The New York Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1872, Page 5

—— REAL ESTATE MARKET. Seme Pertinent Suggestions for Legislative Reflecti MORE REFORMS CALLED FOR. Doek Improvement and Rapid Transit Wanted. HOW NOT TO DO IT. Wew Jersey the Rival of New York State. A Rising City Across the Hudson. HOW EMIGRATION IS STIMULATED. ene Jobn Taylor Johnston, President of the Cen- tra] Railroad of New Jersey, President of the New York Viaduct Railroad, What is Doing in the Market Here. PAST AND PROSPECTIVE SALES, ‘The subject of rapid transit continues to be the Yeading point of interest in the real estate market, involving in its solution the most impoftant results both to New York city, Long Island and New Jer- sey. In this, Indeed, is involved the whole future of the market, so farasa speculative disposition enters into it, such disposition being matuly con- ned to unimproved property. ond THE CURRENT SALES tm the public auction room are of little general in- terest, and, as arule, of less importance in any cal- culation concerning the future growth of this city and its environs. Each plece of property put up has, of course, its separate circle of individuals, anxious as to the result of its presentation Mmthe market, but these are mainly the owner or owners, mortgagee and immediate neighbors, with verhaps a few bidders wanting it for some special use, the general public as arule regarding its sale or withdrawal with indifference, Of course there are exceptions where property of a peculiar kind, scarce and dificult to obtain, is put up, where the mterest 1s more widespread. Of this latter nature ‘was the offer, last week, of the DOCK AND WAREHOUSE PROPERTY in Brooklyn, known as the Wall street stores, A, B, C, D and E, withdrawn upon a bid of $250,000, This property, it should be remembered, has a front on the East River of 843 feet, extending back to Furman street at an average depth Of 288 feet, and includes the warehouses, piers, Dulkheads and water rights offered as am absolute fee entirely Indepeadent of the control of Dock Commissioners or Harbor Masters, When we con- sider the rapidly growing commerce of this port, attested by our export to Great Britain alone (mainiy from New York) of $200,000,000 during the past fis¢al year, and the rapidly increasing demand for greater steamship faciiities, we wonder at the smallness of the bid, and seek. 4n vain for qn expla- ngtion. ‘The river front of Brooklyn ls virtually thé river front of New York, and offers the same con- yemlence to commerce, ts crease in value shoula be corelative, apd they who the soonest recognize Uhis fact will find the surest return for investment, Whatever slight «difference may be supposed to exist—and it can be but littlo—will be wholly re- moved by the bridge, the effect of which in this re- ppect will be to make THE EAST RIVER A VAST BASIN, capable of containing the shipping of the world, In this connection we beg to cail the attention of the Legisiature to this important subject, as it applies to New York, and the duty resting upon them of pressing’ forward reform here, It _—_neces- sary the one man _ power should be brought into requisition to carry out the liberal plas already adopted. Let General McClellan be granted full authority in the premises, with ample means at his disposal for the accomplishment of the much-needed lamprovemenis, No one doubts either his honesty or his ie The latter has been already demonstrated, and for the former we have nod doubt that many merchants of New York would ve found to come forward as his sureiies, : THE TOTAL SALES LAST WEEK wore only atrifie over haif a million dollars, a3 against nearly seven hundred thousand doliars the previous week, of which sw $100,000 repre- "$80,000 sents rooklyn property, of that ben unimproved, =A sale 800 lots at Mott Haven, Westchester county, which was to have taken place, was stopped after the sale O1 thirty-five lots, the prices being unsatistactory. Most of the property disposed of last week was im- proved, and mainly upon forced sales, THE PROPERTY QFPERED THIS WEEK is mainly of the same character, and presented in the same way. Of forty-one separate Inveices, com- pane property in the various contiguous neigh: porhoods as Well asin the metropolts itself, twenty- two have the character of “legal sales,” whether by the authority of Court, Sheriff, referee or executor, the balance (nineteen) being offered in the ordi- nary way. None of these cali for more particular notice now. This brings us back again to the sub- ject of RAPID TRANSIT, which, as we have more than once stated, Is the most important matier aijecting real estate values 1p this and adjacent cities, je Legislature has aimed, apparently, at doing something towards se- curing this grea: desideratum, but thus far ite labors have been without result so far ag the pub- lic are concerned, pit ont situation of affairs the Beach Pgitgrirt ‘@ scheme seems to have addressed iteelf with most favor to the Senate, Who have al it would seem, peen favorably impregsea by th merits of te Two-tier cop: as they have given charters to bowl, Tho mbiy, on the Contrary, have endorséd neither, nor any other, althoug! pecne themselves on the record as op- posed to the Beach Pneumatic and ayes ver tne Central Underground people. This is & ro: which obtained a charter some yéars a ander which they claim to have organized, W. 4) elt opponents assert that they falied to effect sich or- ganization within the proper ume appointed, and have consequently forfeited their cnarter, “their appearance at Albany sustains this assumption, it - Seer an Gigs has its own culal ere, ani the withdrawal of Erie irom tne field of profitable an- Ucipation the members are busily playing one ist the other for @ “divyy,* Hende tl ere ig but little to be looked forward to from the action of the Legisiature upon any of these schemes at resent—a circumstance not so much to be regretted in view of the fact that not any, nor allof them combined, would, if practicavle, Hil up the measure of THE GREAT PUBLIC NEEI as set forth by the HERALD in a recent article, viz.:-—~ A viadact road, either forked or in the shape of an ellipsis (the latter would be preferable), extending from the png ot MA the tty Hall to Har. lem on whe one and Spuyten Duyvil Creek on the other, The special advantages which such a work would overall Others proposed were then pointed out, and are, indeed, 60 apparent as Hot to call for repetition. Tho Legislature ot 1871 passed a charter providing for the construction of such a road, with the most liberal privileges, per- mitting short tannels and surface sections when necessary, proviaeu. the viaduct principle be ad- hered to in the original pian, and also guaranteeing & subscription of $6,000,000 from tue clty to aid in the construction of the work. What has been done Det haal of Tay eet ceatly nothing; eae a Kaien clue to the Tommepeced circular may alford some VIADUCT RALLWAY—ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, The Executive Committee of tne’ rrectattuersl Hosa Directors of the New York (Viaduct) Railwi a nined, as careCully as tine would allow, the important projects f¢ York Phe result has been we oat id transit through the city of New confirm them fn the opinion # the men who procured tho choice of ted road, as of the di ce wer culties thi Lo however, that the undulatin, T ede ot ant tee PaFUy vindnet, partly open cut and Firt—The rij Way for @ road in the city sh arty in thin y aoner, ae in the country, vig. :— Th sbould only’ be 