The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1872, Page 3

NEW ‘YORK “HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE SPANISH SITUATION | Montpensier Charged with the Murder of Prim. AN IMPENDING SENSATION. France Will Be Asked to Surren- der the Noble Duke. DISSOLUTION OF THE CORTES. King Amadeus to Pay a Royal Visit to the Carlist Provinces. COLONIAL CHANGES. MaDRID, June 80, 1872, All Spain is now talking about the rumored de- mand upon France forthe extradition of Mont- pensier ag an accomplice in the death of Prim. ‘This is, in a remarkable degree, a confirmation of the news which was telegraphed at the time of the murder to the HERALD by your Madrid corre pondent, and was published at atime when the English newspapers were afraid to say anything about it. My Lord of Montpensier was too high @ dignitary to be im any way accused ef an offence as grave as that of assassina- tion. A son of Louis Philippe, uncle and father- in-law to the Count de Paris, brother-in-law to Isabella of Spain—he was not be mentioned with suspicion, You will remember that when poor Prim was ambuscaded in the narrow, gloomy street @pposite the War Omice, no one was suspected ef the murder but republicans. There was never a More deliberate, brutal assassination. Serrano imitated the first, Napoleon in his actions. When Napoleon was hustled by the infernal machine near the Opera House, although he knew perfectly well who had planned the crime, that they were the friends and agents of the Count d’Artois, he af- fected a sudden rage against the Jacobins, and laid violent hands upon their leaders and drove them into exile and imprisonment, Jacobinism hap- pened to be the element most danger- ous to his dynasty, the irreconcilable ele- ment, and he struck it under pretence of avenging an outrage to his person. So when Prim ‘was struck down the government of Serrano raised the cry that the republicans had done it; that they were eneiles of society ; and that, failing to induce Prim to ordain a republic, they killed Prim. So republican deputies were arrested on suspicion and thrown into prison; but investigation could not convict them of even & suspicion of complicity with the crime, and they were released. In the meantime the investi- gations were pursued under the direction of a wise and eminent jurist. While the Sagasta Ministry was in power every attempt was made to interrupt the investigation. Suspicions were cast upon the integrity of the Judge. Eqorts were made to obtain the evidence ‘and destroy it; and finally the Judge, in violation of law, was promoted toa higher station, to the end that the inquiry might be given toa creature of Sagasta. But public opinion resented this out- Tage, and the inquiry continued. When Sagasta fell, and with him Serrano, the Judge felt that there ‘was @ Ministry in power to which he might appeal with confidence. He made his report, setting forth that the evidence in his possession clearly affected my Lord of Montpensier as an accomplice in the death of Prim, and asking that a aemand be made upon France for hia extradition that he might sub- mit to trial. WILL MONTPENSIER BE SURRENDERED BY FRANCE? The conclusions arrived at by this jurist are in harmony with public opinion here, and certainly are logical. Montpensier was the most directly concerned in the succession to the throne. He took partin the conspiracy against Isabella, was sent out of the country as a malcontent by Her Majesty, and was a candidate for the succession, as his father was when Charles X. was hurried over the French frontier, When Primdeclared for the Duke of Aosta many doubts were expressed as to whether he would accept. He had no elements of popularity, and there was that ever-present shade of Maximilian to deter royal fathers from sending their sons to Spanish thrones. Ifthe were to decline the throne or leave Spain in a panic then my Lord of Montpensier would be the inevitable. Anyhow Prim would be out of the way, would be punished for his failure to exalt Montpensier, and the new dynasty without the aid of a powerful and gallant subject would be worthless and fruitless. Prim ‘was struck down when Amadeus was on the sea. When he landed at Carthagena instead of meeting Prim he found only Admiral Topets, who came to say that the Pome ingmaker was dead, and that if Highness felt that the death was in an: way a menace to him he might return Florence. Some of his councillors were for going home, but the young man, whose personal valor has won for him the personal admiration of every gentleman in Spain, said at once he would go to Madrid. And he came and rode on horseback alone through the silent and gloomy multitude who the 4 etore had seen Prim’s body carried to the Church of St. Atocha. So the assassinaffon failed in every fea- ture of its plot—as all deeds of that nature must fail while God Montpensier went to France, and made his peace with Isabella, and proclaimed that his highest ambition was to serve Prince Alfonso as his monarch and hold that place upon the steps of the throne to-which his birth entitled him, But now that a grave legal magistrate sprinkles the blood of Prim upon his robes any position in Spain is impossible. Spain discusses mtpeusier in a feverish way. Will he return to Madrid and boldly ask for examination and trial? Will President Thiers ct a demand for his extradition? Or will royal influences be used to silence justice ? ‘THE DISSOLUTION OF THE omnes WHAT WILL SPAIN DECIDE The King has stamped with his approval the new Ministry and accomplished the last act of the recent litical revolution. Yesterday he published the fol- decree dissolving the Cortes. It is short, but expressive :— TAT, DRCRER. , Ro’ In use of the faculties conceded to me the constitution, conformably to article if the same, and by accord with my Council of Ministers, I decree as tollows:— a 1.—The Senate and Congress are declared dis- ~ i solved. Axr. 2.