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—- DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE. CONTINUED FROM SEVENTH PAGE. yeturn with so much ivory that they carried it bby three relays of hundreds of slaves, but ‘even this did not satisfy human greed. FEAR AND SUPERSTITION. The Manayema were found to be terrified By the report of guns. Some, I know, be- lieve them to be supornataral, for when the effects of » musket ball were shown on a goat they looked up to the clouds and offered to bring iwory fo buy the charm by which lightning ‘was brought from the skies. When a village ‘was assaulted the men fled in terror, and the women and children were captured. WATIVE BEAUTY ASSERTING ITSELF AGAIN, Many of the Manyema women, especially far down the Lualaba, are very pretty, light- eolored and lovely. It was common to hear the Zanzibar slaves—whose faces resemble the features of London door knockers, which some atrocious iron founder thought were like those of lions—say to each other:—“Oh, if ‘we had Manyema wives, what pretty chil- @ren wo should get!’’ Manyema men and ‘women were all vastly superior to the slaves, who evidently felt the inferiority they had ac- quired by wallowing in the mire of bondage, Many of the men were tall, strapping fel- Jows, with but little of what we think distinc- fuve of the negro about them, If ono relied on the teachings of phrenology the Manyema men would take a high place in the human family. They felt their superiority, and often said, truly, ‘Were it not for firearms not one of the strangers would ever leave our coun- If a comparison were instituted and Man- yema, taken at random, placed opposite, say the members of the Anthropological Society of London, clad in kilts or grass cloth, I should like to take my place alongside the Manyema on the principle of preferring the company of my betters. CANNIBALISTIO SIGNS, The philosophers would look wofully scrag- gy; but though the inferior race, as we com- passionately call them, have finely formed heads and often handsome features; they are un- @oubtedly cannibals, It was more difficult to ascertain this than may be imagined. Some think that they can detect the gnaw- ings of the canine teeth of our cannibal ancestry on fossil bones. Though the canine teeth of dogs are pretty much like human, for many months-all the evidence I could collect amounted to what would lead a Scotch jury to give a verdict of ‘not proven.” This arose partly from the fellows being fond of a joke, and they liked to horrify any one who seemed eredulous. They led one of my people, who believed all they said, to see the skull of a recent human victim, and he invited me in triumph, I found it to bo tho skull of a gorilla, hero called goko, and for the first time ‘became aware of the existence of the animal there. HOW THE NATIVES LIVE, The country abounds in food of all kinds, anda rich soil raises everything planted in great luxuriance, A friend of mine tried rice, and in between three and four months the crop increased one hundred and twenty fold. Three measures of seed yielded 960 measures. Maize is so abundant that I have seen forty-five loads, each about sixty pounds weight, given for a single goat. The maize dura or holcus sorghum, hennis- tum, cassava, sweet potatoe and yams fur- nish in no stinted measure farinaceous ingre- dients for diet; the palm oil, groundnuts and a forest tree afford fatty material food; ‘bananas and plantains, in great profusion, and the sugar cane the saccharine; the palm toddy, becr of bananas, tobacco, and vange canobis salina the Inuxuries of life, end the villages swarm with goats, sheep, hogs, pigs and fowls, while elephants, buffa- Joes, zebras and gokos, or gorillas, yield to expert hunters plenty of the nitrogenous ingredients of human food. It was puzzling to seo why they should be cannibals. New Zea- landers, we were told, were cannibals because they had killed all their gigantic birds, the moa, &c., and they were converted from the man- tating persuasion by the introduction of pigs ; but the Manycma have plenty of pigs and other domestic animals, aud yet they are ean- anibals. Into the reason for their cannibalism they do not enter. Thoy say that human flesh is not equal to that of goats or pigs, It fs saltish and makes them dream of the dead. THE MISSION YIELD OF CHRISTIANITY, Why fine-looking men like them should be #0 low in the moral scale can only be attri- buted to the non-introduction of that religion which makes those distinctions among men which phrenidlogy and other ‘“ologies" cannot explain, The religion