1d to when the poet OF Ined co syauues should only be resorted to when the cost of land 1s The road should start with a double she upper part of the Island, ran down one delet the chy, So aloe woul make Tuuad (rips te ect irae one: one would be unneceseaty, 1 Gon Sopeaeny ane fi rd—-The road should be #0 located as to accommodate NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAKUH 27, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, only the local the island, but also the passenger raat secaltol ihe city, by the main roads abd ferries, ‘Fourth—The railroads and other corporations whose trave) will share in the benedt should subcribe for a large part of ital stock. isth—W jected system of docks and piers shall be bomploted poser Tines of elevated road thay ve constructed and brought into connection witb the lines above the viaduct plan is adopted the streets ehould be spanned by light iron bridges with masonry abut: 8 5 the road bed between the streets being a solid embankm: except where ground can be utilized for other purposes. The elevation should be as little asthe public use of the streets “ier ‘h—The first cost of construction shoula be reduced to the minimum, 80 as to get the road im operation as soon as PON —The city should not be called on to subscribe until e a Tispetite wi its aid the ely Mould not be ‘called on at all. Vingh—The road can oniy be built on its own merits, and notase Jeeta. indicated, Sixth—Where speculation or by opposing other charters or pro- committee are and also that wit ‘companies referred to, with a view of securing unity jon and a combination of interests suflicient to secure ‘building of the best possibie road. As soon as further or more definite results are arrived st asto theroute to be ven ypted ii) be gi the pubilc, adopted they wil Te EN TAYLOR JOHNSTON, President, W. B. OGDEN, 8. B. BABCOUK, SIDNEY DILLON, .T, BLODGETY, A. 8. HEWITT, SIGNIFICANT FACTS. With the preamble and the first, second, third, fourth, flith, sixth and seventh conclusions thereto attached, no fauitcan be found, except as to the fourth section, which, if meant to imply, as its !an- guage does, that if subscriptions for a large part of the capital stock Were not obtainea from the source referred to the road could not be built, is untrue, and could only be uttered by those who had @ purpose in delaying its construction, While such subscrip- Uons are assured tn the very nature of tne sound business judgment aupposed to exist in the direc- tion of the aifaira of “the railroad and other corpo- Tations whose travel will share in the benefit of road,’? it could ve dispensed with. READ SECTION EIGHT OF THE ABOVE CIRCULAR, “Why should the city not be called on to subscribe except as a last resource, and why should the road be built without this aid at all, if possible? 1s this the language of men anxious to commence & work for which er had sought authority from the Legis- lature—a work in which the city, whose subscrip- tion of $5,000,000 they scorned, Was directly inter. ested? The merest tyro of Promoter, the least experienced financial agent in Wall street, would Say decidedly not; but that, on the contrary, if Teally meaning to go ahead, they would have placed us guaranteea subscription Of $5,000,000 at the head of their prospectus to induce other subscrip- Uons.” Section 9 is ambiguous, the mean! still remaining op the mind of the author of ¢ circular; but certain it 1s it contains no comfort for uptown residents who desire to see the road built. ‘The balance of this remarkable document ex- plains itself so fully as to need no comment except to note that as no “more definite resulta” have been arrived at no further report has been made. The first signature, howevel ‘plains the whole story. Woaat interest Messrs. en, Babcock, Dillon, Blod- gett and Hewitt, who comprise the Executive Com- Muttee, have in this matter we do not know, ere that we learn that they are irlendly to the road a favor its rapid construction. But with the Presl- dent, John Taylor Jonnston, it is different. The construction of this road would be a positive injury to Mr. Taylor Jonnston’s interests elsewhere, _ WHO IS JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON? Mr. Johnston is the President of the New Jersey Central Katiroad, @ corporation owning over one million dollars of real estate along the line of its road, which tt has laid out in numerous towns and Villages, inviting settlement by every liperal induce- ment that could be suggested. To this enterprise the construction of a viaduct railroad in New York city, bringing the upper and lower parts of the city and Westchester county within easy communica- von, and certain to have its connections with Brooklyn and the adjoining part of Long Island, would be au almost paralyzing blow, and M . Johnston, in accepting the Presidency of the Viaduct Railroaé, could not have been ignorant of vhese facts. To show how the want of thts rapid transit in New York has already stimulated the growth of New Jersey we copy the following ex- tracts from a pamphiet on New Jersey real estate, recently Issued by a firm whose dealings in New Jersey reul estate, especially along THE LINE OF THE NEW JBRSSY QENTRAL RAILROAD, neve been, perhaps, the most extensive of any other:— Buta very few years sincemfve yeara at the utmost— much writingand arguwent were necessary to interest the people of New York in New Jersey aa & place of residence. taten Island, Long Island, Westchester or ‘Connecticut found ready favor from all'those intent upon leaving the city, but New Jersey was simply “Jersey,” the last of all laces to which a New Yurker would aesire to emigrate, hen that part of the State contiguous to New York, except Hudson county, was, outside of the cities, bitt farming lands, and, in most instances, could be’ bought at old farming prices, and the raflroads carried few local pas- sengera, But now, who would recoguize the New Jersey of those days, in what can be seen on the liue of any of its Tailroads within twenty-five miles of New York? ‘There are those living within the hearing of Nisgara who have never seen the mighty cataract which attracts visitors from another continent. Another evidence of the same trait 4a, that there are those living in New York who have no con- peption that ina acl i River there is grow- ing up . Su id } Executive Committee, pease AN TNMENAE Giry, win or that within a very few yoars will rank among the groatest {d this country, Newark, Paterson, Hackensack, Elizabeth, acer Oily and Hovoken form New Leas a at of cities; by intervening ages all thelr streets eon ani the most remote—Pater- son ang’ Hackensack—are within sixty minutes olf Now Yor! Unite ail under one government, and they would form @ metropolis occupying 1. juare miles, the game area as that of London; the pooulation bee },000, it would ran’ Union, hat cau os the fourth sity of tue stop the row of this great city? pasacnger traius pass through It daily, the Hudson. faces “it, two other magnificent rivers.and a cauial sireteh through It Jangthwiso, and Newark Bay gives an additional frontof tive #0 that altogether it has over three times the water front Of the city of New Yor! Of tne 400,000 sonts Living in tbis embryo city at least TWO-THIRES HAVE OOME FROM THE OITY OF NEW YORK, proving that the wave of suuroan_ emigration sets strongly and steadily towards New Jersey. The census for 1870 shows that during the past ten years, while New York city has grown but fourteen per cent, New Jersey bas increased forty jer cent; and that the inhabitants of metropolitan New ork, including the suburbs for forty miles round about, comprise 2,220,627 souls, divided, as to location, in the follow: ing proportion 34 per cent live {n Orange county, New York. 1” per cent live in Rockland county, New York. 134 per cent live in Richmond county, New York. 15g per cent live in Fairfield county, Connecticut. 