The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1871, Page 8

; j t i 8 “SHARES.” Disinterested Legal Lights and the Westfield Sufferers. “Heavy Damages” To Be Recovered from the Ferry Company. An Untiring Nurse as “ Roper In” for a Law Firm. How Misery and Infirmity is Humbugged. A SHOCKING STORY. ™ the city of New York there are upwards of signt thousand men who foilow, at a more or less respectful distance, the profession of the law fora Uvelinood. In other countries, such as France and England, the legal profession is looked up to, not only by the lay community but by the members of all the other learned professions, as one requiring and peculiarly adapted for the display of the highest possible degree of learning, culture, knowledge of She world and of human nature, deep thought and Study and general ability. in England and in France tue highest prizes in the field of statesman- ebip have, as a rule, always been carried by law- yers; and 80 fat above divinity and physic has the Jaw been regarded in public estimation that many ® parent of moderate means, who might have wade bis sou a clergyman or a | Physician without leaning very heavily on his purse, lias been Kuown to exhaust his resources and reduce Limseif to the very verge of ruin in a too often unsuccessful endeavor to make his boy a counsellor, In this country, too, the most coveted positions in the areua Of public life have been and suil are, 19 the majority of cases, filled by members of the legal profession; but the time has long since gone by when the law was regarded by the general public as THE MOST DESIRABLE OF ALL THE PROFESSIONS. ‘The reason of this is very plain. Every calling or | @vocation is respectable and desirable only i Proportion to its comparative exciusiveness—that 4s, vo the difficulty, time, labor, expense and inborn alent involved in the pursuit and acquisition of it. A long course of hard study, involving considerable expense, a liberal geueral education and a @ir share of natural ability, were all neces- ®ary heretofore to tne completion of a “limb ofthe law.” But now has it been of late years? There is scarcely one intelligent reader who does not know an ignorant and stupid fool with his name over the door of a lawyer's oifice, ‘Whose whole qualifications for his successful admis+ ™on to the bar have been acquired by three weeks’ Feading of Blackstone, as many years’ drinking of bad whiskey and a little “inguence with tne judge.” A diploma of this kind ts so easily obtainable that Bundreds of jocose youths of various occupations, who never dreamed of entering upon the practice of law, have had themselves admitted to the bar “for the fun of the thing.” These, however, are She most harmless class of our legal iuminanes, Another source of supply for the law oMices 1s the ‘unhealthy and alarming dislike entertained by AMERICAN TRADESMEN AND MECHANICS Sowards bringing up their children to the trade by which they themselves have been enabled to pass Through life on an independent competence. We fre undoubtedly becoming wofully snoobish in this country already, and nobody is so badly bitten «with this same snobbisnness as the average mechanic. He 1s ashamed of being “only a workiagman.” He ts dazzled by the shiny coat which the briefless barrister and the poorly paid cierk have to pinch from their stomachs to put on their backs; and he determines that lis boy, instead of boing “a poor drudge,” as he calls it, must be qualified for a gentleman, So the foolish man wastes his surplus earnings on young hopeful, who is put through a cursory course | of “study,” is called to the bar, and in due ume Qnds himself . A PULI-PLEDGED COUNSELLOR, attorney and barrister-ai-law, with nothing to eat and nothing to do. It has been already stated that there are now over 8,000 practising lawyers tn this metropolis—that 1s, out of every Lunured of our population one man is @ lawyer. Leaving out the women and children this gives us one jawyer to every twenty | OWN men; 80 that, adinitting that every man New York goes to law with another man at least once a Year, each- lawyer can on have twenty cases per annum, at an average, to live upon. Now, thasmuch as some of our ‘eminent lawyers monopolize some hundreds of these cases, i is pia that many of the lesser lights of the | bar are jeft without any case at all. Stil, they must live somehow, and the guestion how so many Jawyers do tive in New York has oftener been asked thaa answered. The foilowmg facts may help to throw some light on the paths of those wno Wisi to pursue Wat interesting ingulry to its very Ditter end: The unsavory history, haunts and practices of That nondescript apimal and svcial pest, the “Tombs Shysier,” are well Known to every reader ol tne HERALD. The public are also not wholly una Ware of (he existence of A CLASS OF DISREPUTAGLE RASCALS who prowl along the docks in search of sauors with jevances, and who persuade “poor, mercantile jack” into empowering them to institute suits in Lis bebalf against the owners an masters of vessels on board of which he has been Il! used, and afterwards compromise Jack’s case for some sum of which tae jaintul never sees a cent, though he has already ‘come down”? to his philanthropic counsel with a re- tainer equal to wie whole amount of the wages he has justreceived. There are innumerable other ways ‘by Which needy and conscienceiess lawyers manage wo “make out the cause,” one of which the reinain- der of this article will heip to siiuscraic. ‘The HERALD has already intormed the public, in- Cluding the surviving victims of ite Westeld boiler explosion, that the latter and tie Iriends of ihe vic- tims who were killed can make the ferry company handsomeiy—though, of course, still tnadequate- —for the injuries they sustained as the result of that fatal disaster. The very thought of this, of course, set MANY A LEGAL PALM ITCHING most nopefully, and fo: several days almost every lawyer in the city watched anxiously each open- ing of his office door, expectuung the entrance of @ scalded cleat or two. Respectable lawyers, at | least, contented themselves with watching their Oflice aoors; ‘but there were lawyers of another aad @ very ditierent class, Who scorned to adopt that decent ana dignified but too tardy course, No gsooner bad the irightiul pews of the catastrophe epread through the horrtied city that memorabie Sunday afternoon Wan certain vultures of thelaw ‘Wheited \ueir beaks and prepared to make a descent on the victims. They swelled thelr natural prey in } the steam that went up from the bodies of the scalded wretches, aud, with a crucity equalied only by that of the wild beasts that tear the fesh from the bones of the dying on a fresh battlefield, these Jegal brutes rus! avenuously to se all that was Jeit by the more merciful stcam of the tortured eufierers. These DISREPUTABLE MEMBERS OF THE BAR Which wey disgrace have ever since haunted the Bospitals and the bomes of We striexen ones, Watching for an opporiuuity when the lauer would De physically strong enough to siga away their