The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1871, Page 8

8 THE ERIE RAILWAY. ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS, The Earnings and Expenses---General Operations for the Past Year. Dividends on the Preferred Stock To Be Resumed Forthwith. To THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE Erte Raluway Comrany:— At the close of the last fiscal year, September 30, 1871, the ratiroads owned and controlled by lease by you were the— Main Line—Jerser City to Dunkirk. Northern Ratiroad of New Jersey— Hackensack and New York Kat!road—unc nm jon Kaliroal—Gherry “Hiii” 1 ai Paiorwon to Newari. Piermont sranch —Piermont aad Sultern .... Newburg ang New York Kanroad—vreenwood Junc- tion to Vali’s Gate... Chemung’ Rasiroa' ‘Now York and Erie Rahroad-—Corniag Rochester and Genesee Walley’ Railroad Avon ‘to Kocke Buflato oranch—liornelisvi Buffalo, Bradiord ani Pitedurg Mailroad ~ to Gilesviile, teeta Suspension Bridge and Lrie Junction Raliron falo to Suspension Bridge : rom Wavericy to Watkins and eveion Bridge, a third rail bas been if the passage of narrow gauge trains, whieh is equivalent to a track of ‘ ‘Total length of track owned and leased........0s-0. DARBY You also furnish train service and operate by con- tract the Mites, Warwick Valley” Railroad—Greyeourt to Warwick,... “10 Goshen aod Deckeriown Railroad—Goshen to Pine Island... ny Montgomery thi gomery % Walikiil Vail ws Middletown, Unionvi Middletown t Monticello an Monticeli Weehawken x Kast end of Tunnel to Stock Y Bt Total length of track owned and operated. To operate which 71 bageai oe] O15 engin passcuger cars, ce, expre ars, vox freignt ‘7 Stock ears, 26 Mulik cars, 2,351 Oat curs, cars. 2,708 four-wheel coal rs, were on the roud, Of tne 440 engines on hand at mrmencement of the last fiscal year, during the year 3v, which had been condemned as werk out and unit for further use excep? as O10 scrap iron, Were broken up and aestroyed, and 65 Lew engines wel lded to the equipment—by construction al the Compauy’s shope of ly and purchase of 46. buring the same tune the equipment has been mereased by i2 first class pussenger cars and 939 eight-wheel freight cars, EARNINGS AND EXPENSES. The earninys (row all sources for the year ending September 30, 1671, were as follow: From passenger trains. From freight trains... From other source: *Expenees of operating aud repair Net earnin interest and panying st five precedin per cent; 186%, The earnings for the year would have been largely tn excess of this amount, without a corresponding e Ol expenses, but tor the sirike of coal t winter and spring, which continued for of nye months, during which Ume the ortation of anuiracite coal om your road wus ed. sonrces of the passenger and freight business the year are shown as ollows:— ‘Total, cust and west. 3,579,462 148,242,200 HT BUSINESS, 187 Tons Care Toms Carvicd One de ‘The business of the preceding year is show In the rollowing starement:— PASSENGER BUSINESS OCTOBER 1, 1869, KER 30, 1870, TO SEPTEM- 5 alee eal ‘Phrough, wee Way, cast Way, west. Teal, east and wes! Total Tora Cus ied in Tone Carried One Mile, 3; ‘Total, enst aud west 4,552,505 ‘The following statement of the source and amount of coal tramic Ch your read during the last year, not- withstanding the “long strike,” slows a gratifying resull:— COAL TRAFPIC, YEAT N ENDING SE°TEMDER 90, 1871, Mawley.... Honenilate Carbon dal Alton, Total... ++ 0,928 The shipments trom Hawiey dale and Binghamton were trom Waverly both anunra: from Cormiuig and Alton nous coal. Gn the ist of September your jreat Western Rail f assed into t Tonesdale, Carbon- athracite; shipments and pituminons, and shipuients were of bitumi- lease of the Atlantic sarrendered, and s sion of the Trust enew Auaniic { Western Rail Company. dhe resuct of your jesse of that raliway, in the duterence between the reccipts and expendi tures of the road, was a jogs; but the aciual re uit in retaining that ine in tho tnterest of the broad gauge system, and working direct!y with and drinz- ing business to your raulWay was Gndoubtedly beneficial, ana, if the profits of the busi! from that railway, om your read, east of have not already more than corpensat direct local loss, the fact that that road has fhe possession of other trade between the onuinue to work st, Warrints the belief prove the jease to have ut by you on per- Arrangements aud Great rn iat road Company for the laoterchange of and forthe working of the whole line In comntmnon tuterest as turing the time of id that company has assumed your contri and lease with the Cincimnatl, Hamilton ant Darton Raw the ase of the broad gauge tracks pelween Dayion and Cinclanall, on’ such lerms as Tolueves You from pecumary responsibility of the contract; but, at the same time, -tusures to your road the benent of all through business over that line, Alpicable and satisfactory business relations have been inaiptained with the Lake Shore and Mictigaa Southern Katiroad and its connections west of But tato, 80 that your road lias been fully represented in precuring business to and from tie West over the narrow gauge lines via Cleveland, and, at the same time, by the construction of ihe Suspension Bridge and Erie Juuetion Katlrowd, connection has been made with the Great Weste b) which a large va: that road and its o rit Mi tra Ratiroad and the Detroit and Milwaukee Rail- wa! m fact, the Additional business to your read by the construction of this Suspension Bridge road far exceeds the most sangaine expectations, and it vromises a large and steady morease in the future, while the local business of that new road has devei- oped the anility of the road to be self-supporting, Arrangemen's have peen made with the city of epaekport to consiract a branch road from that city Tonawanaa, Which, it is expected, will be com- pleted in a few weeks aiter se(ued spring Weather, and which will throw consvleraple loca! business ‘on the Suspension Bridge rvad, as well as give to your matin ite an additiona: amount of through brisiness. The Newark and Hudson Kajlroad ts in course of construction, and will soon be completed from the west end of ao Tunnel to a connection with (he ~.Peverson and Newark latiroad at Newark. This road will i large local passenger business to ring to your ferry, a8 it wii reach a part or the ke | of Newark a rat been preserved {rom lunes, tiv: ve sto you in th 5 ihe West, and “wil that the ultimate result will been entered into and caiticd fectiy sound business principles. dave been iiade with the new Atlanuc 1 Railway of Canada, been obtained from ao Cen- present not having the benetit of a tune to New York, and ic wiil very moch ensence the vaine of the Patersou and Newark Ratiroad and fhe country tht i which it runs. The Neckensack Extension avroad Company ts extending ite road to Grassy Point, above Haver- straw, on the Hodson River, which wil add much 40 the value of your lease oi that road, Doribg ‘ast year acoutract was made with the | roads to the matter, and requesting au account and new Uceante Steam Navigation Company, by which the landing of their steamships was seoured at Long Dock, and exchange of