6 per cent live in Westchester county, 38% per cent live in Long Island. 96 per cent live jn New Jersey. 4144 per cent live in the city of New York. By this table it will be seen that considerably more than half as many people live in New Jersey, within forty miles of New York, asdo in the great city itself, When we re- member that this is the increase of but a very few years, leas than a decade, we for the first time fully realize that the growth of New Jersey has been imiinitely greater than that of any peer pinee 10 the same number of years, of which the history of the world makes mention. We do not spoak In any regret at this rapid growth of our sister city. NEW YORK HAS A SHARD IN NEW JERSEY’S PROSPERITY, and looks towards these raplaly growing settie- ments with an imperial affection, regarding them asso many colomes that have poane, from her teeming life. They are but suburbs or aa metrop- lis, and contribute to its grandeur and greatness. But the property owners of tnis State have still some righis which their representatives in the Legislature are bound to respect, One of the prin: cipal attractions which New Jersey offers to the New York worker seeking @ suburban residence 13 the low rate of taxation, which her rapid growth of popelee enables her to keep down, In New ork, On the cOntrary, taxea increase ae h the very presence here during a portion of tuelt time of those very people who are igntening. the bur- dens of our New Jersey neighbors. To Buffer this ptate of Ubings to continue any longer is unfair to pe citizens of thigand the adjoining counties in 18 ’ ‘THR LEGISLATURE OUGHT to apply the remedy atonce, That remedy is rapid eo EO a a Raliroad being a director of the Erie gl hod the present viaduct charter, aud prohibit any director of a New ‘sey road bemg a director ln the viadui ti after Its completion oud hen An ft a tthocttye Of tho present Bx. ecultve Committee might execute a coup Wetat, and oust James Taylor Johnston themselves, or repeal the igo charter entirely and authorize the city itself to build the road at once. No one doubts the facility of this last project, and it would provaiy be the most popular. A great work like ‘ais, with Which the prosperity of the city is inti- Mately associated and which promises such sub- stantial return, ought to be undertaken by the city and bring tts rich profits into the municipai treasury Father than into the pockets of a private corpora: ton, Even now the opponents of this proper form of rapid transit are working to postpone it indefi- nitely, and among the foremost of these is tho New York Raulway Company, the very company to which ‘we have referred above. With this view it has pro- cured the introduction ofa billin the Assembly “to extend the time allowed it to commence and com- plete the viaducts and gob necessary to carry out the proposed plan of rapid transit upon the via- duct system, It extends the time go as to allow tho com! to have two years from the 6th of April nex! thin which to commence the work, four years to ae the same as faras Forty-second six years to complete tt to. Harlem River.’? ‘This resolution was introduced by Mr. Whitbeck, representing the Twenty-first Assembly district of this city, who cannot certainly have consulted the wishes of lis constituents in so doing. Let him ponder on the facts above peesenved and pause in his support of such @ pill before it 1s too late. The lature should give careful attention to tis whole subject before adjourning, bd disregard the true interests of their con- stituents for @ mere paltry profit, The delegation irom New York will, if now neglectful, find this rapid transit — @ diMicwt one to deal with at the next election. THE SALES YESTERDAY and the day lous Were Naimportant, beth in re- spect tot ea fered and the results, and do not call for special mention now. Yesterda: the severe storm served to interrupt business whic might otierwise have been active, We reserve fur- ther notice lor another time, We have also reports oi] rivate sales, lusuficient la detail to claim pulli- cation. THE TRENTON BOILER EXPLOSION, The jury In this case, after considerable time spent in discussion and a careful survey of the evi- dence, which was very lengthy, returned the fol lowing verdict:—"That the deceased, Ienry Hughes, met lis death by the explosion of the boilers on thd night of the 22d instans, and that it 18 the Opa.don 01 the jury that the sail bovers at the time were unsafe for use; and from the evidenco It Is shown that the New Jersey Iron and Steel Company have Aoi used due care iu haying their boilers tested, HOLY WEEK; The Last Week of Lent—Closing Ceremonies of the Holy Season—Spy Wednesday, Holy Thursday and Good Friday—The Sanctuary Observances. To-day and for the rest of the week the whole Ohristian world willbe occupied more or less with a commemoration of the death of Christ. The name by which the week 1s called and has been called from the earliest ages designates the special holiness of this time, Since the establishment of Protest- @ntism the seceded sects have not displayed, of course, the same DEVOTION TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS commemorated as is customary with the ancient Chureb, for the reason, no doubt, that, having be- come more restricted in the extent of their belief they have also become less enabled to verge on the broader domain of Catholic faith, Hence itis that in the commemoration of the passion of the Saviour the ancleft Church enjoys almost a monopoly. There are no observances in the Church more ancient or more generally adhered to than those of Holy Week. From the very earliest times the most solemn ceremonies have been used in giving ex- pression to sympathy with Christ’s passion, and in continuing to keep before the minds of the faithful the most striking and appealing occurrences imme- diately before His death. Tne change from the gen- erally joyous celebrations of ordinary services to the GLOOM AND MELANCHOLY SPLENDOR of Holy Week attracts in itself universal attention, even irrespective of all thought of the sacred sym- bols and ceremonies, Sut with all the senses appealed to, and every influence brought to bear upon the Catholic mind, the ceremonies of these days, fascinating even to unbelievers, cannot fail to produce effect. Recognizing this, no doubt, there ig not a wiuege church anywhere wherein during the Holy Week the pastor does not present some semblance of tue universal sorrow of lis con. [tiga and tell the history of the passion. From me to the remotest mission hut the week 1s th same, meaning of the Saviour’s greatest sorrows, and from these salvation. ‘The ceremontes of Holy Week, as practised MB, AT RO. are, a3 everbody Knows, of wcrid-wide tame, and to see thom thousands annually flock to the Holy City, not only those of the Catnolic Church, but Members of all denominations, During Weanes- gov. Thursday and Friday the Pope attends at t. Peter's and. participates in the services. Cardinals, bishops from all parts and priests of all orders assist aud help to swell the religious processions, which are on a magnificent scaie, The choir of St. Peter's 18 an extraoriinary feature this