claims to legal damages from tue ferry company, but too Weak in wind to know what they were | doing. It was a bold, unscrupulous, savage, and at the same time a very cunning game, whose success Jay entirely in the secrecy with which it was played. | ‘That secrecy they thought they had secured; but, as | the reader sees, they have failed delightfully, for a HERALD reporter has followed their every footstep from the beginning up to the present, and means now ‘0 track them tothe end, until they give up the shameful pursuit on which they have started. Having completed a full ist of tae unfortuates who were pestered by the application of lawyers d@rumming up wade the reporter awaited THE KIPENING OF EVENTS anttl yesterday, when be called at Bellevue Hospitai. ting Warden Breanan in the hallway tMatadadie gentieman and houcst man was ine Tormeu by the reporter of his “lay,’’ aud asked to assist. “Now, Mr. Brennan,” asked the reporter, “have | you heard wnything about a lot of .egal sharks tor- Mentiug your patients trom the Wesitleid disaster | into piacing iy suits for Gamages L » hands of the Siarks aforesaid aud siguug papers to that efect “Yes, Lutd,” answered Mr. Brenaan, “buy I don’t think it Will amount Lo much now; at least, I have put astoy 0 it so far ag this institution is con- Gerued, At all events, Whetier it 15 stopped or not, those fellows ought to be roasted lu the hows The sccundrela Who would try to defraud orn mouey of these poor creatures AREN'T FIV TO LIVE.” And the good Warden became wrathy In a mo ment. “van Isee the patients memselves, Mr. Brennan, Om (his inatter\" Cerwiuiy, su. 1 put you right on the track of | elderly lady friend were present. the whole thing now, and if you want any more in- formation than you can from the victims see me again before you leave the building and I'll give it to youif loan. Here, Bob’’—to a smart, intelligent boy, who stood Mke a page at the foot staircase—“conduct this gentleman through the wards where the Westileld patients are and stay with him as long as he wants you.’? ‘The boy conducted the reporter first to ward No. 16, on the balcony in front of which were discovered two brothers, victims of the explosion, named Pat- rick and Edward Roddy, who are on the straight road to recovery, and were just then enjoying, the glorious breeze that blew up into their faces from the broad river in front of them. 1n reply to a ques- tion from the Lie gnc the Koddys said they were both getting well rapidly, and, like all the other patients he saw, were profuse in their expressions of gratitude for the care and attention they received at the hands of the Warden, the doctors, the nurses, and particularly the kind-hearted and charitable ladies who have been acting as VOLUNTRER NURSES 1n the hospital ever siuce the night of the accident. “Have any lawyers een here to see you since you in to recover }”’ asked the reporter, * “Yes, ’ answered one of the Roddys, “aman came here one day last week and told us we could get a lot of monev out of the ferry company if we author- {zea him to bring a lawsuit against them for dzmages, He said he would have to keep half what he'd get for his trouble, aud we might have the other half. We agreed to do that; but belore he left the buiiding one of the ladies came along and asked ug what we had been doing. We told her ana she said We were very foolish to do any such thing, and ad- vised us to withdraw our authority from that man and have nothing to do with him. We took her ad- vice, and told him to do nothing 12 our name. Last Saturday he came again and offered to do it for wenty-iive per cent, but we wouldn’t let him.” Did he give you his uame?”? “He handed us this and ssid it was his card.’ The card, which the reporter retained and still holds, is that of a law firm whose ofice is on Broaaway. “Was that the first you heard about bringing suit against the company?’ asked the reporter. “No; We got a ietter some time ago from another man—wait: here It 18,” The reporter took and still holds the letter, of which the following is a copy: AUGUST 9, 1871, PATRIOK and Epwarp Roppy To-day I have commenced eight suite against the Staten Island Railroad Company for damages arising from the Weatneld disaster, and among them f’ commenced one for euch of you. Now some of the company's men may come up to see you and try to get you to seitie with them. If they do you refer them to me. I can get « great deal more mouey out of them than you can. I will let you know when anything new appens. MN emidion piaased'to hear trea spouse to tne sou both are getting on. Yours, &c. —_ Wall street, New York. “Did you know the man who sent you this letter, or ever See him beiore ?” inquired the reporter, Roppy—Never saw nor heard of bim in all our life, neither of us; and lm sure 1 don’t Know how he heard of us, REPORTER—Did anybody else speak to you on this subject? Roppy—No, except a lady nurse that was here, who was very kind to us all. She was going around ail the time, and kept coustantly telling us that we could make A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY out of this thing, warning us against having any- thing to do with any lawyers until she told us, She said she woulda soon send us the ouly lawyer that could do our busiuess, and that we ought to trust, REPORTER —Is she here now ? Roppy—No; i’m told she left here a few days ago—at least, | haven't seen ner since. REP ‘£R—Weil, dia she sead you any lawyer? Roppy—Yes; I think it was on Thursday last a man caine here and said he was her iawyer. He offered to take our case first for fifty per cent, and when we refused he said he would do it for twenty- five percent. He gave me this card. The card, which the reporter retains, 1s that of a Jaw firm doing business, or at least keeping an office in Liberty street. On the back of the card was written, In What the reporter afterwards ascer- tained to be the handwriting of the lady referred to—'Messrs, —— & —— (the name of the aforesaid firm) are my lawyers, and are uncorruptibie.’” RerorrsR—Did you authorize that man to insti. stitute the suit for you? Roppy—No sir; I toox the advice of the other ladies and Warden Brennan, -who cautioned us against having anything to do with any of them fel- Jows. REPoRTER—Now, Roddy, what object do youthink those lawyers had in running after you to get that Bult Roppy—Well, first 1 thought they only wanted to earn the share of the money they wanted for prose- cuting it; but one of the paticnts here tells me that if they were nonest men and respectable lawyers THEY’D NEVER RUN ABOUT after cases in this way, and that if I gave one of them my suit he would etther keep all the money When ne got it or se.l out my case to the company and give me nothing. “Now,’? said the reporter, turning to his attend- ant sprite, “lead me right away to where I'll find one of the volunteer lady nurses.’