of Christ is unques- tionably the best for mai, I refer to it not as tho Protestant, the Catholic, the Greck or any other, but to» the | faith which has spread moro over the world than most people imagine, and whose votarlos, of whatever name, are better men than any out side the pale. We havo, no doubt, grievious faults, but these arc in part owing to want of religion. Christians generally are better than the heathen, but often don't know it, and they are immeasurably better than they believe each other to be. LADIES AT MARKET. The Manyema women, especially far down tho Lualaba, aro yery pretty and yory industrious, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1872-TRIPLE SHEMI. THE BURNED PROTECTORY. | The market with them is a great institution, and they work hard and carry far in order to have something to sell. Markets are established about ten or fifteen miles apart. There those who raise cassava, maize, grain and sweet pota- toes exchange them for oil, salt, pepper, fish and other relishes, Fowls, also pigs, goats, grass cloth, mats and other articles change hands, All dressed in their best candy-colored, many-folded kilts, that reach from waist to knee, when two or three thousand are together they form an interesting sight. ‘They enforce justice, though chiefly women, and they are so eager traders that they sot off in companies by night and begin to run as soon as they come within the hum arising from hundreds of voices. To haggle and joke and laugh and cheat seem the dearest en- joyments of life. They confer great benefit on each other. The Maneyema women are expert divers for oysters, and they sell them and fish in exchange for farinacedus food from the wo- men in the East, the Lualaba, who prefer cultivating the soil to fishing. RESPECT FOR THE FEMALE SEX, The Manyema have always told us that women going to market are never molested. When the men of two districts were engaged in actual open hostilities the women passed through from one market to another un- harmed. To take away her goods, even in war, was a thing not to be done; but at these market women the half-castes directed their guns, HALF-CASTE OUTRAGES, Two cases that came under my own observa- tion were so sickening that I cannot allow my mind to dwell upon or write about them. Many of both sexes were killed, but the women and children chiefly made captives. No matter how much ivory they obtained these nigger Moslems must have slaves, and they assaulted market people and villages and made captives chiefly of women and children; as it appeared to me, and because, as men ran off at the report of guns, they qould do it without danger, Thad no idea before how bloodthirsty men can be when they can pour out the blood of their fellow men in safety; and all this carnage is going on in Manyema at the very time I write. It is the Banians, our pro- tected Indian fellow subjects, that indirectly do it, CONCESSIONS TO THE ZANZIBAR SULTAN, All we have conceded the Sultan of Zanzi- bar has been a right which it was not ours to give, of a certain amount of slave trading, and that amount has been from 12,000 to 20,000 slaves a year, as we havo seen, These are not traded for but murdered, for they are not slaves, but free people made captive. A Sultan with a senso of justice would, instead of taking head money, declare that all werd free as soon as theyreached his territory; but Banians have the Custom House and all the Sultan’s rev- enue entirely in their hands. He cannot trust his Mohammedan subjects, even of the better class, to farm the income, because, as they themselves say, he would get nothing in re- turn but a crop of lies. The Banians actu- ally work the Custom House so as to screen their own slave agents, and so long as they have power to prgmote it their atrocious system of slavery will never cease for sake of lawful commerce, PLAN OF REVENUE REFORM. It would be politic to insist that the Sul- tan’s revenue by the Custom House should be placed in the hands of an English or American merchant of known reputation and upright- ness. By this arrangement the Sultan would be largely benefited, legal commerce be ex- alted to a position it has never held since the Banians and Moslems emigrated into Eastern Africa, and Christianity, to which the slave trade is an insurmountable barrier, wonld find anopen door, DAVID LIVINGSTONE, STANLEY IN PARIS, His Reception by the United States Minister. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Panis, July 26, 1872. Mr. Stanley, the correspondent of the New York Hxnaxp, has arrived in this city. He dines to-morrow with Mr. Washburne, the American Minister, DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE’S LETTER. {From the New York Tribune, July 26, 1872.