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8 FOREST FIRES IN THE WEST, Sweep of the Conflagration Through the Big Woods of Minnesota. Hta Ravages from Sibley to Hutchinson. Tho Prairie Country 2 Mass ef Cinders and Ashes. Immense Loss of Crops, Hay and Tim- ber in Wisconsin. - A Sheet of Flame from Re- shena to Wolf River. Hills, Dwellings, Fenees, Bridges, Kilns and Barns Swept Away. The Poople Flying to the Prout and Atteck- ing the Advancing Enemy. ANNESOTA. {From the 8t, Paul (Minn.) Presa, Oct. 5.) All day the heavy vei) of smoke from the burning prairies and timber im the western portion of tne Stace bung over the city, and i further evidence were required to prove the existence of a wide epread and devastating conflagration it conld be found m the thickly falling cinders, wineh were borne by the winds from the distant woods and prairies, At several poinia thr hout the city the wlae wal were Blackened by these sitont mescen- @ers from the scene of the great fire or great calamity. Every group of men assembled upon the Srecis discusses ite duration got Gamage or hoped for the rain, which alone seems capable of unpeaing ie march or stopping its ravages, THE DAMACK, Erom gentiomen who arrived on the qnarter-past ‘Bye truin last evening the gratifying information 18 obtained that, while the dam ye already inflicted 13 ‘Very larte, it “has not been so general As had been supposed, This unexpected 1mmuaity may Le atirt- uted to the precauttons of the setilers, mw etier jougling around Weir promises or starting a sys- um Of “back fires,” Ww information of the ap. Proaching ianger Was first vecetved. But in spite ot ove precaution or evort the total Joss wil be a gad record, aid one which falls with crashing weight pon many Who tive built Homes uoon the Trontiax, only.to see everyting swept away aia touch lou the leaping, blastiug Names. ALONG TUP LINE OF TIT RATLROAN, Wonducior Guthrie states that hts train came Mroagh With didicn'ty, pub Gres weve still raging in She pear beds from iieckinridge to the Big Woods, Whe main ire had t On to Lie south, and beyond the observation of those travelling on that line of Toad, ut the evidences of tis visi! are found eve Where aivong tue route in the blackeued feids or marshes, Approaching the Big Woods the confagration ts wered to be uuder full headway, but waking wlower progress than upon the proiries, owing to he great moisture and the leaves. Near Suutu Lake Station and west of Howard Leke it is raving Bercely. Several fouses in the vicinity of Dassel @Btation have been burned, and here has occurred ‘the only toss of human life as tar as hax been ascer- tained, the particulars of which are given in the Jetrer of w correspondent published below, eventog the fire had reached a point tais side of Waverly, only forty miles distant from St. Paal. IN M'LEOD COUNTY. 3. B. Atkinson, of Forest City, arrived tast even- iz, and Jurpishes mtercsting particulars. He says appears hike fire everywhere through the vig woods as far down as Waverly. ‘ime damage sus- ghat by the people of McLeod couuty is mach lesa en any one wou'd suppose, The proud in some — (probabiy at the peat marsbes) bas bu own toa depth of tive fect, wud the tre seems uli bound jor * Oli or China,” A weutieman named Wiliam Armetrong, living out tour miles from Forest City, Was overtaken by the dre before he had made any’ prepa M, und every dung he bad tm the world 1 Piture, horses, cullle, vtacks gud agrice piements and machinery, were buraed euroyed. YROM SIBLEY Ot aud de Y TO Keron . AP estecmed correspoadent seads tie following | @ccouni of tue fire:— Herem xeon, Amoke, smoke, smoke. My dey we have had. J linve j J atiended the Methoutist Con: ppaened through fire and #mok foive vlaces. The whole tr digerent points along our route. ypie were ploazhing aroun tue town to sop tbe progress ef theragingelement. Aud well uey ought, averyibing ia 80 @ry that the growud tteeit in somo of the marsbes was On lire Bours after the zrase nad burned. At several planes throni MeLeod Conmty Oct. 8, 1871 most oul ‘Whata Mankato, where the conntry between here and bay and some their paining with its lea, bins of er He bas lo javatciy lus new bon Bear it, eseaped the ravayes ‘sani evowming dares, Near over # Favine on fire, We Jotically tore off ue pianks FO aS Lo Rave them, but thers oe no Water we could wut pul oul the fre fn the log abut- ment. About two or three mii Loita jot gome fonr ort i further nor J the wind irom freightod with * east of this place Mr. Wi hondrod bashels of grain, ¢ sball ind more d n comes driving mel of buraing ™m r r by will people play with fire et tine ~everyihtng ‘as tinder, Kad the wind blow cale? The extreme on wny ons who care: ly OF malteously plays with the devourog clement at ay penal of wwe law should be visit ob 8 asilis. Ob, for a rain} I would truly be» Hen” wt such @ tirue me t DEATH FROM SUFPOCATION, Another correspondent furnishes 1 eating pare dcuiare in the lollowing communication, Written pesterday on board the down irain:— Ox Boa Tray, fr. Pare axn Pactrte Rarisoap, Oek 1, 187. Fires are ati Wooda Ai! the p Taging in the Hie Breekinrid, Darwin seems Langs over A ehfield and other v4 roms are received bouriv ow frighiened wiven Dans WhO Are AWAY at worl ‘We Games xre nearing tae house.” ‘At Dassel we hear that last night » Swede, py the Connevut, wae awateno! ian the p a the rowd Wo ‘jeome home; reromnbie narrowly escaped destroetio fire a few days ago, A pYaire tire was disooy by its way toward the fort with wonderiul the ¢ garrivon Was ordered out jankets, the mea fougnt it of aud Jlaings, Nay and wood, ‘here were 100 hay apd 6% OT YOO cords of wood near the fort. ‘This wes all saved, bar no acenvate stats ment ip regard to the condition of the blaukets ha eeu reccived. Wis . {From the Green Bay (Wis,) Advocate, Oct, 5 Last weck we gave a long array of accounts of | > these northern | ed then that the devoursog ele- | Me Gres which eountes. 1 ment had spent iiself for very want of more surface to burn over; but the Week Wich closes as we go to press hav been largely more disastrous every where, Mili, houses, barns, Day and ail «inde of property are devastating see | Last | At New Aubara tha | i | i | to the tinder t3 Linens | Superintenc | | | amen are in the big \oode to | of} ere *waliewed up by he advancing fumes, Paini- lies by the hundreds are drivey away from tocir lug he ale: aud make the best of their ay. with their cattic and what hourelold eto. Mey can carry off, to Whe nearest places of satery. | The jong drought leaves timber aud soll ary as | *nJer, and the ure almost devours the ground tisel% Sve creeks, wells and springs are dricd up, Jeaving nothing with which to stay the prove the Mawes but the slow digging uf ditches whivn oper very jie obetruction, as the cinders ar enrried long distauces in vie wind. The crops an the ground, Sucl as potetwes, Lurnips, Ac., are wil g@estwoyed; apd the destraction of hay, cord wood, gid oiler optsianding property ts immense, dune sent drouth is dimost ubparelielet in the pistory Since the wi the Db Of (hig County. fal a heayy suow the night of Be plember b y We lave be 2 months What will be t stad. | ng pive is Adjecent gountles caunot yet be dover tained. No wevess W We Jorests can yot be at- senrpted, arid mowing Cas be e-tiuated ei.cept from the offecis of we fire near Lhe seitiement#, where it enetrates