? The smart boy led the way to the bedside of another victim of the explosion, who Was just then suffering the most dreaitul agony. Beside him were two of those novie-hearted ladies fanning the poor sufferer and uttering such words of comfort as were at thelr command. Introducing himself and his business the reporter asked one of the ladies to tell him all she kuew about tae lady above alluded to, the volun- teer nurse, “Weil,” replied she, “I can’t say that I know a great deal about her, and indeed 1 can’t say that] am sorry my knowledge of her is so umited, 1 Know that sae came here ou the night ot the acct- dent and remained in the hospital until a few days ago, She worked very, very hard Indeed, and was sy attentive as to astonish everybody. She was or. ever on ver feet, now with one patient aud now with another, and made herseif on the MOS! INTIMATE AND MOTHERLY TERMS with the whole of them. So painstaking, untiring and attentive was she that she won the regar4J of all tne other ladies in @ short tune, and at tirst we all liked ber very much. Atter a while, however, some- thing began to show itself about her that we did not like so well, She miroduced herself to us as a lady of immense wealih. She said her former name was Mrs, B—; but that she had a divorce from the husband who gave her that name, and was now THE COUNTESS B—— She preferred, however, while in this country, to be known by the name sue formerly vore, as sne did not wish to create any sensations. She was not only personatiy attentive and kind to our patients, but was extremely Jiberal in her offers of assistance to those who were poor and destitute and without frieuds. One mau, who died here, she had buried ness was confirmed by her attendant physician, ‘whose visit took place while the reporter was prt, ent, and who considered the case a very seri one. The tady, however, expressed no alarm, hav- ing great faith in the stren; of her own constitu- Uon, and hoped to recover in a snort time, when she will immediately return to her charitable labors at Bellevue. These labors, she et rege agg ad all per- formed for the pure love of Christ, who had saved her so wonderfully from the machinations of her enemies and preserved her atll alive after all the vicissitudes she haa experienced through her event- fal, and for the most part, unhappy life, of which she gave a brief and aifectiag history that won the sympathy of her hearers, Of the conduct towards her of the other ladies who attended the hospital since the explosion a3 Volunteer nurses of the scalded victims she spoke in terms of great dissatisfaction, They came there & few hours each day, but never remained once over night as she did during the whole period of her at- vendance, and when they did come they were of MORE INJURY THAN SERVICE to the patients. She worked unceasingly to alle- Viate the sufferings of all the stricken ones, and be- cause the latter most naturally were loud in their expressions and demonstrative in their acts of titude and affection for the working bee of the jive, the other volunteers grew unreasonably jealous, and evinced their hostility to her in various petty ways. Some lawyers, too, she hacbheard, felt very oitter towards her for having interfered with their efforts to trap her patients tnto allowing themselves to be swindled by the legal sharks who wanted to prey on their misfortunes, One firm whose card she Tetained (tnat of the firm before mentioned, whose ofice 1s on Broadway) was introduced to her ind a mutual friend, and she introduced him to all her Patients. On account of this introduction she relied upon the integrity of the member of the firm who called, and went round with him among the West- flela vicums, He had a number of papers prepared which she never read. At the toot of each was signed the name of some victim, with space left for across (“his mark’). This Mark he got each un- conscious patient to make, Mrs. Bishop signed the document as a witness, They had just got through with all, and when they were leaving the last one in the men’s pavilion a gentieman present there INSISTED ON MER READING THE DOCUMENT, and when she did so she instantly ordered the lawyer to proceed no further with the matter, and Went the whole round again, cautioning her patients to have nothing to do with him, This was because the document bound the patient to em- power that law firm to Institute a suit tor damages in lis behalf against the Siaten Isiand Railroad Company, agreeing to take only fifty per cent of ihe proceeds, after costs had been deducted, as the vic- Um’s share, She further wrote letcers to that frm after her return to the hotel, cautioning them against proceeding further in the matter, under pain of exposure. Moreover, fearing lest other un- principled lawyers should take a like unfair advan- Tage of the sufferers, 8i:¢ wrote to each of the latter, cautioning them against having anything to do with any lawyer, and advising them that she wonld find for them some noble gentlemen in the legal pro- fession in whose honor and integrity they might place the most unbounded trust. Sne soon alter- wards did send the patienis the cards of her own lawyers, whom after her own seven years’ experl- ence in law suits, she kuew to be THE ONLY HONEST MEN IN THE PROFESSION, and most noble, generous, whole-souled men they Were. On account of the sympathy she felc for the sufferers she took the utmost pains to secure all the testimony necessary to obtain lor them such com. ensntion as could be had, even to recoraing the ast will and tesumony of each dying victim with her own hand avd having it duly attested by others. She then advertised tn some of the morn- ing papers for some leading lawyers who would come forward and vindicate the rights of these poor people for charity’s sake, and she produced favor- able responses irom two firms doing business in Wail street. All this Mrs. B, stated without being asked a single question on the subject by the reporter, and when the latter informed her of the statements uttered against her motives as above set forth, she cried piteously and exclaimed, “O, my God! my husband and tus iriends have bought up lawyers and judges and juries; but there is one thing he could never buy g2gainst me, and that ts the press of New York, though, to my certain knowledge, he has tried to do it, jor lonce knew him to oer a reporter $500 to make a false statement against my character, and the reporter refused. For God’s sake, do me justice at ler Own expense; but she never paid the under- taker his bil), though he naunted her nere fur seve- Tal days, and fuaily went away, after setting her aown very plamly as au imposter. ‘Then there was @ poor man here Whose ciothes were destroyed, and sbe promised him that when he got well she would Provide nim with clothes and furnish him with the means Ol setting up in business, But after several days’ waiting tbe poor man had to go without tne clothes aud promised funds. I could tell you any number of cases of this kind, all of which she had duly publushed in the papers, particularly an evening paper, by SOME INNOCENT REPORTER, At length, however, lt became but too plain that she Was a woman without any means whatever, and wea it had gone so far that she could no longer deny the truth she had a gentleman to call here one night recentiy and take her away. Since thea sho bas been sending letters, containing lawyers’ cards, to all the patients, and advising them, as their true friend, to piace their suit against that ferry com. pany in those lawyers’ nands.’ Turning io tue ‘paient, whose name was Mart. O'Brien, the reporter asked him if he had nad a visit from any lawyers recently, He feebiy pointed to a book that lay beside nim. The reporter took 1t up— @cneap copy of the “Pickwick Papers’—aud from between the leaves there fell TWO ENVELOVES, CONTAINING TWO CARDS, ‘The first was the card of the Liberty street law- yers above mentioned, on the back of which was written the following note:— Sr. Dents Hore. & are my lawyers, er run after cases. Therefore you will recover heavy damages if you emp.oy them, and I will be your wituess. Your true friend, Dra FRIENn—Messra. The second note was written on both sides of a blank card, and ran thus:— , DENI8 HOTRL, Auguat 19, 1871. Dean Farexp—Do not sign any law papers or close with any lawyer until I see you. e mel am your best friend. Iwill come as soon as I feel w lite better; but will be giad to see you or hear (rou you through your friends. “Did you sign papers for any lawyer?” asked tne reporter of the suiferer. “Yes,” he answered, very weakly, “I signed some papers for somebody wien I was unconscious and DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING I wish { could stop it now, but I can’t do anythin, at present. My sister and brother-in-law, named Rouse, live at J) Jay street, Brooklyn. If they could know of this they Would put a stop to It.” “T shall let them know it,” said -the reporter. Poor O'brien looked up gratefully and turned away his weary head again, The reporter then imterviewed all the remaining Westileld patieuts, male and female, and found that each had r rds printed aud endorsed like Wwe irse gt re, but nO countermand lke the second. Maitie Higgins and Mary Murphy each re- ceived a similar card, runulag as follows:— Sr. Denis HOTEL. MATTIE~I sena you my lawyers’ card. They never 7 cases and are Uncorruptibie. I will be witness to your terrible suilerings, Send your friend to me and I will ‘Send you some important news. Your friend, “What do you think of this, Mrs. Bishop ”’ asked the reporter of one of the female nurses at tne hospt- 0 wa. “| think ghe was a decoy duck sent here by them thieving lawyers,” answered the nurse very em- phaticaily. bd WHAT MRS. B. HAS TO SAY, Meantime a reporter employed the passing hours 10 giving the parties accused as above un opportunity of making statements in their defenc He jound Mrs. B.contined to her bed in a room at the St Denis Hotel, where she was obliged to give him an audience on aecount of her being too Lil to leave her couch, For the satisfaction of Mra. Grundy, Mra. B.'s ttle boy, & handsome intelligent lad, who searcely ever jcaves lis mother’s room, and an Mrs. B. gave the reporter a Jong, and, as he knew, a very accurate account of her services to the wounded in Bellevuc Hospital, and gave as @ reason for her temporary absence from that institution her present severe illness, Which resultea from her having been POISONED BY THE DISEASED BLOOD of a patient who died in her arms at the hospital, and who, tn tis dying agony, dug nis bieeding nal is into her Besb, The explanation of her present il l- and teil my story as I have told it, for it is the truth as God 1s my judge, and I may never rise off this bea.” Mrs, B, then repeated the above given state- ments circumstantially, aud emphatically contra- dicted the statements of the other volunteer nurse, The reporter then took his leave, Mrs. B, still weep- ing and asking him to REMEMBER HER IN HIS PRAYERS, The reporter called at the elegant oltices of Mrs, B.’s lawyers, in Liberty street, and had an inter- view with the head of the firm, after a delay occa- sioned by his transacting that same sort of business and closing an agreement with oue of the victims of the Westield (the mother of Henry Storms), who told the reporter she was sent to him by Mrs. B. ‘The terms, aiter a hard struggle, were reduced to ten per cent of the proceeds alter deaucting the costs. This lawyer was very emphatic in his declar- ation that his firm never gave anybody even a hint to solicit business for them uuder any circum- stances, and extracted a promise from the reporter that such @ statement would be made m connec- tion with any other which the reporter might write. He did not know how it was tat so many of the Westileidt suiferers came 10 them In preference to apy other jawyers, and said he had private reasons for not telling how many such clients iney had already secured. In reply to a question from the reporter, Which appeared to make him feel rather uneasy just then, he answered that he was very well ecquainted with Mrs. B.; but he had not seen ber for a jong time ana had held no communicauon wiatever with her since the West- Heid expiosion, (Mrs. Kk. Made a statement to the same effect.) She had certainly sent him no clients (!) and none came to iim by solicitation; of that he Was quite sure, “i was MRS. B.'S COUNSEL,”! said he, ‘in her divorce case; she says In some others; I don’t know how tnat is; 1 cannot say how many 'Wesitield cases 1 have got now; there is a reason of policy for it, and I should not like to men- tion hames; I have no idea when those suits will be commence,da’’ “Do you know where Mrs, B, is now ‘’’ asked the reporter. ‘0, Ido not, I may have some iaformation soon on this subject which it might be worth your while to obtain, if you eave me your card I shall send it to you." This, the reporter saw, was @ delicate way of fix- ing his own idenuty for future contingencies; but, not having the fear of any lawyer whatever before his eyes, the reporter gave the gentieman his paste- board disappeared down the elevator, He then proceeded to the otlice of THE FIFTY PER CENTERS on Broadway and interviewed the head of the firm in his elegantly furnished apartments. This gen- teman sald he had already secured two of the Westfigid cases; but he entirely and emphaticaily denied that he or any member of his firm, or any messenger or agent therefrom, bad solicited cases in Bellevue Hospital or elsewhere, He had heard of Mrs, B, and her efforts to procure ail the cases for other lawyers; he dtd not think much of Mrs. B., any way, and he scorned to be mixed up at all in that sort of bust- ness. To prove his respectability be showed a sirong recommendation srom Charles O'Conor as to integrity and so forth; but, alas! he could not ac- count .or the possession of several of his profes- sional cards by the reporter, who took them from the patieuis at Bellevue Hospital. . OUR SUMMER RESORTS. LONG BRANCH. A Little Incident at One of the Hotels—How a Private Club Room Produced a Scene— The Ocean Grove Speculating Fever—Good Works of the Disciples of tie Devil. Lona BRANCH, August 23, 1871. Some of the guests have a private little club room of thelr own atthe best hotel here, which, though not gorgeously fitted up nor much more convenient than John Chamberiatu’s cottage, is exceedingly well patronized by some of the joily old magnates who make this magnificent hotel their summer ren- dezvous. This room lies right off the hall, in the main corridor, next to the grand staircase. Here at almost auy time you can find a congenial party at draw poker or whist, with as much money staked as you may find frequently at “the cottage.’’ Four of these solid old dignitaries, however, who used to play, have ceased sluce a little incident occurred which I now propose to relate, Iheard it legit mately, Mrs, Mackimtosh—I wil! call her Mackintosh for short, though that is not her pame—one of the ladies who figure m the story, thought it too good to keep, and told her sister-in-law, Jenny Mackintosh, who told her beau and be told me. It was Sunday or Monday, or it may have been Tuesday night—I cannot say for certain which— when Mrs, Mack, at about one o'clock, missed Mack from her side and cauuously descended to the dimiy-lighted clerk's desk to know where he could be. No one knew there, and she proceeded through the corridor; but just as she came opposite No,— shall I say 22?—she heard Mack's voice inside:— “I go twenty better 1” Mrs. Mack's heart stood still. She knew enough to understand the meaning of those mystic words. At first she was confused, and knew not what to do. Then indignation seized her, and she was about to break down tue door and collar Mack, when she heard another voice, that was also familar, reply:— “Ah | twenty better? Well, I see that and go ten more |" The last familiar volce was Judge—well, say Judge Slocum. Judge Slocum was the husband of her dearest and most intimate friend; and, in the kindness of her beart (being a woman), Mrs. Mack determined to have Mrs. Slocum on the spot to share her misery, Mrs, Slocum’s room was not far away, aod there Mrs. Mack nied. ‘My dear,’’ said sue, “Is Judge Slocum In? No! Tam 80 /lad of it, I cannot sleep, and want you to keep me company.” Now, it Was near one o'clock, and yet, strange to eS say, Mrs. locum was not asicep. She told Mrs. Mack that she was sitting up tor the Judge, who was etre iat mgt, ewouan sould at the Continent have carried this diabolical plot to completion, and Mrs. Mack was that woman. “Well, dear, throw your cape over you, and let’s go down in the corridor. My husband is away to- night, and I feel feverish and must walk.” down they went into the corridor, and Mrs. Slocum’s ears Were astonished by hearing the ooaae remark tc some heathen Chinee opposite, “I ou , “Why, that’s the Judge’s votce,” said Mrs, Slo- cum; but before she could act upon the new light let in upon her another volce—not Mack’s this time, but Colonel, well, Vil call it Benson’s— another voice replied, “Three queens |” “D—n your queens! My two pair ain’t worth shucks !” “Why, they are gambling said Mrs, Slocum, in ‘8 tragic stage Ww! per. “My husband, too; and wasn’t that Colonel Ben- son’s voice ?’ Mrs. Mack assented readily, It was Colonel Ben- Women—wives, son's voice. “Then li gocall Mrs. Benson. too—are not tobe treated this way any longer;’” and, before the ready Mrs. Mack could prevent her, Mrs. Slucum was up the stairs like @ shot. One of the Senne eae clerks saw this proceeding and thought it due to the high religious peace and harmony of the nousenold to interfere, He came up to Mrs, Mack and said very affably, “Aint you afraid you will catch cold, Mrs. Mack? You had better go to your room.” ra, Mack put her toot down atonce. “Not till I see this out, Mr, Clerk,’ said she, “and you'd better not interfere.” The clerk withdrew, fearing even to simulate a warning cough. Soon Mrs. Slocum came back, with Mrs, Benson, who was all in a tremor, “Why, what's the matter, Mrs. Mack? Here comes Mrs. Slocum in my room Ilke a Lady Macbeth in reui Itfe, and drags me out without a word of ex- planation and brings me here |" “Ob, Wait? said Airs, Slocum, ‘and you'll ask no exp agation, These men | these men 1)? as then a new voice inside said, “Give me three cards.” “Oh, heavens! said Mrs. Slocum, “that’s Dr. Thompson's voice! Are all the women’s husbands a-p aying cards to-night?” Just then Slocuim’s basso profundo smote the ears of the trio. “lwo cards,” said Mrs. enson, in her vexauon probably at being unumely called out of bed, said, with sweet wom- anly mnocence, “Why, that’s your husband |” “On, yes !’ said Mrs. Slocum. ‘Wait awhile, my dear, and see who else’s husband you hear.” Just then Benson’s voice put 12 an appearance : “1 bet ten |’? “Al.” said Mrs. Slocum, “that’s your husband,’? Then Mackintosh’s voice came again to the tront, and both Mrs. Benson and Mrs. Slocum turned to Mrs. Mackintosh and said, with one voice, “And that’s your husband !” Well, to make a long story short, Mrs, Thompson was brought down, and she, too, heard the evidence of her senses against the sins of ber husband, and the four indignant females held @ calm counsel of war in regard to their pro- ceedings, Mrs. Slocum wanted to go right in and collar them all on the spot, but the rest were too timid, Finally the exciting noises, the jmgling of glasses, the Tumes of cigars and the caoalistic phrases in the room increased to such an extent that Mrs. Slocum could stand it no longer. She determined to go it alone, on condition that her aliies should follow her after the first desperate plunge was taken. This the temale confederates solemuly agreed to Ady sng they jolued hands in token of the compact. Then Mrs. locum, curbing her righteous indignation, knocked firmly at the door. Nobody in the room seemed to care much for this knocking, the noises and the cabalistic sentences went ou as before, and Mrs. Slocum knocked again. Then for answer came a voliey of oaths that startied Mrs. Slocum from her hold on the door knob and sent the three allies two or three yards back towards the reserve line. Then the gallant Slocum, with marvelious itrepedity, demanded admission in the name of woman's oul raged rights. “Open this door, Judge Siocum, and let your wife in!” With that she pressed tirmly falnst the door, determined to go in if It was opened. A dead silence reigned for a second inside; then there was a basso profundo oaih; then there were two or three course ers; then the lighis were suddenly doused, tables were upset, and all the hu- manity in the room broke for the door, surs, Slocum sunk, like a dyiug swimmer iu his agony, into the wratutul sea of men’s apparel that surged beyond her as the door wus suddenly opened, and the three allies who were going to back her so firmly fled ingloriously up the broad staircase to their couches, where they were curled up in innocent sieep when their husbands finally found them, The scene that ensued I canuotdescribe, Slocum and his wife have ope, and all the men are to be seen In Knots laugh- wf amons themselves, Let this inform them that the women are having a pretty good laugh tou. LAND SPECULATION AMONG THE SHOREMEN. The camp meeting is ciosed; but