business, coutract has bad the effect of adding to the reveaue of your ferry when any of their steamships have been in port. Tnat company expects to nave speneh. ships completed to form a regular weekly line ear! 4 DeXt spring, the gavantages ol which will be felt by your road as well as by the ferry, When the present management assumed charge of your read we found the use ol the Bergen Tunnel Very seriously interiered with by trains of the Dela- ware, Lackawaana aud Western Railroad Company, Jes-ee ol the Morris and Essex Ra:lroad, and on looking into the matter tt was found that a contract had been made in 185 with the deboken Land and Improvement Company for @ small read from tne Tobokeu terry to connect with tue New Jersey Rail- road, near the Hackensack River, to run through the tunnel; put instead of butidiag such. a road, as contemplated by (he contract, under authority sub- sequently obtaine! from the Legisiature of New Jereey, they built an independent road to Newark, aud there connected with the Norris and Essex Ratiroad; by aqsenuing: that road west they made connection with the Pennsylvauta roads, aud so on to all pomts in the W ‘m country, and this was the rond they were operating Saran the tunnel without any charge theréfor, Ly calling attention of the oMcers of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Westera and Morris and Essex settlement for the aso of the tunnel, they claimed the right granted under the contract of 1859, for a Dranch of the New Jersey road, and refused action on our request, Se that We Were obliged to resort to the Courts. Sult was commenced in Chancery of New Jevsey, to which they put tn an answer in bud- stance same as they had given to us, and at same me claimed that your company tad, by acqui- escence i lietr construction of the contract of 1559, in permittiug them to use the tunnel as they pleased without iormal demand tor compensauon, torfeied all right to question their position in the premises, About the time the sult was ready for fiual hearin besore the Chiet Justice the matter was comprom: and a new Contract made, under which the Dela- ware, Lackawanna anit Western Company are now paying usas the rate of about sixty thousand dollars ayear ior use of the tunnel, Whereas previously they bat paid nothing tor it, Applicaton has been made to the Post OMee De- partment fer an increase ol compensation for trans+ riation of United States mattis, Wilci, so far, has een ouly partly successiul, as under tne law as it now stands the Postmaster General does not cons sider that he has authority to pay us what 13 con- ceded to oe put an auegnate compensation fur the service perormed, It is hoped that Congress will correct Unis mutter during tts present session by ne- cessary legisialion. We are hauling two Post Oitice cars each Way dutly over the road on express pas- senger trams, besides periuraing matl service on several local trains, and the Post Ofice Department, with a view Of calarged and 1nproved mali service, is now asking us to Increase the dimenstons of the pystal cars. The policy of this company Las been to furnish the pudlic with the largest and best facil tues for business, gnd 1a ts matter of mall service you were the first to comstruct and puis the present system Of postai cars, which are ran at a cost in excess of the compensation. Tne public has had the benefit, while we have been trasting the federal government wouid readjust the pay aud fix it at a proper amount. ‘The expenditures for repairs and new construc. tions on Une ling of the road, for the convenience of the public and improvement of your property, have been contiuued from time to time in accordance With the established policy as indicated in the funual report of 1889. The economy in the use of steei and stecl-headed rats 1s being clearly demon: strated every day, f1om the fact that witn a large in- crease tn lie Munber of miles Of road operated and to be wulntamed, the quantity Of new rats required for repairs is constantly decreasing, and the coa- dition of the track 18 a5 the same t improving, During tne year ending September, 1870, there were ‘used 1n repairs Of track 2,872,558 feet, or 69,: pounds O! rails, while In the last yeut we used but 2,604,062 feet, oF 54,692,909 poands, showing a saving of 51 miles of rai or 2533 miles ol road and 2,91 gross tons, and your track was in better order at the close of the last year than at the close of the preceding year. It 1s confidently expected that the cost and quantity of new 1auls required for repairs will largely decrease every year trom this ume We have, so far, pot la the track about 100 miles of solid “steel rails and 314 miles of steel- headed rails. ‘the ecovomy m the use of these rails ts shown, also, in the cost of repairs and coudition of the rolung stock, aad also in the more expeditious manuer in which the Inrgely accumulating number of trains are run over the road irom the dcerease 1a the mulaber of dcoldents, broxen or delective raus throwing Cars aNd engines from the track, and Une consequent damage and destruction of rolling stOCK. In the matter of bridges we have continaed the sysicm O1 resowing, when required, the woolen strnciures wit) iron; and at this time two ol tae most important bilages on the line, wuica were for single track ooly, are being renewed with iron and evlarged tor double aca; one over the Passaic River, Wost of Laterson, 1s 365 feet long, of tree and one over the }elaware River, and Dela- Hudson Canal, west of Port Jervis, 703 feet long, of five spans—one span of 170 feet, \hree spaus of 155 feet each, and one span of 149 feet, ‘the lormer bridge 1s being coustructed by the | Watson Ma acturing Company of Paterson, on the plan ot Mr. 8. S, ost, and the latter by the Kellozg ane Company of Bufalo, oo the plan of Mr, Kollogg. Thee Senesit of the arrangements made by the present management for lessening the cost of 1uel consumed In jocomouves, which is one of the largest items of the daily cost of operations, is now being sensivly felt, as i3 sown in the f[cllowing statement of tne cost of fucl during tae live years last pasi:— 1867, 22c, per infle run; 1863, 14',¢, per m run; 1869, Ise. per mile ran; 1870, 104¢. per mile run; 1871, 10c. per mile run. All of the arrangements made for securing to your road a sure and permanent business, and for anh economical cost of operations, are pecmining, to have effect, and go to show that the policy of waking the several expenditures with the view of securing permaneiit improvements, as specified in the last Rablishod annual report, is amply vindicated by the result, Jn conclusion, I have the pleasure of communica- tng the following repor: of # special committee and a resolution of the Board of Directors, At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Erie Railway Company, held at the oMice of the company, December 24, 1871, the foliowimg report Was submitted To THE PresipEsT Any Dine rons oy THR Ente Rau.