Week. These services have so often been described ‘hat it 1s needless here to further allade to them, Everybody has heard of the Pope’s benediction trom in front of Bt, Peter's; of the procession of the sacra- ment to the repository in one of the chapels; of the ‘Washing of the feet of thirteen priests by the Pope, and of bis waiting on these pricsts at dinner aiter- wards; of the exposition of the wood of tie cross and of the lange that pierced the Saviour’s side; of the “‘Tenebree” and of the strange effect which’ alt Instee | ceremonles produce upon the spectators mind. ‘Though not, of course, on so grand a scale, yet in the principal churcues of ali large cities of every country the ceremonies of the week are carried out with imposing ceremonial, IN THIS CITY ¥ occurs every year, the services will be appro. priately sombre. The churches are all stripped of every decoration, and the altar pictures, crosses, statues and other ornaments covered with purple, ‘The vestments of the priests are of purple, artd all the more joytul prayers and hymns of the masses are omitted. The music, if any at all there be, ts of the most peeve character. When sermons are preached the subject 1s sure to be on the death of Uhrist, the evemmg of Good Friday being especially devoted to discourses by able preachers on tis subject, This evening THE ‘\TENEBRAI"? will be sung in the Cathedral and in St. Stephen’s church, a secee number of priests being invited to the Cathedral for tne service, ‘The “Lamentations” are an attractive feature of the service. Taey are sung to some of the saddest and sweetest music by the priests, and are In harmony with tae shanty sf the office of which the service consists. Thé pro- gress of the matins is denoted by extinguishing one Of the thirteen candles arranged on a triangular candlestick, prominently placed inthe sanctuary. The candies Yepresent our Lord and the twelve Apostles, OM mut... : ouly one thing, a commemoration Dg jap go HOLY THURSDAY there is in the morning a long service, the oils be- tng blessed at the Cathedral by ae frqupiahop, ahd the blessed sacrament being carried in procession to a decorated altar, where it is to repose uutil Friday morning. Great care is bestowed upon these Tepositories, and some, if not all, of them are aeco. rated beautuully, ‘The ladies of each church supply flowers and candies for this altar, and they exer- cise their skill in arranging the flowers and lights, At St. Stephen’s church this year the repository will be a new one, most elaborately ornamented, In design it 1s well adapted for its purpose, and affords ample opportunity for lavisi display of arrangement of flowers and lights. To these altars the faithiul come on Holy Thursaay to visit the biessed sacrament, many persons visiting several of them, according to an old custom, in the evening te “ienebra”? is also chanted. On GOOD FRIDAY morning there is no consecration at the mass, this being the onty day in the year that tne sacrifice 13 not olfered, The priest, however, goes through the usual formula, receiving at the communion the host consecrated the previous day. ‘The ceremony of the kissing of the cross occurs at this mass, In tho evening the office of the “Tenebre” is again chanted, and this service, as has been said, generally concludes with a sermon. HOLY SATURDAY the strict discipline of the previous six weeks is re. laxed, and Lent may now be said to be over. At the morning service the fre, incense and candle are blessed, and in some places baptism 1s adminis. tered and priests are ordained. Easter Eve is then devoted to preparation for Easter Sunday, to strip- ping the altars of their mourning and placing upon hem cloths of bright colors and ornaments suitable for one of the three greatest festivals of the year. In this city services on Easter Sunday are noted tor the collections tn all the churches for the Orphan Asylum. . In the Protestant Episcopal churches Easier 1s also a great feast, A CLEVER CAP1U2E, Burglary in Brondway—Capture of the Thief, Unexpectedly, by Officer Micchell—An Old Offender Recoguized by Judge Hogau—A Candidate for State Prison. On going to his store, No. 408 Broadway, at an early hour yesterday morning, Mr. Isaac D, Strelitz discovered that during the previous night burglars had forced aon entrance and nad carried of about seventy-five dollars’ worth of cutlery, A thorough examinauon ol the premises very 8000 revealed the fact that the nocturnal visitors had secreted themselves in the water closet some time during the previous alter- noon, and when the proprietor and attendants haa left, which they did about nalf-past four o'clock, tney game out and . FORCED THE DOOR. 6 3) +m leading to the salestoom, énce the property Was abstracted, Their manner of egress, however, Was somewhat different from that of their ingress; for on departing their aspirations led them to go through the skyligut on to the roof, whence they crossed over to the roof of No. 404, two doors lower down, and there began their descent into the ware- rooms of Mr. Siivius Landsberg’s watch and cheap jewelry establishment. The work of removing the scuttlé hatch occupied but a few moments, and, this done, the way was clear before them; the coveted watches and jeweiry were all snugly stowed away in two large iron safes, which, how- ever, were not long safe agaist the thieves, for they succeeded in opening and stealing the coa- tenis to the extent of $1,185 worch, While the enraged and heart-broken Strelitz and Landsberg were making these discoveries of their respective losses another and somewnac MORE EXCITING SCENB ‘was being enactea in Ning of Broanway and Broome street. OMicer Thomas . Mitchell, of the Fourteenth precinct, waile- standing on the cor- ner of these thoroughiares, noticed @ man on & block below the corner of Crosby and Broome streets standing against a telegraph pole, apparently serenely observing everytiing in general and nothing in particular. The officer (id not see anything of @ suspicious nature about him, and so passed on up Broadway. Going as far a3 Spring street he returned, aad just as Le reached Broome street again he saw his telegraph pole sup- porter approacting at a rapid pace. Under his right arm he carried a pre pastepoard box, which he seemed rather uneasy about when tie observed THE POLICE DETECTIVE eyeing him ee Nothing duunted, however, he came on at arash antl he had gained tho side of the ofticer, when he was suddenly stopped and interrogated as to the contents of his box. He answered that ho carried his wardrobe, But tho officer was not so hewn d deceived, 80 he insisted on having & peep into the box. “Un! no, this would never do,” repliéd the custodian of the article; “besides this is not @ good place. Now, if you must see what I have got, and will not take my word for it, only just come across the street here and I will satisly you,” The opposite side of the street was IN ANOTHER PRECINCT ’ than the one to which Mitchell 1s attached; so, of course, he would not consent to this, but proposed that the man open the box where be was, Now, since the two first came togetier, Mitchell had been holding the suspected individual by the arm, for he suspected him of belng a thief, notwith- standing the good clothing he wore, When the man saw he Was determined to see the contents of the box he carried he quietly acquiesced, and seeing this and that he was about to open It Mitchell Joosed nis hold, AS quick as thought Wie Man drop: ped bis burden and started down Broome street, in the direction of Greene