there ure a num- ber of visitors there yet. Mostof them seem to be speculating in Ocean Grove lands. Property is ap- preciating here at a rate that astonishes the con- Servative Jersey seashoreman, “Why,” said one of these salt sca landlubvers, “its bewter’n two crops—Jest to set round and tet your land go up.” JOUN CHAMBERLAIN AND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. A number of items overfow all round the neigh- borhood from the camp meeting. A Methodist preacher in Long Pranch, 1 am told, recently ap- plied to the association to let him hold a Sunday School picnic on the groun but, for some reason or other, objection was made. Probably he was not of the orth0cox order, or, perhaps, he didn’t believe in camp meetings; ‘Indeed tt may be that he belonged to some other denomination than the Methousts, At any rate objection was made, and he was debarred from holding any picnic on the Ocean Grove grouniis. Now, what do you talnk the perversity of this minister led fim to do’ he asked Joun Champeriain for the use of the picnic grounds on Monmouth Park racecourse. Did John let him have it? Of course be did, He not only let him have it free, but proposed to furnish stages enough to carry tle Sunday school children out there. John, m fact. entered so heartily Into the arrange- ment that his zeal could hardly be curbed. = “L'il tell you what I'll do,’ said he; “we wantthe little fellows to have a ‘buily’ good time. Wil see if I can’t get you upagame dinner, by Jove. How’ll that do? Just make yourself easy, sir; the park is yours and ail that is in 1t, and I hope you will enjoy yourself to the fullest.” ‘The picnic is to come off next week, I believe, and John and the Sunday school cuildren are busy get- ting ready for it, THE GRAND BALL of the season is to take piace at the Continental on Monday night. The list of names attached to the card of invitation is enough to insure the respect- ability and high tone of a dozen ordinary hops. NEVERSINK HIGHLANDS. Family Life at a Sociable Summer Resort— Boating, Bathing, Fishing and Pedestrian Feats on the Hills—A Formidable Rival to Loug Branch—What Can Be Done on the Shrewsbury. NEVERSINK HIGHLANDS, Angust 26, 1871. Nature seems to have fashioned out the Highlands as @ sulimer resort par excel/ence, uniting there all the advantages of mountain and seashore, A bolder or more picturesque range of hills than that which skirts the Shrewsbury River cannot be found on the coast from Maine to Florida, The woods which cluster on the mountains afford promenaders a kaleidoscopic view of glen and glade, with occasional gilmpses of the beautiful Shrewsbury and the ever- foaming beach) beyond. From Mount Mitchell, the bighest peak of the range, one of the most glorious panoramas that could greet the human eye lies at the feet o1 the gazer, extending from the metropolis miles out on the wild Atlantic. Then the drives, except in very wet weather, partake of the same variety, and can be extended from the Highlands to the Branch. Apropos of the latter resort, the note) proprietors there evince the most uniounded jealousy of the banks of the Shrewsbury because Nature has beea so bountiful in that direction, and they exhibit this jealousy in Ways that are exceedingly small. One plan of theirs isto prevent the New York moruing dailies from reaching the Highlands until late In the day, and this they seem to accomplish through the secret ald of the powers that be on sea and land, who control the only means of communication between the great clty and the Jersey coast. The person who has charge of the newsstand on the boats of the Narra- gansett line 13 obliged to pay an exorbitant sum an- nually for the privilege, and this circumstance will probably account tor his charging ten cents for a dally paper. There but two hotels at tne Highlands, which are entirely inadequate to accommedate the great influx of visitors that of late years have found their Way Lo this Charming spot, At'Thompson’s Atlantic "avilion, areal, Lona fide tamily hotel, a crowd of well-known New Yorkers may be found on the spa- cious grounds in front of the house, For chuldten especially the place possesses rare attracuions, aud there is & great contrast between the chubby young- sters that romp on the green above tho river and the sickly-looking juveniles thatone meets at what are called fashtonabie watering places. We have here the finest suri batning on the coast, and those who do not chose to be buiteted by the billows can be accommodated in the still water of |, the river, Many parues are ormed every week for bathiug excursions to Red Bank, or Pleasure Bay, and even the Long Branch folks often seek a respite from Wew cheerless sand and explore and enjoy the many lovely spots on the Shrewsbury. For fish- ing parties the river aiso presents unusual attrac tions, Which are prompuy and constanuy taken ad- vantage of oy the guests of Atlantic Pavilion, A Visit to the home of the Neptune Club, which Is situated at the foot of the olufl on Which the beautl ful residence of Mr. Minturn, owner of tho steam- boats Seabird and Helen are located, is a pleasure without alloy, There are forty members belonging to the club, and their house, although small, is cosey and adorned witb ali the modern improvements, Professor William Berge, organist of St. Francis Xavier's church, in Sixteenth street, and his two sisters-in-law, Misses Teresa and Mary Wernete, have added much to che attractions of | ‘hompson’s this season tn ihe musical line. Dr. Berge has placed @ grand piano in the ballroom, and im. Dromptu hyp: solrées are conseauenuy of fre- Pa there are also quite a number of New York families Sto) ping. and they continue to amuse themselves hry a ‘im healthful recreation in every possi- ‘There is little doubt, after this season, that tne Neversink Highlands will draw away much of the faa od of Long Branch, and will become a fash- mable resort of the first order. For this many will be sorry, as common sense and enjoyment, and Not fashion, are at present the ruling spirit there. The great drawback to making the banks of the Shrewsbury what nature intended them to be, the first of suburban resorts, Is the old-fashioned and narrow-minded policy of the parties who own most of the property there. Dog in the manger like, they will neither improve nor sell their lands, although they have been repeatedly offered fabulous prices for their property. tew enterprising capitalists could make the place a perfect summer paradise by & ju- dicious outlay of money. ‘rhe national government might be prevailed upon to deepen the channel of the river, so that boats could make regular trips from the city without waiting for the tdes, ‘Then throw a bridge across the river—no very dificult work—and build on some of the most pict jue sites a few more hoteis, and the best people of the metropolis will fiock thither in preference to the less inviting re- gorts they now patronize, It depends entirely on the property holders, who are at present obstinate in their old fogyism, PINANGAL AND COMMERCIAL, WALL STREET. 1 SaTuRpay, August 26—6 P. M. f On ’Change to-day wheat was more active and a Jair trade was done at some Improvement 1n prices, ‘The cotton market was steady and quiet, with some pressure, however, of sales for future delivery. THE COTTON MOVEMENT. ‘The receipts of cotton at all the ports for the past ‘week were 7,844 bales, aga‘nst 7,630 bales the previ- ous week. The total receipts since September 1, 1870, are 4,002,451 bales, against 2,898,109 bales for the corresponding period of the previous year, showing an Increase of 1,204,352 bales in the present crop. ‘The exports from all the ports for the week Were 14,338 bales, against 2,977 bales for the same week in 1870, The total exports for the expired Portion of the cotton year are 3,152,538 bales, against 2,167,323 bales for the same time in 1869-70. The stock ut all the ports 1s 105,829 bales, against 77,685 bales for the same date last year. THE NEW LOAN. The subscriptions to the new loan to-day were $4,500,000, This leaves only a small amount of the $20,000,000 five per cents yet untaken, but tho amount unsold is not positively known and will not be until a comparison can be made of the books of the Syndicate with those of the Treasury Depart- ment. THE BANK STATEMENT. The weekly statement of the associated banks 1s favorable, but without important feature. ‘The dis- bursements of the Treasury Department by sale of gold aud in payment of the September interest have been sufficient to offset the payments for customs, and the specie items show 4 considerable increase, The grdaual movement of currency to the inierlor ‘80 usual at this season is reflected in w further loss 1n legal tenders. The~increase in deposits is just about equal to the increase in specie, and the loss in greenbacks to the increase im loans, so that tne statement tallies all arouna. ‘The relation of reserve and labilities issuch thatthe banks gain $353,341 in their surplus reserve, which now stands at $10,484,391, ‘The statement compares with its pre- decessor as follows:— August 19, August 28. $304,537, 429 $805, 047,680 pecie...... 408,805 10,722,050 Circulation. 247,552 80, 198,820 Deposits. . 247,257,470 245,709,800 Legal tenders. 70,098,500 69,489, 500, ‘The changes since last week arein detail as fol- lows:— Increase in loans...... Increase in specie, Decrease in circulation. Increase 1n deposits, Decrease in legal tenders. MONEY TWO TO THREE PER CENT, Money was easy, with 2 @ 3 per cent as the rates on governments and stocks. Prime paper was quoted 5 a 734 per cent @iscount. Foreign exchange was dull and steady on the basis of 109g for prime bankers’ sixty-day sterling, and 1095, for sight bills. GOLD 11234 @ 11255. The gold market is engaged in repeating history. The corner in cash gold last Tuesday was the third of parailel severity in the history of the Board. To-day the price of goid stood all day at 112°; —-the third time of such an occurrence in tne history of the Gold Room. As may be inferrea, the market Was stagnant. Late in the day, after the bank statement, a few sales were made at 11234, the mar- ket closing 11244 a 112%. In the gold Joan market the rates ranged from four per cent for carrying to two per cent for bor- rowing. Tue operations o1 the Gold Exchange Bank were as fuilows: Gold cleared. Gold balances. Currency balan GOVERNMENTS QUIET AND STEADY. The government list was quiet. The following were the closing street prices:—United States currency sixes, 116% a 11614; do, 1881, registered, 118%¥ @ 118%; do. do., coupon, 118% a 119; do. five twenties, registered, May and November, 114% a 11434; do. do., 1862, coupon, do., 11434 a 11454; do. do., 1864, do. do., 114% @ 1145; do. do., 1865, do. do., 11434 @ 1145; do. do., registered, January and July, 113% @ 11334; do. do., 1865, coupon, do, 113% a 113%; do, do., 1867, do. do., 11344 a 113%; do. do, 1868, do. do., 1143¢ 8 114%;; do. ten-forties, registered, 110% @ 111; do, do,, coupon, 114% a 11444, STOCKS DULL AND STRONG, The stock market was very aull, but in the main steady, if not strong. The principal variation in price was in Panama, which advanced to 75, but subsequently fell back to 72%. Rock Island, Wabash and Western Union Telegraph maintainea their rising tendency and were a fraction higher. The rest of the list was atrife under quotations of Thursday and Friday. The Southern State bonds were quiet and steady. Missouri sixes svld at 97— the only feature of Interest. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. The following table shows the highest ana lowest prices of the principal stocks during the day:— + $510,251 3, 24 “$27,029,000 2,253,899 2,877,613, New York Central consolidated New York Central scrip... Northwestern. . Northwestern preterred...... St. Paul preferred. Ohio and Mississipp1. Western Union Telegrap! Pacific Mail. Panama... HRT 16 THE RAILWAY MORTGAGES. The following were the bids for the railway mort. gages:— New York Con 6's, 1883. 9234 New York Cen 1887. Oy Tol & Wab 2d m. Tol & Wab equip Tol & Wab cons co Han & Naples Ist 1 Gt West Let m, 184 Gt West 2d in, 18 Nig i Quincy & Tol tat, Wia.. 87 Erie 7a. 3d m, "83. ; Ti & South Iowa {at mn.. 5 96 Buf, NY & FE Jat'n, 77. 98 Gal & Chic extended. Long Dock, bons a Had id Hariem 1st m Hariem con mtg&'s Alb & Sus 2d bas. Mich Cen Istm Chi, Bur & Q8 Mich $07 po, 2d in, Mich SAN Inf 7 pe. ‘ac uar by Mi Central Pacthc bonds. ..100) Union Pacific it m bis. $85 Union Pac id grant 7's. Union Pag income 10% Belleville &8 Ti ist m 8 49 © Bos, Hart & Erie gtd.... 25 atm, ex... 96 Cedar F & Mina Ist m..+ 89 jst m, St div. #6 THE CITY BANK STOOKS. ‘The following were the bids for the city bank atocks:—New York, 187; Manhattan, 147; Mer- chants’, 120; Mechanics’, 133; Unton, 186; America, 148; City, 226; Phenix, 105; Tradesmen’s, 151; Mer- chante’, Exchange, 100; Seventh Ward, 10634; State of New York, 112; Mechanics’ Banking Assoctation, 118; Mercantile, 127; Bank of the ggg Med Bank of North America, 107; Hanover, 1 politan, 140; East River, 119; Market, 126; 10854; Corn Exchange, 125; Continental, 99%; Fine, 165; Commonwealth, 093s; Importers Traders’, 188; Park, 1573; Manufacturers and chants’, 10134; New York National Exchange, Central National, 106; Second National, 180; National, 11434; Ninth National, 116%; Bankers Brokers’ Association, 90, THE IMPORTS OF THE WEEK, ‘The total imports at this port during the past Week reached thé enormous sum of $10,383,8: which 1s larger even than the amount for the mous week at the close of last April, which wag $10, 382,025, THE SPECIE MOVEMENT, The steamer took out $180,000 in specie to-day, The exports of specie during the week and since the beginning of the year have been as follow: Total for the week. Previously reporte Total since January 1, 1871, Same time 1870, Same time 1867. Same ume 1866, Same time 1865. SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOOK EXCHANGE, Saturday, August 26—10:15 A. M. 160000 US 5-20, 0, '67.. 