—New Cortes shall be convoked in the capital of ‘Mime STE elections will Commence 24th August, in th RT, 3" elect will Commence a Peninsula and adjacent islands aud Porto Ricoe Patack or Mapaip, June 29, 1872, AMADEUS, It is premature to discuss the promises or pro- testations of the new Premier until we see what will come of the dissolution, 80 Bud- denly and finally blown into spaco and foul air, was the contrivance of the most excellent Befior ‘tas, a statesman who embodies the political virtues of William M. Tweed, and who conquered the Cortes aa Mr. Tweed. mi his elections, by the surplus revenues of the the ow of votes ven Rumber of voters. We are to shameless performances in the new elections. I foel confident that the Cortes to be chosen in August will r nt the voice of Spain. And the probiem ts, what will that volce say? Will she accept the dynasty? Can the and land- Don Car- reached their owners influence the Hi rey far pi will mo dynasty, only los? the Bret ier ‘ppt th are} 8 republicans tpoue their ‘schemes as unavailing now and ‘aaitoe with the radicals in favor of @ monarchy under liberal inati- tutions? Oris it nd that the Queen's adher- ents, aided Montpensier’s money and secretly pa beh y oa angry Pens ae his followers, are the questions that tones 7 Fae = and these questions ‘wilt be subiatied to her e coming ns. Upon id lecisi future welfare will mainly reat, prteraesttonry and oor eA aren & DEAD CALM. ‘pass warm, sul! months, with everything in a state of s' aeation 1 tical Waves and breakers, lea) mountain and ¢ King and constitation: tn the most Irettegs ace ner, threatening destruction as quiet as @ summer ses. Madrid has sumed its condition. Serrano has gone to his country seat in the monntains, The Duchess of Prim is at Biarritz. Grandeeism is hurrying to the amountain and the seaside. The King is preparing pants Ad Ren bd) Provinces, He will go qne country, 1 regi few weeks siuce, his Arey, whe ag? che Gaeneae And, although this ta. 1 country OF maces DutlOOk slunides. that aBt{l Bepisredes Brines, the anti) September Spain will be article 42 of ry moment, ts wo loly Week; and his government thought it dan, Yet no sooner parities ageininpower thas: very first thing talked of is another poy journey, like that of last year. This time it is Navarre and the Vascongada grins. the very theatre of the still smouldering Carlist insurrection, that is to be th route traversed. The is not afraid to the new Ministers are not afraid to take AB of course no royal cortége could be complete with- out the presence of a correspondent of the ph readers may expect shortly to receive jetatls of all that occurs during whi bi be @ most interesting tour, conside! he nt dangerous condition of the country the dimcul- ties surrounding the Spanish throne. VALMASEDA’S RESIGNATION AS CAPTAIN GENERAL OF OUBA ACCEPTED. The government has accepted Valmaseda’s resig- nation. His successor pro tem. is his second in com- mand, General Ceballos. The decrees tothis effect are gazetted to-day thus:— ROYAL DECREE. By accord with my Council of Ministers I admit the res- ignation of the a General and euperior ay ernor of the Istand of Ouba, Lieutenant General fil A oh fre as discha ed bis’ duties, ‘ALACK OF Mapaip, June ROYAL DECREB. By accord with my Council of Ministers, I order the Mariscal de Campo Don Francisco de Ceballos y vareses Becond Chief, to take cl temporarily (interinumente) 0} the Captain Generalcy Superior Clvil Gover ip of the Island of Cubs. BUS, PaLacy ov Mapaip, June 29, 1872, THE PORTO RICO CAPTAIN GENRRALSHIP. Two other colonial decrees are in the Gazette of to-day. One is accept the res! tion of the Captain General of Porto Rico, Lieutenant General Don Ramon Gomez Puildo, and the aE’ oS ing Mariscal de Campo Don simon de la y Ormaza to the vacancy. THE SWISS NATIONAL FESTIVAL. The Grand Sacred Concert—The ‘“Yo- del”—The Procession and Festivities To- Day. : As far back as 1850 there have been Swiss societies in New York representing the several cantons of Switzerland, but there was no bond of unity be- tween them. As they grew older and stronger there seemed to have arisen among them a Jeal- ousy, or at least a colaness, quite at variance with their conduct at home. This condition of senti- ment gave promise of growing into animosity; but the happy event of yesterday has quite prevented this undesirable result, The origin of the “First Swiss national festival was accidental, and hap- pened in this wise:—A prominent member of one of the Swiss lodges in New York remarked to another of his countrymen that it would be well if the Swiss societies would join together and have a festival at Jones’ Wood, This idea was approved of, and im- mediately the suggestor set to work to carry it out, which he did with a success that exceeded his most sanguine expectations. Yesterday (Sunday, July 21) was the day appointed for the opening of the festival, which was inaugurated by a grand sacred concert, vocal and instrumental, together with the scene of the Gruetii, representing the first meeting of the founders of the Swiss republic, and the “Yodel” songs of the Alps by six Appenzellers in costume, THE FESTIVITIES opened with the following musical programme :— Overture, “William Tell,” Rossin; ‘Trittet im Morgenroth Daher,” Zwismg; “Nation Wie Voll Klingt der Ton,’ Nugely; ‘Ein Mann, Ein Wort,” Marschner. After this a few choruses were sung, immediately succeeding which was the most inte- Rcelt event on the p! mme, the.scene of the 5 Gruetil, representing first meeting of the founders of the Swiss republic, where they swear to free the nation, The “Yodcl” songs, wild Alpine melodies, by six Appenzeliers, dressed in yellow pact it Lae with red jackets and Alpine ere Were: Feoelvo by the audience with prolonge: chee! THE SOCIETIES PRESENT were fourteen in number—the Helvetia Lodge No, 1, Helvetia Lodge No. 2, Gruetli Society, Société Gén- érale Suisse, Jura Maennerchor, Ruetli Maenner- chor, 81 3 and Pastrymakers’ Society, Hel- vetia Maennerchor, of Newark; Gruetli, of Newark; Gruetli, of Williamsburg; Gruetll, of Paterson ‘i Arion, ‘of Paterson; Quartette, of Paterson, an: the Suisse Schuetzen Verein. Among the invited welve of the — were Consul General Hitz, iruetli Society, of Syracuse; twenty of the Helve- tla Soctety, of Boston ; ten of the Gruetil Society of Washington; seventeen of the Gruetli Soctety, ot Scranton; fifteen of the Suisse Society, of Utica; ten of the Suisse Benevolent Society, of Buffalo: fifteen of the Gruetli Society, of srry five of the Gruetli Society, of Cincinnati, and ten from the Allentown Gruetit. PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. Line will be formed at nine o’clock sharp, at head- quarters, Teutonta Assembly Rooms, 158 ‘Third ave- nue, from whence the line will march io the order below to the boat, foot of Eighth street :— Grand Marshal and Adjutants. Sharpshooters and Boys, with bow and arrow. usie. Tell, Walter Furst, Werner Stauffacher, Arnold you e ; The Presidents of the Festival, Committees, Guests and Delegates of outside Swiss Societies. Columbia and Helvetia, Ladies and Gentlemen in cos- rrjages). 