required for about six pounds of wheat, The government therefore mstituted a search throughout the country and SEIZED UPON ALL GRAIN, even what was absolutely necessary for consump- tion, and put the stock in the market for sale on thelr own account. Thus about ten or twelve Per- stans die each day, three or four Parsees among them. Even selling their very children falls to ob- tain them a morsel of food to live upon. Yezd being a sterile place, cotton, opinm, &c., were produced there in place of corn, While tue in- habitants were supplied with gram from Cairman, Shiraz and Ispahan. Now, this supply being put @ stop to, there is great hardship in Yezd, and nearly 25,000 of its inhabitants have left the place. About fifty Persians, with about twelve Zoroas- trians among them, die each day, merely from want of food, Besides, we are informed that animals of every kind—asses, horses, camels, and even cats | and dogs—are freely used for food; and EVEN HUMAN YOUNG ONKS are not spared, Robbers, besides, break into houses by night, and carry away what they can lay lands upon, not hesitating to kill or wound the inmates if any opposition is offered them, People are thus obliged to watch thelr honses by night ; but stul we hear that about 150 houses of Mussulmans and about fifty houses of Parsees were broken into aud robbed, in which two men were killed and two grievously wounded. In one case one Bameer Danoosh Moobarukee’s house was robbed and him- self shot, of which he died in two hours, ,In another case Kaikhusroo attacked one Moobarukee's house and wounded him with a dagger, of which he died after lingering for three days. One Ardaseer robbed one Peer Tuptee’s house and wounded him so brutally that the poor creature lingers on miser- ably. In another case one Jamsheed robbed Hosainee and grievously wounded him, It will be too long and tedious to mention all the cases of such struggles for food. It is a matter of regret to find that only one Parsee gentleman, Mr. Nusser- wanjce Maneckjee Petit, has up to this time sent down 300 rupees in 1866 and 1,700 rupees on the loth of January, 1870, through the managing committee, and again 200 rupees by telegraph on the th March, 187], RELIEF. We have received no other contributions, The last mentioned sum was sent to Yezd to be dis- tributed among the poor; but at present there is no corn in Yezd, and, besides, 200 rupees will go but a very little way in relieving the wants of Zoroastrians scattered in seventeen different villages. Seeing the condition of Yezad, Hukeer had written to Asfoo- dolia, Governor of Shiraz, and procuved about one hondred and thirty kharwars of wheat: but when it reached Yezd, and was distributed among the Parsees, THE : JLMANS PELL UPON THEM and deprived then of It. No redress could be ob- tained from the government, sive paying the price of the corn sv robbed. At Nahen ail who could escape dia 80, and the rest died of hunger withoat any one remaining beliind to bury their rematns, so thatthe city has become utierly deserted. On account of scarcity of food in Ispahan public shops are opened for selling camels, asses, dogs and cats’ flesh, and yét seventy to eignty men die there dally, and people go about selling thelr children ‘The Armenian population only lives free from priva- tion, as they are substantially supported by their wealtby brethren in Calcutta and Batavia, KASSAN AND KOME, In Kassan and Kowe, cities from which grain ‘used to be sent to other places, such a scarcity now prevails that about ten or twelve men die daily through huger and disease, and people are caught entting down children for food. Corn used to be exported from Hamdan, Cairman and Koordistam, but great scarcity now prevails in all these places, asthe Shah, on tis return from the pilgrimage to Kerbela, with 25,000 men and 36,000 beasts of bure den, (ook it all for himself, HERAT, At Herat, always @ place of plenty, great scarcity prevails, owing to the exportation of grain abroad and the settiing in the place of avout forty thousand fugitives from other places. About one thousand five hundred of the inhabi+ tants of Tabriz set ont for Herat, and not finding food on their way were obliged to cnt down all their beasts of burden, and after suffering great privation dispersed among the woods, ‘The vewatiful cities of BUSTAM, DAMGAN AND SUBJAVAR are reduced to desolation and ruin, At Khorassan about efgoteen thousand men have been swept off through hanger and alsease, and when those who survive do not hesitate to use raked-up corpses as food what else eatable could have been Jett in ie city ? People from other places crowding at Teheran wander about like beggars {n the streets, and every selling their very children failed to obtain them sus- . in the streets. ‘The RUIN OF PERSIA does not end here, This year’s crop seems alsy 1 be exceedingly scanty, and it 18 # matter of great and universal anxiety how such @ meagre crop cam possibly supply the wants of a large population for, the next twelve months. Owing to