- WAY COMPANY GENTLENE e committee to whom referred the subject of the earnings and expenses ot the road for tie car- rent with the view of dec year ending ecamber $1, 1871, he expediency of déclarin ck, having exa:ained the jor of the company, find that for of the year there were no surpins enrnin payment of dividends on the preterred put that for the last ax months of t a are such es to warrant the parinent of divi. for that perio1, and give promise of such caroings as to jumicy the hope that the company will be enabled to con- tinue uointerraptediy the payments of dividon 8 herefore re: etfully recomme: jens on th from the Ist of h and a hall per he Sint of January next. JOHN HILTON, DELI Wit ELD adopted: oar), from an estimate of the y for the mx months beginning probably been ption of dividends be resumed, and per cent for the period 81, Is7t, be paid on and of the’ preferred stock. all appear upon the books of the ‘on Decotaber él. 1871 (ue transfer book gorporation be lose kD, M,, to remain clowet rin m after Jenuary Jl, 1 holders whose tie preferred stock ber 80, IT, et two o Slat day of daunary, For fall details of the last year's operations I refer to the statements made in the form prescribed by the Legisiature of this Stat JAY GOULD, President, New Yorg, Dee. 28, 1871. RIPARIAN RIGHT> IN JERSEY. Another Check to the Railroad Laud-Grab- bers-Ciizou Rights Which Even Railroad Companies Are Bound to Rx spect. One of the most vexed questions In New Jersey for at toast half a decade past Las been who docs | and who does not own land under water along the shores of its coast, its baya aud Its rivers. Readers of the Ueratp will remember that during the fail of 1859 @ eéerious confitet took place between certaln private citizens of Newark and the Newark and Paterson Railroad Company. The property of Mr. /. W, Stevens aud W. M, Force fronted on te Passaic, Jast below Woorsiae, and ran to the water's edge, They hal asort of wharf there waolch was used for private purposes. Along came the raliroad company, whose line was mapped out along tne shore, and forcibly took possession, despite the remonstrance of Stevens and Foree, who claimed ownership of the property. The railroad company laid the same claim, giving a9 (heir warrant tne act of tne Legis. et yt ghee them the charter. Steve in be. haif of the owners, then bronghs anit a) it the company for goatrui free p je to the riv Jnage Depue decwead in his favor, The case was carried ty the Court of Appeals and tnat Court decided two potnis, first, that tne State could grant to any one the rigat to ocenpy the land ander water without compensat- ing the Tiparian owner; second, that in this case Lhe State had not granted to tuc railroad company py the land under water, and they were mere wrong doers and Hale to Stevens for damages. Tne company, however, Without regard ty this dect vegan the erection Of @ double track, in which they were restrained py tbe Court of Chancery, In the meantune, under al- vice of counsel, the shore owners had nuled in th water beyoud and ontsice of the railroad track and made solia and of what lormerly had been ander water, which, under the Wharl act, gave them a tee simple in the reclamation, lacluding what was oc- cupred by the track, ‘Shey then vegau ections of ejectment against the Erie Ratiway Company, witich Gad leased the Pater. gon road, These Suits, in which the plaintifs were William M. Force, George W. Smith, Joa P, Wake man, Marcus L. Ward, Hugh 6. Jackson and John M, Littell, were argued before Judge Pepue at the ast term, and were vesterday ceciied in favor of OE EEE EE | tone, upland. ‘The cases will the company apes tot ipreme Court, Judge Depue will probably be NEWFOUNDLAND. The Grievances of Fishermen—Seal Skin in Its Early Stage—Return of the Labrador Fle:t— Difficulties Arising from the Monticello Question—The Address of the Legisla- ture to the Governor—The Gov- ernor Appeals to Great Britain— The Herald Enterprise. St. JOHNS, Dec. 15, 1871. The pauper relief system, which has been at last successfully opposed by the antl-coufederate régime in this island, had proven ttself an unbearable en- cumbrance upon a government whose revenues are as circumscribed as the population of the islendis small,” The sums realized by poor men in every portion of the island by the unprecedented success of the last geal fishery cause unusual improvements to be made in every branch of industry, The pros- perity enjoyed on accouut of the issue of the seal fishery has been amply maintaimed by the almost fabuious result of the Labrador and other fsneries of Newfoundiand. THE WRONGS OF FISHERMEN. Still, In spite of the continued good fortune of the hardy fishers, there 13 a mercantile ~ ‘opoly exisi- ing here which hampers tho carnings 0. thep. uy & most despotic system of levying extortionate prices upon the “supplies” taken by each fisherman at the peginning of each voyage. in order to sub- serve the ugurious Loterests of these mercantile autocrats, the fisherman, who earns his every cent amid dangers at which the outer world wonders, and by the most excessive toll that wears away the life of honest men, 1s compelled to accept any goods at the option of his master in payment of his vatua- ble service. This matter I would submit to the HERALD, as it 1s at least just for the world to know that the hardy and warm-hearted fishermen of this tuclement region suffer the most grievous of wrongs, which baye coniinued throngh the past century ‘Without avy palliaticn. The return of the lastof the Labrador fleet con- cludes & fail trade which has no precedent, compara- lvely speaking, in any otver country, The nurbor of St, Johns 13 alive with shipping, and THE VLAGS OF MANY NATIONS smeam from cvery halyard. The bastle on the wharves at this time is ag vewildering as the thor- oughfares of Broadway. Tne most noteworthy em- ployment is the “gaffling’” and “barruwing’? of fish in which many brawny and red-faced womea p: ticipate, and the weighing of the precious seal skins which now look 80 filthy and useless, but which hereatter will Geck the heads of fashionable beaux. The soft and rich-looking seal skina which are exposed in the windows of furriers’ stores in New York have once been submiite!l to the plebelan usage which is at first met with by cowhtdes and sheep skins, Many vessels have already left this port aud Harbor Grace bound to Naples, Genoa and Leghorn and several Spanish ports, Tue trade of New/oundiand with the West Indies and Brazil has been considerably enhanced by the success of the jate cod and herring fisheries. Consequently many vessels have lately left and are about toleave tnis port for those of the above countricsa. AS preparations are already being made for the next seal fishery, many are the speculative ramors concerning (he number of American ships that will engage in that incrative voyage In 1872, ‘These speculations have revived the vexations quesiton of THE MONTICELLO'S CLAIMS, which placed the government in profourd con- Sternation. As an item of internatuonal importance, and ove which will materially affect the interests of American capitaiisis in the’ sealing, whaling and other fisheries, 1 enciose you a copy of the address of the Legisia‘ive Council to the Governor of New- foundiana, in view of ths antictpated-imeference of foreign capitalists with the fiheries of tbe island. ‘The address fs signed by the President of the Cogn- cil, and passed the leztsiative body aftera stormy debate, Which continued through a whole sess10a:— NDRES: eh UL an To Hin, Excellency Colon y C, B., Governor and Com- mande; Mayr OUR EXCELLENCY—We, thf Legislative Council of Newfoundiand in session convened, respectfutly submit the following statements in reference to the question of the prosecution of the seal tishery from our ports of the vesee's of foreign nations :— it is unnecessery for us to make particular refer- ences to the case of the United States steamship Monticelio, wich first led to the consideration and discussion of the subject by the Legistature, asthe circumstances have already come ander Your #xcellency’s observation. 