12, tume (all in c: Ke, Helvetia Mannerchor. Tessin Band Mutual wages aghast Confectioners’ ety. Grueth Verein, New York. Maennerchor. Gruetll, Paterson. etll Verein. All Friends of Switzerland that wish to Join. First Division—East side of Third avenue, between Fif- teenth and Seventeenth streets; right of Seventeenth street; carriages along East Sixteenth street Second Division—East Fifteenth street; right on Third avenue. Third Division—East Sixteenth street; right on Third shal or to his adjutants at headquartern Feutomia Aaseuy. shal or to his jutants qui ‘eutonia m- bly Rooms, the arrival of their respective societies At Jones’ Wood, immediately after landing & sa- lute will be fired by a park of artillery. The day's fes- tivities will be opened with the Swiss national hymn, ‘Rafft du, mein Vaterland.’" After which short addresses will be made by the President of the festival and others. Swiss athletic sport, At two o'clock dancing begins, and will opened with the dance of the Alps by twenty-two young ladies and gentlemen tn costume, representing the twenty-two cantons of Switzerland. An {ilustra- id row shooting for Swiss boys. Ypustribution of prizes, In the evening there will be a grand dis- lay of fireworks. A boat will make three trips ‘om the foot of Eighth street, E. R., to the Wood, at ten A. M., one P. M. and four P, M. NEW YORK CITY. Jeremiah Clifford, of 150 East Fifty-eighth street, jumped over the wall down the embankment at 103d street and Fifth avenue yesterday afternoon, while suffering from delirium tremens, and frac- tured bis skull. Late on Saturday afternoon, Lawrence Wherty, a lad nine years of age, while bathing in the dock foot of Pler 46 North River, was accidentally drowned, Sul juently the body was recovere: by John Seatenesis West street, “nd taken to the residence of his pare 557 Greenwich street, where Coroner Keenan was notified ¢o hold an in: quest, The body of an unknown man, abont forty years of age, was yesterday found by Ofticer McSherry, of the Thirteenth precinct, floating in the dock foot of Rivington street, East River. Deceased feet seven foches in height, with short ‘sand rant and whiskers. Dece: ‘was dressed in cl pants, red checkered shirt and gaiters, bod: was sent to the Morgue aud Ooromer Keenan not. ded. . Edward F. Wood, @ sailor on board the steam. ship City of Mexico, lying at pler 16 East River, was admitted to Centre Street Hospital on Friday last, suffering from severe scalds of the boay a . Sremiticy, received on board the ship. pnp wn subsequently transferred to Bellevue Hospital, where death subsequently ensued. An inquest will be held by Coroner Keenan, NAVAL INTELLIGENOE, The United States steamer Wasp, Commander Quackenbush, was at Colonia, Uruguay, May 15, having been taken on the Marine Railway dock at tee for repairs and cleaning required on her The Worcester was at Key West July 9; the Sarn- nac at Panama Ji 3 tne Hessler, Panama. duly aly 33 3; the Pensacola, Callao, June 27; the Califor Panama, July 8, uod the Onward at Callao June I? CANOE DOLLY VARDEN. a Paddling Down the Missis- sippt River. A Mystery of the Itasca Country—The “Bloody Sioux” and Lake Taw-pe-ne-de-ning—Canoce Life Ashore—Marquette River and Lake Pemidji—Primitive Life on Its Banks. CANOE DOLLY VARDEN, 5 Lake Pemipy, UPPER MIssIssiPPt, | June 12, 1872, With an open river before us of sufficient size to float the canoes without diMculty, the voyage now became oné of renewed interest. Camp was broken up early on yesterday morning and the de- scent of the river resumed. The’ Mississippi Pushed itself through the valley of meadow, alter- nately approaching forests of pine on the eastern and of tamarac on the western side. Through Just such scenery as this the Dolly passed until dinner time, the river becoming more tortuous with every mile. The first tributary to the Mississippt is @ brook which enters it from the westward, about twenty-five miles below Itasca. Like the great majority of the smaller lakes and rivers of the Itasca region, it is without a name, Early in the afternoon, in a bend of the river, canoe was discovered, bottom upwards, under a mass of driftwood. This was an evidence of life in the past tense, and the crew resolved “the mystery to explore.”? After much labor, all disembarking, the canoe was extricated and hauled upon the shore, A MYSTERY OP THE ITASCA COUNTRY. It was of this year’s manufacture, The guide, after a thorough examination, said:—“‘An Indian has been up here trapping. 1 know that he was alone, for there is only oné seat, that in the middle ofthe boat. The sities of the canoe, blackened as you see them, indicate either that his gun has bursted or that his powder horn has exploded, The latter is most probable, for the Indians fre- quently have a smudge burning ona piece of sod in the bow of their canoes to smoke out the mos- quitoes. A spark from this may have falien into the Indian’s hand as he poured out his powder, That there has been an explosion of powder in this boat there can be no doubt. The pain and sur- prise has caused the Indian to spring up so sud- denly as to capsize the boat, and gun, ammunition and provisions have gone to the bottom. The Jn- dian could scarcely have been drowned, unless he was very badly wounded; but if his eyes were blown out, he has crawled out upon the shore only to die of starvation. This I think very probable, for an Indian will never abandon his canoe while living, under any circumstances. It never could have got away from him, for they are always drawn far out on the bank. The accident may have hap- pened miles above this place. I tell you again no man should ever come alone into the Itasca coun- try.”’ PROVISIONS ALL WET. The guide cnt a large piece of birch-bark from the canoe for repairing his own boat. This was fortu- nate, for in shooting some rapids encountered during the afternoon, a sharp-pointed rock broke a hole in the bottom of the birch-bark canoe, which let in water so fast that all the crackers and flour were wet before the guide and Indian could get ashore. Again the crew of the Dolly Varden was Foroad to sit and await the repair of the sister cra ft. THR VALLEY became wider with every mile until the river meandered through a great meadow, more than two and a-half miles in ei ne between thick forests and steep hills. te in the after- noon the valley widened into a plain, and @small stream was pointed out as tho outlet of a lake. The Dolly pulled up the stream, and at the end of 184 douvle strokes of the paddle reached a 1ake about one mile in length, It wag surrounded Tass, on all sides by high THE BLOODY SIOUX. Many years ago a village of Chippewas had been located upon the northern shore, where Veo heel sisted by fishing and trapping. They numbered, warriors, squaws and pappooses, about 200 souls. The Sioux, their deadly enemies, came down veca the Chippewas one night and so completely had they surrounded the vil that only an old squaw escaped. The tives, dragged out of the graas where they had hidden, were collected