} A letter from David Livingstone, the African ex- plorer, written to the Editor of the New York Heranp, and printed in our columns to-day, definitely settles all questions as to the where- abouts of the noted wanderer. The letter is dated at Ujijl, East Africa, November, 1871, and modestly and succinctly gives Livingstone’s schedule of travel and exploration, past and future, This in- teresting communication will convince the few doubters that the expedition of the HERALD did ac- tually discover and communicate with Livingstone, and Will be a source of profound oo to the friends of Livingstone and o! ence. {From the New York World, July 26, 1872.] Aletter from Dr. Livingstone to James Gordon Bennett is published elsewhere to-day. It ex- presses the great explorer’s gratitude for the send- ing of the expedition under Stanley, explaing his tolls and tribulations among the cannibals of the intertor of Africa, and sketches his discoveries, Which, he says, he is bound to pursue until he finds the sources or the Nile, althou clinat a him strongly homewar ues pans {From the New York Daily Witnesa, July 26, 1872.) We have to acknowledge the courtesy of the HERALD in enabling us thus early to publish the sprightly and kindly letter from Dr. Livingstone, the genuine appearance of which will satisfy all that Mr. Stanley has actually seen and talked with the great discoverer. Tho world’s already high admiration for the heroic traveller Will be, if possible, increased when from his own pen it learns that ‘his mighty a rit has not been dimned by time nor sou) by loneliness, and that his to pursue his labor to its consumma- maing strong in yay of surrounding ¥ and degradation and the severe straits to which he had been reduced, His acknowledgment of the assistance brought him by the HeRALD's cor- Tespondent |s wanly, frank aud hearty, Thy mod- ern phase of journalism which has been rated thus successiully in this brititant ent prise of the Heratp will be contemplated by ‘ninking men with the mental query, “What Wil be the next application of this mighty er of the [From the New York Mail, July 26, 1872.} There can be no question as to the genuineness of the letter which Dr, Livingstone has sent to Mr. Bennett, in recognition of the arrival of the HERALD’s correspondent, There is.the same sim- plieity of style which has characterized all of the adventurous missionary’s writings, and has given them a world-wide popularity. He could hardly have depicted his desolate situation before the ar- rival of Stanley in terser or more bp itive Phrases. His disappointinents and trials nearly worn him out, “I thought I was dying ou my feet,” he onres and in so souing. tells more than whole page: commonplace id have imparted. His brief statement of the results of his long years of explorations, which we jeer) elsewhere, gives & clear conception of the Interior of Africa. Evi- dently all that remains for him to Mgr hy eer is to follow out the details and connect the portent Giscovertes he hus made, No one can read his un- assuming review of his labors without feeling a pro- found admiration for the zeal, energy, endurance and capacity of the great explorer. (From the New York Express, July 26, 1872.) It is to be presumed all doubt, now, of the bona Jide character of the HeraLp’s Livingstone Expeal- tion will disappear, in the presence of news direct from the Doctor himself—in the form of @ very in- teresting communication, over his own name, which appears in the 2rpress of this evening. While our contemporary 1s entitled to all the credit which should justly attach to this extraordinary feat of journalistic enterprise, one cannot but won- der that the Doctor, while he was about it, did not roduce a letter more in keeping than this is with is reputation as a writer as well as an emp oren It is not altogether what mankind had a right to expect from one who, having been lost to the aight of The civilized world so long, is suddenly brought in contact once more with his own race. The Doc. tor is a genius, however, and, like all great geninsea, he has his little eccentricities, and these ‘we must try and overlook. He ie still as much of an enthusiast as he ever was in following up the Mile to its sources, and If “perseverance overcomes every obstacle,” surely he cannot ultimately fall short of his reward. {From the New York Commercial Advertiser, July 26, 1872.) In Dr. Livingstone’s letter te Mr. Bennett there