9. The matter appears to its to present itself in one or both of two views, viz.—elther as the infraction of existing treaties, or a8 an intrusion with which, in the absence of a treaty, the colony has, turough its Legislature, a complete fad inallenable rieht to deal as & question of meritime and territorial right. f the iiret view (that which fs generally received) be correct, then, by the terms of the Convention of 1518, Ameri- mn fishermen havo no rights on or within three arine miles of any of the coasts, bays, cresks id harbors of Her Majesty's dominions in America, ve the liberty of taking fisn on certain detined parts of the coast of Newfoundiaud and Labrador, and to ary and cure the same in uneettied localities; and by that convention and the imperial act 59, Geo, 8, cap. 33, they would have no rigat to enter the bays or harbors of New/oundiand outeide these Naiits tor any other purposes whatever than thoae of shelter or repair, of purchasing wood and obtaining water, under the penalties of that act, and subject to any order or orders of Her Majesty in council, or of the Colonial Governor, in pursuance of such ordera, 4. The eniry, outit, manning and clearance, and subse- qnent return of the ship in question, and the manufacture of Hier cargo of seals, have taken piace outmde the boundaries 4 Fithin the pro- ng of a foreig: 5 excepted in the said act and convention, an hioited mits, and is the commen: rh portance the iuterest of the trade and peop 8, We desire that such powers as may be lawfuliy exer- clsed under the Treaty of 818 and the agi act, and by loca: logislation (if necessary), for the more eWectual execution of the same, may be applied towards the prohioision of the use of foreighers of our territorial and maritime possessions for the porpotes of the prosecution of what {commonly termed og Tris yh and the manutacture of seals into oti. . TE tt matters never epecitied — in contemplated paragrap Hig not come within the treaty, then no furcher qu interpretation cr exeention of the treaties w eubmit that our territorial and mariifmo au with re- unaifected an undi- vy local legislation in egisiaturey arise ihority gard to this question would be whol minished, and may be freely exercise 7, inthe jadgment of the bast conserve the iateres:s of this cslony. 7. Her Majesty's goverament has on more than one oc sion assured to the colony the integrity and control of territorial aud mariliow rights. We sibmit that by the of nations the foreign State have no right to occupy and as portion of the ternicory f auother State, nor ai to any commercial Privileges within it, nnlesa by Conventional stipulation or the authority of the law of the iatter S:ajgs that i: the trafic in question be unafectel by treaty th sive power of legislation over ite maritime terntory, which embraces, by the general usage 0 he distance of Rk marive league along the within which limits ite rights of property and terrl- torial jurisdiction are abs and exclude those of every other nation.”” In the asvert! rights, the netyhbor- ing evtoniex have , and bave for many years enforced penal laws for the protection of their rights from fore competition and Interieronee. -f. uring the present gestion the local government has de- legielat x cline apon the subject matter o° these represen- tation: white we do noi cMapprove of the forbearance to pase any Jaw affecting the operations of the present sea- fon, we do most strongly urge the enactment In the next f protective measures in regard to the nse of our territory for purposes mentione: In the fourth paragraph, Ps owervise | calcruated | to and, foster a b the jafigsrousrivairy. And we respectfully suggest that, meantime, {t ehinid be clearly intimiet and und) that foreigners vroposing to engage, in the nex: 3 and future geasons, in the prosecution of the seal idhers, will do 1, 89 far asthe ji tt foregoing observations as worthy of con- jon with regard to th's serious and important matter, trust that any course of action my be carefully which may tend to derogate irom the just rights of or be caleyiayed tn any way to permit or cous- any foreign inirasion fraught —as we believe that in quesson to be--with highly injurious consequences to the trade and péopia of tats colony. ‘The writer of the address seems to have heen in- fluenced in bis suggestions by the questions raised by a MERALD editor under the head of “Fish or sh"! in treatipg of the doubtful order of seals. ‘ne following'ls the Governor's reply :— Mk. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF Lrerana- “ive Couxcit—I thank you for your address in reference to the question of the prosecution of the « our porta by the vesse! berent youd ‘atra of the coloby. mitting your communteation, wortuy of careful consiteration, Fecretary of State for tae colonias, It is believed by many that the adjustment of this question A the British authoritios will entail seri. Oa diMicalties, as it 1 well Knuwn that England ‘favor tho colony aud object to the coming of Yaukee seal hunters into these waters, which, It 13 il, Haye been secured to Newfoundland by a special clause in the Treaty of Utrecit, But there are others who, syrapathizing with ine good man- ners and piuck of bhe Captain and men of the Mon- Uceilo, Would apply to the Action andissae of the government ia tnis tustance:— Parturicat montes et nasvetur ridicutus mus. TIERALD ENTERPRISE, ‘The enterprise ot the HkRALD In securing exclu. sive news of the arrival Of tho Grand Duke of Rus- Siaatatime whea the whole civilized world was aware that the Russian flect accompanying His Highness was due at New York, created mucn ad- miration even tn this duit and tethargic atmosphere. The HERALD aiso had an exclusive account of the murder of Mrs. Serry and her brother, which has created more intense excitement im this country than any circumstance within the memory of the oldest inhabitants, tue Right Honorable the Official Investigation Into the Hart Case—Law- yers at Loggerheads—A Storm in a Teapot— How Wharfingers Work the Oracle. The court convened to inquire into the charges against the Harbor Masters of the port of New York, lately brought to tbe notice of Governor Hoffman by anumber of merchants who considered them- selves aggrieved, was opened yesterday forenoon by Captain James E, Jones, the Port Captain of New York, at nis office, near the yuncton of Pearl and Wall streets. A number of prominent