scarolty of wheat, we are informed, a great many of the religious “ghumbar’’ feasts had to be neglected, and it was with great dificulty that the most important of them was celebrated, Further, we leara that men have BRGUN TO EAT GRASS and vegetables like cattle in the elds, and are plagued with a foutsore, of which they die after lngering for two or turee days. About five or slg Parsees die in this manner every day. } Insuch times, therefore, if proper means are nof taken to avert the calamity there is great fear of the Zoroastrian population in Yezd beg entireig annihilated, All able hands have left the place altod gether, and those Who Cannot escape wander about begging and die unpitied in the streets, without any, heip from their brethren, The deplorable condinog of the Parsees, as stated above, excites universal compassion; but we had a remarkable instance of, hardheartedness in the case of @ merchant, Kaiky hueroo Sheriar by name, who refuse: ed to lend abot five or alx keerfonees t6 @ poor Parsee peasant, who was ready to mortgage his very utensils help him on bis way from Yezd to Teheran. thd boor creature was at last obliged to leave his wile and beasts of burden witha Mussulman and go on foot toTeheran, There he received the money hd wanted, and has returned to Yezd to take away Lis wife und beasts. MANECKJEE LIMJEE ATTARIA. ‘The Persiau Minister Complains of Exaggen rated Reports. m the London Times, } Several times berore now I have read alarming de. sparches in tne English newspapers relative to tl state of Persia, which, they assert, is being ravag by famine, cholera and the plague. I did not think it necessary to attach importance to these rumors; ‘there is not time to contradict all the false news which {s daily put in circulation. However, on see- ing such reports reproduced in your columns | feel compelled to break silence to prevent them from ov- taining the semblance of truth and the autnority which the reputation of your newspaper would not fail to give them. Theré bas not been nor 1s there now any coming in Persia. A dearth (disette) was experienced 1 some time, but it was only in the provinces adjoin. ing the Persian Gulf that it was serious. The nomad tribes which form their population, leaving to the rains the care of the grain which they sow in them Journeys, are always exposed on their return to the ‘consequences of a possible drought, They haves suifered bicterly this year, and, being deprived of all means of subsistence, have repaired in crowds ta the towns. There, by direction of His Majesty the Shah, and at his expense, the means have beey organized of supplying assistance to this wandering and suffering population. With this view puolic monuments have been turned to account, the places for administering relief having been cuosen vy preference in the cemeteries, wiere the monuments ected in honor of our saints include buildings of considerable extent, galleries and cloisters whicir are generally resorted to by dervisnes, beggars and paupers. One of these in particular, the tomb ot Hafiz, contains a5 many as 800 poor or infirm per- sons who have been received aud fed there. Iu other places assistauce has been given to every- body coming up, and that there may be no dtsorder the police have organized a cordon of guards round them. It was there, doubtless, that imaginative newsmongers saw the guaras charged with prevent- ing the peasants from “ing up tue dead bodies, Mfnese details relate exclusively to the southern provinces, Let us aad, in order to give an exact ineasure of the extent of the dearth, the price of provisions at the varlous places whuch have suf- Iered, Let us admit that small as these prices may appear tn Europe they are exorbitant for Persia im ordinary seasons. The dates belong to the twe months when, according to the European telegrams, the sufferings trom famine must have been severe;— At the commencement of June at Tabriz 10 Ibs, of bread cost 60c.;10 Ibs. of beel, 2f. svc.; 10 lbs. of rice, Lf. 60c.; 10 1bs. barley, 50c.; 10 lbs, mill 10 Ibs. chick peas, 1f.: 10 lbs, butter, 6f. 80c.; sugar, 5f.; 16 Ibs. treacle, 1f, 60c, ‘At the commencement of June at Ispahan 800 Ibs. of wheat cost 180f., and 8 1bs. of bread Lf, 25c, This price, the newspapers state, is falling daily ag the harvest is got In, which will this year ve one of extraordinary abundance, \ At Kachan, on June 1, the price of 800 Ibs. of wheat was 185f.; of $00 Ibs. of barley, 120f, and of 16 Ibs. of rice, 8f. On June 22 the price of 800 tbs, of Wheat was 1061,; of 800 lbs. of bariey, 90f., aud of 1¢ Ibs. of bread, if, 60. ‘ At Kasvin, on july 1, 16 Ibs. of bread cost If, 60c. ‘There will Le observed # palpable reduction in the price of wheat, which was sold at 1361, per 100 Los. on June 1, aud at i05f on July 2 This reduction las necessarily increased wherever the harvest ap- proached or had begun. Let it also be observed that the dearth bas only broken out in the districts men- toned, and Lat everywhere else an abundant sup- ply has maintained ordjnary prices, As regards cholera there is no occasion to take any al notice of tt, Every year at the period ive heat the imprudent consumption of fruit gives rise to a certain number of cases, and this number has not been exceeded in any remarka- ble proportion. 