the parched grovnd irom one w two fee! aud destroys the life uf ine prees. “ Fron the westward we bear the’ the fire exten Ke, 4 and the Woil J Ab Lowell's | anit between bere fences were Weng bu are rend o) Wave 7 OY escapes ob te Mibuary rom | | hay tas NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, etage (river her here and Shawano me fire on thé line Of the road as having speat itself. One wridge and considerable corduroy are burned. ‘There ts yet great dan im travelling on account of the constantly falllug barning trees, At Sha- wano, and for Several miles on this side, an hour's rain on Sunday night dia much goou in staying we progress oi the fire. Between here and Duck Creek considerable bay and iniles of fences are burned. Famihes are deserting their farmhouses in the woods betweca Fort Howard and Depcre, and mov- Ing into town for safety, leaving their property un- protected, as they can no longer endure the dense #moke Winch envelops the country. jeorge R, Cook cume in froin bis mM] in the town of Howard on Monday pretty well used up from fighting five ali dav Sunday and Sunday night. His mili and boarding house had cavgkt fire several times, and by great exertions had been extingersiie 1. ‘Oscar Gray's mill, 1n the town of Prttsfeld, bad @ Narrow es Hecame in on Satarday night tor exira hose to take out to ihe mill, and he and his men Worked night and day to save the property, Some of the men had their eyebrows stu and hair burned, 80 close was the conflict, Two dweiling houses adjacent were burned, MoLarea's new mill, at Angelica was safe at last accouni® at Foster & Arnold's mill fourteen miles west, on the Shawano road, the dre approacied the mul from the souta on Saturday might, and from that time unt! Monday mornmg the contest for saving the Toil] aad butldings was a severe one, ‘The mill was fortunately simply supphed with water from an riesian Well, and Was save Mr. Arnold thinks nas been great damage among the standiug r where we give the particulars of the burning of Mola il, on the Pensaukee River, We hear of no other damages on the river, wough the daager has been great to all the settlements, It ta Dkely that we shall hear of further disasters there. On the Big Suamtco # large lot of logs tu the bed of ihe river, amoung to over 130,000 teet, have been barned. hey belonged te Lamb & Watson and Mr, Tremble, Gross’s iil at Little Suamico 18 reported burned. e hear no paritoulars, The report that Conn's mi! bas been burned 19 not condrmed, At Oconto, at last accounts, the whole avaliable popu lation are out resistug the inroads of tue fi Bruuguest’s barn, with @ quantity of hay, was burned. From Pesbiigo we publish A full account, tn a letter frem our correspondent there, Of the nar- row escape of Ube extensive mills and Jaciories at that place, At Marinette the fire advanced so close to town that the Dnuiay House was threatened, aud tne flying cinders were 80 thick taal the people only dinetr houses by the constant use of wet iets and water, On We line of the Lake Pepin Ratlway 8,000 ties and several hundred cords of wood are reported burned. The towns of Seymour, Bovina and ilack Cree& are ravaged by the tire, and vast amounts of fences, hi vi Wood and other property are lost. Anderson's mill, in Seydivur, Was saved’ with diil- culty. bast of here the mills over which there has been the bardesi s‘raggie were Woodrutl’s and Sanford’s, ‘The last paced Was macorrectly reported burned on Suaday. Mr, Sanford sent into town on Saturday night and oblamed a fresh reiay Of men, and ib was reported ouc of danger on Monday lavraing. Woourud’s mill 18 reported to have been on fire twicc-om Suaday, but Wags saved with severe exer- ton. A house, occupied by Fred Lewy, a German, bout amue uorth oi that mill, was burned, At the charcoal kins of the Green Bay farnace, soe ti ules from here, 120 cords of wuod have beon buraed, The country in the vielnity of what fs known 2s huteiue’s jarm, On tae bast branch, some four youes from here, has susiainet serious losses, Fences, @aystacks, barns, aud other property are burned. The report of last week that Delyeaux's mill, near the Manitowoc road, east of here, Was burned, roves & mistake. The will was saved, but he lost S00 cords of bolts, Which Was Ail DIS BLOCK gol Out. Cook's mull at Lily Lake, ou the eastern margia of tis county, had @ narrow escape. Aid the hands Were stationed around the mill, removing under- brush and logs an digging trenches, They made a scessiil resistance for a day aud two uigits, and dd tpe mill out of danger, » stage from Stiles oo Monday got through to this city with great dilculty oa account of the fatiew Umber and dense smoke, ‘The driver reports Bis hard at work at West Pensaukee try: to save McGovan’s Hotel and over buiidings, ters bad ius whole force at work to save his mill and ad oming property. Men, women and children had tarned out en masse to save their lomes, ad. Schetier, Who Was at Work wit a lorce of Meo revuildig a bridge OM the Maniiowoe ruad, about four aud a hall miles from here, was coin- petied to abandon his work. All of the three bridges between here and tommes’ tavern, four miles out, were burnea on Sund ‘Khe clrous, Winch Weat from here to Manitowoc that day had the good Lore time to pass there beiore they were buracd. The lavern Jour ules iron here, foumeriy owaed by Jon Pjutten, was saved by plougiing around 1i, but the fences in the vicuuity are ali burned, Mr. Sebetier says that the falling of the burning trees Was like a continua: discaarge of artillery. The loss Tue houses aad barns are Utmber aud bridges are all Bs mostty saved, but ie. swept off, ‘ne new culverts which have been built by Road nt Deiguey along the Manitowoc and other roads, made of large and heavy umber, have been uearly aii burned, The fire, ranuing along and nuder the ground, geis wader theia, and it Js impos- sibie to exupgulsh ti. We also hear that most of the new plaak road | from the upper East River bridge eastward is de- , Blioyed. Ai Cooperstown, eightesn miles east of here, sev- eral dweliiags aod barns aad iwaDy Slacks oF Wheat, may aaa vats were Con 3 40 these is the j0ss of UnLe,wordwood, fcnees, OC Dark and ctner peg Of the iorest. We give below some of tue midividual losses sus- Mained by the larwers aud others east and suutieast of thts city aud Depere. Beast Struvie lost, a quarter of a mile from Mason street bridge, jorty-two cords of wood, Joun Turser, two and @ balf mics from that age, ity cords of wood, Frank Hammes, tour iniles east, half lus fences, Nick stucilag, ten cords wood. Henry Stone ies: fences and Wood, and moved out of his house, expecting tu lose tnat alse, A Mr, simi, on the “lost section,” lost his fences, John Beck, amie and a half from the toil gate, on the plank road, los. seventy Cords of weod, Joseph Boehm, four miles east of ubls city, lest $490 Wo th 0 cordwood, Its reported that the iouses of two Hollanders tn that vicinity were burned, aud half @ dozen others Jose from $10) to $200 cach. Louis Dircks lost five cords of wood, fences, &c., two miles out. The widow Latour, abort two miles ont from Mason stresi bridge, lost the fences of forty acres, This 18 @ particulariy sad case. Lost spring her husband died, Sbhertly atter she lost an ox, @ week ago another ox and a he.fer, now her fences, aud she has no assurance of the safeiy of her house and bara, She has six small chlidren, ove of them but a few weeks old. J. J. Founder, in that neighborhood, has lost fences and cordwood. veter Pero, four miles out, lost fences; John Hen- dricks about one thousand ratis. Joseph Valerine five cords wood and 500 fence } Falls. Nicholas Schiag had Bard work on Saturday to kaye buildings, Mr. Baes, tive miles ont, lost fences, All the farm. ers are pecne em tue cordwood and pulting their tof Depere Janes Ritchie lost two logging r* worti about one thousand dolars; Ove of tiem Was sixty foot high aud over 1wo Hundred feet long, Pmit Vaneaster lost his barn, about @ mile south Of the Depere stage road, Saturday, wen's inill, seven miles irom Depere, was in jaaves Sug lay and all the following nigot; a Ca! large Jorce Worked hard to save tt, ‘Che Woods in parts of Gleuniore are a perfect sea Of bames, Suitu's willl lad up 10 MoMusy Mmormiug more, bas been seriously threat. urge force is fighusg fire around it, 4d Lhe fires were very bad ou sunday. » widow Corrigan, é miles east of Depere, lost all her feuces, A new setiler In that neighbor hood, who purchased @ piece of land of Wa. Scott, of this city, 13 buiiting a house upon it was cn Suday pletely surroanded by fire an was tryig to ud waver by digging to save his hons bapuste Quatsoo, three and ahalf miles east of Depere, lost newly ail bis fences. In (he village of Depere, on Sanday night, John B, Veitera lost seven or eight tons ol bay, aud etucr backs are endangered, 7 unolag on the hank of East River, hewwoeh Depere aud this city, the followmg have sen iorersi—Andrew Sherlock, Join Fitzgerald, T. Evraets, Gilbert Gustal, J. Lorose, Creamer, Lambert Simth, Heury Van der and Joseph Bersinger all’ lost 1én . plier lost forty courts of Wood; John Ducat, a hay Theodore Lambert, itteen curds of wood, loter Hersinger, five rolies from Depere, bas lost al! his fences aud cordweod, and 18 uyiug to save Dt 29 weph Scnearring, four and a half miles out on Manliowoe tuad, lost Wis house aud ali iis personal ots. ore G. 1 Daetz tost bis honse and saloon aud dir, his barn. Gear Woodrai?’s mill, fort Howard, last week, a large haystack ling between LWwo large barns On hasiussen’s KnoWh a3 the Miler {army Was vurned, to say, the barns escaped. yers of tie Chicago and Northwestern ept a strong force of men on the live een this city and Osiikosh for seve. Hone of the ruad has bi ou the Sunday morning © ‘on to stop his train several Umes lo ex- Caiverts aad bridges before crossing. ihere ts @ rantor that che ences of eighwen farms im bay Sectiement have been burned, _ ihe farm of 5, Blesch, one and a half miles from Fort ward, las been im great dager, bul has Wecn saved by hard work. the Immense Dwelling Jarod a new 4 une £eterprise of the 2th records an ction of property in that county. 3, ps, &c., bave been consumed, ading limber killed, Jo Wiis ava scores of fami- lies ure J and destitute, Nota town in site cougly ha# come out unscathed, though =. ari /ervoe have suffered the most, Home. Jess fautiles are ered oO the plers at poinia along the shora, wita @ viey Were uble to say in Wie town of Pierce thirty-three honses and barns are ennincrated as jest, logether with large Guantities OF tay, grain, jarmn® boos, &e, Henry h of thelr household goods | Grand ost 7,000 Wes, #000 hOVDHEleH, 600 gords beech and maple wood, 18 cords bark, 500 bushels of j Oats and 20 (ous of hay. In the town of Alinapee, tventy-six hovkes and farms Lave been heard of as burned, 0 far, with jarge amounts of hay, grain, wood and other pro- pony. It will cost $1,000 to rebuiid the burned ridges in that townskip, SiX houses and barns in Casco are heard from as brrued. In one barn, that of Joseph Lacoant, there were 4,000 bushels of wheat, a threshing machine, harnesses, sleighs, &c, A scliool house in this towa was burned, In the towns of Carlton, Franklin, Montpeltar, and Kewanaco, Kea River and Lincuin large lusses in hoases and barns have alse occurred, At Hitehcock, Machek and Kwapli’s places, tn Nght was succes-fully mace to kave Pierce, a hard the property, though the pier was on fire several times. The scow Alaska was dr.ven out by the fire, partially loaded, The reported burning of Tlorn’s pier, at Clay Banks, ts probably a misiake, though all the batance of his property was burned. He Jost his store and goods, two barns and gratin, six dwelling houses, shops. &c, His losses will reach $11,000, Tae Door county Advcocs o reports the burning of the barn of Henry Buschinan, in Nasewanpe, on Thursiay; George La-ec's house in sevastapol; some house in the towa of Garduer, and every bunding but one at ttorn’s Pier, Olay Banks. Briviner, Charniey & Oo, lose $85,000 worth of logs. We. understand taat the Catholic church tn the Fiemish scttlein it, together with the priest's house and other buildings, ore greatly entangercd, He'p from the cl'y was sent for on Monday, It 1s five mies from nere, We lewa irem Cierk Lannigan, of the Savtnaw, that the fires are very severe in the Wools around + aoa aud Bort iver and are increasing, make no apolozy for the space we have ocen- 41 accounts of the Mires. itis aimosi the only Ww piea tunic of conversation here, and every other man we Mevt On the streets has just returned from tue coun try. where he has been fighting fire, We hear rumors of tae destruction by fire of F, B. Gardner & Co.'s mill at Lite Sturgeon on Suuday, but we hope they are Meorrect. There are ulso vazue 8 ories of other losses that we cauuot trace to any reliable source. Mr. Piovenhauer. near Sanford’s mill, lost house, . barn, fences and everything that would burn, LAT Mr. John Hendricks, driver of the Two Rivers etuge. passed over the Mauitowoc road on ‘fuesuay, and informs ns that there 1s nota bridge leit on the road, ‘The large new bridge. five and a half miles frommhere, had escaped unlii Frigay night, but was on fire when he passed, dn this city this (Wednesday) morning the smoke 18 ore dense than at any time before. The air is suitocatng aud is ulled with Makes of ashes, On the bay tho steamers have to navigate by com Das and biow their jog horns, the shores being in- visible, An extra from the Oconto Lunberman gives par- Uculirs of tho jire in that neighborhood. Sunday was a day of wild excitement, Two or tiree farm- houses at Stiles are burued. Litue River shared in the general loss. James Lucas lost tus bay and grain. James A, Glyan lost nis logging camp, be- sides sleds aud camp equipage, South of the Oconto |. Dodge, W. 0, Dodge, Henry Deiano and a Mr, Gardner had given uo the paitie Against the fire and iefb their homes, ‘Their houses ale probably burned, Percy’s farm, north of the river, fs a speet of fame, Other farms have shared the same faie aud Comstock & Simpson's mill is threatened, Al Peaitigo the houses of Charies Rarte’s, B. A. B, Berner and Mr. Albright, aad bara of the latter are reported burned, A tean ol horses and an Indian were burned to doati near Ceonto on Monday. At Oconto i’alls J, Volk’s barn is destroyed, with all of D. McClure’s lorging avparatns, At the ie- cor. Leiand and Belgian settiements the fences are all destroyed, and ail the puildings On the -Pensaa- Kee road, between Redemond’s and Holmes’ mul, ve reported burned, A lurge force of men have been engaged for some days tn diguitag the tire just west of Mr. Elmvre’s reauteuce, in Port Howard, Southward, vn the west side of the river, the burn- ing extends very neariy to Neenah. The grouad is ponetrated by tie fire, which makes its way under the growing trees and uproots them. Fences and Wood piles slong the railway are constantly burning. Along ce raliway the notte-t fire just uow 1s De tween Depere and Wrighistowa, At several powuts the raliway 18 in Ganger, aid 13 only saved by the Presence of @ corps of nea who are stationed aloug tae Hae to protect it The rido by ulgut turoaga this region woud be & magnidcent one, were it not Jor a lesitng of danger and of sorrow for the loss of property, Ia some places the trais are seemingly beset vy fre, and have Lo pass at a rapid rate, Tne telegrapa line northward irom ere to Me- nominee, sixty miles, 1s almost entirely destroyed, and wil only be temporariiy repaired. “A new ling Wili be owt along the ra lway exteaston, ‘On grade of the G, is, aud Lake vepin Railway a Rees of road, with cordicoy substructure of some f elf mile or so i length, 18 reported as being burned out, Larve numbers of les along the line Gre exposed, auc, it is feared, wi be burned, AvPLETON, Oct. 4, 1871, Terrible fires are raging ia Lie woods, north of tals place, all the way to Meacominee, The telegraph line is destroyed, and the towns are in great danger of being buraed, A great amount of property bas becn desiroyed, and taere is no teliug when the fire can be stopped. BORNETT JONCTION, Oct. 4, 1871. Wrightstown aud Depere are said to be pursed, Wood belonging to tue raliroad company, also Consider- Gieen Bay 18 de- fences and adjacent wouds, are in anes, able telegraph line north trom stroyed. itere is but ove lun ts point and Green Say. Thousands of square nities Of territory in 1s State and ou the Miciizan peninsuis are burned ever or are buraing. Notaing can cuecs the ravages of the tire fiend but a heavy Talp, Tue troes between Green Bay and Oconto are se burned out by the fre that they are constancy falling on the telegraph tines, The damage is very greut. Two RIVERS, Oct. 4, 1871. A fire broke ont yesterday mova in ihe, swamps northwest from this vilage aud raged like fury. it tired one buikting in the vilage, about three o'clock, Which was eutireiy cousnmed, Tne wind ‘blows @ pertect tempest. The firemen Were on the ground promptly, and stopped the pro- Gress of the fice, Another butlding was tired, out extinguished without much damage, in the even- lug the scene was grand and terrible. The whole region was impreyaated with smoke, flanes, dust wid cinders, ‘The smoke was so dense in the afer noon thatobjecis coala not ve discovered for Lia distance of a biocs, The Wisconsin Leather Com- pg ee tanneries are safe, the fire belug ia the rear of them. Itis reported that several farmers are burnt out. The sinvke 18 uense now, bui not dun. gerous un'ess the wind ngs up again from the north, The two Rivers nafacturius Company's factories were in tmmiueat danger. Tue fire depart- Ment, with engines, were out wetting down the factories. It is with niveh diMeuity that the mail carrer crossed frou Manitowoc to mere, All quiet now. EROVKLYN BENEVOLE AcE, St. Vincen’s Home for Boys—Annual Report of the Good Work in Progress. But few, comparatively speaking, of the numerous philanthropists and well-disposed people of the City of Churches are aware of the existence of St. Vin- cent’s Home for Boys, and of the tncaiculable amount of good which ts periormed by that institu tion among the street Arabs of Brooklyn, In gather- ing them imto that shelter and religious training of which they are bereft, either turough the loss or neglect of their netoral guaralaas, The Mome m question, which is Catholic, though it makes no distinction of creed In the distribution of its steriing benefits, is to provide a home, with Fetigions aud moral instruction, for frieadless and destiiute boys, who are compelled to earn a scanty livelinood by their daily labor, and to enable them to become useful and bonvrable members of society. lt does no. propo e to conter al but for a nomi nal sum the comiorts of a Ciristian Bome are provided pr those = Who |= most’) =oneed it, aad the good tuiluence the institution cannot bot be felt jong, long afier tts founders and = present managers have passed away, The Wome, which Is located in Vine street, near the Fulton ferry, Was opened for the re eption Of oo¥s On the 26th OF October, 1869; so that tis NOW about entering ou the third year Ot ence .it presenting therr se-ond annual report tne trustees thauk God for the many blessings bestowed upon their labora during the past year, aud wrath fully assert that, Owing to the numerons calls made upon the people or tie yari ciaritable iasutu- tions, they have not urged the claims of the Jiome so persistently @s iu the previous year, ‘they have been satisted themselves with inare cobecting enough to support the institution and pay off the greater part of the foating devr, This they have been nied to do Without applying to tne Slate for aid or extraordinary aid from any other quarter other than the humole exertious of tue directors and the nuosientatior the St. Vin- cent de Paul pty Of Lhe diocese. Their modesty iu not seekiog assistance from the elty in wall they have entered upon the grand wors With 80 much promise is such as to excite comment, and it is to be hoped thatthe Common Council wil yet make some provistoo for the mainieuance of tils come mendavle charity. The report calis upon aii classes of the community to lend @ helping band to raise from exposure t9 Vice ald crite @ Class Of boys who are thrown on ihe city without any possible chance Tor mental or moral improvemen r saved Irom becoming pesis of society, and, perhaps, ihe future inmates Of our prisons It the Assistance which is sought is extended, the prin of its useful exist- hat they may bs on the property, owned by the Hoar: sircet, will be opened next culy more boys can be a thaa ‘at present, besiies — offer aitractions for te Inmates in the w play ground, gyainasivin, de. The spiritual directors of Ue con‘erences of we St, Vine ceut de Paul Society allowed (ea per ceat of Ure cole lestions of the conterences to go towards the sup. port of tae Home this year, Annnal subsevivers pay $5 per year toward the wome, During the pass year 110 boys haye been adiitted, moot of whom aro Newsboys anu bootbiacks, Fourteen young were furnigned with situations, ten were retarned to ther pareuts ana guardians and twenty-nine pro- cured situations for tuemselves. The receipts this year amounted to $4,755, aud a balance of $275 re in tie treasury, The ollicers are as follows: dent, Tagnt Kev. Join Lougilin, D, D.; First Vice President, Bernard Bogan; Second Vice President, Fraves Carran; Recording Seeretary, James J. Gan- ; Corresponding secretary, John J. Smith; Treasnrer, Thomas Ugde; Spiritua) Pirecvor, Kev. Francis J, Freeh De De " of & tai Hishop and the SWINDLING A STATE. Cemplete Smash-np of the Geergia Ring. Arrest of Foster Blodgett and the Attorney General. IMAGINARY CAR COMPANY. How Blodgett Worked the Washington’ Chroni- cle at Georgia’s Expente—Hardware for Fam- ily Use—Anm Exciting Scene in Court— Southern Blood at Fever Hoat—Pis- tols Drawn and Hard Knocks Giv- on—Will There be a Duol? Aq ATLANTA, Sept, 21, 1871, PROSAOUTING THE PROSROUTORS. On Saturday morning last the State of Georgia, for the first time, actively engaged in prosecuting frauds. But, funnily enough, the very first man that the regularly constituted authorities arrested was Major McCalla, te late bookkeeper of the road. through whose inatromencality all the previous ar. rests were made. "The bellef is general that this ac- tion on the-part of the State omcers 1s for the par- pose of crushing MoCaila an} preventing further ex- posures by him. But be that as it may, he is charged with having received money due the road | and not crediting the amounts-on the hooks, Atthe outset of the examiuation, However, McCalla’s coun- gel have checkinated the prosecation, The amount 1s quite small, so far as I can learn; but McCalla at once acknowledged having received it, He states that soon after the railroad wa3 turned over to the company which haa leased it @ check was drawn on Isaac P. Harris, the treasurer, and that it was returned unpaid, with the Information that there were no funds iu the Treasuty. A’ Harris was known to Have a balance of $19,000 at the tne of the transfer the non-payment of the check was thought to be a singular piece of business, Blodgett, McCalla alleges, instracted him not to pay over any More money to Harris, but to deposit all he received in some bank, in his own name, which he did. In proof of his assertion he further states that he paid Blodgett aud Attoracy General Farrow moncy out of thts Very fund, and he has their vouchers for the amouns pall them. By advice of his counsel he would not pay over the balance to the ‘freasurer or Superintendent of the road; but he declares him- feli ready to giveacheck for the total amount to any person designated by the Legislature. This confession of having recetved the money and of hokisug it for the State destroys the charge of swin- aiding, because it 18 necessary to prove that he ap- yriated it to lus privace use’ before & swindle cau P be snow. FALSIFYING RECORDS. Another charge against McCaila is that of his faisitying his books. Tais haa broaght about an- Other remarkable exposure, The defence asseit that last Octoner Governor Bullock iutinated a de- sire Mat a report of the Mnancial condition of the road be prepared for pubiication, in compliance with the law, Blodgett accordingly instructed Me Calla to prepare a balance sheet, tle set to work on 4t and drew up @ rough balance in pencil, Tis made the road a debtor to Harris, the Treasurer, in the sum of $151,000, McCalla took the document to Blodgett and Bullock, and explained that it was im- possible for Harris to be 60 iargely a creditor, as the monthly returns showed that he had a balance of some $0,000 on Nand every mouth. ‘The two Bs saw that the Ogures looked bad, and that their pub- Heation would excite inquiry, and they tinally de- cided not to publish any balance sieet at all, Noue was published, the law was violated, and the afair kept secret. Some time after Larris cailed on Mo- Calla, who had filed away the rough balance sheet in his desk, and asked him if he couid not balance the $154,000 with ‘bills payable.” McCatia replied that he could and would, M tie vouchers were given hia. These Harris could not give. whereupon MoCaila positively refused to comply with his request, Sub- sequently Harris called upon aud again aud asked for the balance sheet, that he might examine it. McCalla gave: it to nim and has never seen it since, Whether he made errors in tt, or whetier, being written 10 pencil, st hud been tampered with, has n ascertained. moves PUBLIC OPINION. ‘There are very few persona here who believe Mc- Calla guilty of the charges brought against him, and itis scarcely rational ty beheve him otuer tran tn- nocent, He has peen tae sole agent in the exposures already made, and upon nis affidavits all the parties implicated have deen arrested. It ts not reasonable to imagine that if he had beep helping to swiudie the state he could have been so active and energetic in the prosecation of the otner swindiers, True enough, rogues gometimes iall oul and expose cach other, but I douot if this is the case in this instance, Previous to the transer of the railroad MvCalia nad been in its employ barely #1x months; hence he had not time euough to engage largely in Bleallag. Besides, itbas only been since January last that he has had whe handling ot the money. STATE OFFICIALS FRIGHTENED. There are how two sets Of pubilc prosecators, Bob Toombs, together with oiber lawyers of repa- tation, represeating what | may term the popular side, Governor Buliock, Who bas veen avsent from the State jor nine K3, has appomied Ben Hull acd & Mr. Underwoo1, besides attorney General Farrow, to represent the State. The arrest of Mc- Calla madicates that a bitter personal dgnt is on head. The Toomos party assert that the State oil. cials are scared nearly to Geath anil desire to put a stop to the exposures, because if the investigations are continued the entire government of Georgia will snortiy be under bonds to auswer charges of swin- dling. tis alleged that Bullock and Biodgett, ant even the Attorney General himself, are implicated in tne frands, and that their arrest 18 Only @ matter of a lew daysor weeks. UNRAVELLING A CHAIN OF SWINDLFS, Heaven only knows what the extent of the swindies are. They seem to form a chain of great lengtn, which 1s coming to view link by lluk. No sooner Is one fraud ascertained than its investiga- tion gives aciue to another. What was originally Bu to be only a ew thousands has swelled to hail @ million, “aud the cry is, ‘suil_ they come.! Is any Wonder we read of the Ku Klux Klang and their aepredations, when to pay the taxes saddled on the people by these swindies planters are com- elled to pay two or three per cent per mouth ior orrowed mouey ¥ General Poombs In Athuntn="liy Views—Ar- rest of Fester Biedwett—Paying for Care Never Furnished—A Bogus Corporation— Manipulating Koracy’s Papers—Hardware for Ke y Use—Phe Examination. ATLANTA, Sept, 28, 1871, The excitement over the exposures of the swindles perpetrated upon the people of Georgia has, after a brief lah, broken out again, and with greater vio- Jence than ever, Last week Bub Toombs arrived In AUanta, and had several long interviews with the gentlemen cngaged iu the prosecution, at the head of which he now sormaily stands, He returned to Washington (Georgla) on Saturday last, but ts daily expected back, BOB TOOMDS’ DESIRE. On annonnelng that he would take part in the in- vesugations and in prosecuting the thieves, General Yoombs declared tat he intended to act “free, is, for motbing,’’ his motive being to atd in rescuing te State from the hands of dishonest men, Tie is aiso said to have expressed a desire thut every precaution be taken to keep the prosecution froe from politics, and was especially @oxlous that nothing be done likely to giveis @ partisau appear: ance. ARREST OF FOSTER BLODGETT, Yesterday evening the great event, long looked for, whispered about and expected, took place, Foster Biodgett, Superintendent of the Western aud Atlantic Ratiroad ani claimant of @ seat in the United States Senate, was arrested on a charge of “cbeating and swindling? the road, The announce- ment thathe had actually been arrested created much excivement when it Was made known this morning. Mr. Blodgett was at his residence when the warrant was servod upon him, and was per mitted, on his own recognizance, to remain there until this morning, When the preliminary exami- nation of his case began, PAYING FOR CANS NEVER FORNISNAD, There are three counts in the charge against Blodgett, ‘The firat is tat “tne said Foster Blodgett, in said county, on the —— days of September, October, November and December, 1870, did, ag Supermtendent of the Western and Atiantic Railroad, sn a certain paper, the same being a Graft in favor of the ‘Tennessee Car Company,’ for the sum of $82,640 10, and purporting to be in payment for cara for use of said Western and Atlantic Rail- road—he knowing at the time that said ‘Tennessee Car Company’ had no existence in tact, aud thay #aid cars never Were Juruisied to said road by said company.” A BOGUS CORPORATION. ‘In one of my letters J referred to the exploits of a gentionan from Maine, named H. I. Kimball, who is bald t be clder wrabber in We ring, ‘This dividual OCTOBER 9, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. ang his brother, BN, Kimball, eré said to have com| «members of the ‘Tennessee "large nuasber ot bare’ for the Tallroad.” It ts ral 5 alleyed ae cay ag car Was built, aithougn hala to them Mm abel bgas capacity. Le re Ld * as ca! ity. ‘ne nol given Wy Blodgett in payment (t) of the cars were endo ‘these tiemen, and subsequentiy uid | bye the, committees engaged ta Pranitntng a eats Invited Mr. Blodgett to explain this mater. His expianations M ail tha Js sald be true, It is rere decidedly poor, alleged that he de- clared he did net know who composed the “fen- neasee Car Company;” that be ha: no bills, vouch- era, certificates Or any documentary evidence of the purchase of the ‘be coaid not tell when or where the m delivered, but that be was ce ‘been delivered. How true these report#ere | cannot say; but 1 wus told this evenng py a gentieman, who will appear as a witness for the prosecation, and whose duty it was to receive aud receipt for all cers belonging to the Toad, that he never received the cara said wo have been bought of this {paginery upapy, Unless they were delivered ere than at Auanta tao case has # bad 100k. MANIPULATING THR PRESS AT PUBLIC EXPENSE. The next cnees 139.8 carious one, It states that “tue said Foster Blodgett, as supermtendent of sata Toad, did sign up to B.A. Paul, of Washington city, @certain paper, the sane being @ ‘passed vill,’ No, 2, dated June 16, 1871, for Wye sumof $109, and on Which paper said amount o! coge, Aabry pal by the Western and Ai Gald Blougeti Know. tng that sald Pad! Way connected with sald 10ad as an employé, but was an atiaché of the Cnroniele, & paper published. at bis (the sald Paul's) place of residnce, and satd Paui had rendered no servige Whatever to the Western aad Atlanile iiail- road.” In explanation of this charge it i3 asseried ¥ the se that the services rendered by r. Paul were jor Blodgett, aud nol for tie road. Blodgett wanted a seat m the Untied States Senate, ond he wanted the press to nelp him, Paul wrote ed- duoriais ta his favor in the Washington Caronic e and Palladeiphia Press (*ny tWO papers, Doth daily”) laudatory of Blodgett, Ms ioyalty, &c. For aii ot ths puiting and praising the State of Georgia bas puld handsomely, HARDWARE FOR FAMILY USE. ‘The last charge ayainst Blodgett is iiat “the said Blodget did have a certain change made on a ‘passed bri,’ No. —, im favor of JM, & J, C. Ahearder, on which was chargelacertain safe, of tie value of $175 aud drayage $1, and Dave suosiituied io leu thereof ceriain other aracies to the sume amonnt, Which were never furaished to sald road, aud the said sale, by Sa:d Bloduett’s order, was sent to the ivate residence of bim, the said Blo izeit, and used him eurreptitiousiy.”? 4 SQUABBLE BETWHEN THE LAWYERS, This morning General Gartreil appeared in Court in behalf of Blodgett and announced himself ready for the examination, While he was engaged in Jooking over some papers Henry ?. Farrow, the Ab torney Ceneral of the State, arose and siated that he appeared for the prosecution in his oficial capacity; that he had been Investigating the alieged swidles, bul that he nad not thougit Mimseif ta possession of a suiicient number of facts to warrant an arrest. Nevertheless, be trusied that Major McCaila, who had maae tho attidavit upon which the Warcant was issued, wouk? be able to prove his case, ‘Thereupon a discussion arose between him and Major Har- grove, connsel for MeCalia, Hargrove ob,eciing to his taking Charge of tue case, I'nis scene revealed the fact, stated in my last letter, that the two wings Of tie prosecution are bitterly hostile to each other. Without setting the difiicuity the Court adjoarued to mune o'clock lo-morrow Morning. Attorncy General Farrow Ariested—The Exe nwiiationmFarrow Gives His Accuser tho LiewA Physical Response. ATLANTA, Sept. 29, 1871, Thishas been a lively and exciting day before Justice Butts, the learned jurist, before whom tae parties charged with swindling the State are exam- ined. The lie has been g:ven, blows have been struck, a little blood drawn and pistois cocked, el of which facts I heréwith narrate. SOMETAING LIVBLY PROMISED, This morning, pursuant to adjourament, the Court Met to continue the preliminary examination into the case of Foster Blodgett, Juaze Butts having cailed the Court to order, General Gartrell an- nounced that he had an important case in the Supreme Court and asked for a postpouement of the examination, which was agreed apon by the opposing counsel, and the case was accordtingiy postponed to Monday morning next. ARREST OF TH@ ATTORNEY GENERAL—TUS GIVEN, Meanwhile Attorney General Farrow had risen from his chair and was standing near a table con- versing with a gentleman. He was approached by @ State constable, who handed Im a foldea Paper. Farrow took the document, opened it, and commenced reajing in a nonchalant sort of manner, Presently bis features flushed for an insiant, he bit his lips and seemed somewhat agi- tated, Turning to the Court he announced that for the tirst and only time he was counse: for the defence in auy of the cases brought before that wibunal for winding the State ratiroad. Taat case would be his own, as he had just been served with a Warrant of arrest on (a charge of obtatning money from tue road on false pretences, Turning and looking at Major Mcvalta, the prosecator in the case, ne added, in a loud and somewhat excited toae, “Major McUalla has sworn to a lie, and 1 will prove 1, McCalla became red in the face, half Btarted from is seat, but, restraiming hunself by 8 visible eivort, made no demonstration to resent the ansult, THE CHARGER AGAINST FARROW, after the momentary bustie caused by this inct- dent bad subsided Major Hargrove moved that the adjourned case against McCalla be taken up. Colonel Farrow insisted upon an immediate examination into the charges brought agaimsi him. General Gartell, who had held a brief consultation with him, announced that he would appear as his counsel. Judge Butts dec ded to take up his case first, and accordingly the examivation began. Tne chargo, which was read in Court, stated that Henry P. Farrow, by ‘ueceitfal acts and practices,” aud by representing to deponent that he held a draft for $1,800 signed by the Governor, nad induced him (Major McCalla) to pay him $1,00, money beloug- ing to the State road, he, at the same time, not pos- fessiog any such draft, EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION. In the evidence for the prosecution a vill with a warrant attached was produced as the document which Farrow possessed. The bill 1s dated July 1, 1871, and 1s a claim for services rendered to the State railroad from June 1 to June 30 of the present year, Singularly enough, the “passed bili’ or Warrant sigoed by Fosver Bloagett, the super- intendent, and Mr. Hotchkiss, the auditor, is dated December 27, 1870, J. P. Harris, the late trea- surer, testified that Colonel Farrow brought bun the document in July last an@ asked him to cash it; that he stated he was not paying auy bills; that Colonel Farrow then said that he neard he woald shortly receive a large sum of money, and asked if he would pay it then; that he promise’ he would, and Farrow then left the papers with him. A few days after Farrow came back and witness then told him that Major McCella was paying out money, and referred hii to that gentieman, Witness said he wouid not have paid the money if be had noticed the date on the warrant, although he knew that a large number of them had been ante-dated since the road was ieased (the lease went into ellect De- cember 29), He would also have preferred the en- dorsement by the Governor om the olll, sigaed in ful, instead of wita the iniual 8" in pencil. Major McCaila testified that Blodgett came to him representing that Farrow held @ draft for $1,800, rigned by the Governor, and asked him to advance him some money on it; that he was not shown the draft, but, believing the statement, tie let Farrow have $700, taking his receipt for it. A iew days later Farrow came pack and acked him for more money; that having some misgivings in tie matter he wrote Out a receipt for $300, ‘on account of dratt for $1,800,” Which Farrow signed aud took the nioney; hatifte hag seen the document oe never would have advan_ed him $1, THE DEFENCE. On the part of the defence Foster Blodgett testifed that Farrow was the regular attorney for the ratl- Toad ai a salary of $300 per month, according to a con- tract. made with Governor Bullock; that the $1,800 was for six mouths’ salary; that he had not noticed the ante-dating of the warrant, aud that if he nad he would not have signed it. Mr. Rawson and Sir. Hammock, two inembers of the comiaittee engaged in examining the books of the road, testified that Colonel Farrow bat voluntarily piaced the docu- ment vefore them anil had called their atteution to ic; that he had made no attempt whatever a& con- cealment, Other evidenve was given to siiow that rarrow had act Mon! im the matier, after wich the Court adjourned to Ineet again in tie afternoon in the private onice of Judge busts, LEGAL RHETORIC. At two o’clock the Court met in a smal| and dingy room tna building on Alabama streei., ‘ihe Gover- nor’s contract with Farrow was produced, and some additional evidence given for ana against the defendant, General Garivel! then adaressed the Court in behalf of Farrow, demanding a dismissal of the case because notning bad been proven against his cent, and declaring that his conduct in the matter nd been, in every sense of the word, honorable and Ftrictly legal, Major Hargrove followed for the prosecution, He claimed that the document for $1,800 Was bogus; Wat Farrow had no claims what- ev-r upon the row; tha’ he ceased to be tts counsel when the transfer took place, a3 he nad not been re- appointed by the Governor at the time the other of ficers were reappointed. Upon the conciuston of hig remarks the dude took the papers, announclog that he would give his decision to-morrow morning. The Court was then adjourned to nine o’elock m the morning, and lumediately alver a scene of greai ex. clement took place. THE WIR GIVEN AGAIN. dust prior to the adjournment Major Hargrove arose aud, referring to the remarks mauy by Farrow in the — moruing a @ contempt of the court, demanded & retraction, Farrow te- plied, declaring that he had meant no disrespect to the Court, but that what he bad sald was the truih, and that he was ready to repeat 1 outside. In eflect this was virtually again charging McCalla With having sworn to a le: ane in the tte crowdet room the sensauon of the morning was renewed, A SINGLE STORK COMPAT AND PISTOLS DRAWN. Searcely had the word of adjournment passed the Judge's lips than McVaila, who is a short, stout, athietic man, dashed through the crowd, stick In hand, and made for Farrow, who instantly raised his efick with bis left hand and cleverly caught the | blows as they descenued wiih great rapiully aod LE Vcekee, ‘until Mecatta’s stiox broke, Weanttme, | wears nent hand he had drawn from hia pocket a ranger, which he cocked; put. befuce ne could use A several gentiemen had rushed upon Mcvalla, i 0 Was the act of coining to close qui ‘arrow ion jiowered his weapon, remarking ‘twat while be would y i D thesitete to kill McCalla he Would not run the risk of killiag innocent persons. It is cortain, however, tha: 1’ Le lad dred a single ahot be would have fatien dead the uext minute, for | €8 soon as he drew the pistol Major ilargrove, Me- | Caila’s counsel, thrust his aud into nis pocket and | cocked bis (Hargrove’s) weapon, reauy to nivut {| down Farrow We moment that gentiemaa fired. Lnekily for all parties concern acted ate! arties concerned Fari throaghont wita great coolness and self possbackon: He remained strictly on the detensive throughout, and oy ls Coolness averted a bloody struggie. In Wording off the blows of his Antagouat he was re- peartedly struck on the left hand, the forefinger of Witch Was cut, causing it to pleed# litile, bat not much. Major McCalla was aot struck at ‘was taken from the room by several geutlemen, ana Coiouel Farrow soon alter followed und returned toy Dis nome, ‘Tala terminaied the affair, although 16 created OCe excitement on the street for some lime alter, AUTUM IN TIE PARK. An Afecnooa Among tho Drives and Rambles of the Coatral Park—Tho Urcat Resort in, Its Fall Livery. Round and round go the wheols, glistening in the suo, Tramp, tramp, tramp, and scores of tron- bound hoofs strike the hard, smooth pave. Away go the clean-llimbed steeds, away go the luxurioua carnage’, and away go the pleasure seekers over Ube delightfil drives of Central Park. Back come the ringmg laugh and the murmur of gay voices as they round a curve and disappear, thelr bright wraps and lovely costumes lingering in ths memory of the looker-on like a pleasant picture, On and on and on, @ never-ending procession, They skit the Lake, they wind around the Mall, they dash acros# the bridges, tuxing in vitality from the Aclicious ecenes aboal them, And wiata variety, to be sure, there ison the road, The eduipayes are no more varied than are tuelr owners. There 2023 @ man of the turf, firin of hand and steady of eye; be seem nothing of the autamn landscape; but devotes hnn~ seif body and soul to his horse. And it 1% an animal worthy of devotion, every drop of his blood thoroughbred—that you cap Plainiy see. Nervous, alert, fiery yet gentle; docile, Inveiligent aivaiul, easy guided, yet the devil when goaded Wo tar—all this is visible if you have the right eye tora horse, aud if you haven't you. Jose baif of the pleasure of the Park. What Mf you have no Norse of your own? You can get ver! heorly a8 much enjoyment out of your fic! neigubor’s wu you only know uM. But, leaving your jockeyisa watch that family carriage, full bids, One, two, three, jour, itve lute beads, one 4st above te other, and their charming. mother, jookig a3 rosy and happy as the baby iy her arms, Wuhat @ Joly load it is, and Low one would like to bey along. Nexicume a couplein a dasiing oe, and in more than dashing arcay—“stanaing’? we be a better word with which tw describe them, it must be Adoiphas and Araminta, Yes, there is no douvt about it, for there are the eyeglasses that «he always = wears, auld. that glorious makeup never could beoug to any: over Woman, Tuey are making iove in @ BocieLy sort of way, cool and od-haud, and Arautinta looks eodungiy pretty, with that de, recatung little pous at she assumes enpassant, bucit would never do to cail attention to all these charioteers, though 1 is a Jascimaling study, and one (iat auyoody cap pursue Altius leisure on any pleasant Sunday afternoon. You leave the broad carriage drive, aud think you: are done with horses, when, thud, thud, & sound Btrikes your ear, acloud of dust rm in your vicinity, and then @ horseman, goes rushing by. Another and another follows, andthes a group with two lovely giris sitting grace:uily on their beautiia) horses. Their long black robes Uail against the juts and lituic gauntleted hans, Loiding so prevtily bridie and wuip, set one dreaming of ‘ite 01d days oF knigné and iady, the days of castie aud tourney. Aiwr all tus people neither drive nor ride, and the i’ark 18 full of them, CHATTING, STROLLING, LOUNGING, aitting at the little tables of the Casino cating cake and sipping the beverages they like vest, idling Ine the rustic retreats, restlug on tie benches by the wayside, exploring the mimic caves, feeding ue proud white swans, rowing ou the peaceful Lake 1p gay gondolas, and amusing themscives ina hun- dred ways to suit as may fociuuations, Speaking Ol Wayside bencies, reminds me that the coimlortable seals with slantiog Oaccs are hegre moved, and in thelr stead benches, actuaiiy and merely bencnes, hard and uncompromising, sre being given for the public use. ‘This will never for how can the “old folks” take their €ase oj benches? How can the lounger read ‘nis pewspaper, ox the nurse hold her baoy, on youches? Ali! no, Cominissioners, spare those benches; touch not @ single one; or, if you do, give tae people befter ones tn their places, And while the question 13 of linprovements, it is fn order to suggest that there auld be pak entrauces at ail the wide sirecis. vu the Park be accessibie from every quarter, ang W any streets are to end in @ bieckade, let 1% be the narrow ones, and not the Widest aud finest, Thus Lighty-sixth street, on thé east , ws one Of tha: ‘Widest in the city, and yet pedesinaus have co waik to Seveuty-mintn or Ninety-secoud strects before they can get into the vark, Eighty-sixtn street should have an enirance into the Park, and we nope our efterprisiag triend Hilton will take the hint, It jour almanac did uot tell you tha: ty was ‘autumn you would know it by going to the Park. What ciso is the mean- leaves scattered over the soit, green tuf under that silver poplar, And the popiar itself, almost bare, already begins to look wau and forsaken, What else is the meaning of the pale yellow foiage of that delicate white birch, and why is there a branch of flame startling you by its brilliant contrast among the green boughs of those uupies? On the enchanting reaches, the slopes =sund = soft = hollows ol Maul sheep are cropping the juicy grass an if it were midsummer, but on the rocks Virginia creepers are scarlet, and down under the hills the sumnach is ripe, and the borders glow with carysan- themu i telling the same story of “melancholy days,’ But, after all, the Park was never more charming. The alr is fresh and bracing, exhilarating, yet touched with the tender iniluence of the waning season. The sun, Wheeling lower toward ing of those pale the south, warms and invigorates, but does) not drive you into the shadow for relief, The landscape is peaceful ami full of the soit intermediate coloring of early fail. The glow and sparkle of summer have faded, but the’richuess and maturiiy of the year are even more beautiiul aud. fulier of health and cheer, Biessings on the Park! What would the great, dirty, suflucating monster du without it? Up go the people—young and oid, rich aud poor—and with the ure air they breathe im moral purity and inaness and brotherhood. ‘fue millionnaire goes and forgets his money; the struggiing work Man. gves aud lorgets lis work: the poor, pai mother goes and forgets her cares; the clild goes and forgets the cold, hard, unsympathetic home, and they all get a little nearer tO the Father of All as they Wander among the beauufal things that He has made, And wien the sua, like a ball of fire, sinks slowly toward the horizoa and the breeze Ircsuena and the moon is dimly outlined. in the east, aud long lines of cars, like some strag- gling caravan, wait to pick up the tired fathers and Mothers and babies, and jaunty bacusiors and dainty maidens, and the Park grows still and the tide of life flows again down town, an inf goes down with aii the multitude not to be found the gateties or miseries o/ the city, an influence only w be fonnd amoug the ees and under tae Bky and In the clear, br J, uncontaminated air, COMMIDORE BULLUS? FUNERAL. Seene in the Church and Areuad the Vault. ‘The following is an account of the funeral honors paid to the remains of the late Commodore Uscar Builus, Uniteu States Navy, at the time of the interment in this city, The obseanies took place on October 2, at twelve o'clock nooa, and were very imposing, in accordance with the high rank held by the deceased officer, Among tke gentlemen acting Ag palivearers were the following officers, dressed in full uniform, representing tho different brancnes of the naval service:—Commodore F. B. Kilison, Coin- modore John W. Livingston, Pay Direcwr J. 0, Bradford, Medical Director George Peck, Chief Engi- neer George Sewell. ‘The general escort was composed of the #ghth infantry regimeat, Univei States Army, stationed at David's Isiand, New York Harbor, commanded by Major Keid, and @ battalion of United States Marines, from the Brooklyn Barrack’, in cnarge of Major Houston, Tae whole military turnout was ably commanded by Lieutenaay Colonel Join L. Broome, United States Marine corps, his brevet rank of colonel taking effect 1u this case, where the troops were composed of different corps. The funeral services were eld in Grave church, Broad- way. Outhe west side of Broadway the troops were drawn up i line, the rigat resting on Teach street. Upon the colin being brougit oot of church the command “resent arms” was miven by Colonel Broome, brigade commander, and during the ame the cova was carried from the right to leit of te line the troops remalned at “present arms,” the bands playing a solemn dirge, previous to which two roils were given on drums draped with crape. “he cofin, with handsome floral decorations, and bearing the sword and hat of the deceased oficer, was next placed by AIX United States marines into @ hearse, whereupon the escort was brought to a “carry arms,’ broken Lo the right tito column of companies, and, with arms reversed, pro- ceeded, t the muate of the “Faneral March,” along broadway. Upon wheeling inv second strect the formation was changed to “by co.npanies, right tor- ward, fours right, mareh.’’ Arriving Oppose he cemetery below Second avenue the escort halted, formed In hne, preseated arma, and, whea the re: mains bed been placed in the family vault, the troops resting on arms reversed, the marine batial- i ion dived (hyee volley Over tie gravee 2 glosy chestnut of their steeds, and tieir plumed ~ ge