shipowners and mercbants were present, and took a lively interest in the proceedings. THE FIRST WITNESS called was Mr. Parish, of the firm of E. W. Coleman & Co., whose representations to the Governor of the State conduced to the present Inquiry. In answer to the interrogations of Mr. Lyon, the witness stated that he was not personally acquainted with Mr. Haart, the Harbor Master, though he knew him to be then present. All that he knew personally about Hart having stored some flour consigned to their firm was that it was taken from the dock and stored in a warehouse and that the warehouseman rendered the bill of churges made out under the caption, ‘Harbor Master’s Account of Whom it May Concern;” his further knowledge he haa gained by hearsay by the testimony of his emplovers, one of whom had an interview with the Harbor Master; the flour was landed upon pier No. 6 Hast River, and there were two lots—ue first storea on July 26, the second Novemver 13; it was stored in both instances in warehouses at ‘Nos, 46 and 48 Water street; witness did not remem- ber having seen the flour while it was on the dock; had a conversation with the storekeeper regarding it while 1t was in the latter’s possession; the current rates for storage differ at certain seasons of the year, though they have varied but littie during the present one; in July last the rates were:—Cartage, four cents a barrel; labor, three cents a barrel and three cents per barrel per mensem for storage; the insurance was ten cents per $100 per ionii. Counseiior Davis (for Mr. Hari)—In your letter you say ‘‘the flour was stored by the orders ofa warehouseman named Gardimer, who was appa- rently acting Haroor Master inthe matter.” How do you arrive at that conctusion ? Wirness—From Gardiner’s statement to me and not from any Information derived from Hart; “I_pro- duce the original bill of storage for July and a copy of the November one; I do not know whether Hart had any orders or requost to store the flour from any one. By the Port Caprain—We were never notified to remove the flour. No notice could have been given our orm without my knowledge. WARM DISCUSSION. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Davis inter- posed, and a very wordy argument was the result of Captain Jones’ stating that the next case could pro- ceed until the other witnesses in ihe present case were producable. Mr. Brett, the President of the Shipowners’ Association, took a hand m this hte fray, as. Mr. Davis argued that the prosecutors or persecutors of nis innocent client had been making charges vhey were unable to sustain or substantiate, ani thai, a formal Court having been opened, it was clearly the duty of the Port Captain not to lapse outol the customary method of taking evidence, Mr. Brett urged that he came with his colleagues as merchants, not as lawyers, and to assist Captain Jones in investigating the charges brought against ‘the harbor wasters, The discussion waxed warm, and there was some danger oi there being an explo- sion in the court room, which 1s small as the galley aboard a first class caval boat. The Captain of the Port at length restored order, taking a firm stand and asserting that he was utterly tinbiased in the matter, but was fully deter- miued to ferret out the truth of the allegations, as he had been invtructea by Governor koitman. He ‘would listen patiently to all the evidence tendered on either side, yet would render no verdict until it was all given in every case. In order to admit of the production of the princlpai Witness in the next case, the Court would take a recess unill hail past one o'clock. AFTER RECESS. Puncfually at the hour appointed the Captain of the vor’ resumed his judicial seat_and calied the case ef Haney & Parker against Harbor Master Hart. The complainants had toliowed the defend. fut's idea, and obtained counsel im the person of Counsellor Benedict to conduct their case, Archibald T, Haney was the wiiness ca:led, and, atter swearing to the truth of the contents of au an: davit torwarded by nis frm to Governor Hofman, Mr, Davis commenced to cross-examine hint. | After testulying that he belonged tothe frm of Haney & Parker, which doos business at No. 25 Coenties sitp, and that to his knowledge Hart had been Harbor Master of the district in which their house 1s situ- ated for about a year, he was asked whether he applied to Hart for a oerth for the bark Torry borne, and replied in the negative, Mr. Davis—Dia you apply to any one? Witngss—Yes, to William K. Nivers, the whartf- inger, with whom we made a bargala tor the bark to be towed irom Brooklyn to pier No. 6, East River, for $ to include towage and berth; that was about the 5th of December. Mr. Davis—Was $40 a tair and reasonable charge for towing the Torryvorne to tuat berth? Witness—No; Ishouid say $12, at the outside, would be saficient. A Mr. Davis—What were you to pay him the balance ory Wirnrss—For the berth. Mr. Davis—Was that the amount of legal wharf- age on the vessel? WiTNEss—lt had nothing to do with it; we ex- pected to pay that besides; Nivers did not represent to me that he was @ harbor master or that he had any authority to act for one; [ did not go tothe Harbor Master and #sk him to assign me a berth in order to avoid paying the extortlonate charge; I did not consider I had any occasion to do so. Mr. DAvis—Will you state to what you allude in your affidavit as “the tirst instance ?”” Wirness—I allude to the case of the schooner Leading Star, on November 28, 1870; I did not appiy to the Harbor Master on that occasion fora berth jor that vessel; 1 agreed to pay $16 for berth and towage to the wWharfinger, Whose name 1 do not know. Mr, Davis—What was the towage fairly worth? Witsess—I have patd for that towage $19; I have never appiled to Hart fora berth; Lhad po communication with him tn rejerence to cither of the vessels in question until they were fast to tue dock. Mr. Davis—Dia you ever apply to himio allow those vessels to remain? WITNE: J did, aad the reason he gave me for the removal of the Torryborne was thatthe law pronitied him to allow her to remain, Mr. Davis—Have you ever heard that Mart was endeavering to prevent the wharfingers in his dis- trict trom exacting Mlegal fees, and that he had sad no Vessel should occupy a berth for which illegal fees had been pattt Wrrnxrss—] nave heard that Mr, Hart has received bripes ana iliegal tees himselt. ‘ANOTHER COMMOTIO: This was the signal for a genera} commotion, as dir. Davis strenuously objected to the witress peng allowed to answer 1 chamanner, Mr, Benedict umed he had, and the Port Captain was nugatory until tt became Incumbent upon him to request the gentlemen present to “behave as sich," Both Mr. Davis and wie witness Haney possess fluent tongnes, and a wouder{ul smouny %, Tecrim- mation waz the result of their strife, At length the storm +absided, and Mr. Benedict proceeded to ex- amine Haney. The frst question he asked was won Hl Torryborne ? Defendant's counsel tion, but Was overruled by the Witwrss—I applied to him nocanse lt has been always customary to do so in that district, Mr, BENEDICT—Will you state the circumstances in the Leading Star