1 see in the Teheran newspaper tae folowing statement, which I give verbatim:—‘It 4 sald that cholera prevails at Teheran. I see nothing of it but the mame.” To account for the alarming. telegrams about the cholera, which is satd to be decimating the population, I do not heaitate to seek an explanation ot these alleged great effects in a trivial cause. 1 can only see in them the wretched expedient of some agent of a commercial house, or of fo e one cruployed in connection with the tele- graphs who has been detained at Teheran during the Cid fi Sed hot season, while his colleagues or friends have gone to the neighboring mountains in search of a cooier atmosphere, and who has en- deavored by publicity to tuspire such fears to supply a motive for nis departure from Teheran, or to se- cure for bimnseit some exceptional privilege as a re- ward for having remained at his post under such painful circumstances. With regard to the plagne, what is said 1s a le. This word has the advautage of being the only ex- act reply, and, by its brevity, of not abusing tne hospitality of your columns. ‘The statements which | have just made are derived from my latest. correspondence and from the differ-. ent nuinbers of the Jran, a journal aeservedly’ esteemed at Telieran. I hold these documents at the disposal of any one who desires to know the truth. 1 have ta my hands the neces sary means of opposing the most formal denial to allegations such as Laose published yesterday in your paper. Besides, are there not at Teheran legauions of various nations, and telegraphic oftices open to all ® Can tie truth not be easily learned? It isin the Interest of that truth L beg you wilt be good enough to insert this letter in your honorable journal. Re ceive the assurance, &¢. H. CH. MOHSIN RIAN, Minister of Persia. Losbon, July 29. THE SCOTT CENTENARY, fo ibs. Laying the Corner Stone of a Monument’ at Central Park—Tnteresting Exerciscs— Parades and Banquets. Preparations on a grand scale have been In pro- gress for sone time past to celebrate with fttung honors tie centenary of tie author of “Waver- ley.”?, Not only the Scotchmen resident in this city and {nose of our ciuzens who are of Scotch descent, but Americans generally have been deeply tnter- ested in the coming event. Of all foreign, or, in- deed, Bulive authors, few, if any, have so great a hold on the mind of the general public as Sir’ Walter Scott; and as for his own countrymen, by them his memory has ever been regarded with aimost sacred reverence. Grand ana imposing aw Was the occasion of the celebration im Scotland # few days since, 1Lis not unlikely that the Empire City shall not be much behind im 1s cosmopolitat honors to the brave old lirerateur, whose Ile Was % model for men of every vation to aspire vo in dilt- gence, patriotism and the most noble virtues that can man, His works are as familiar here among Us as they are in nis own land, and, better sul, they are gradually growing in popularity, while the story of his life. with its closing sorrow- ful though on his part extraordinary labors, speaks toevery heart in a country where every man toils to the last. Jt is not mach wonder that the intended celebra~ tion calis forth @ spontaneous desire that the honors to hix memory should be equat to the services he has rendered the world, and no doubt the ratelligen of all classes will feel @ pride in seeing in our Pat among the statues and busts that have already bee erected there to the deserving of all nations, & Monument to the author of the Waverley novels. On Tuesday next, the day fixed for the celebration, the ceremony of laying the corner stone of a monu< ment to Sir Walter Scot's memory will take ee at Central Park, beginning at four o'clock P.M. The site chosen for the monument 1s a short diss tance to the left of the Terrace, beyond the Malle ‘The followmg is the programme of exercises;—~ : Prayer by the Rev. John thompson, D. dD. im Introductory address by Richard Irvin, Preside of the Scott Centenary Committee, Address by Mr. Willam Wood. Laying the foundation stone and presentation by Mr. chard Irvin, ‘ Response by Mayor Hall. Benedicuon. At the conclusion of the ceremony ‘the t Cena tenary Committce—Mr, Richard Irvin, Presiaent-— will dine together at Deymonico’s, Fourteenth sireety at seven o'clock P. M. ‘At tue conciusion of the ceremony in the Parky the New York Caledonian Club, Jonn Watt, chi ‘will have a collation at the Central Park Casino, both entertainments a large number of invtt guests will be present. ) The Seventy-ninth regiment (Pashismssre), N. Oy, S.N. Y., Will participate in the celebration; aud orders have been issued by Captain Joseph Laing that the vegimental roll be called at, the Armory Lone o'glock Py Me