In t centre of the site and burned at the stake, after being put to every conceivable torture. The Chippewas call this body of water Taw-pe-ne-de- ning, or Battle Lake. A tree was pointed out by our Indian near the outlet of the lake as one in which the squaw who escaped toox refuge. Among the Chippewas she is re- garded as more than mortal, it being considered so very remarkable that a woman should be able to climb @ tree, It appears very unnatura! to an Indian, and the Chippewa with us spoke of the fact with solemn gravity. The return to the Mississippi was made, and the yorage resumed till nightfall, the last two hours being through dark forests of pine. “CANOE LIFE” ASHORE, In making landings the crew of the Dolly always sprang ashore first, and, after pulling tle canoe out of the water, began building a fire to keep the mosquitoes away. Not until a d smoke was ha could any comfort be found onshore. The camp then had to be surrounded with smudges made of rotten wood and Then the sperm oil lamp of the Dolly would be HY the log completed, Meanwhile the igwed up, an aide, a thoroughbred cook, pre- pared. @ supper, and by the time the log was writ- fen up the evening meal was ready. Then, if the sky gave promise of rain before morning, the Dolly was carried BR into camp, and the crew turned into quarters; while, if the night was clear and cold, x @ rule, the crew slept on the ground before the re. MARQUETTE RIVER. This morning began with a fog. ‘the river in many places encroached upon steep hills, leaving banks fifty to sixty feet in height on one side and sand bars on the other, Many of these sharp bends of the river developed, in the forest, scenery of much beauty. The entrance of Marquette River was hailed with pleasure, This was the first locality truly indiea: on the map. This river, the outlet of Lakes Marquette, Salle, Plantagenette and Assawe, enters the Mis- casings from the south, and is a@ larger stream than that in which it loses its identity. The Mis- sissippi at once doubles in size and assumes the river. It is now fully lacid majesty of a might a M, ia the bank on the right be- eighty feet in width, aud comes @ beautiful grove of maple, oak and beach, | On the left the ground rises to a plateau, covered with a growth of scrubby pine, interspersed wiih stray hemiock and maple. We knew that the en- trance to Leake Pemid}i was not far distant. The next bend in the river shifted the woodland to the left bank, and the right merged into a swamp of Teeds, cat-tails, scrubby poplars and hazel bushes, From the month of Marquette River 1,210 strokes, or about two miles’ paddli brought the Dolly out into the southern section of Pemid)!. LAKE, PEMIDJL is in reality two bodies of water—the larger seven by four miles and the smaller about two by one and @ half miles—united by @ strait not more than one hundred feet in width. The smaller portion of the lake is entirely hidden from the main portion by a thick forest of beech and poplar, which has grown en the narrow sirip of bottom land which di- ides the two bodies of water. This portion of the lake is faced on the western side by dark, pine-covered bluifs, and away off to the eastward the background js formed by a tail hemlock forest. The course of the Dolly fo ned to the outlet due north, The lake was found to be very shallow, the average soundings being from six to nine feet, although in one pla depth of eighteen feet was reached. The run is about one and a half mile, but as the wind was adverse and very light the sails were not spread, e pull through the abn, connecting the larger With the smaller portion of the lake, over- shadowed a: was by bYanc! teas trees, was a great relief after the bal which the crew had received during A was seen on the shore, ing aghore the crew was soon face to ih @ swarthy red man. The crew produced, m the Li e van in the birch batk, & package of tobacco, which was presented to the Tndian. He informed the guide that he belonged to the Bo tribe of the Chippewas. Meanwhile his family, Sistas of six children, had gathered around PRIMITIVE LIFE, ‘The father was arrayed in abi flannel shirt, and the mother then Sppeared, clothed in @ green blanket. The little boys, three in number, were ee need the little girls did not wear anythl ng ey all appeared bilssfully ignorant of the fact that they were without clothing, and alternately jumped into the water and rolled in the sand. These were the frst human beings which we had seen since the oth inst., exactly one week. The Indian treated the crew with great courte: and invited him to his wigwam. The crew declined, and in turn invited the Pillagee on board. The In- dian was much interested and examiued ihe craft with great care. THE SAIL ON PRMIDJT. ‘The start across the lake was made, and @ north- west wind joringing op soon turned up Waves of considerable size. Dolly rode handsomely over the waves, which drenched the guides in the birch bark. As the crew soon became convinced that he could make the outlet close-hauled, the jib and mainsail were spread. The wind was over the port quarter. The water proof apron protected the logs and breast of the crew, but his back and arms had to take the spray. The rubber coat had been left of from fear of an upset for the crew reagoned in gaudy<oloved cotton jackets, with feathers | in their slouched hats, revoivers in their belts, and with an expression of listiess | indifference at the passin; | Indeed, tata eh cths ka Kenn ena e a i three miles im length. The go that soundings conid i ust, uta waves wien Arpittt ralsed. ‘The scenery lake. is quite beautiful. ‘To the northward Is a high biuf, crowned with a pine for- est, th occasional openings in which a fine country is seen beyond. eastern side is swampy near the !4ke, but rises in the background into a fine, wooded country, ton predominating. Om to thé westward low hills of yellowish clay, with scattering pines, are seen. The camp-was prepared on the Mississippi, near the lake. The guide informs the crew that he will have seven miles of a continuous rapid to-morrow, and predicts that ihe Dolly will find there her grave. The crew has given her a complete coat Of marine glue and shellac, and awaits the dangers of the morrow. AMONG THE INDIANS. The Advance of Civilization in the Territories. The Iron Horse Making Way for Commerce— The Railroad Projects on Foot and Towns and Villages Cropping Up on All Sides—What Should Be Done with Poor Lo—Con- g@ressmen Among the Indians— Railroad Extension Through the Indian Territory— The Indian Question. Bocay Deport, Choctaw country, July 4, 1872, The Congressional Sub-Committee on Indtan Affairs has got thus far, near the heart of the Choc- taw country, in the pursuit of its investigations. My last letter was written on the cars near FORT SCOTT, KANSAS. Although not unfamiliar with the extraordinary rapidity of the growth of towns and cities In the Western States and Territories, I was surprised to find Fort Scott, which, a few years back, was but a military post and then an insignificant settlement, now presenting all the evidences of a flourishing and prosperous town, with numerous churches, large public schools, three or four newspapers (one of them daily), several banking houses, half a dozen hotels, large stores and handsome suburban residences, A fine fouring mill and elevator have been recently erected here, as well as a foundry and machine shop for one of the railroads, and a good deal of capital and industry has been directea to the building up of o large trade in cement and paints, manu- factured out of rock excavated in the vicinity, Of course much of the prosperity, present and prospective, of Fort Scott is and will be due to the fact that it i# an important station of two great lines of railroad—the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the Kansas, Fort Scott and Guif Railways, which are, to some extent, competing and parallel lines, and which give a new direction to the cattle trade of Texas. A RAILROAD RACK. These two railroad companies have had an ex- citing race for the right of way through the Indian ‘Territory, in which struggle the first named road, although the latest in entering the fleld, came out the winner. It seems that in one of the Indian treaties, made in 1866, it was stipulated that there should be aright of way through the Indian Ter- ritory for two lines of railroad, one running north and south and the other east and west, and that the company which should first reach the Indian Territory, by way of the Neosho Valley, should be entitled to the privilege, North and South. The Gulf line, being first in the fleld, would have carried off the prize, but for a slight mistake in the calculations of its projectors, who construed the words “the Valley of the Neosho” in their broad sense, such as is gener- ally applied to phrase “the Mississippi Valley,” “the Ohio Valley,” &c. The other company, however, which is oficered by very energetic, practical men, which is financiered by August Belmont and the bonds and stock of which are largely owned by the Rothschilds, kept driving away at a rapid pace, completing half a mile a day for every working Kansas and Texas called McAllster's, There pg ory passengers by the saloona, _ Ii ie Poebenrs its ice- cream aud lemonade salooha, its etal grocery faction We spont ‘a night there, and can, to to general ‘and good tify order of the comm , wh wever, been but recently secured by the expulsion, under penalty of death, of some lawless characters who had for some days infested the place. This town of tabernacies was pre) for @ new start southward, the terminal station of the railroad being about to be removed some twenty miles further down the line. I should have given @ passing notice to another but perma- pent railroad town, established by the company sixteen months go. and called Parsons’, in honor of the dent of the mem ay just as its princi- pal hotel is named after Mr. Belmont. The com- pany seems determined to make this an important place, for it has built a fine station here and is now erecting an extensive building for its workshops. The baby city already has its churches, bank, news- paper and the usual variety of stores, and will, in a year or two, boast probably of a population of sev- eral thousand, BOGCY DEPOT, where the committee has been for two days, and which was reached by a day’s staging on one of the FE) Paso coaches, is @ settlement in the Choctaw country, which takes its queer name from a triple stream or creek known as the Little, the Middle and the Big Boggy. It contains an inn, which is the baiting place for travellers by the coaches, and a few small stores, kept by white men, who either have the necessary permits to reside in the Terrl- tory, or who, by marrying Indian women, have been Pr into the nation with all the rights of In- us, DENATIONALIZING THR INDIANS, Indeed, about the only people who have made any improvements in the Territory are such white per- s80n8; and, strange to say, much of the opposition that is manifested to the project of sectionalizing the county (that is, having it surveyed in seo- tions) and throwing it open to settlement comes from that quarter, and the rest of it from the full-blooded Indians, Many of the best informed among the Indians, however, recog- nize the impossibility of maintaining their present tribal relations much longer, and are not unwilling to have the experiment tried, on condl- tion, however, that the lands now occupied by them, or to which they may be entitled, be first secured to them in severalty, leaving the remain- der to be disposed of in such manner ag may be agreed upon between the United States govern- ment and the Indian nation. The impending change is the qi question in this region, and the sooner it reaches a practical solution the better it ‘will be for the Indiana, the whites, the freedmen, the railroad companies and the people at large. As it is, there can be no permanent improvement made, nor any town be located along tne line of the railroad, for the reason that no title to pro- perty can be eonreyeds There ia, therefore, a ressing and immediate necessity for action by Jongress in the matter, and, as the committee has been devoting much attention to the subject, I presume that it will be prepares to submit some lan or pronation at the next session. Mv own dea is that the whole Indian Territory should be organized under some such form of government as the District of Columbia, leavi the Governor and Legislature to be appointed by the President, securing to every person now resident here, Indian, negro and white man, his homestead and 160 acres of land, and placing all the rest of the land under the general laws governing the public domain or allowing It to be sold in limited quantities to actual settlers and the proceeds to be used in providing Jor schools, the expenses of gov- ernment and work of internal improvement. The success of such a system would depend necessarily on the character of the men to whom its admints- tration would be committed, and it might be hoped that the President would be a little more circum- spect in his selection of such men than he was in the instance alluded to. Matters of detail would suggest themselves, such as rendering Indian home- steads inalienable for a certain number of years, The main point would be to break ap the present system, which precludes all possibility of improve- ment, d to admit this splendid section of country to a participation in the advantages offered to it by the extension of the railroad system, INDIAN FRAUDS. The committee has taken here the testimony of two of the former prinpipal chiefs or governors of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, Both were involved in the corrupt bar; or transaction made with Mr. Latrobe in Washington, and shared with him in the enormous fees and commissions allowed him for settling up Indian claims and col- lecting back annuities. Secretary Boutwell has suspended further payments under these arrange- ments, and the facts developed before the com- mittee will probably result in recommending the cancellation of all these contracts. What is certain is that rt Indians have been villanous!: cheated in ali these transactions, and that their own leading men have been instrumental in rob- bing them. That is one reason why J should not advocate an elective Executive or Legislature here. The poor Indians are too ignorant and shiftiess to take care of their own interests, and the better class of them are not to be trusted. It ae be objected that the same is the case with the whites; and I admit that there is force in the ob- jection. But it is just barely possible that a dozen day since the operations were commenced, and sometimes three and four miles a day, reached the lower line very soon after its rival, and did so by way of the Neosho Valley, in the strictest, narrow- est sense of the term; and, the claims of the two companies having to be deciaed by the Secretary of the Interior, the prize was awarded, on that technical ground, to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Pa an Af which now has its road in operation for 152 miles through the Tndian Territory and expects to have it in opera- tion for the remaining ninety miles to the Red River, in Texas, by the 1st of November next. Of course, #0. long as the Indian Territory is kept, as now, practically closed to white settlers, the com- peny can expect no business from that 240 miles of its line, and wili have to rely for its profits on the trade with Texas, mach of which will be diverted from its present lines to the new line, which is even now doing a very large business in the way of STA DADSSSIRE cattle from Texas to the Eastern | market. ‘THE THIRTY-FIFTH PARALLRT ROAD. I must not omit to mention that the Eastern and Western right of way through the Indian Territory has been also occupied by an important line of rail- i—the Atlantic and Pacific, otherwise known 4s the Thirty-fiith Parallei line. The present Western terminus of the road is at a point in the Indian ‘Territory where it is crossed by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road, and which is now designated by the name of Viuita. There are at | present two or three stores here and a post office, and the future importance of the place is prophe- sied with great contidence, the correctness of the prophecy od dependent, however, on the ex- unction of the Indian title and the opening. of the Territory to settiemens. A Cherokee half-bred named ‘Bondinot, well known in Washington, where he has been for years pressing a claim for the restitation of duties exacted from him on tobacco manufactured in the Cherokee country (where the internal revente laws were not sup- posed to be operative), owns a thousand acres of | he land whereon the future city of Vinita is to stand, and is to that extent prospectively rich, b he seems to be not very popular with the members of his tribe, possibly on account of his speculative propensities, and does not reside among them, THE INDIANS. A few taciturn representatives of the red man, of the railroad train, were all (he indications to be observed of the exist- | ence a bee nation in this bie eae region. r the whole 2 which we have thus fat Travel ed 4 ie Yalan territory, the ap- arance of an Indian has been the greatest rarity. Pits is accounted for by the fact that they avoid the high road of travel, probably through the instinct of | self-preservation, and that they never locate their | log cabins on the open | spp but always in the timber lands and along the water courses, so that they are contemptuously designated by the wilder tribes as ‘the timber Indians.” We have now crossed the countries assigned to the Cherokees, the Creeks and the Choctaws, all of which tribes have separate local governments, such ag they are, and have distinct languages and nation- al peculiarities and amenities. ie Cherokees, occupying the region nearest to Kansas, are represented aa the most worthless, shiftiess and vindictive of the lot; the Creeks as a slight improvement on them, aud the Choctaws as the superior of both, oy 5a CRNBOEES MEUTRAL Lares: e passed over a most magnificent tract ofprairie country, known the Cherokee neutral Ht tn to which @ curious, but by no meang -strange, bit of wpecniayirs history ig attached, {t seems that in the last days of Secretary Harith's ministration ofthe Interior Department these lands, the most valuable in the whole Southwest, were sold in bulk (800,000 ferouuestices adve! with- fan poh orgsntied wader 4 2 Mis or ah ized wn 1e a real +4 land specu Emigration So anxious was this religious, young istian PN for tn weliare of the society t the very last day of his official sition was devoted to the good work of secur- ng this Roodly tract to his friends of the Emigration Society; but unfortunately for hig and their interest: his action in the premises Paporenteles and se! aside by his successor in qiito, Mr. Browning, who, perertnelees, imitated the bright example of Harlan by se! trey Bina) Bame lauds to Mr. Joy, the | representative Of the Kansas and Gulf Railway Company, Comrse this action of Browning was in ast ersible aa that of Harlan, and subject the Saurd criticism in law and in morals. A friendly sult was instituted to five judicial sanction to the fraud, but parties actually Interested in defeating it have intervened ia the suit and aled to the sapien Court from the favorable decision of the District Court. 1 understand that the matter was presented at, the lat session of the | Supreme Court, and that from political considera- lions the decision is reserved until alter the next Presidential election. It is assumed that. the Tesuit will be the confirmation of the sale and the transfer to land jobbers and speculators of a body of Tand which would readily sell in quarter sections at $5 an acre, and from which the government will now realize only about one-fifth of that amount. honest men might be recommef&ded by the Society of Friends and other religious bodies who would consent to come here and devote themselves in an unselfish npg to the philanthropic and important work which I have indicated, The committee leaves this Stage for Tishamingo, the capil Nation, boda to-morrow by ial of the Chickasaw THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY. The colored people of this pointy celebrated the national anniversary to-day A a barbecue in the adjacent woods. There were but few representa- tives of the red men present, and they were only lookere-on. The ir went off very creditably, much local éclat being. given to it by the fact that the members of the Congressional Committee and their ladies were present, and that General Shanks, the Sroeaas delivered a short address on the occasion, BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. atae—eiee Fire. Yesteraay morning, at about half-past five o'clock, a fire broke outin the dwelling of M. J. Manning, aone story frame honse, corner of Sackett street and New York avenue, which was entirely de- stroyed. The building was owned by a Mr, Elkins. ae ha is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. Cutt Affray in a Williamsburg Lager Beer Saloon. At about midnight on Saturday Jobn Brobig and George Miller became involved in a drunken quar rel inalager beer saloon at Bartlett street and Broadway, Williamsburg, when, a8 alleged, Brobig stabbed Miller in the breast and right arm with a pockgt knife, The wounds were Slight. Brobig was arrested by officer Xea and locked up in the Stagg street station house. The East River Dead. ‘The body of an unknown man was found floating in the East River, foot of North Third street, Wil- | Mamsburg, yestérday afternoon, The face was greatly disfigured. The body was about five feet six inches in height, hair black, clothing dark, Coroner Whitehill was notified. A report that this was the body of the man who committed suicide on Thursday evening last at the foot of North Fifth street, by shooting himself and then falling into | the river, was not authenticated, A Barroom Affray. Shortly before tweive o'clock on Saturday night Michael Riley, aged twenty-one years, of No. 220 Johnson street, while in Beeman’s barroom, on Myrtle, near Hudson avenue, was attacked by a | negro, who struck him three times on the head with a bottle. The men had been wrangling with each other, and the negro summarily put an end to the dispute by cracking Riley’s head. He then escaped from the place aud was not arrested. Riley was taken to the City oe habe by Detective Fa and Officer Regan, of the Myrtle avenue police, The Cholera. Several persons died In Brooklyn last week mani- festing symptoms in their sickness not unlike that of cholera, bat it was acute cholera morbus, Nearly every year for the past seventeen years there havo been more or less deaths from Asiatic cholera in Broo! ‘iT In 1849 there were 650 deaths from this In 1854 there were 666 brad shy re then i considered an epidemic, e Was, cholera ho spital situated at the corner of Flasoust wenue and Lafayette strect. The citizens of as no! ases of @ tileneal nature, with the exception of the small- pest x, during the past year. The city is considered Prove healthy now than it has been Petore in years, Policemen’s Perils. Atan early hour yesterday morning QMcer Mc- Gann, of the Van Brunt street police station, at- tempted to disperse a gang of roughs, who were creating @ disturbance at the corner of Van Brunt and Dikeman streets, He caught one of the gang, and was about to take him in, when tho others Toshed to their companion’s assistance and res- cued him. They then attacked the oMcer, deprived him of his club, and beat him severly with it about the head and face, McGann, who was utterly a hee in their hands, cried for assist- ance, whereupon they fled from the place. Ser- geant Reilly and Roundsman Martin subsequently arrested of the Sang eter Kerrigan, James Connory, James Bond, John Bond, John Dougherty and Jaines Scott, who were locked up to answer. About half-past three o'clock yesterday morning Officer Burritl, of the Fourth street itce station, ‘was assaulted at the corner of Grand and Seventh f young rowdies were con- Grewaced’ in front of Higgins’ liquor saloon. The RAILROAD TOWNS. oMicer arrested his assailant, one Cornelius Brown The pregent apytucrn vormpal station of the Mip- | who Wid) be Waker Fo court this mora me NIGHTS SATURNAL. SATURDA Sunday Scenes in the Jefferson Market Court Room—A Soiled Rose, the Queen of the Gut- ter—The “Widder” of Ten Years Stand- ing and the Baron’s Proposal—A Long List of Debauches and Criminals. Jefferson Market Court presented an unusually, lively scene yesterday morning, although suchi scenes are somewhat common on the Sabbath, aa the sequela to the conviviality of the feltelt Saturdays, which, to the regret of so many mortals, recur only once a week. What wonld constitutes their relaxation from dutness and monotony wera it not for this day, unhallowed by any sanctifice~ tion save that of the profane gods of incbriation, | pleasure and discord? The police court room is the stage for the show ing of strange episodes, comical or tragical, which{ pass almost unnoticed before those who are used! to their occurrence, but which discover to the light all manner of \ CURIOUS PHASES OF HUMAN NATURE. It {8 @ square, sombre apartment, with hard wooden seats, and in the background a dark,) gloomy looking desk looming up, behind which for- midable entrenchment is the angust Judgment seat,, which has its terrors for evil doers, great or petty,; according to their stage of crime or hardihood, It | ts also fenced by an iron railing, within which the prisoners file along before the Justice from the “box” or the cells, It isa procession fit for tha pencil of Hogarth, ' THR ‘WATCH’ OF SATURDAY NIGHT, The Court is opened on Sunday morning at about eight o'clock, to relieve the “box” of the miscel-’ laneous throng of unfortunates that was gathered by the “ watch’? of Saturaay night, The place of temporary confinement, while waiting for the en- trance of the Judge, is on the right of the bench, opening from a dark passage. After the prisoners are brought from the various precincts, in the morning, the air is always for an hour or two made melodious by the erratic lucubra- tlons of the brilliant geniuses of the crowd. RIBALD SONGS, coarse sallies of wit, such as are native only to drunken men and women, mock harangues, cursed and imprecations, lamentations and loud “hahas |’ issue through the grated doorway, and afford ad much amusement a8 a morning at church would tat the officers of the court, who tounge about in their Dolly Varden Sunday clothes.. When the Judge: takes his seat this medley of noises is somewhat abated, and then the final act of the comedy com- mences, ‘ THE QUEEN OF THE GUTTER. s A dozen of ragged, bed fled, acbauched and maudlin human es are first brought out together, and air soon becomes prognant with alcoholic odors. The cages ot intoxication and disorderly conduct are as suineely, disposed of as possible. Among thenr are some individuals of the gentler sex, who have been known for years as the most incorrigible of sots, whose lives have been but a@ succession of changes from gin milis to mud gutters, from mud gutters to the police court and from the police court to the reward of the trivial transgressor—the Commission for Public Charities and Correction, or Blackwell’s Island. Rose Flynn 18 one of these—a large woman, with jet-black hair, wicked black eyes, and @ sensual, fleshy face.’ Her’ dark orbs on this occasion had @ sort of troubled expression, and lacked some of their usual beni and fascinating fire. They were bleared and wandering. Her rich mass of raven hair fell in dire disorder over her shoulders, which wero doubtless as smooth and white as Parian marble, although they were hidden by a ragged dress of calico, She cast upon the Judge a moving lance, The arresting officer very ungal- fantly claimed that he had found her drunk, and = reposing her beauteous form on the floor of an open hallway. It had taken: several gentlemen of the police force to escort: her to the station house, owing to her disinclination to accept the company of one. After she had ex- tenuated her surprising conduct for several mo-. ments, in @ touching tone of voice, while the pel- lucid tears from her lambent eyes coursed dowm her pale cheeks, Juage Cox remarked :— } “What have you in your bundle, Rose ?”” q kose— "some clothes, Your Honor. A allk ress” —— Officer—‘They’re ay old rags.” Rose (with indignation)—‘Rags! No they aint. Them's r: as what you've got on yourself.” } An ineffable look of scorn clouded her lovely res, ,* Rose, youare a bad woman,” said the Judge. “Send her to the Charities and Correction.” : Lacs pal she ejaculated sneerligty, “I aon’t want Rose then swore that she would never be taken down into the prison alive, and the officers carried rid out, with her dainty feet kicking in the vacant al THE “‘WIDDER” OF TEN YEARS’ STANDING. A woman with a corrugated face complained that another woman, her neighbor, who was in an ofi- cer’s custody, had smashed her bureau drawer and had taken out of it $7. She bore in her arms the oe of the demolished drawer as palpable evi- lence. The usual denial was inade :— “Well, Judge, I naver left my house, so 'elpme God, and I naver saw that drawer, no more than @ child unborn!” The Baron Schleischer wrote the compliint, and asked the lady with the armiul of fragments— “Have you @ husband 7’ “No, sir; I'm a widder these ten years.’ “Do you want one f”’ (Sotto voce). The Court was astounded, and looked at Baron in deprecation; but he smiled blandly, didn’t put the answer down in the afidavit. A drunken man told the Judge that His Honor Was as drunk as he was, and the Judge, assuming an air of sternness, sent him back until his mind should become somewhat clearer. AN UNPROVOKED STABBING. Fenton Clanley was brought in for stabbing & neighbor in the throat yesterday morning, at live o'clock, while the latter was sittiug on his stoop waiting for the milkman. The wound was not dan- gerous, a8 it was made with a penknife. Fenton was a bad looking fellow, and, remarking this, the. Judge committed him for trial. THE “LITTLE GAME.” Willlam Daly was arrested on Saturday by Ser- geant Schultz, of the Eighth precinct, for keepin; & gambling house at the southeast corner of Grand street and South Firth avenue. It was alleged that there was there conducted “a quiet Mttle game of keno,” and that the place was frequeuted by the Worst class of professionals. Daly was bailed out by Thomas Bogan in the sum of A LONG LIST OF CULPRY About’a bundred cases were disposed of by Judge Cox yesterday morning, of which M{ty-four were arrested for drunkenness and disorderly con- duct, four for petty larceny, stx for assault and bat- tery, two for felonious assault, two for habitual drunkenness, one for malicious mischief and threat- ening to ife, one for vagrancy, one for kee) ine a disorderly house, one tor violating the health ordinances, one for insanity and one for rape. The latter charge was preferred by @ prostitute, SUNDAY SKIRMISHES, : Thomas Kenny, fourteen years of age, of 436 First avenue, was severely cut on the hand by some un- known person yesterday as he was entering his house. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital by the police, Cornelius Keefe, forty years of age, of 424 East Fifty-ninth street, was wounded in the shoulder yesterday afternoon by a pistol bullet fired by some unknown partics. 1 John Lee, sixteen years of age, of 816 Mott street, was dangerously stabbed in the neck, by Wm. Mal- loy, in front of 306 Mott street. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance. Oficer Sherwood, of the ‘teenth precinct, was assaulted at a quarter-past three o'clock yesterday morning by some unknown men and dangerously wounded. , During a fight at 69 King street yerperday, after. noon, between Elten Murphy and Mary Mag dal Mary was dangerously wounded on the head by Murphy, who also threw some. bviling water over her thab boalaed both Rer-and her lon @ quarrel yeste rn001 Fan Pl jark, of Fol several times with a < scissors and wound her 4 2 A fight rte in 280 avenue C last evening be- tween Frederick Bunsor and Curston Wigges, dur- ing which Bunsor stabbed Wigges in the neck, He tl ‘ Was arrested b; ae Cer aey morning three men, one of whom was dressed in woman's clothing, en- tered into conversation with an unknowo man on ‘Third avenue, Py Laan! mas ge street, and robbed if $100 and then escaped. arity nnon, of 28 Clark street, was hit on the head with a stone some ‘nnknown arties, He was attended to by Dr. White, at the urteenth precinct station house, and sent home, Jerry Donoven, of 244 Cherry street, was acck dentally hurt yesterday afternoon by his brother with an iron ball, at East New York. He was sent to Belgvae Hospital, and the brother surrendered himeelf. Aman, who is supposed to be Benjamin Sloog. a, fate drowned yesterday at the foot of pier 54 vast River, ROBBERY ON A STEAMBOAT. On Saturday night last a number of thieves went on board the Plymouth Rock, and when of Sandy Hook it was discovered they had robbed several of the passengere, Mr. ton, of 40 Walker street, Joanie purse, containing $700 in money and the keys of his safe, which contained @ grnntity, of the and Jennie luable property. On the discovery of the he taomrepaen 4 Police pen ae and a squad of policemen was sent to guard the Bremlsems