case? (Objected to, but over: ruled by the Cont.) Witness--I appited to the wharfinger at pler 7 for a berth for her and towage from Twenty-fourth street, Norch River, to tvad in ourline for St. Jonas; I think the price 1 was tu pay tor berth and towage Was $15; the wharfinger sent his boat and towed the schooner to the end of p' 7, on the dock of which we had cargo lying ready for shipment; the captain came ant told me Hart had ordered him to shitt the vessel, (Mr. Davis here objected, on the 5 the witness applied to the wharfager for a vert for the bark ground that hearsay evidence was inad- missibie, but the Court dd not ge him, and the — witness , continucd.) wen! down to ye ope found Mr. Hart th And asked him a he had ordered the yesse) to move; he replied that she could vot como In there; that ne had rea: the law to the sktpper of the schooner, and given him a certain time in which to move; just prior to this Hart tnreatened to cat the lines if the vessel (lid not go away; { told the skipper to come ashore with his crew, and Iet acuouner drift away if Hart carried out Ins threat; 1 went to look for another berth, and, when f returned, 1 found thet tart had halted a tng, aud had the vessel be ih dd into the stream, for wick 1 had to pay $5, ‘The Court at this stage wished to adjourn, buat permitted Mr. Davis to ask a few more questions, the first of which was, “Have yon been In the havte of paying. to wharfingers more than legal wharf- age?! This the witness declined to answer, where- yu Hart's counsel launched out in eulogy of his cheut, declaring that that unfortanate Harnor Mas- ter was bemg persecuted by wiscrupuions mer- chants because he refused to allow them to buy permission to occupy the best ha from corrupt wharfingers, To the next question Haney re. piled:—"I_ knew that the law fixed the rate of wharfage Whea I made the bargain with Niver: I dtl not know at tie time I made the bargain that T was paying him $28 more than Wie law alowed, for tga not Know the law allowed one cont tor any ert, Mr, DAVis—Why did you pay that $237 Wirnres—Because tt has got to be a castom in the port of New York Mh ad for a berth, otherwise one could not be optaine Mr. Vavis—Paying whom? WITNE! The parties we agree with for the berth; Tnever pala a Marbor Master, Knowing lilm to ve —WITH SUPPLEMENT. one; Ihave always understood that the Harbor Mas- ters received @ portion of the money we the wharflngers or stevedores Whom wi wo you engage a berth. Mr. DAvis—-Did you ever understand when paid money that you did so to influence Harbor Master Hart in the performance: OF his official duties? Wirngss—I won't say that. After some squabbliag the Port Captain, thinking another discussion of aa unpleasant nature prova- be see the Court adjourned until half-past ten BROOKLYN AFFAIRS Revenue Seizure. A horse and wagon and five barrels of illicit whiskey were captured In Hicks street yesterday morning by one of the Assistant Assessors. The propery was turned over to the United States Mar- Deaths in Brooklyn. The mortaary reports from the Boara of Health snow the number of deatns in Brooklyn during the past week to have been 228, an increase of 12 over the previous week. Of the deceased 45 were men, 61 women, 67 boys and 55 girls, There were 22 deaths from smallpox. Cowardly Attack on a Liquor Dealer. Thomas McGregor aud Thomas Brumley were taken before Justice Walsh yesterday on a charge of having committed an assault on James McCaffrey, the proprietor 6f a liquor store at No. 30 Gold street. ‘The accused went into the saloon on the 25th inst. and, alter getting all they wanted to drink, ‘amused themselves by beating McCatfrey until his nead pre- senved a shocking spectacle. Justice Walsh sen- fenced them to four months ¢ach in the Peniten- lary. Sm Xe Smalipox, it is said, is still increasing, seventy. two cases having been reported Curing the past week. Bonds to the amount of $10,000 are now being prepared in order to provide means to pay the Mecessary expenses incurred 1n the employment of extra physicians to vaccinate all who stand in need of it, Anumber of physicians are to be em- ployed on Tuesday next by Health Omicer Cochran, who now feels greatly encouraged at the assistance he is receiving, and hopes s00n to be able to check the spread of thé contagion, The Shooting of Young Henry. Charles Johnson, the Brooklyn Fire Warden, who shot young Henry in a barroom affray in the saloon of William Donaldson, at the corner of Hudson avenuc and Plymouth street, on Christmas morning, is still at Jarge, while _ his vicum, it 13 sald, Mes at , the point of death at the Brookiyn City wospitai. Tho efforia on the part of the police of the Second precinct, m which the aifray ovcurred, if any have been made, bare not been successful in bringing tms3 rowdy to justice. In order to make @ show of doing some- thing they arrested five of the parties who were present at the time of the shoonng between nine and ten o'clock on Wednesday night. Yet even this fact they failed to telegraph to the Central Ofice, Jt 1s intimated that no particu. lar eifort has been made to find Johnson, ‘The names of the parties arrested are as follows :—W il- liam Allen, Bartlay Gunning, John McDonald, Wil- liam J. Donaldson and Hugh Brady. These men were taken before Justice Walsh yesterday morning and discharged ou their own recogmizance, The Cost of Cleaning the Streets. The contracts for cleaning the streets in the differ- ent wards in Brooklyn for 1372 were awarded yester- aay to the following named persons:— trick Lyon: Filth ward—Patnick ossen. Sixth ward—Andrew McKeon Seventh ward—Thomas Mutien. Fighth ward—Michael Rezgy. Niath ward—Jobn Farrell ‘Tenth ward—Patrick Dunn, ‘Thirteenth ward. Fourteenth ward—Thomas A. She: Fifteenth ward—Hugh tad Sixteenth ward—Henry J. Seventeenth ward—Thomi AL Shea Eighteenth ward—Henry Nineteenth ward—Patrick Twentieth ward—Patrick Lyoi Twenty-Grst ward—Thowas Maliei Tweut}-second ward--Cormick MeGovera THE NATIONAL GAME. The New Mutual Club Nine for 1872. The Mutual Club held their regniar annual meet- ing on Tuesday mght, at thelr headquarters in Eighth avenue, and the following efficient corps of oMcers were chosen to manage the club. afar daring 1872:— President—Judge Anthony Hartman. Vice President—James Mottet, Secretary—Alexander V. Davidson, Treasurer—Wiiiam McMahon. Board of Directors—Messrs, James Hayes, James Bernard Kenpes, Stephen O'Brien and Warreu Davids, Jimmy Hayes Is the well known and popular As- sembiyman, Jimmy Gorry is the new Stperintend. ent of Markets, Bernard Kenney ts Harbor Master, and Steve O’Brien is brother of the Shertff and En- gineer of the Board of Education. Last year the Cluv offictals- were all In the Tam- many interest, This year they are all of the O’Brien régime. The Directors have secnred a very strong nine, Including the following well known piaycrs:— Catcher—C. Mills, of tne Mutuais of 1671, Pitcher—Cummings, of the Stare of 1571. First base—Start, of the Matnals of 1873, Second base—Hattield, of the Mutuals of 1) Third hase—Boyd, of vhe Atiantics of 1871. Short stop—Pearce, of the Mutuals of 1871. Left fleld—Bechtel, of the Aliletics