isa combination of pathos, humor and gratitude which irresistibly fascinates the reader and in- creases the respect with which the adventurous explorer la regarded. The pathos lies in his allusion tothe late editor of the HERALD, and to his own disheartening experiences; the humor, in his own comical view of the mishaps he has encountered; but it is evident that the steady pluck with which he entered upon his perilous task has not been shaken tn the slightest degree. ‘In spite of the sore longing for home”? he intends to “finish up” the work he has undertaken, and accordingly he waves a farewell to Stanley and the civilized world — bows his thanks to all, and, singular, turns his back and plunges’ again into the dense African jungles to hunt for a Seventh-hundred of the long line of watershed that he is convinced holds the secret of the Nile. His letter is a curiosity in more ways than one—and it has the further advantage of restoring men’s faith in haman nature, for shall we say that very many persons have been inclined to jeer at the HeraLD and to poke fun at Stanley? Let all the carpers hide their diministied heads. There is but one HERALD, and Stanley is its profit. Yet why not? The triumphs of American journalism have passed into history for half the lifetime of a neration. In the Italian se pe Fo of 1859, Mr. aymond sent a full and graphic account of the Battle of Solferino to the New York Times, in which paper it appeared ten days in advance of the receipt of the London 7imes containing the same news, Inthe Abyssinian campaign the first intelligence of tho final victory of the English was received by the British government through a cor- respondent of the New York HERALD. During tho Franco-Prussian war, ® correspondent of the Trt- dune impressed the Atlantic cable into his service in order to send the fullest and best account of one of the great battles, And now the HERALD again displays the energy which has made American journalism the type of liberal and well-conducted enterprise. These facts are worth remembering for the honor of the craft, THE M’DONALD MURDER, Coroner's Investigatton—Verdict Against Lamb—He is Committed to the Tombs. Coroner Schirmer yesterday morning held an in- quest in the case of Mark McDonald, of 634 East Eleventh street, who was killed from a stab wound in the abdomen, inflicted at the hands of James Lamb during a quarrel between them at a late hour on Tuesday night last. The court room was quite crowded with the relatives and friends of deceased and prisoner. Lamb, who is’ a vicious-looking youth, was in court, accompanied by his counsel, Mr. Kintzing, and appeared to be quite unconcerned about the result of the investigation, A brief synopsis of the case will be found below, together with the verdict of the jury. James Hanlon, of 622 East Fourteenth street, de- pored that on Tuesday night last deceased and the witness were in conversation, when Lamb came along and sald to deceased, “What are you talking to that fellow (meaning: the witness) for?’ De- ceased sald, ‘He is a decent man.” Lamb then struck the witneas in the face, when deceased in- terfered and took the witness up stairs; had no av- quaintance with the prisoner. James Dutly, of 534 East Eleventh street, deposed that shortly beforé eleven o’clock on Tuesday night he saw prisoner in the act of taking oif his coat to fight somebody; prisoner then came to the witness’ door and tried to get tn, but did not succeed; then heard a noise in tho street, and a few moments later was told that McDonald had been stabbed; Lamb told the witness directly afterward that “deceased came atme witha club and I gave it to him; Tid not cut him much, but [ will lay all night for the cockeyed son of ab—h and kill him before he goes home; prisoner had a penknife in his hand; the prisoner was drunk at the time. James Welahan, of No. 526 East Klevenih stree' saw deceased and Lambon the sidewalk ‘rucatlay? night; heard them disputing and saw deceased make'a rush at the prisoner; tho latter also made for deceased ; ran after cach other around a wagon in the street; McDonald ran into the witness’ place and said, “Give me something, I'm stabbed; McDonald went into the back room and asked for a glass of brandy, but he got none; afterwards the witness Opened the door and saw Lamb on the sidewalk, who said, “He came at me with a club and I gave it to the s—of ab—h;” witness said “McDonald is stabbed, and you had better clear out;’?saw a small knife in the prisoner's hand while he was in the street; oMcers camo aud took charge of both deceased and the prisoner. Mary