street, at the rate of about twenty miles an hour. So unexpected was this flank movement executed that the officer was lor the Moment dumfounded as it were; but quickly REGAINING HI8- EQUILIBRIUM, he instituted a chase that would have done no dis- credit to Master McGrath in ts palmiest days. The Way the snow and slush flew now was a caution, The first hail block the rave was an even one, but ng Aen oA mapetior ee of} ae in leg a to tell very perceptibly, By the time the thief reached Greene street Mitchell was almost aie to reach Dim, and seeing that further effort im that line was SURE TO RESULT DISASTROUSLY, the late custodian of tiat tell-tale box turned round and presenting the big end of a colossal door key at the officer's head, yelled out, ‘Another step and you are a dead man.” The words had scarcely died away on the foul atmosphere of that locality when something re- semblipg & War club fell across the classic brow of e 8) who instantiy closed up like @ jack- knife and rolled in the gutter, Gathering bim up Occupied but a second’s time, and on returning to the scene of the parley the box was found right side up with care and in charge of a private watchman, who had been an ege-witneas to the frat encounter. ion house On reaching the THE BOX WAS AT LAST OPENED and in it found the jewelry stolen from Mr, Lands- berg. During the afternoon the prisoner was taken before Judge Hogan, at the Tombs Police Court, where the owners of the property also appeared. ‘The prisoner gave his name as George L. Wood, and his occupation 4s that of a bookbinder, He was committed tn default of bail. Judge Hogan says Wood isan old offender, he having already served a term in tne Penitentiary and been arrested several times since its expiration on charges of shoplifting and burglary, but Das somehow managed to get off on each occasion. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA, CONCERT AT STBINWAY HALL.—A vocal and instru- mental concert was given Monday evening at Stein- way Hall by Mr. Julius Hess and his cnildren, Jo- anna and Willie, assistea-by Miss Anna Elzer, Mr. Jacob Muller and others. ‘The occasion afforded an excellent opportunity for the exnibition of tne well- cultivated talents of the youthful performers, and the audience, which was large and appreciative, seemed deligited with the wonderful amount of execution and artistic finish which they displayed, The programme opened with Schumann’s quartet in E flat, first movement tor rye violin, viola and yloloncelio, the instramentalisis Doing. Miss Joanna Hess, Master Willie Hess, Mr, Julius Hess and Mr. Joseph Diem. It was in the solos, however, that the merits the young artists received more hearty recoguition, Willie piayea a fancasie, by Artot, violin, great taste and accuracy, successiul at the BIRO, her interpretation of Men- deissobn’s concerto in G minor, with quartet accompaniment, being marked by & care‘ulness and preciaion that elicited general admiration. If not forced to too great an extent the Hess children wiil one day realize the brig be anticipations tormed of their abilities. Miss Elzer sang Graham’s ‘Fare- well,” and was deservedly encored, while Mr Miller's rendering ot the celebrated romance “Non, 5 Ver’ was almost faultless, A duet from “Don Giovanni,” subsequentiy given by those artists, was also warmly applauded, The concert waa alto- gether very interesting. Fira AVENUE THEATRE.—The revival of “Frou: Frou” was witnessed by a numerous audience Mon- day evening. The piece is given with the old cast, and appears to have retained much of its former attraction, even to the habitués of this theatre, many of whom were present. So much criticism has been lavished upon it that detailed comment now seems superfuous. Suflice it to say that the performance on the whole was up to the usual Standard of excellence for which this Itttle theatre 1s noted. Miss Agnes Ethel ia the ttle rd/e acted to perfection, and gained as much appiause as ever, Mr, Lewis, according to tis wont, enlivened the play with his droll mimicry, whlie Mr. Harkins, Mr. Davidge, Mrs. Gilbert and Miss Mortimer did equaily well in their several characiers, Miss Kate Newton marred her otherwise effective impersona- tion by @ stagy stiffness, and Mr. Parkes would have given a vory satisfactory rendering of his part if he had not been obliged to Ush for words, Boorn’s THEATRE.—Shakspeare’s poetical com- edy “As You Like it,” was produced at this house Monday night under difiiculties. In order to interest it requires that the characters sould be well sus- tainea, a feat to which the stock company proved miserably inadequate. Miss Leclercq, who played Rosalind, showed mule was a Cras e@xpe- enc ctress, and jattle re, Whit r. Norton’ BRAM mos Sethe: Asoistrus jest, than o the manly, soit-hearted swain the diviue Wiliam drew. Mr, Waller’s delivery of the “seven ages” speech of the melancholy Jacques was marked by careful elocution and right feeling, and this is avout all that can be sald in favor of the somewhat som. breand melancholy performance at which the public are expected to be gmused, UNION Sqvars THEATRE.—Although there are some praiseworthy elements of a variety show at this establishment, 1t ia -evident that the manage- ment, in order to sustain its laurels, must 100k towards providing more interestiag material for the delectation of its patrons. Taking the pro- gramme Monday night for a sample, there is nothing to call for any commendation. The opening local scene, entitled “The Court of Common Pieas; or, Im- partial Dutch Justice,” was stupid and contempuble and totally devoid of humor, Then followed some mock Japanese, whose contorttons and gymnastic feats create] some merriment, the performance concluding With tae burlesque of “#rnaul,” which brought into reguisition the services of all hands, The audience seemed pleased with the production, but it lacked the proper surroundings for anything like a fair representation. The Zig-Zags gave some of their grotesque specialties, which were in thorough keep. Ing with the general character of the entertain- ment. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET THEATRE.—This pretty lve uptown place of amusement is fast becoming one of the established piaces of resort for amuse. ment seekers, Manager Mitchell gives evidence of that tact and good taste which characterized his Chicago managerial career previous to the great fire which ruined him as it did thousands of others. Last night the celebrated pugilist Jom Mace made his appearance at Mitchell’s 1n the Crib scene from the play of ‘fom and Jerry.’ In the scene Jem had a set to with his cousin Pooley Mace, and the Ghee of these two renowned athletes was received with rounds of applause by a crowded house, The general style of performance at this theatre is what 18 known as the variety, and in point of excellence it will compare favorably with any theatre in the city. Dramas, sketches, farces, pantomime, singing and dancing find w home im tnis lite east side theatre, St. JAMES THEATRE.—The joint benefit for Mr. Davenport and Mr, Davry on Monday night was a complete success, “Marriage” was again put on the Boards, and will remain on till Saturday. Mr, Mackaye’s season will close with @ performance for the hee of the talented young actress, Miss Uris- wold. BROOKLYN THEATRE.—‘'The Sea of Ice; or, A Thirst for Gold,” is the piece for the week at this theatre, and was presented on Monday night 10 a large audience. The drama is of the very sensa- tional character tuat atiracts the multitude and deals largely with tue terribie side of human life, Gleanings at Home. “Humpty Dumpty” will be reconstructed ou Mon- La cca ere are coe) VPat gee Mis; Marksteln’s concert takes placé At Associa- tion Hail this evening. “Buffalo Bill’ takes his leave of the Bowery, and Park, Brooklyn, on Saturday evening. ‘The sale of seats for single performances of the Parepa-Rosa-Phillipps-Wachtel-Santley Troupe at the Academy of Music commences gn ‘hursday morning. Mr. G, Vandenhoff gives a reading at Association Hall on Thursday eveuing, in aid of the Bethseda Mission of Rutgers Presbyterian church, the subject being “Dramatic, Poetic and Humorous.” Messrs, Moss and Schonberg intend playing “The Veteran” through the New England states, com- mencing next week. It will be a perfect duplicate of the play as represented at Wallack’s, as arrange- ments have beea specially made with Mr, Lester Wallack. The company consis's of Mr. Charies Le~ clercy, a8 the Colonel; Mr. Edgar Bruce, as Leon; Mr ties Creswick, a8 Eugene; Mr. J. J. Prior. as the Emir; Mr. J. P. Sutton, a8 the Sultan; Mr. J. H. O'Niel, a8 O.!-an-agan, and Messrs. Broughton, Beresford ana Stevens *in the smaller parts, ‘The part of Blanche will be sustained by Miss Alice Brooke, Amineh by Mrs, J.J. Prior, Mra. McShake by Mrs, Stuart. The route so far ls as follows: Hartford, April 1 and 2; New Haven, 3d and 4ti Springfield 6th and 6th; Worcester, 8th and ot Lowell, lith and. 12th; Portland, 13tn; Salem, 15t Taunton, 16th; New’ Bedford, 17th; Providence, 18th, 19th and 20tn; Newport, 220; Woonsocket, 23d; Norwalk, 24th; Bridgeport, 26th and 2ith; Middietown, 28th; Albany, 20th April to May 4, Af. ter that probably to Buffalo and the western part of the State, Mr. Marvin R, Clark Is the advance agent, Mr. Barnard Mollenhauer the musical con- auctor. JOURNALISTIO NOTES About the worst typographical error we have noticed lately 1s that in the Missouri Democrat, where the name of Josiah Quincy is printed Josian Duncy. The idea of calling the time-honored and highly atetinguished family of the Qdincys, of Massachusetis, a family of Duncys is one that could scarcely have been expected 19 bave been suggested in this day and generation, W. W. Gienn has retired from the proprietorship of the Baltimore Gazecte, one of the oldest papers published in that city, Jt will hereafter be pub. lished by Messrs, William 1H. Welst, Henry Taylor and W. H. Carpenter. Mr. Welsh 1s an experienced newspaper man and 1s one Of the proprietors of we Puiladeiphia aga THE SWAMP ANGELS, The Press on the Outlaws and Herald Enterprise. THE DOUBTING THOMASES. The Blame for the Existence of the Lowery Gang Still Shifting, Our rural friends the Southern editors, are at it again. Past all their comprehension seems the fact that a New York journal could bave a correspondent in Africa and one among the Carolina outlaws at the same time. Here, for instance, !s an en- lightened little rag from Mississippi, the Pilot. Hear What it flutters, Lord help a country witn such pilots, although they do boast of being “ofMcial journal of the United States,” THROUGH THICK AND THIN, [From the Dally Mississippi Pilot, March 22.) One of the New YoRK HERALD correspondents was recently killed while searching for Dr, Living- stone, in the interior of Africa, and now another has failen into the hands of the Swamp Angels, led E4 the bandit, Stephen Lowery, in North Carolina. ‘he Lowerys say they will not kill him; only inter- view him until they pwove whether he 1s an impostor ornot. Can’t the HERALD spread this on a little thicker? It seems to us remarkably “thin.” THE HATE OF COLOR. When the bull-fignters of Seville wish to enrage the plunging (foro they fash a piece of red cloth before his eyes, and straightway he becomes mad. When you wish to enrage a grand old unprogres- Sive, hardshell democrat of the Southern stripe show him something black, and the rabies will fol- low directly after. The following is the paintul re- sult of a Newark man nding out that the Lowerys were colored! 1¥ THEY WERE ONLY WHITE! From the Newark (N. ca Daily Journal, March 26.) Toe Swamp Angels are not yet extin- guished, and it is even a matter of doubt to ‘he present time whether the leader 13 dead or has run away or will yet turn up in some fresh ratd upon society, Would it not be Well for Grant to extend a ‘protectorate over Robeson county? The HERALD reporter has not yet boen heard trom, and when a white man, inthe legitimate pursuit of an honorable business, cannot pass aately through our own country, we think it would be better to postpone a protectorate over Mexico until we have regulated matters somewhat better at home. Had Henry Berry Lowery and his gang been white men would they have been permitted to exist so long? We pause for a reply. Here now 1s aSouthern man, who attends to his business of news collecting. We like this, He re- ports that the Heranp correspondent was in danger, and we are thankful to him:— BRAVE RHODY LOWERY, (From the Wilmington (N. 0.) Journal, March 24.) THE OvrTLAWws—IHK HERALD OORRESPONDENT TAKEN TO THE SWAMPS—FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY,-- ‘The wife of Henry Berry Lowery, the outiaw chiof, was at Moss Neck depot yesterday as the train passed that point, whither she came for the purpose oi deliveriug @ despaich from Henderson, to be sent North from this city. She states that the corre. spondent was at Lowery’s cabin, near Moss Neck, on Friday evening, about six o'clock, when Tom Lowery, Stephen Lowery and Andrew Strong en- tered tt and roughly told him to get up and go with them, He told them that he was ready; but first asked permission to send off a despatch to his paper, which was accorded him, when he wrote tie despatch and gave it to the Lowery femaie, who, as we have seen, fulfilled her promise to deliver it to the conductor of the train, Henderson then accompanied the outlaws, bound for the recesses of ScuMetown swamp. It was reported here yesterday, the report com- ing frora Shoe Heel, that Henderson nad boen Killed by the oatlaws, but ihe report 13 generally dis. credited, WHO IS TO BLAME? Here is another selution.of the question. The Edgeneld Adveriiser said it was Grant; the Kaleigh Pra said it was the Ku Ktux; the Wiimington star now says it is Governor Caldwell, Wonderful! It admits that ho sent down his Adjutant General, but forgets to mention that the cowardice of the popu- lation of Robeson county made his efforts ineffectual, ‘They can only tell half truths down there. It will be noted by the curious in after years that when the Southern editorial mind is beside 1isel!, that no mat- ter how it commences it ends in “damnation,’? FROM THE SWAMPS TO A WARMUR PLACE, (from the Wiumington Star, Marcia 24) CALDWELL AND LOWERY, ‘That Henry Berry Lowery and his ‘ttle band of robbers and cutthroats should, for so long a time, set law and civilization at deflance—should piliage, out. rage and murder with unparalleled mmapunity— affords fod for reflection upon the sort of govern- ment we have, and more especially gives ample opportunity to Know the men who pretend to ad- minister that government tu the interest oi justice, of law, of humanity. It 1s & melancholy thought that is forced upon the inteiigent North Carolinian, that the government of his native State is inadequate to proteck him from the ravages of the nighway rovber alla the bullet of the midnight assassin. Low, indeed, 13 the condition of that people who are in daliy jeopardy of life and property, Terrible ig tue stave ‘of that scciety that must thus live in constant peril. We charge 1 upon Governor Caidwell—and his conduct sustains the Charge—that he has been lax, lukewarm and careless In this matter of puttin down the Lowerys. We charge it upon him, tha’ while inocent blood of good nen appealed to tum from the swamps and piains of Robeson and in- yoked high heaven for vengeance, he lifted scarce a litule finger to arrest the dangerous course of the as. sassins, Was dumb to plieous entreaty, heeded not the cries of consternation that went up to Lim from asuffering, outraged, lipperilied people. We charge vhese things home upon the Governor of North Carolina, and tne people know that the facts sustain the charge. He was appealed to for along while in vain, He was appeaied to persistently, and al- ter taking much time he sent his Adjutant General tothe scene of the outrages. ‘The result was p failure. When ne should have renewed again and again his exertions to capture or kill the outlaws he reiused altogether to act. But to-c: in North Carolina, hot a hundred miles irom Wilmington, we have a baud of men, not @ half dozen in number, who are open and noto- rious desperadoes, killing whom they list without the fear o1 punishment belore their eyes, going at thelead hour of the night into towhs, capturing iron safes aud robbing them of ther contents—a mere handiul of men riding roughshod over county, State and federal authoriues, with a non- chalance anu bravado that would do credit to the jaring and subtle Bedouin of the desert. Here, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, m 4 land that boasts the excel- Jency of its laws and the security afforded by its government, what do we see? Alas! it would be well to be blind, 1 blindness broughy contentment, But free citizens, with souls in thelr bodies, ¢ahnot shut thelr eves to the SRA Bolagens of law, peace Aid order Ini Robesdii County. Men, with the common feelings of humanity—individuals upon whom one ray of the sun of Civilization has shone— must experience pity, shame and indignation at the spectacle of a petty gang of mulattoes committing act aiter act of the most flendish outrage of law, deed after deed of the most abandoned savagery, perilling the industrial interests of @ whole section, filing tue public mind with apprehension and terror, and doing these diabolical crimes with almost the certainty of non-interierence, Mf not protection, by a radical administration, Upon the head of Tod R. Caldwell rests the re- sponsibility, the terrible responsivility of the deeds of these murderous Villains. Let him, and him aione, bear the blame and reap the deep curses of an outraged, afllicted people | It Will Dot do for his partisans to say that he could not suppress these pitiful outlaws. He did not try to pus them down. He would have shown his hu- manity and his efficiency as® Governor had this band been composed of white men and his party had chosen to dub them Ku Kiux. Ob, yes! What calle ing out of miliua @ la fiolden! What making of requisitions upon Grant! What an upstir of loyalt What an outburst of patriotic zeal would there have been flad Lowery been a Ku Kiux! Pity! puy! So much party capital 18 lost! Long ago would the little band have gone to the criminal’s bourne, and the very name of Lowery have been a stench in loyal Northern nos- urils, and a new hate of te South been added to the catalogue now long as tie list of ships in Homer, Agatu we pileup ine counts tn our bill of indict ment, Wecharge it upon Governor Valdwell thas he can meddle in lawmaking, can make bimselt Legisiature and Supreme Court, can svarve Pent- venllary convicts aud drive inmates of tue Asylums from the place of. medical aid back to their homes. We charge it upon Governor Caldwell that he is forward and = med- diesome and obstinate = and cruel = where {hese virtuous and praiseworthy qualities of his head and neart can be bestowed upon conservative enemies. We charge it upon Governor Caldwell that he so despises our party that he canuvot in his omivial condact do members of that purty ordinary justice, We charge it upod Governor Cull well that he ‘oes Hot Make & hearty and an earuest vilort to aa ine reign of lawlessness, rapine and jmarder aroune Scuilletown and Moss Neck. We charge 1¢ upon tov, ernor Caldweit that he 1s callous and pane y Indiferent to Ue higher instinets of humanity, t ~ he is active only in behaif of party, Zealous only forever damned tn the estimation o! al! good and peaceable citizens. A MODEL FOR SOUTHERN PDITORS, Instead of blowing off waste steam in this way, to give people the idea that they have something worth telling, let them publish the despatcnes just as they get them, or even alter @ word or two, ae iy the following:— {From the Boston Traveller, March 25.} A despatch from North Carolina gives ramors thas Ea Lowery gang have shot the captured New Yorg HRALD corresponden:. (From the Tirawvitie Morning Herald, Maren 23.) 4 HERALD CORRESPONDENT SHOT. A despatch from Wilmington, N. C. ves @ rumor that the Lowery gang have shot the H#RALD corre spondent, MINNESOTA HEARD FROM. The party philosophy of a man who writes {or half the people and necessarily looks at things wilt one eye is herein below beautifully depicted. He admires enterprise (wise man!) but cannot resist finding an argument foc his favorite Ku Klux, He does not, perhaps, know that the invincible empire anticipated him Jong ago and murdered ‘Make’ Saunderson and Ben Betha, because they were une armed and aid nut belong to the Lowery gang. (From the St, Paul ery Ploneer—democratic — larch 22, THE HERALD COREESPONDENT AND THE LOWBKY GANG, , It 1s wonderful into what strange predicaments a newspaper man will sometimes wander in the pur- suit of his calling, The New York HBRALD folks are in a fine state of perturbation over the fate of Mr. Henderson, one of thelr correspondents who was — senG to interview the Lowery outlaws in North Carolina. These geutry, it seems, have made him a prisoner, and at last accounts were employing him to carry their superfiuous arms and perform other exercises Srooctngty ier to the journalisuc mind, ‘the doings of this gang of hall-preed negroes and In« dians—radicais to & man!—constitute a highly enter< taining episode in the history of carpet-bag govern ment. For eight years they have practically ruled a wide area of country, perpetrating robberies to the amount of $1,000,000 and assassiuating at least etghteen of the first citizens of Robe- son county umder circumstances of the utmost horror, Every little while they emerge from thelr places of concealment mM the swamp to shoot gown some promi- | party exigency requires zeal; that he would Jone mace have stopped the Roveson outrages if the outlaws had been conservative whites justead of Tadical blacks, These charges are preferred by the Whole body of Intelligent, Jaw-ablaing people of the Slave whom he disgraces and outrages, If he qualis not before them, if their indignant voices move not Its rough, fretivl, splenetic and savage nature, tients he sunk aud sodden in the lowest pit of de- gradauon, and tere is DO DOpe Jor bins, thea 18 be nent democrat in his Qyn doorway or the Very bosom of his family, Qad the immaculate radical government of North CWrolina suffers th: state of things to exist! ‘fhe negro population of the State, the staple element of the republicaa Party in the South, 18 said to tacttiy encourage thelr Villany and connive at vheirescape. In view of all the furor that has been raised over Ku Kluxism 1s it not a little remarkable that these radical robvers and assassins are allowed to continue their devilish work? And is it surprising that the whites, suffering under such feariul indictions and hopeless of justice at either the hands of the execu. tive or Legisiature, should Creal tal | be goaded. into summary and severe retaliation? Posstbly this will account for most of the K. K. K. outrages we have heard so much about. But, however you look at it, What a lovely thing the Grant carpet-bay, policy has veen for that unhappy section! . Another news gatherer thust be applauded. He ig incredulous; so was Thomas Didymus, Let tim read the Hera.p for the startling continuation of the story, and give his readers something out of the line of duil magazine clippings for mental pabulum, TO BE CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT. Hate the Troy (N. ¥,) Whig, March 20.1 ‘The HERALD correspondent who has been torsome tame past among the Lowery outlaws in the swamps! of Nort Carolina as created quite a sensation by his intrepidity and daring, and the ominous theories! that have been promulgated as to nis probabie fate. {t was the correspondent’s mtention to leave them yesterday, but on Saturday Mrs, Lowery, at whose cabin he was stopping, appeared at the depot ab Moss Neck, and stated to a messenger of the HERALD the following: 4 Here follows an interesting despatch copied from the HERALD, It then adds:— A despatch in this connection, dated ecdntines evening, at Wilmington, states that tiere 1s a repor' extensively circulated that the correspondent has been shot, but whether by the outlaws or the citi-) zens is not mentioned. ‘This whole story, publisued} trom day to day. in the HERALD, reads like a first class sensational biood-and-thuader romance, Be- sides 1b is ‘to be continued,” Here 18 @ cynic—a Georgian cynic, Some show- man would probably pay a good round price for him Hf his brother from Tarboro’, who “smiles with pity,” could be brought North and exhibited. It 1a more than a doubter; it is a scoffer; and we hope that before he thinks of leaving this transitory sphere he wili have time to pray. We Have not killed our correspondent; he is a free man to-day. (From the Savannah Dally Advertiser, March 23.1 THE LATEST HERALD HUMBUG, ‘The public have been regaled at lengih by the nonsensical adventures of the New York HERALD’S Special searcher for Dr. Livingstone in the wilds of Africa, and now they are calied upon to beileve an- other story involving the satety of a wandering Bo- hemlan named Henderson, who, acting as tho Special correspondent of the HERALD, deliber- ately placed himself in the clutches of tue Lowery gang in North Carolina, that he might induce them to confide their secrets to his padlocked bosom for the sole benellt of the enterprising Gotham daily, The last number of the HERALD contains two columas and more of sensational bos pretending to give particulars of this adventurous quilldriver’s experience amid the outlaws, wio, itis said by the HERALD, hold im a prisoner and have threatened to kill him. 1¢ 18 amusing to read, the HERALD'’s complacent buncombe avout tne strong probabilities of thts correspondent’s death at the hands of his captors, as if the le of ® correspondent or two was as noth- ing compared with the necessities of that paper, For our part we do not believe that there is one word of truth in ali this business; but that 16 was inaugurated as a dodge to advertise the pro- gressiveness of the HERALD {3 doubtless a fact, We are curious to Kaow what course the HERALD will adopt to get rid of its correspondent. It killed of its Alrican explorer, and will do the same for Hen- derson, who certainly must be disposed of in some Way or other. He at present makes a good sensation, but 16 ‘Won't do to let-nim live too long. BAD AUTHORITY, + {From the Raleigh (N. 0.) Sentinel, March 25,] The OUTLAWs.—The latest news, frum Robeson’ county may be found in the following paragraphs, whicll we clip from whe Lovesonian:— ‘ ‘The excitement at ScuMletown produced by the many ru- mors and reports that have been In circulation here for the pastten or twelve days having ia a measure subsided the Public mind now accepts the following as probably the true state of things in Scultletown :— Henry Berry Lowery was not drowned or killed by himself or his brother, but has puaty left the county, taging with him the largest share of the proceeds of tie robbery of Mr. McLeod's safe. Boss Strong 1s not dead, but badly wounded, ‘nd ag soon as he fa able to travel the rest of the band will follow their chief, The report that Henderson, the so-called New York HERALD correspondent, has been outlawed and 1s being pursued by @ constable’s posse 1g not true, He went to Lumberton on Wednesday last, and leit on the train the next day without molestation. GENERAL ANDERSON’S FUNERAL, The funeral obsequies of the late Brigadier ana Brevet Major General Robert Anderson, United Staves Army, wili take place on Wednesday, April % Unless the relatives, residing in Oblo, shail méAn- while signily differently. The regiments of the National Guard which have already tendered thelr services as escort, and accepted by Brevet Major General McDowell, are the Seventh, Colonel Em mons Ciark; the Ninth, Lieutenant Colonel Braine, and the Seventy-first, Colonel Rockafeliar, the whole to be commanded by Brigadier General Willtam G. Ward, commanding First brigade, First division, N. G. S.N. Y. Of the reguiar army there will be present four foot batteries of the First United States artillery, including Battery E, Captain Taylor, and Batiery H, Captain Haskin, whica formed General Anderson's command while Major ot the First artillery, during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. There’ Will also be asection of bght artillery from Battery K, First United States artil- lery, and four companies of the Eighth United States infantry. The. Veteran Sixty-second New York volunteers, kdown during the war as the Anderson youaves, under Colonel Nevin, as well as tne Vid Guard, Major McLean, and several Masonic bodies, neve also tendered their services, and will probably take part. No orders have yet been issued by Gen- eral McDowell, but the escort will probably only ac- company the remains to the foot of Thirty-fourth street, or Forty-second street, North River, from ‘whence they will be taken by steamer to West Point for flual interment. RESUMING NAVIGATION ON THE BUDSON. Hupson, N. Y., March 26, 1872. The ferryboat George H. Power worked her way n the ive this morning, aud there is now no Shetrbotten 10 “ner resvining her regular trips be~ tween this cliy and Athens, A OARD, To THB Epiror OF THE HeRALD:— The little personal misunderstanding reported to have occurred at my varieties theatre recently, I regret to perceive, has been tortured into a fracua of great violence, and oue in which dangerous weapons Were freely and fearlessly appealed to, ‘The simple assurance to all such as know me that no such resorts were counselled or allowed wiil, it is apprehended, constitute a suficient refutation to the uajust accusation, As the custodian or the pub- jie peace, the proprietor still asserts lua supremacy and control, and proposes to maintatu it intact dure ibg lus occupancy of the theatre, HARRY HILL, 26 Bast Houston street, AN OYSTER Fam — There has Aot been an oyster ot the dock here for several days past, nor are any boats expected. Some Washington dealers char- tered a tugboat and went down the river yesterday 93 faras Mathias’ Point, to ie aud tow up any they might meet on the way, but found nene,— AWLANAIIG Vie) Garele °