of 187 Centre field—Eggler, of the Mutuals of 187 Right feld—MecMuliin, of the Haymakers of 1871. The Maymakers hold written papers from Cum- mings, and it isa question whether they will allow him to play with any club except the Atlantics. The Mutuals are going io strong for thestreamers m 1872, as will be seen from the above list of crack professionals whom they have secured for thelr new run. - aT idl UELING, There was a large gatheriag of anid Scotia's sons at the Curling Pond at Central Park yesterday, the occasion being the first match of the season be- tween the St Andrews ava Empire City clabs, of this city, four rings being laid out on the pond, tivo of which were occupied by the contesting clubs, one by the Caledonian Club and the other by a field arty, The weather was propitious for a keen en- joyment of the sport, and the ice was in splendid condition and the result was a very fine exhibition Of the beauties of the national winter game of Scot. land, Up to lunch the, at hall-past two, the contest at the frst rink, at, which skips Henderson and Moore were contesting captains, was close and ex- ng, the record standing at 6 to5 only In favor of he ot. Andrews side, At the other rink, in which skips Dalrymple and MeNetsh were engaged, the figures at the time named stood at 9 to 4 in favor of St. Andrews. Play was resamed at three P. M., and when tine was called at half-past four the score of the match stood as follows, (he St. An- drews club coming Of the Victors by @ majority of eight shots:— s Ra St, Andrews, Empire city. No, 1--J. Henderson.. 18 A, Moore.... No. 2—A. Dalrympie,. 17 LM. MeNeteh Total Total. At the © rt i the conteat be. tween the club members for’ the “Polnv? medal, which was won by G, I, Addison. ‘The average play was unusually good and the contest was close and Interesting. me tine curing, Loo, was shown vy the Held party tu their scrub match on the fourth mink, On January 2 the grand match between the Pater- son Club ang the Caicdoniau Clad, of tits city, Is to take place at Central Park, and as five rinks are to be laid outa very exciting contest ls antcipate:!. The Paterson Clud have been practising since Novemoer and they are cager for the fray, so she Caleconians wii! have to look to their laurels. SKATING. i The cold northwester which sevin on Weanesday night led to a resumption of skating yesterday, the sport not having been enjoyed since Christmas morning. The ball was up cariy at Central Park, and Im the aftersoon ail the Park lakes were thronged With skater, especially on png shelieyed ne at a ies er pits Brookiyn, two, the ball was, v rosper ‘ar cenent skating being had oh fs tarse ne, neat fhe Joney Island road, The increased cold weather of last night wii Insure skating through the holtdays. Tonight the grand reserved day festival takes Nace on the Capitoline Lake, which ts to be bill vantiy illuminated with calcium lights, and there 1s to be @ lancy dress carnival ou the 14m. SUSPIOIOUS DEATH OF A WOMAN. A woman, named Anna Evert, who had resided with her Dusvand, om Sixth street, Morrisania, Westchester county, was found dead in bed under rather suspictous circumstances yesterday morning. According to the statement of her husband, the de- ceared had lately indulged excessively im stimu- lants, and ou more than one occasion thrent: ened to take his life, This staie of affars Induced him to sleep ina separate apartment. It seeins that deceasea ati not make her appearance at breakfast, as usual, yesterday morning, and her sister, on going to ascertain the cause, found her dead, a8 above stated, A vil, labelled ‘poison,’! the contents of which bad been used occasionally for external application in cases of rhcumatism, was found empty In (ue room occupied by deceased. Although the Coroner had not ar. rived ata lave hour yesterday afternoon the dead woman was already Leger | comined, while a se Vere contusion under the left eye suggested other means of death tham that of self-destruction, It is woll known, however, that deceased and her hus. band have not Irved happily together, A rigid in- vestigation as to the cane, ‘of death will doubtless be made by Coroner Bathgate. ” Condition of the Different Tribeq of Indians. : The Board of Indian Commissioners, in making: thelr third annual report, find abundant cause fox thankfulness and encouragement while reviewing: the condition of the Indians in the United State during the past year, CONFIDENCB AND GOOD WILL AND INDIANS. ‘The remarkable spectacle seen this fall on the plains of Western Nebraska and Kansas and East+ ern Colorado of the warlike tribes of the Sioux of Dakota, Montona and Wyoming, hunting peacefully’ for buffalo without occasioning any serious alaray among the thousands of white settlers whose caving skirt the borders on both sides of these plains;* shows clearly that the efforts of the friends of peace’ in establishing confidence between the white people; and the Indians in this heretofore greatly disturbed section of the country have been eminently succeas- ful. Wecontrast this picture with that presented’ by the same tribe, when, five years ago, In conse. quence of our government's bad faith in Violating its treaties with them, they were engaged ina war made memorable by the so-called Fort Kearney massacre, in which ninety-elgat of our soldiers w ere killed in sight of the fort, and in the course of which many of the settlers on the frontier lost their lives, and so many hundreds of others ‘were compelled to abandoa their cabins and flee to the larger towns for safet. % PRACEFUL RELATIONS WITH RED CLOUD AND THE’ SIOUX, With the exception of some slight manifestation® of ill-will against the progress of the Northern Pa- cific Ratlroad, caused bya misunderstanding, this numerous and powerful twibe has been perfectly friendly during the past year. The Cuairman of tho Board held a conneil at Fort Larauue with Red Cloud ana his principal chiefs in June, and found them unchanged tn thelr professions of a deter mir nation to maintain peaceable relations with the Whites. He could hear of no complaints against them since they avandoned the warpath tn the spring of 1870. His report will be found herewith, marked A a:— When Red Gloud visited Washington, in July of last year, it was maintained by a portion of the Western pres3 and the peopie of the fronuer that his return would be marked by the renewal of out- Tages upon the setters. Boneey the prediction ‘was not realized, and peace still continues. The Sloux are extremeiy sensitive ia regard to the slightest encroachment upon toeir reservation, or the hunting grounds allotted to them in the treaty of 1868, and have objected even to the estaplisn- ment of an agency for their own benefit within its imits, They are impressed with the conviction - that where one white man 1s allowed to enter their territory many will inevitably follow. In view of thelr past experience, we cannot think them un- reasonable +in this, The same wise considera- tion which led the government to withdraw the garrisons of Forts Reno, . KF smith and Phil Kearny, in 186s, and to prevent the proposed Big Horn expedition in 1870, should induce a proper elfort to gain their consent by nego- tation before permittg any breach of the treaty stipulations by the invasion of their hauting grounds by surveying or exploring parties. 