Heaney, of 626 East Eleventh street, saw a diMeculty between prisoner and deceased; blows were exchanged, but saw no club in the hands of deceased ; saw nothing of the ety deceased first struck prisoner with his fist about the face, Two or three other witnesses tostifled to hearing Lamb using profane and abusive language to ce and threaten to kill him before he went ome, Wooster Beach, M. D., who made a post mortem examination of the poor testified that he founda small penetrating wound of the abdomen, severin, one of the intestines; death ensued from perl- tonites, the result of the wound. OMicer Finn, of the Seventeenth precinct, tea- tifled that he arrested the prisoner, and on search- ing. him found two pocket knives in his possession, he case was then submitted to the jury, who rendered the following VERDICT. “That Mark McDonald came to his death from eritonitis, the result ofa stab wound of the ab- domen, indicted with a knife in the hands of James mb, on the 23d day of July, 1972." In his examination the prisoner sald he was twenty years of ago, born in New York, and b; occu ma labover. By advice of counsel he hi nothing to say. Lamb was locked up to answer, THE HERALD AS A RELIGIOUS OR ANTI-SAT- ANIO PAPER, PHILADELPRIA, July 22, 1872, To THR Epitor OF TAR HRRALD:— Thave often heard the term “satanic press’’ as- soclated with the Naw YORK Hananp. After lunch to-day, at the Union League Club, I strolied into the smoking room and picked up the current issue of the HERALD. Judge of my surprise to find a full page of abstracts of sermons and of my atier amazement to find In the editorial columns a sum- mary Of the abstracts, conceived and expressed in Not oniy becoming but a most serious spirit. Allow gay how much I have been gratified at what [ saw aud read, Of course I that you will not take to yourself any credit for this on the score of morals and religion, but will put it wholly on the MCA of professional enterprise, But, even thus, tis Amatter of congratulation that tho press should deal in so just and decorous, ay, reverent @ temper, with the reilgious phase of current news, As the subscription of my name would very likely detract from the weight of my approbation— not because it is not @ good name, sir, but by leaving me n to the suspicion of some other motive in addressing you than that of a genuine desire to give what ap yp AE values—de- Present Condition of the Houseless Chil- dren at Westchester. Laudable Efforts for the Comfort of the Little Ones—How They Are Being Distributed— School Houses and Haylofts Brought Into Service—A Temporary Building To Be Erocted at Once—Speculations asto the Origin of the Fire~Con- tributions Solicited from the Charitable. The destruction by fire of the girls’ department of the Catholic Protectory, in Westchester, and the almost miraculous escape of its entire host of in- mates, is still the chief topic of conversation throughout the lower portion of Westchester county. ‘That such a sudden conflagration—such a whirl- wind of fire should, at the omimous hour of midnight, sweep around the slumbering forms of more than five hundred children, and yet not singe a hair on one of their heads, eloquently proclaims the self- sacrificing uselulness and love of the noble-hearted women connected with the institution, who, through Divine Providence, were made mainly in- strumental in rescuing the little ones froma hor- rible death. Indeed, too much praise cannot be bestowed on the good Sisters, whose heroism on that awful night is the theme of a thousand tongues, In common with many others of both sexes, some of whom were led thither by curiosity while others sought with anxious countenances to verify the intelligence that their littletisters or daughters were really safe and sound, a HERALD representative yes, terday wended his way in the direction of the ruined structure, The immense coal pile situated near the rear of the burned building, and which at one stage of the fire occasioned such serious apprehen- sions for the safety of the frame buildings in its vicinity, was still burning slowly, while workmen were busily engaged endeavoring to prevent a fur- ther destruction of property. THE HOUSELESS CHILDREN, Nothing 1s being left undone by Sister Ulrica, the Superioress in charge, together with the entire sisterhood, for’the comfort of those who nave been so suddenly deprived of a home. In this labor of love they are cordially assisted by the Christian Brothers in the boys’ department, who have already provided for over, three hundred of the otherwise nearly destitute children. About