113% 400 she West U Tel. ono Tenn 6's, net nee B00 Quick M Co, 6000 Ga 7's, g vas. 9894 200 Pac M SS Ce 20008 C's, n, JandJy. S74 400 2000 Missouri 6's.. 6000 Mo G's, HA StS ia Ob 12000 do. + 965 16000 Ohio 6's, *81 4000 Ohio 6's, "75, 6000 California 7’: 1000 Brooklyn 6's, wl, 5000 Ark 7's, isto L RA Fs &R'Co. 4000 Arkansas 6’ ¢ lo. 1000 Cen Pac gid bds.. 100% 800 C, OC & 4000 Un Pac Rit lat m. 58%, 100 NJ Ventral Ri... 300) do... b3 ae 100 do. Be 300 Col, C «1 © RR... 20 i § 100H & StJORR.b 6,63 7036 12:15 Clock P.M. 100000 US 5-20, 0, %67.b8 113! Swot Bee. currency. 116: One o’Clock P. M. &Imc, 100 shs Con © of Md 800 West Un Tel... 100 US 6's, "81, 0...... 11! ber U8 630, 07 63... has 9000 US 5-20, r, °65, n.. 118) 3000 Ark 6's, fund bs.. 64) StucucekWerbbe 0° 100 6255 625g 8234 Ba: ae 62) 625, Sans OS” 3 14 a 14 Bg a Lake shore... . 10% a 10% Ra 73 Pittsburg....... 18M a 1183 is, Har & 2% a 97 Northwestern . 71a 713g Col,C &IndCen Ya Northwest’n pf. Mga 91% AMERICAN FINANCES ABROAD. Success of the United States Financial Are rangemenis in Europe. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, August 12, 18716 Judge Richardson, Assistant Secretary United{ States Treasury Department, leaves here to-morrow, after having successfully flied the mission peas | to him respecting the negotiation of the new flva percentlohn. A telegram received last night at jate hour informed the Secretary that Messrs, J: Cooke, McCulloch & Co., of London, had closed fe the whole outstanding balance under a combi! tion entered into with English and Continental bankers, Atthe same time negotiations nad beer entered into under the auspices of the banking 1 of Seligmann & Stewhetmer, of Frankfort, but th pending arrangements were not brought t @ close. It would appear that much valuable tim@ was lost, owing to the absence from Frankfort of some of the leading operators. I nave already had occasion to remark that at this time of the year & majority of business people are ‘aking a holidayy and to this circumstance, probably, it must be as- cribed that the Syndicate at Frankfort was foree, stalled by their bretiren in London. A certal amount has of course been reserved to Frankfort, but the amount is of necessity limited. Had timd been given to compiete arrangements the whold amount would have been placed in Germany, { need scarcely add that much disuppotatment Is fell among the bankers here. The subscriptions, as it were, had been very large, headed, velievey by the Messrs. Seligwann — with’ $4,000, 000, The immediate consequence of the announces Ment that the loan had been successfull} launched, has been a considerable rise in the ¢t of vaiues Known a3 1851 and ten-lorties, whil other descriptions were somewuat weaker when 1 became Known that Secretary Moutweil had coma pleted arrangements to i in outstanding bonds, According to other accounts the Jealousy among th varlous competitors has been the cause of bo Ho into the hands of the English combination. How. ever that may be, the ieeling of disappointmen@ is exceedingly great, and (rom it 1t becomes evie dent that all had a desire lo secure the nego~ tiation, but a want of unity and promp’ acuon produced delays, which turned out fatal to German — interests. I understan that no five per cent Londs will be placed ol the market, unless parties cousent to take an equi proportion of tour-and-a-hall per cents, [tis nol very likely that the bankers will lose thelr opportus nity the next time. Now that the ball ts started, Secretary Boutwell will meet with no dificulty t placing on the German markets any amount he de< sires, be it of ive or four and a hall per cent inter est-bearing bonds, ‘The cohfidence in American credit, as it appears, is unlimited among ail cl: of people in Germany, ‘hey do not purchase securities for mere speculation. Large amounts taken as boda jide jnvestunents, well knowing that no betier security can be lon the face of thi globe. In making this assertion 1 do not consult my own feelings, but am correctly interpreting the ex« pressions of all persons I have had occasion to cond verse with Jor some ume, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. FORE: ‘The last sik season has, upon the whole, bee® one of heavy loss to the Chinese exporters, ‘The attitude of Austria In the Rouwanian question continues favorable to the matutenance of Prince Charles on the throne. The SheMield (Engiand) corporation are taking active steps to prevent the soread of cholera, and ta erect fever collages outside ‘he town, The Munictpal Couvcll of |.yons has voted a sum of 12,000 francs for the foundation of a popul: iibrary in each of the six arrondissements of wi city. The garrisoning by Turkish troops of the forts begun by the Khedive 18, according to th Homeward Mati, & condition of the Sultan’s appro val of the transfer of the Suea Canal to an English company. 1¢ 1s officially stated in the Stofss Times that smally pox entirely disappeared from the canton of Lucerna two mouths ago, excepung in @ parish on the bil near the sumall town of Willisau, Walch ts not visi by tourists. The Nuova Patria of Naples says:—“The tron« Nated frigate Italia, in which tue Duke of Genog as been entered to take & voyage of lustruction, touching at Spain and Portugal, is now being fitte up in our harbor,” According to Dr. Zuelzer, of Berlin, Astattc chole: has certainly entered Germany. puring the frat three days of August seventeen fatal cases occurres in Konigsverg; the first was of a Polisi merchan' who arrived at Kinigsberg from Wirbalien. In Kigq seventy-five deaths irom cholera were reported tween the 5th and 22d of Jnuiy. Yhe Swiss Times reports the arrival of a |: number of rifiemen at Genoa, aud they were very hospitably received. Those from Neuchatel brought, in addition to a cup, @ Very laudsome flag, as @ pres sent for the republicans in Macoa. The body off rifemen destiued for Macon Wii number over twa thousand men. Coionel Aymon 18 commander of the Swiss competitors, ‘The directors of the Danube and Black Sea Rail. way and Kustendjie Harbor Company, in their re« pore, state that the expectation that a lata acts mulation of grain stored in Wallachia would be sen¢ forward as soon as the mavigaivon opexed, had not been realized, owing to the foods. ‘The crop whict ‘ 18 now being gatuered in the Dobrudscha ts mad to be abunvaut anid of good quality, The wheat an barley crop in the Princtpaliues are also believed be abundant, ‘The manwnvres of the Russian troops will be on @ yrander scale thaa usual this year, A novel feae ture will be the construction of a railroad by soldiers who have been trained for this purpose, Ia 1859 A namMber OF troops Were sent to Lhe diferent railroads for instruction, with a view to the uite< rior forfnation of compantes capabie of building, destroying of managing railroads in time of wary During the coming evolutions these men will lag” down rails to counest the Poterlom and Warsaw ¢ lines. The distance {8 a little over five miles, and the work must be completed in ten days, so that lino can be made use of for the transport of tTo0) during the last four or dive days of the mmaacu'