1t ts believed that the privilege whicn may be deemed necessary for the Northern Pacific Rauroad Company may be had by a negotiauon at a moderate cost, whereas the attempt to setze it without wonld probably occa~ sion a renewal of the war, PRESENT CONDITION OF CHEYENNES AND ATAPA+ HOES, BETWEEN WHITES The Cheyennues and Arapaioes are generally con- tented upon their new reservation. ‘Tne schvols, under care of the Friends, are gaining their conf- dence, aud their condition has sufficiently improved during the lust year to warrant the expectadon of & satisfactory advancement io the fature. THE OSAGES, ‘The condition of Uc Osuges is most unsattsfac- tory. On the representations of the commiutice of ure Board, that the government would protect them in the proposed new reservauon in the Indian , Yeorrtiory, they consented last year to remove. Nevertheless, there are many trespassers on the Jand to which they were removed. In addition to tis trouble a new survey, which assumes to change toe ninety-sixt parallel as. heretofore located, f cotrect, deprives them of the greater part of tho Uuable’ land upon whichsthey bave settied and already made valuable improvements, ‘The continuation of the trespasses on Tidian lands, in spite of the oft-repeaced warning of {ne govern- ment, seems to be the result of past fatlures to en- force the laws [or the protection of the reserva- tions, The squatters still believe that there is no real intention to interfere, and nothing but forcible ejection will undeceive them, The justice of your determination Lo enforee the laws and maintain the honor of the government, by keeping its pledges to the Indians, cannot fall to be sastained by the | people of the country. In the case of the Osagcs the lands were bought with their own money, and the obligation rr them has, tf possibie, additional force. If 1t be founda that the new location of the nincty-sixth parallel 13 correct, w seems to us that the govern- ment 1s pound in honor to compensate the Cherokees for the !aud and leave the Osages in pos. session, THE APACUERS OF NAW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. The only other Indians who have caused any serious trouble are the Apacues of New Mexico and Arizona, PARTIALLY CIVILIZED TRIBES. The condition of the partially civilized tribes om established rezervations has materially improved. ‘The covetons desire of white people, generally living near these reservaitons, to obtain possession Of the lands, etther for occupation or speculation, « led to the introduction at the last seaston ef Con- gress of several bills providing for the removal ot the Indians and the sales of the lands, without due Tegard to the rights of the Indtans or tne sagreg obligations of treaties. When tne attention of Con- gress was called to these several acts, however, and thelr mauitest injustice polnied out, they were promptly abandoned. INDIANS IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY AND OREGON. The condition of the Indians m Oregon and Wash- ington 18 vastly better than imdiviinal statements: ani common ramor have led us to anticipate, Many of them are industrious and lavor on their reserva- Uons, and otuers, as at Grand Ronde and Paget Sound, labor for the farmors or at the saw Mills and recelve the commenuation of thetr em- ployers aud the agents, They have adopted the costume and are rapidjy acquiring the habits of the whites. Some of them are Christians and exemplary for their consistent lives, ‘There are also many who have learned more of the viees thau the virtues of civilization, This ci attracted as they are to the vicinity of towns and ratiroads, are most frequent seen by the citizen and the traycller aad give a mis- taken color to his opinion of the race. When tt ts re- membered that the Indians of Oregon and Washing- ton were only piaced npon reservations from ten to fifteen years ago, but bY or them more than twelve, must be adinitted that their progress towards civilization has been wonderfully rapid. NEED OF CIVIL, LAW OVER INDIANS. “ A serious detriment fo ihe progress ofine Hally ctvilized Indians is found in the fact that they are not bronght under the domination of the law, so far ag regards crimes committed against exc other, The difterence in the characteristics of te various Urives, together witn the differences in the degree of civilization to which they have attamed, seem to render it Impossibie to” frame any general law equally appiicab'e to ail, ‘Yo attempt the enforce- ment of civil or statue law tn atribe of Indtans when first brought into dct she Telations with the government 13 Not deemc. expedient, Nor would tt be precticable, for the reason chat the savages are quabie yet to distinguish between euch enforcement and acts of war. Bot when they nave adopted civ- Uized costume and civilized modes of subsistence we owe It to thew, and to ourselves, to teach them the majesty of ctvitized law, and to exten! to then its protection against (he lawless among themselves. Some ameniment of the Ave W, Hie peat the selling of apiritnons tanors #4 fhe fndiahs ts needed, to retiiely tne present Uitticnities which provent te conviction of persons guilty of the crime, Many of the partlally civilized Indiags are read! fp su of otmept of their lands jn severalty, ane fy shou 1 be done as rapidly a8 possibte, ander rome regulation which woul prevent the auena+ Vien of gach lan’s for a term of veara, uy many, cases tho outlines of thé reservations are hob di fined hy actual survey, and the nocertainty as to their exact limits has given color for the eneroach- ment of whit! The lines should be distinetly establisned, and siimmary measures should be taken for the ejectment of Intruders. MISSION INDIANS IN SOUTHERN CALIPORSIA, The condition of the Mission Indians m Southern Callfornta demands the sérions attention of {Re governmont. [n the year 1692, according to thé records of the missfons, they harvest 83,576 bushels of Wheat and owned 67,782 horned cattie, 107,172 sheep, 3,064 horses and mules and 1,040 hogs. The cbotce spots from San Francisco on the north to San ego on the south were owned and occupied oy them. Thirty-clgnt years ago, by a Mexican law, their lands and stock, before hela in common, were divided among them. Since they have come under the control of the United Staves those iands have bven taken from them, and they are now r They are scattered througn the counties of Los Angeles, San Barnaraino, San Diego and Senta Barbara, and number, perk three thousand souls, ‘Mey have a good knowl form the most of it themseives, as herders, ands, grape-gatners, &c,, and are in fact ina state of vassal to the whites, and their women furnisd most of the domestic labor of the country, The meaner class ol Whites ciiher cheat the [Indians out of the pay for their labor or pay them in t be thelr demoralization. ver lany of them speak both Spanish and J lish, “Many are industrious ond well Wwhave CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE,