The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1871, Page 8

3 THE UNION DEPUT. The Finest Passenger Railroad Depot in the World, Fal) Description of the Building—Vanderbilt Awake—A Three-Million Monument Com- pleted—The Hackmen’s Horror—No More Jehu Jobe—Twenty Police to Watch Them—Commissioner Smith at Last Protects the Public. OUR RAILROAD ARTERIES. ‘While New York has justly acquired the reputa- uon of being the commercial centre of this hemt- ephere—a city after whose institutions and habits, not excepting ballet-box stufing, all other cities ‘with any aspiration to greatness copy—she has long been far in the rear in point of accommodations for ‘he millions who yearly are in the habit of patron- izing the great railroad arteries that centre here, Chicago, St, Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Boston, Cleveland and even the little city of Detroit, in point ‘01 depot accommodation have long brought THE BLUSH TO THE CHEEK OF NEW YORKERS who are in the habit of travelling farfrom home, It 4s to be said with regret, but it 1s nevertheless a truth, that the raliway companies in the past have ‘been 80 intent upon rolling up large dividends that they have disregarded alike the comfort of the travelling public aud the fair fame of the city in Tur- nizhing depot accommodation. But all things must have an end, and atlast we are Jikely to see the end of the period of tumble-down, busty despots, reeking with filtu and vermin, ‘The patient dint and powder shock Will blast an empire or a rock. And the grasping railroad directors have at last #uccumbed to the clamor of a disgusted public, and given us A GREAT UNION DEPOT that eclipses anything in that line that the world has ever seen. We speak of the great depot iocated on a number of lots facing East Forty-second street, which on Monaay will be open for the first time to receive the hurrying thousands who follow the charge of the Pufing engine across continents, THROUGH TUNNELLED HILLS, ‘and along the course of the winding streams. This junmense structure, erected by the Harlem Railroad, ae designed for the permanent use of the Harlem, New York and New Haven, and tne New York Cen- tral ana Hudson River Railroads, The vast edifice covers nearly five acres within its ‘walls, and would hold all the people who attended the Fort Sumter meetings in 1861 if they were packed In it, The size of the roof, the intricate gorgeousness of the richly worked trasswork, the brilliant effect of the two acres of glass set in the 4ron sashes of the roof, and the thousand other de- tails combined, put the structure on a level, for ‘vastness and grandeur, with any Old World cathe- Gral, In this depot, which is five feet longer ana Many feet wider than the Great Midland depot in London, the most perfect system yet scen in Amer- ‘ea will be perfected under the charge of depot masters, who will have charge of all the detalls of passenger transportation and all terminus work, Bvery improvement that the human mind could suggest and that could be procured by the lavish outlay of money has been made availaple in the new Union Depot. The building covers the area from Forty-second street to Forty-Mith street and from Fourth avenue to a new street intervening between the depot and Madison avenue. In it there are about one hundred rooms for different purposes, all of which will be handsomely fitted up and neated by steam, with gas and water. Each of the rooms contains from thirty- ve to 112 feet of vertical tube-heating radiators, ‘The oMces are fitted up with black walnut, oak and ash woodwork and upholstered furnitare. The depot contains ladies’ and gentlemen’s resta0fants and dining roome, in which food of the vest quality as served in a style as good as at De! ¥ ie floors ,celow sender havea Pomepteg ‘te oa] bar which’ will be rented out, with ey class F shops and hairdressing salooas, bathrooms, and junch rooms, restaurants for ladies, toilets for Jadies and gentlemen, and every accommodation for the thousands of people who get off trains while warting oi ryt’ to other roads, or while wail y of our three roads, Sree’ OAT UAp A of on ‘AITING AND DRAWING ROOMS, fitted up in the best fashion. The New York and New Haven Kaflroaa Company have their offices on the Forty-second street or south front of the butid- ame @ New York and Harlem Company have their Ofiices Of tht West side of the building, front ing on the new street, which Is sixty leet Io width. ‘These last ofiices, which extend 20g ject & th Hom Forty-second street, and 495 feet o! e Qn the bniidin, are ge one the iigeg of the New York Central Ralirdad a udson River division of ¢ Central road. Part of this end is used as a bag- gaze department for the Central Railroad. The car house proper, into Which ali the traini Will run and from which they will depart—02 He day in number—is 650 feet long by 200 feet wide. It is brilliantly lighted by twenty-four im- mens¢ = sunlight hanging irom the cei- 2a, all of which are lignted by electncity, The ‘Gor of the structure is supported by sixty-two heavy wrought iron trusses, that add not only to the sxolidity but also to the beauty of the interior of the Gepot. No mortar is used in the building, which is entirely fireproof, consiructed of tron, glass, granite aud brick. Cement and concrete are used instead of mortar. There are two acres of glass in the roof aloue. The yard tacks outside of the depot wul have corrugated trop sheds, covering tn all, exciu- sive of area of building, six or seven acres of ground. Some of them wil be two stories high, And the upper stories will be used to contain Dian- kel, linen and upholstery goods for sleeping and palace cars. The building is three stories in height above the ground, making four with the basement, and has veen erecred at A OOBT OF ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS. The exterior view 18 one of great beauty, the ma- terial being red brick, with iron trimmings, painted white, to give them the appearance of marole, The structure 18 topped off by four small towers, and one larger \ower, ou the Forty-second street front, that ‘can be seen down Fourth avenue as far as Union equare, rising up grandly above the pile of iron, granite and brick vnat gupports it. This edifice is 4, MONUMENT OF COMMODORE VANDERBILI'S WEALTH, Viiliam H. Vanderbilt’s fostering care and watch- fulness, and the architectural genius of J. B. Snook and Isaac C. Buckhout, The ron work comes from ‘the Agricultural lron Works, T. Gardiner, Jr., is the carpenter, I. 0, Buckhout the engineer, P. O’Brien aud J. P. Andrews the masons. ‘The granite used 18 from Portland, Me.,and the blue stone is (rom the East River quarrics. The wetght of the iron roof 1s twenty-three pounds per square inch, and it 18 cal- culated that the strain on the iron is not more than 8,000 pounds to the square inch. The allowance for expansion Or contraction by snow, heat or wind is ‘about Mfty pounds per square foot.’ It is calculated ‘What the roof will rise at a certain season 0! the year ibree inches. To accomtodate tls there ts a con- necting rod running across the width of the bulid: ing, two [eet below the base, which lets out the ‘walls or tightens them up. The So mach for a deseription of the bullding in which ali New Yorkers take pride. THE DIRECTING MIND OF THE DEPOT is Superintendent Toucey, of the Hudson River branch of We Hudson River and New York Centrat Railroad, who has the entire supervision of the building, its empioyés and all the roads as far as the junction at Mott Haven, in addition to his duties as General Superintendent of the Hudson River Raiiroad. Associated with Mr. Toucey as depot masters are J. B. Morford and Joseph Franklin, who ‘will alternate in the supervision of the mammoth Daliding and the direction of the trains. Under these gentlemen will be @ small army of empioyés. Everytaing in the depot wil) pe under as perfect a system as thal whicb governs the English or Continental railway stations, THE MOVEMENTS OF ALL THE SWITCHES On all the three roads will be in charge of tle depot quaster, who will have a number of telegraph opera- tors under him to make the signals. All trains on thetr arrival at the junction of the New York Central with the New York and Harlem Railroad, on we north side of the Harlem River, at Mott Haven, will notify whe depot master at Forty-second street of thelr arrival at the Hariem River. If the tracks are occupied in the depot the master will then switch ‘the trams to give room in the depot for tnose com. ing, in. This nowfcation from the Hariem River i give bim twenty minutes’ time to prepare for ‘the recepuion of we incoming trains. This will pe done by & series of litule steel keysalixed to the outer tide of the rail, which, wheb the key is de- din reed by the wheels of tue train, will connect the tery at the depot. ine Sp cm pened are 80 complete that the depot master wil be enabled from the depot to CONTKOL THE ENTIBE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO TRAINS, and cause them to rn a mile apart. The electric signals are of the most complete kind, and assur- muces are given Wat po collisions can occur under (thew use, Aij the employes of the four roads are to ‘De uniformea and everything done to perfect the a6 San as possible. RY slew) {HE ELBOIRIO SIGNALS will be at @ distance of three streets from each other, ery Ae th on the corner crossings, as [ar as the xcept where the gri ing interieres be self-acting, occur. The signals will power pr We the keys op the rails acting a8 motive enremon {sou We wheels, The ple als will be red circular lights, At the same time jal is shown a gong bell will be rung and will contioue 000 feet from the of trains, THE CENTBING ROA". York and Harlem R¢aq will likely com- mence running from the 0’.w depot on Monday next, the New York and ‘vew Haven a few days later, and the Central an“, Hudson River railroads Somer the 23d and soth imst. 1t was expected SPUYTEN DUY IL AND FORT MORRIS BRANCH would be compresed ere this publication, so that the Great Cer and Hudson River passenger trafic Would e diverted to the east side of the city, but unforeseen delays have occurred, and the Branch canDot be completed before the 23d. ‘The immense frerght business of the Central and Hudson River 8 will still continue to centre at St. John’s Park, but all the passenger trains, except for the accommodation of Yonkers and stations east thereof, will go to the east side. ‘These way trains will continue to arrive at and depart from West Thirtieth street. The Harlem treight and milk trains will run down to Centre street depot as usual, POLICE PROTECTION OF PASSENGERS, The Commodore ana his able army of subordi- Rates have not been unmiudful of the wants of the ublic in the “new departure” they have just taken. he Superintendent, Mr. Toucey, has, by orders, conferred with Commissioner Henry Smith, of ine Police Department, and the resuit is that Commo- dore Vanderbilt has set apart a room in THE NEW DBPOT FOR A SUB-POLICE STATION, Where twenty men will be housed, to protect pas- sengers from swindling Jehus and impart intorma- Uon tothe traveler. They will be always on auty, and will have the general direction of the hackmen, not one of whom will be permitted to leave bis box. As passengers arrive and select coaches the drivers will be compelled to hand them, beiore they enter their vehicles, cards showing their number. These the passengers will hand to porters of the com- panies, who will transfer from the baggage room to tne hack, ‘free of charge,” all baggage, retaining the cards, 80 that a swindling hackman can at once be found by a passenger on applying to the depot master, This new feature in governing hackmen will doubtless raise a breeze, but certainly it isa wise precaution, and if carried out by Commissioner Smith wil do more to protect travellers than a platoon of police, THE COURTS. A Patent Suit—Alleged Non-Payment of Special Tax—Honorably Discharged—Examination in the Ingersoll Charges This Morning—Ac- tion Against a Gas Company—Sentence Against a Defaulting Clerk—Other Business in the General Sessions, UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. A Patent Suit. Belore Judge Blatchford. Eugene Paulus vs, Edouard Bouquin and Another.—Judge Blatchford has given a decision in this case briefy as follows:—This case 1s not so far from doubt in the question involved in the inven- tion covered by the two claims of the plaintims patent as to make it proper to grant a provisional injunction, It must, therefore, go to a final hear- this suit has reference to a patent for improve- ment in the internal works of watches, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUT. The Radcliffe Dinmend Smuggling Case Again. Before Commissioner Osborn. The United States vs. H. C, Justice.—The defend- ant, who had been charged with alleged complicity in the Radcliffe diamond smuggling case, the par- Ucuiars of which have been so frequently published and refered to in tae HERALD, was yesterday re- leased from Ludlow street jail, where he has been confined for a considerable time past, He gave bail in the sum of $5,000, The Case of Mc. Cross—An Honornble Dis- charge. The Case of the United States against James II. Cross.—The defendant, a banker and broker doing business in Wail street, was some days ago charged With placing washed internal revenue stamps on gold tickets, with intent to defraud the government, ‘Mr. Cross submitted his case to examination before Commissoner Osborn, who dismissed the charge, s bgt peerings and _ doing 80 expressed his ronan) ha ni were. iuade. agalust Ygeatitinen: or character eet position without the possibility of sustalning them, but mostly intended asa blackmailing operatfon? The deiendaut, Mr. Cross, was honorably discharged, Charge Agaist a Lawyer. Berore Commissioner Shields. The United States vs, E. J. Anderson. —The de fendant, who is a lawyer at No. 9 Murray street, was charged with having procured two fraudulent bondsmen to an internal revenue pond for one Vasquez. He was liberated on his own recogni- Zance by the Commissioner, _ Non ‘The United States vs. Thomas Broton.—Tho ac- fendant, a liquor deaier at 110 West Broadway, was charged With not having pata his special révenué tax. He was held in $500 bail for examination, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN ADMIRALTY. Calendar for Monday, October 9. _Before Judge Blatchford, 204 Phoenix Yisurance Company va. The Steaza- tog Gratitude et al. 202, Edwin R. Kirk vs. Lewis Audenried, 181, J, J. Austen vs, Canal Boat Entorprise, 183, James Green ct al. vs. Steamship Columb!a. 184, William B, Newberry et al. vs, Bark Le- vanter, 200. Thomas E. Richards vs. Ann Fiiza 8. 206, Patrick Boyle vs. Schooner Breeze, &c. j SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TESW. ‘The Exai mation in the Ingersoll Case. Before Judge Barnara. Havemeyer vs, Ingersotl.—Another ripple of ex- citement, which it was expected wonid reach the magnitude of Professor Agassiz’ tidal wave, dis- turbed the still waters yesterday at the City Court House. It had been arranged that the examination in the complaint brought by Ex-Mayor Havemeyer against Ingersol, charging him with having swindled the city taxpayers out of several miilions of dollars in the matter of furniture for the new Court House, would take place before Judge Bar- bard. There was a large crowa present, anxiously awaiting expected developments. The lawyers were promptiy on hand, but, as is almost unttormiy the case in matters of such magni- tude, the lawyers wanted more time to get ready, It was arranged, in order to accommo- date the legal gentlemen, that whe examiuauon be postponed till to-day. Upon this anuounce- Ment the crowd—as motley ab assembiage as was ever seen in Court—left the court room, a look of great disgust plainly apparent in every counte- nance. SUPREME COURT—CHAM3ES3. Decisions. By Judge lograham. Fryatt et al. vs. John & Alien.—Motion dented, With $10 costs, Henry D. Cone vs, Edward E, Brown.—The claim due from Reavy to Brown should be deducted from the claim of Reavy vs. Brown and the dividend declared on the balance of seventy-five per cent, The plaintiff? may have an order accordingly. Thomas Hariand et al, vs, C. H. Lielienthal.— Motion ted. L, B. Miler et al vs. Christopher Sinn.—Same, Thomas Gavagher vs. E, H. Hamitl.—Same, In the Matter of the Application af Du Bois Smith vs. P. B. Waiker et ai.—Mouon dented. dn the Mater of the Application af Amelia Tracy Jor the appointment of a Trustee Under ihe Laxt mae Testament of Mary Ludiow.—motion en! + Judah Pierce et al. vs. Norwich Fire Insurance Company.—Motion denied; costs to abide event, om Je Mabel et al. vs, Israel C, Tutile,—Motion dente R. W. Todd vs, James Porteus et al.—Same. SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART 2. Alleged Fraud in Grinding Pumice Stone. Before Judge Freedman. Robert J. Waddeu vs, W. H. Alen.—The plainuft brings suit to recover $6,000, alleged damages from mingling marble dust and other ingredients with pumice stone, left at the mill of the defendant to be ground, All day was consumed in the examination of witnesses, the testimony being very contradic. tory. ‘The case 18 still on. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TEAM, Decisions. By Judge Jones. August Belmont vs, Bias Ponvert et al.—Order granted. Addison G. Jerome vs. John Scudder.—Order for discharge of receiver granted. Margare, Welton vs. Charies A, Welton.—Reler- ence ordered. Royal M. Basset etal. vs, R. Robert Codling et @,—Salme, Mer na R. Harringion vs. John H, Wilson, e. >" Benjamin F, Stephens vs, Menly Howe ¢ %ii,— Order oi suhetipanion. : y Freeaman, James Watersion vs. Wiliam Gy Rogers et al.— Memoranda for counsel. John Stuart vs, Kibert Stannard,—Orderea that this case be filed and annexed to the judgment roll. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TERM—PART |. Suit Against a Gas Company—An Explosion. Before Juage Van Brunt and a Jury. David M. Davis vs, The Manhattan Gas Com- pany.—This was an action brought to recover damages by reason of a gas explosion, on the 14th of September, 1863, The plainu had a jewelry store at 557 Broadway, and on the morning of the day above named application was made to the gas company to put in a new service pipe, extending from the street into bis store, as there was some deficiency in the light in his establishment. The plumber put the new pipe in under the gas company’s direction. In the course of the same alternoon the plumber called to see that it was all right, aud told the person tn charge of the store to light up; and he had no sooner com- plied with the request than, quick as lightning, there was an explosion, which destroyed a large portion of the plaintid’s goods and injured several persons, but none fatally. The plaintit! now holds the defendants responsible for the explosion ana loss of property, and seeks to recover from them. The defence is that the company had notbing to do With the matter; that the new Service pipe was put in the cellar, while it was on the floor above that the explosion took place, and that the service pipe was examined by the company’s men, and is good to this day. Case still on, For plaintiff, H. H. Anderson; for defendants, Henry 1. Clinton, GOURT OF COMMON PLEASSENERAL TERM. Pecistons. Before Judges C. P, Daly, Larremore and J. F. Daly Langlein vs. The St. Andrews Episcopal Church.— Judgment reversed, unless the respondent consent toreduce the judgment by the amount of interest received for the period before the commencement of eres and also by the amount of the extra cos! Cunningham vs. Kelly.—Appeal dismissed. Wiliams vs. Barnard.—Judgment aiirmed, Stern vs. Weeks.—Same, Muller ve. Hall.—same. Guggenheimer vs, Zanger.—Same. Schnetder vs, Hohein,—Mouon for reargument denied and stay of proceedings vacated, and dis- charged without costs. chaterion vs, Sletzer.—Juagment affirmed, Nelson, Jr., vs, MeManhon,—Same. Droz vs, Breder.—Same. Lenninger vs, Mussiman.—Judgment reversed, Keller.—Judgment amirmed, Lange.—Judgment reversed. Davidson.—Same. » Merritt. —Same, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. A Defaulting Clerk Sent to State Prison—Tho Recorder No Respector of Persons—Male and Semale Pickpsckets Sent to Sing Sing— A Shooting Case. Before Recorder Hackett. At the opening of the Court yesterday Augustns A. Robinson, who pleaded guilty to two indictments last week, one for grand larceny and another for embezzlement, was brought up for sentence. It ap- pears that irom ume to time within a year he has defrauded his employer, Henry Welsh, out of $10,000, ‘His counsel read a number of affidavits in mitiga- tion of punishment, setting forth that he had hela responsible positions in banking houses and was of Epes to going into the em- lsh. spotless characte! ployment of Mr, The Recorder, in passing judgment, said that he had been approached by a jarge number of gentle- men in beball of Robinson; vut he saw no reason why a criminal of educatiou and respectable posi- ; Hon tn society should be treated more leniently than the poor wretches whom he gent to prison every day. Robinson was sent to the State Prison for five ears, if A PICKPOCKET SENT TO SING SING, Jonn Mortimer was tried and convicted of steali @ gold watch frum Thomas J. McNamara on the 91 of September, while standing at the corner of Broadway and Worth strect. It came outin the progress of the trial that the complainant did not ‘want to prosecute the prisoner, having received an assurance from him that the’ watch would be re- turned. The Recorder, in his charge to the jury, a@nimadverted in severe terms upon the frequent practice of cumpromising felonies. very thief in Unis commuuity, said the Recorder, ought to be sent to the State Prison. Joseph Brande, who on the 5th of August stole ¢40 from Francis Mazins, pleaded gnuiity to an attempt at grand larceny and was sent Lo the State Prison for wo Pours anu six mouths, ALLEGED SUQQTING. Dennis Burns was tried upon 2 charge of Sglontons assault and battery in fring a revolver at a cin J Hurle, corner of Sixty-second street and Nin avenue, on the 4th of September, without provoca- tion, The ball lodged in the shoulder of the com- plainant, ‘The testimony was conficting, Burns aes that a@ saloon keeper named Miller com- mitled an assault upon him, and that in tne fighta companion of his named Kane fired the pistol. Burts was convicted of an assault with a dangerous Weapon With intent to do bodily harm, ‘The Re~ Corder said that the use of firearms was too preva- Jent and must be stopped. State Prison three years and six months was the sentence, po a i pF ee Eye “Michael Smith, @ Yous, Was iried and acquitted of a charge of stealing a horse and wagon from Richard Grant on the 24th uf August, the proof ver that the boy was employed by a man to taae 1 away. - - William Reich was found not guilty of steal- imag @ aratt for $72, on the sth of August, from Moses Werler, the testimony showing that it was fewind by anotuer mau, and that the accused came alo possession of it not knowing that 1 was stolen, LARCENY BY TWO FEMALE PICKPOCKETS. Alice Dulan and Mary Ann Dunn were tried and convicted of stealing $2i from the person of Cath- erine Mulloy on the 16th of September, and they were each sent to the State Prisun for three years aud six months. John Gannon, a satlor, was convicted of carrying brass knuckles with intené to use them vpon Uficer Gardner, and was sent to the Penitentiary for six montis, A CHARLE:TON CHEAT. A Scion of Virgininn Aristocracy Raising $€,070 from A New York Merchant on a Bogus Share Certificate. Six months ago Louts McLaim, a respectable 100k- ing young man, claiming to have descended from an aristocratic Virginian family, came on to this city from Charleston, s. C., lor the purpose of trans- acting some business connected with his profession asastock broker. At tms ume he had in his pos- session among other things a certificate of shares purporting to give him control of three full shares of tne Southwestern Railroad Bank of Charleston, which also set forth that he was an agent for the company. On the 4th of September last he paid a visit to Frederick P, Olcott, at 40 Broad street, and alter stating that he was the accredited agent for the Southwestern Railroad Bank, produced the fore- going certificate, which, instead of being a docu- ment for the contro! of three shares, as originally drawn, NOW REPRESENTED THREE HUNDRED SHARES. + Having declared, in accordance with the ordinary Tules of business, that the property stated on the paper belonged to him and that he could transfer 1t if necessary, ne asked Olcott to loan him $8,000 on it for immediate business purposes, Vicott appears to have been deceived by the manner and appearance of the young aristocrat, and im compliance with his solici- tation and on the representations he made advanced hun from time to time amounts which foot up in the aggregace to $6,670, McLain again waited on Ol- cou on Thursday and requested a rurtner advance On the ceruficate, ‘The latter, Bowever, would give him no more money until he had made the necessa- Ty inquiries regarding the certificate—a precaution that most mercantile men would have taken the first day the document was brought forward. Mc- Lain protested that the certificate could not be disputed, aud that the transaction was “square’—did Olcott take hin for @ thief?” The laiter began to teel id uneasy instituted inquiries conceruing the certificate, also of the young man, and discovered, unfortunately for himself, that the certificate was originally made out for “three shares” ouly, aud tuat instead of negotiating the paper on that basis he had raised it from three to three hundred shares, and hence in- creased t toa respectable amount. When Olcott returned with thus information ne immediately sent to the police headquarters for an oficer, in the Meantime detaining McLain in the office, who thug fell most unexpectealy into the hands of Detective George Elder, tue officer detaiied to made the arrest. THE PRISONER WAS GREATLY CoNPUSED, And at first denied his guilt, and alleged that no man could prove he had committed forgery, The following is the certificate atwched to the complaint entered by Olcott:— NO, 644—200 SHAREO—GOUTHWPATERN RAILROAD BANK, Louts McLain, agen is eutitied to three hunitred " three hundred -. im the capital stock of th Northwemern Kall ‘Bank, #100 per abare having been paid to the road and 829 per share paid yank. Thi is not irancterable stcopt at the bank, py the stockholder in person or by attorney JOHN M'COUHRAN, President. The figure 3" stood originally about @ quarter of an inch from the word “shares,” at the top nght- hand corner of the paper, aud it was in this space that Me! Inserted the two ciphers to mark “300.” But in writing out the document at drat the penmean had made the scroll work, or superfuous Nourish of his pen, to extend from the word three quite across the word shares, thus compelling MoLalg ie” rare uiloleus Of ble 86rgl tO Mnsert tug wird “niandred,” which was so badly done that the lines can be seen to traverse through the entire length of the word. The prisoner was taken terday, tn charge of Detootve, Hider and, agcony ‘est a panied oa hly respectable gentlemen nown to his family, who ee RY pobieny which would necessarily eing Sent to prison. As it was neoessary 10 via further informa‘ion and more proof of his guilt 1 was proposed to let the case stand over until wit- nesses from Charleston should arrive, when a for- mal examination could be had in the matter, McLain sakl that was quite unnecessary, as he did not propose to oceasion so mach trouble to the Court, and atter the administered the customary caution he repeated deliberately, I ac- knowledge it.” He was accordingly ‘committed to his cell without bail. JEROME PARK RACES, Opening Day cf the Fall Meeting. The Races to Take Place, the Probable Startersin Each and the Pool Selling Last Night. To-day 1s the first of the falt mecting of the American Jockey Club. ‘Never were there such prospects for splendid racing as the programme of the coming events indicates. There must be large fields and close, exciting contests. More than one hundred and sixty horses are at the course, and, it is asserted, doing well. Six races are set down for the amusement of the opening day. and, the weather permitting, there will be present at this beautiful and fashionable park an immense gathering of people, The fixst event on the list 1s the Handicap Sweep- stakes, one mile and @ quarter. There are twenty- one entries for this, but the probable starters will be Ortolan, 106 lbs.; Niagara, 106 1bs.; Remorseless, 105 Ibs.; Haric, 103 lbs.; Dennis Burns, 100 1bs.; Finesse, 103 lbs.; My Maryland, 97 lbs.; The Doctor, 95 1bs.; Monarchist, 90 lbs.; Crouse’s filly, 83 lbs. ; Fanchon, 82 1bs,; Rattan, 82 Ibs, The second event is the Champion Stakes for three-year-olds, $100 each, half forfeit, with $1,500 added, the second horse to receive $300 out of the stakes; two miles. The starters will probably be Harry Bassett, Monarchist, Mary Ulark, Stockwood, Nellie Ransom and Alroy, The third race 1s the Nursery Stakes, a sweep- stakes for two-year-olds, one mile, $59 entrance, play or pay, $1,000 added, tne second to receive $200 out of the stakes. The probable starters will be F. Morris’ bay colt St. Patrick, Hunter & Travers’ Eclipse and Mand colt, 1. W. Pennock’s entry, D. D. Withers’ entry, Joe Daniels, August Belmont’s entry, R- W. Cameron's Leamington and Stolen Kisses filly and James 8, Watson’s entry. The fourth race isa purse of $400, for all ages, three-quarters of a mile. This closed yesterday, witn John Coffee’s bay colt, three years, 95 Ibs,; ¥anchon, three years, 92 Ibs.; John Merryman, three Years, 95 lbs.; Urtolan, four years, 108 1bs.; Lema, three years, 92 lbs.; Mary Louise, three years, 92 lbe.; Lora Byron, three years, 95 lbs,; Nettie James, four years, 105 Ibs,; Tubman, three years, 95 Ibs.; Vespucius, five yeara, 114 lbs; Heenan, three ‘Years, 95 Ibs.; Felicity, four years, 105 1bs,; Midday, tree years, 105 lbs, The fifth raceis @ sweepstakes, four miles, $500 entrance, $100 forfeit, Of the eleven entnes only two will probably start—Thomas W. Dosweli’s Eclip- tic and F. M. Hall’s Major. ‘Ihe sixth race, @ handicap steeple chase, closes the day's sport. tis fora purse of $800, of which $200 goes to second horse. The starters will proba- bly be Duffy, 150 pounds; King Jonn, 147 DeERAB).] Tammany, 145 pounds; Jim Tisdale, 137 pourds; Surprise, 137 pounds; Blackbird colt, 115 pounds Pools were sold upon these events ‘last night at the new rooms of the American Jockey Clab, on the corner of Madison avenue and Twenty-seventh street, by Messrs. Underwood & McGowan, and also at the rooms of Messrs. Marshall & Johnson, Broad- way and Twenty-eighth street. The inclement weather kept away many of the Sporting gentlemen, but yet an idea may be obtained of the prevatiing feeling as to the winners by the annexed figures :. SOLD AT THE CLUB uOUSE, Handicap Sweepstakes.—Finesse, $25; Remorse. ‘yland, less, $15; Ortolan, $5; My Mar: 5; Th Monarenist, $65 Crouse’s filly, $3: fasnaee tor, $5; $6; tne field, $10. CHAMPION STAKES. ++$100 (Wathont Bassett.) 10 $20 Y $25 10 Monarchist. 5 an « Mary Clark: 5 15 10 Alrdy..... : 5 20 10 The Nursery Stakes,—Joe Daniels, $100; Morris’ entry, $30; Hunter & Travers’ entry, $25; Withers’ entry, $20; Belmont’s eniry, $10; Pennock’s entry, $5; Cameron’s entry, $5; Watson’s eatry, $5, Dash of Dee Uae ara etary $50; Ortolan, $20; Vespucius, $10; el field, $45. 8 PTR Four pies Eatpie, $50; ‘Tubman, icity, $10; the ZRe~ pees so #50; Major, $15, oy $25; Tammany, $10; King _ Steeple Cliase,—-Diity, Jond, 33 Iii Tisdale, $9; Surprise, $0; Blackbird colt, $5, By Messrs, Marshall & Jonnson HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, Finesse... $25 25 30 2 a 25 17 18 20 12 13 16 | 7 aT 16 43 neh 22 26 cn AVEO STAKES, Harry Bassett. 20.100 115 185 170 100 ‘he Field... +. 80. 29 34 87 41 25 With Bassett Out, Stockwood. a ss+e00$50 50 70 70 Mary Clark. + 58 30 50 40 Nejlie Ransom. Alroy... Monarchist The Field. Joe Daniels Morris’ ent Hunter & ‘Traveri ‘The Field. . D varters.—Ortolan, $24; Tubman, $20; the field, $56, STEEPLE CHASE. Duffy..... $70 itd Tammany.. - 68 60 Surprise. 22 25 King John, 20 24 The Field, + 2 30 The course can be reached by the New York and Hariem Railroad. A special train to_ the Taces will leave the Grand Central depot sireet and New avenue) at Fe nont. welve M., returning after the races. Special cars Will be reserved for ladies. lt ¢an also be reached by carriages through Central Park, Macomb’s Dam, Central avenue and by Bloomingdale Road to King’s Bridge; also by ihird avenue and Fordham cars. Late last evening it was announced oMciaily that {he races will positively take place if a flag 1s raised at Wallack’s Theatre and on the ciub room, Madison avenue and Twenty-seventh street, after ten o'clock A. M.; and information will also be sent to Broad street and ail the principa) hotels, HORSE NOTES, “FREE FOR ALL.""—The trotting season for 1871 is near its close, and so far as the number of promis- ing norses is concerned it will, when summed un, present a most brilliant track record. The stimulus given to breeding, by the award of liberal purses and premiums, 1s evidenced in every section; for horse culture and horse training have now become ascience, through which instrumentality the press is enabied to chronicle the amazing time shown on the American trotting turf. During the past year ‘‘thre¢ minute’ nags have, without a break, stepped away down in the ithirties;” the “twenty-seven” and “twenty-five” classes have become too crowded for comfortable or safe driving. and the bay gelding Henry has skipped Into that magic circle, distinguishea on the pro- grammes as the “free for all,’ in which the much pampered favorites do pretty much as their drivers piease, and show all the way from “two-tnirty- five” down to ‘“two-seventeen.” This ‘free for all” purse, set down for the closing day of every meeting, has long been classed as “‘an arrangement” by the considerable body called outsiders, every one of whom, however, is compelled to pay his aol- lar. Being men of little faith, they consider it a one-sided affair, presenting a very indefinite margin, 80 far ws the doctrine of chances is concerned asure thing, unless there be collusion among the directors, Bat Gag odds are Ta tempting im this speculative age, and “reliable information” ts usually obtained by as are known to possess pletnoric books; a sly timation confidentially breathed that the favorite 1s ‘‘out of fix’’ usually settles the mat- ter with here and there a “known mau,’ and the ball 1s set in motion, hia ‘*free for ail’ 1s not anew invention, for years ago, when Lady Suffolk could easil7 Win against ail comers, the amiable Dave Bryant was compelled to make hi scarce if the jong, striding gray mare did not sbow in front. Flora Teimple, the next prima donna of the trotting ring, played “give and take’! unul the press clamored 80 against the farce that her owner was forced to place her openly in the hips Podrome business, where she proved a paying Lon in company with Ethan Allen and Princess, on the tracks and fair grounds in the country. Kine Degas was tue pext champion, pnd when be NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. “sawdust Masia” hen ve Fond y Mr. Bonner, and thus saved the threatened red aoa. Lady Thorn was the next wonder this ‘ree for all,” who was sometimes beaten “just for the fun of the thing,” though her owners de- ‘onstrated pu that there was no competitor then in the ring to whom sne could not slow her heels if permitted to do so. American Girl, George Palmer, Lucy and Gold- smith Matd now constitute the fying quartet, for aithougn Bene toeced himself into the high coterie by reason of splendid burat of speed at Boston he has not as yet Ngured at their social reunions. After the meeting at Buffalo in At tthe ‘free for all’’ purses came too thick and to be feasible ior the company to remain united, so that ali might be secured. Goldsmith Maid, with Lucy as tender, was Sevtee wo ~_ wi aealgnment of the fiyers worked like a charm until Golasmita Maid Was said to have been cut loose “antald Cold Spring course and by her unexpected fight had wrested ‘the trotting crown from King Dexter, wile the 10- verest in the powwow was increased by the an- nouncement that Lucy was close up and torcing the tremendous when they flew over the score. ‘This astoui news woke up the Eastern patrons of the turi, who were golug hither and thither to see American Girl and Palmer joe around in the “thirties.” Ti shouted wildly and prated learnedly about short tracks, Western matches, col- Jusion, &c,, never fora moment stopping to think that it was only a “free for all” trot, Ivis time this ‘free for all ring” should be scat- tered. The vast suns invested in tne trotting horse demand it, and it is a fallacy, a wrong inflicted on public interest, to countenance this hippodrome on the track when so many gentlemen are ready to pay fabulous prices for the fleetest horse. ‘the Na- jonal A! tion owe it to the public, by whom thelr courses are so liberally Ratrovized, to put a stop to such practices. ‘he drivers Of tie ring may be particeps criininis— their earnings only at best amount to a percentage, but they merely obey orders, which, it negiecied, woula Nt the most skilful of them from earning their living in the future. ‘The association pos- sesses the power to pi the track, and the leaders should exercise it without aclay, for there is @ hundrediold more satisfaction aie forded by a well-contested trot, even though the pace may be slow, provided honesty be a promment in- gredient, than can be had from all the “free for ali’? exhibitions that have ever taken place. Let the “iree for all’? class trot against time, and then some of them may, perchance, achieve lasting reputations aun thelr numes be associated with Dutchman and rustee. A MATCH FOR FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. John O'Donnell has matched the trotting stallion Honest Allen and running mate against Mr. Lobey’s trotting mare Susie and running mate, mile heats, best three in five, the race to come otf over the Pros- vect Park Fair Grounds or the Mystic Park track (tne one giving the mostof tue gate money to the parties), on the 13th mst, The amount of the Blakes 13 $2,500 a side, MEMPHIS RACES, MEMPnis, Oct. 6, 1371. First Race.—De Soto Stake, for three-year-olds, two mile heats; sweepstakes, $100 each, only $25 If declared; $1,000 added; twenty-seven supscripers, and five declared, Hollywood Mulls’ b. Orisina. pe 2 3 ne » 8 dis, Mills’ entry was the favorite, with Hollywood second, ‘The betting was heavy, anu the knowing ones badly worsted, SECOND Rack.—Club Purse, $400, mile and repeat, for all ages:— ‘time, 1:484—i:48 i. Foster was the favorite, two to one. The atten- dance at the races was large and the track dusiy. THE WELLAND OANAL. Sr. Carnarines, Canada, Oct. 6, 1871. A very large meeting was held here last evening, attended by the members of Parliament represent, ing this section of the country, the principal mill ‘and ship owners, merchants and others, to consider the present defective state of the Welland Canal. Resolutions were passed that improvements were Tequired for the development of the trade of the great West; that the subject is of tne highest im- Portance to the Dominion and should be prosecuted at the earliest possible moment; that the trade of the West and the interests of Canada call impera- tively for the immediate enlargement of the canal, With an abundant supply of water from Lake Erie for navigation and manufacturing purposes. Jt was finally resolved that the foregoing resolu- tions be embodied in a petition to the Legislature and forwarded to the members of Parliament of tae district for presentation. ‘The meeting was a very enthusiastic one, and the past management aud present condition o! the Wel- jaud Canal were loualy denouncea, “BONS OF AMERICA, ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1871. The State Camp of Sons of America hela its annual meeung here yesterday. Some seventy dele- gates were present, representing camps ma‘. from the eastern part of the State, The “4 poard of OMicers retired and the fonlow's, ‘were electea for the ensuing yeal oi — Presiden: sae B. Van Cleft, of New York; Vice President, M. L. Fitkins, of Alpany; Master of Forms and Ceremonies, H.W. Wilkinson, of Wil- Pert Secretary, Rev. Samuel McKeon, of A new “onstitution was adopted and other pro- ceediP vg of no public mterest transacted. To. che evening a mass meeting of the Order was head, at which addresses were delivered by Rev. samuel McKeon, Daniel Ulimann, B. Landman, of chil Messrs. Albertson, Leonard, litt and others. The next meeting will be heid in New York city, in March next. THE KU KLUX KLAN, the Ko Kiuxers Carolina, WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 1971, Information has been received from Raicigh, N. C., to the following effect:—During the term of the United States Circuit Court forty-six judgments have been pronounced of fine or imprisonment, or doth. On the docket for the Jane term were nine- teen cases for su Kluxing. During the adjourned term just ciosed sixty-one more bills were found by the Grand Jury, and of the entire eighty cases only three have been disposed of—viz., The United States vs. K. A. Shotwell and others in the Justice raid, and two in the cases of the United States vs. AMos Owens and others for the Bigger- sta raids, leaving seventy-seven cases on the docket, one of which is the case of Henry Chance (colored) and four others, The cases on the docket embrace several hundred defendants, Dealing with in North How Rep Hor 1RON May BE HANDLED.—Mons, I. Fontelle, President de la Société des Sciences Physiques et Chemiques de Paris, &c., has left the followmg on record:—“‘About the year 1509 one Lionetto, a Spaniard, astonished not only the igno- rant, but chemists and other men of science, in France, Germany, Italy and England, by the impu- nity with which he handled red hot iron and moiten lead, drank boiling ofl and performed other feats equally miraculous. While he was at Naples he at- tracted the notice of Professor Sementent, Who nar- rowly watched all his operations and endeavored to. Giscover his secret. He observed, in the first place, that when Lionetto applied a piece of red hot iron to his hair dense fumes immediately rose from. It, and the same occnrred when he touched his foot with the iron, He also saw him place a rod of iron, nearly red hot, between his teeth without burning himself, drink the third of a tablespoonful of boiling ou, and taking up molten lead with us tingers place it on his tongue. without ap. parent inconvenience, Sementeni’s efforts, alter performing several experiments upon himself, were finally crowned with success. He found that by friction with sulphuric acid, diluted with water, the skin might be maue Insensi- ble to the action of the heat of rea hot iron; a solu- uon of alum, evaporated until it became spougy, ap- eared to be more effectual in these frictions. Alter aving rubbed the parts which were thus rendered, in same degree, incobustibie, with hard soap, he discovered on the application of hot iron that their insensibility was increased, He then determined on rubbing the parts with soap, and aiter this found that the hot iron not only occasioned no. pain, but that It actually did not burn the hair. ing thus far satisfied, the Professor applied hard soap to his tongue until it became tnsensible to the heat of the Iron; and after having placed an ointment com- poned of ee mixed with solution of alum upon it, boiling or did not burn it; while the oll remained ‘on the tongue a slight hissing was heard, similar to that of hot iron when thrust into water; the oil goon cooled, and might then be swallowed without janger. Several scientific men have since success- aay Tepeated the experiments of Professor Semen- n NEWFOUNDLAND FisHEnins,—A letter from St. Johns says:—To all appearance at present tus will rove one of the most prosperous years Newlound- and has ever known. e catch of codfish, both on Labrador and along our shores, is very large; the Weather has been and 1s most propitious, 80 that the fish has been well cured, and the whole of it Will be stored in prime condition, Owing to the scarcity of laborers, women are now employed on many of the wharves tn handling and storing fish. When the fish arrives in @ small coaster at the wharf of the merchant it has to ve culled and weighed; it i# then carried to the store, where it 18 packed by screw power in casks previous to shipment. It is bo unusual sight now to see Alty women on & wharf; stout, strong of limb and arm and glib of tongue are these dames; two of them will carry on & hand- barrow 4 couple of quintais of Han (two cw ) up & ong stoping gallery to the second and third story of jofty fi Bt dl sob their toll confess. '” ney shit 3 Ong ‘and hus many a oor Woman who would otherwise be idle ty able carry home eighteen or ‘at the close of the ‘week $0 provide Jor hernels cbudren. LOUIS NAPOLEON, The Ex-Emperor at Home in South Devonshire. His Majesty's Health—The Prince Imperial Torquay—How the Royal Refugees are At tended—Napoleon and the Nobility—Hopes for the Future—The Restoration of the Bonapartes Believed In—The Object of Eugenie’s Visit to Spain— Mary of Russia—Herr Krupp. Torquay, England, Sept.,18, 1871, Of the numerous pretty places on the south coast. of Devonshire Torquay is certainly the most charme! fhg. There is something pecullarly mild in the! climate, the scenery and even th water of the bay. { One would think oneself on the shores of some Swiss lake rather than on the seacoast close to the, Atlantic. The season begins at that fashionab winter station only towards the middie of Novemdé ber, and lasts till April; but the Emperor, for soma, reason or other, took up his residence there early in September, after having despatched the Empress tot Spain and his private secretary, Pietrl, to Paris; ‘The oficial explanation is thas THE PRINCE IMPERIAL'S HEALTH y required such an arrangement, and no doubt can be; entertained as to the influence of the climate of, Torquay upon the delicate jad, After a stay of less than ten days he has already remarkably mprovea, in appearance, and seems to have now a good deal’ of flesh apout him, and his formerly coloriess cheeks’ have turned quite rosy. 1 ‘The style of uving of the Emperor must also greatly contribute to such a result. Both he and ho son rise early, go early to bed, bathe, wallc much, and in the matter of diet are strictly confined to the few meals which an average English hotel! covuk can provide, THE PARTY consists of elght persons—the Emperor, bis son, Count de Pierrefonds, Prince Achil.es Murat, Count d’Anillers, Count @e Clary (provisionally filing the post of M. Pietri), Dr. Conneau and his son, the aide< de-camp of the Prince Imperial. The party is at tended by six servants, of which only one—the foot man—wWears the well-known green-and-gold livery of the MAISON DE L/EMPEREUR, Filteen rooms at the new hotel, still in course hal completion, proved quite sufficient to lodge tl distinguished guests and suite, and the unpretentioug manner in which the party 1s accommodated will, perhaps, be best shown by the fact that your c spondent has bis room between that of Prince Mu and the apartment of the Emperor himself. The lmpe rial Hotel (for such 1s the name of the Emperor's reste dence) makes by this visit @ great amount money, that may easily cover a good deal of the total cost of this new and elegant establishment; for it if crowded irom the bottom to the roof with British holiday makers anxious to see the fallen sovereign, to breath the same air with him, and to eat, if not at the same table, at all events from the same kitchen. And for these advantages they are glad to pay whatever the proprietors choose to charge them, HOW NAPOLEON 18 REGARDED BY THE NOB.LITY. In fact, if there are quarters in the great towns of England’ where she Emperor 1s not particularly popular, certainly among the aristocracy, the gentry and the mass of the country people he Js quite an ob< ject of worship. The town liberals disregard bim,, ‘and this aioue—wivhout the dread of French repub- hiean ideas—is quite sufficient to make him an obvjecs of veneration on the part of the conservative eie- ments of british society. During his stay at Chisel- burst he never went beyond the eticlosure of Camden House without meeting an enthusiastic demonsti'as tion, At TORQUAY. q the approaches of the Imperlat Hotel are constantly thronged with idle visitors anxious to have a look at the fallen monarch. Yachts, carrlages-and horses are placed at his and his son’s disposal. Flowers and fruits are dally sept int bis apartments; ana the mere rumor of his going to this or that place of the environs is sure to assemble crowds of people all along the way. Some lady—who seems to have come on purpose to Torquay—atrempted to speak to the Ssmperor 00 ane at tnaie walks; ang fo seas of something apparently not very pleasant and rep, lating’ tothe pet a Apen 4 hint- From ‘One of && Ainperial suite the police as Well ag Ud lows fhasis- irate were put in requisitiofi, the lady was cons tidentially infgrmed that she had better leave the place at ope, as she could not be allowed to moless the dist;;giuisnea guest any more. All this shows pretty fairly how popular the Emperor 1s with hit wevonshire hosts, and, if needed, still more evidence could be gathered trom the fact that, in nine cases out of tea, all the conversations one hears, either in the streets or eefenees “Have. hotels, meee with sentences like these: you seen Its Majesty to day?” or “Don't you know Whether His Majesty is likely to drive out tts alter< noon?’ and end with the same sort of topics. On looking at the dispositions of mind of the Torquay people one cannot help thinking that should the imperor sce some day all his chances of a return ta the throne of France vanished he could find a betier social position than to become, oh@ way or the other, the King of Devonshire. ee. STRIVING VOR THR KESTORATION. ale In the meanwhilé éVeryiving seems to be dona from that quiet and sympathetic retreat of Torquay to advance the cause of imper in Kranee. M. Pietri, after a week’s incugnito stay at Paris, has been directed to Corsica, that Gibraltar of imperial~ ism, Whatever clectoral or other. official support may be wanted thence is always sure to be got with- out being asked sor, But M. Pietri may get throng his visit something more than that—viZ., cash and men available in France, The Empress bas also started on an pe purporting to ve of @ purely sentimental charatter. Offictally speaking, she was anxious Lo see ler mother, the Countess 0! Montijo, who 1s not in very good heath. Bas. unofiicial tal; would make oné believe that some MONEY MATTERS Play a good part tn the Empress’ journey. She has in the Spauisn funds alone, without reckoning her landed estates in that country, some 15,000,000f., and these funds are not easily to pe realized on foreign markets, Owing to the suil not quite restored confidence i the stability of Spanish political affairs, It ts certain, at-all eveuts, that the Kinpress did her best to get Toney upon Spanigh securities in the London market, and failed to doso. The properties both she and her husband possess in Italy and Swit zerland seem vo have proved much more useful, since about eleven million, francs are reported to have been lent upon tiem at the rate of five per cent by some bankers and some members of the English aristocracy, among whom the pames of one of the richest !andiords of Devonshire 1s mentioned. It is even added that the Emperor took up bis resi- gence in that county sa tai ent on the service tas rendered to him by that nol his neighbors, NAPOLEON NOT DISCOURAGED. The last suppiementary elections having. already, cost something ike eight miluon francs without having brought any palpable result, one would have thougiit the Emperor would not attempt any uew steps in the same direction, The return of M. Rouher for Corsica is almost certam; but beyoud that hardly any amount of mouey is likely to make anything in favor of the empire in France properly. Yet the. first loss seems not w haye disco! Napoleon and his friends, and money is stil col jected in large amonutts, with @ view 0 some new campaign, of which the begiuning has already taken Diace in the antiouncemcent that M. Clément Duver- nois, late Minister under the pups, is to start a new paper, called L’Ordre, for which the necessary fa to the extent of 800,000 francs, had been sup- plied by the Torquay retugee. THE REFUGEE'S RECREATIONS. Business transactions on the Devonshire coast do not prevent, however, the ex-Emperor frum enjoy- ing now aud then simple amusement. ‘The other day he had a trip of several houra in the bay on board the pretty cutter Dione, placed at his dis- Dooet Oy, 0n8 of his Tore wdmirers. An oe sional drive with the Graud Dachess Mary of Ki contributes also to the recreation of the imperial emigrant. ‘The Grand Duchess, who Is knowil ad one of the most charming companions, staying at the manor house, @ little abov ‘orguay, for the benent of her own and her family’s health. She is now a lady of fifty, but years ago (in 1837, if T am not mistaken) there were some rumors current thas she, then @ young and. beautiful girl of eighteen, was about to be. married to the Pmnce Lous Bonaparte. ‘the fashar of the Graud Hochees, tne Kmperor Nicholas, seemed to have had odje to this match, and the Grand Duchess pecame ip 1839 the wise of Maximuian Kugene, Duke of Leuch- tenberg, Prince of Bichstadt, and ‘consequéntly @ more or less near relative to all, Spe Hnaparees. A friendship between her and the iperor had thus established itself and lasted till the present days, when the Grand Duchess, a widow twenty years ag: ow remarried to oue of the handsomest officers late father’s urmy, Count Strogonoff, Having met at Torquay, the old friends seem to ve quite happy to recollect some of the past events of the! greatly to enjoy each other's society, Un Sunday morning, just in church time, I saw the Grand Duchess, accompanted by eldest daughter, calling at the hotel to 4 her pay a visit to her old friend. ‘The mutual exchange of amiabilities between the two distinguished guests of Torquay ts of a nature that causes generai delight both inmile and outside the Imperial Hotel, ARERR KRvPP. ‘The one thing that must sometimes troubic the quiet enjoyments of Napoleon on the South Devon coast is the presence at Torquay of Herr Krupp, we celeprated man fan, founder, whose produce hy 80 much contributed te the fall of the empire and the homiliation of France. He took a residence at Tor- jay fer the whole of the forthcoming winter, also for the neneilt of his and his family’s health, But, plimenté have as yet been eX Emperor. end the eman, NOW one Oo} 6 her for all ] know, noc | chads od between