one hundred more were to have been transferred yesterday afternoon to the school house connected with St. Raymond's Church, in the village of Westchester, which Rev. Father Kinsella has kindly placed at the disposal of the Superioress. This latter building 1s situated about a quarter of a mile from the Protectory, and the little ones domiciled there will have their food carried to them from the main building when the weather is unfavorable. The remainder of the children, except a few who have been taken away by thelr friends, are at present occupying crowded quarters in the detached hospital. The wash houses and even the hay lofts have been pressed into service for their accommodation. The good Sisters speak in the highest terms of the conduct of all the girls, and especially the larger ones, who braved e DANGERS OF THE BLAZING PILE while rendering all the assistance in their power to save the more tender portion of the inmates, Ag nearly all of the girls’ clothing was destroyed the condition of the children has been far from comfortable; but, without exception, they have submitted to their lot with a cheerful- ness which has surprised and delighted those good women under whose care they have been d, As a further evidence of their contentment stated that the nerous offer of some gentiemen living in the neighborhood to provide. temporary homes for several of he little ones was invariably declined by the latter, who expressed a preference for re- maining with their companions. It was also under- stood that the Commissioners of Charities have kindly consented to take charge of 250 of the chil- dren until such time as the directors of the Pro- tectory are enabled to erect suitable quarters, It may be stated that the directors have already given orders for the erection of A LARGE WOODEN BUILDING in the children’s Pack OS intended to be used asa dormitory and refectory. This is expected to be completed in about a week, and will accommo- date 400 of the girls, Among the property destroyed was a large quan- tity of woollen and cotton fabrics just received from the manufacturers, in addition to an immense lot of made-up wearing apparel. The good Sisters likewise lost nearly all their clothing, even to their shoes. They have since, however, received clothing and other articles from Mount St. Vincent, the mother house of the Protectory. Wagon loads of clothing and provisions were sent yesterday from New York by tne directors, and in a few instances aid contributions have been received for the nefit of the suffering children. Appeals are made by the directors for clothing, money or anythit else which those who are charitably disposed ma; feel inclined to contribute. Donations may be sent to 29 Reade street in this city. ‘A MYSTERY. Thus far nothing is knowt as to the truly myste- rious origin of the fire. The ofticers of the institution are painfully puzzied to account for it, even on the most improbable theory, In fact some of them can hardly realize that the stately structure, where system and order reigned from’ basement to roof, is no longer standing. Among ontsiders various speculations as to the cause of the conflagration are induiged in. One theory is based on the as- sumption that a rebellious girl might have deliber- ately fired the bulldingin order that she might effect her escape. This fiendish idea is happily contro- verted by the fact that while the fire was first seen on the second floor the inmates had all been locked up in the dormitory, two stories above, some three hours before the flames broke out, When to this is added the significant circumstance that not a solitary child attempted to escape, the bar- barous idea set forth above is unworthy to be entertained. The mystery is intensified by the fact that no fire was used im the rooms at any time, ag in cold weather the entire building was heated by steam. It is not known yet whether the direc- tors will rebuild the strueture on its present site or select another in the ne}ghborhood, In order to.ald the Protectory in this its hour of need it 1s understood that a number of the theatri- cal fraternity of this city have volunteered their proressianel services at such time and place ag. the irectors mi determine, Among those who have oifered to assist in the good work is “Mose” Fisk, the comedian, who will exhibit his waxwork curiosities and tell all he knows about the ‘Jolly Mrs. Jatley.” It is not improbable that, in this connection, the Right Rey. Archbishop Mc- Closkey and the Catholic clergy of this diocese will remind their respective flocks next Sunday that “charity covereth a multitude of sins.” THE ERIE FIRE, petunia Still More Reliable Data as tothe Losses—What the Company Intend to Do to Build New Shops and When They Are To Be Completed— General Diven on the Situation, The Erie Railway people do not fecl at all as un- comfortable over the great fire in Jersey City, by which so much of their valuable property was de- stroyed, as a great many people have been led to velleve. The first reports concerning the damage done by the tire, they freely confess, very naturally threw them into what may be termed a very bad “seare’—that is, those members of the board who were not thoroughly familar with THE REAL VALUE OF THE SHOPS destroyed and the machinery, locomotives, &c., in them, were badly frightened, The result of the de- liberations of the Finance Committee of the Board ot Directors held on Thursday, and the interview, published yesterday, which @ HERALD reporter had with one of the directors the afternoon of the same day, threw considerable light upon the real condi- tion of affairs, but not enough, it was generally be- leved, to show just exactly what the actual losses are, In order to ail ap all the gaps in the history of the destruction a Hgnaxp reporter yea- terday paid a visit to General Diven, the newly- appointed general manager of the Erie road. The Teporter was courteously received by the gentle. manly messenger at the entrance to the sacred pro- elncts reserved for the exclusive use of the omcers of the company, and shortly after he had sent tn his card was ushered into the presence of the gon- tleman ho was in search of, WHAT GENBRAL DIVEN SAYS. The General is thorough business man of the downright rafiroad stamp, all fact and no nonsense, He has bed Jong in the harness, and is as familiar with (he Pele road's outgoings and ine ite Preopertios ond its values as any inan living be. Tho repjaiee @U,gRce anounoed Lhe Mabure of big vieit. 80 confiicting as to Wallstreet done even a Wi Nt, et a Nee ads: of the, lower mathematical dividing ne, and he wanted to find out What was 3 ; infor- me caer 2a" geen may, be of value. You know as well as | do that at the accounts of any exciting event like the fire gre not always ‘correct—n0 rig course, that they are made so, aestene Wisitiecause, in the hurry moment, not able to. get losses. They have 8 all the way from $3,500,000 to $1,000,000, few. chroniclers, leas excitable, probably, than others, putting them down at # figure con- aide less than even the latter. Now, let me give you the real condition of afairs, with the fig- ures; It will be quite impossible, let me say in the first place, for the company to arrive at an exact idea of the actual for some time to come, for the reason that much of the property is of an inde- struotible character and) PP THE SALVAGE yal, therefore, be by no means contemptible. But estimate can be made, ‘The original cost of the shops in round numbers was $160,000; there were twenty-three locomotives in the shops awaiting repair, value’ at $10,000 each. They now stand on the tracks, the wheels and other parts looking in comparatively con- dition, and I estimate the loss on each at about ene- half of Its value, say $5,000. ‘Tho loss on tools, ma- chinery, drawings, plans, &c., may be estimated, at the maximum, at $200,000. Now on all this we have an insurance of $180,000. Tabuiated, the situ- ation would be as follows LOBS ON SNOPS......++ seers eeersseeee sarees Estimated loss on twenty-three locomotives Loss on tools, drawings, plans, &¢......... Total....... Less insurance. Less estimated So the result would be thus:— Total loss os Insurance $150,000 115,000 200,000 Estimated actual loss..............+ + $210,000 “Do you think, General,” inquired the reporter at this t, “that that figure of $210,000 w! COVRR THE ENTIRE Loss?” “TI do, and I think that when we get ht down to the bottom of things, we will find that the loss 1g not nearly as great as that. So you can regard it as my maximum estimate.” ii ane the company investigated the origin of the re “We have come to the conclusion that the fire ‘Was not the work of an incendiary.” “Will the shops be rebuilt?” “They will. You see the foundations are good, and a great deal of the brick can be used again. We are now arranging a plan according to which THE NEW BUILDING will be constructed, The one destroyed was not the kind it ought to have been, and we intend to considerably improve upon it in the construction of the new one. “When will the new building be completed ?”” “six weeks from now we shall have the work going gon 08 usual, and the new shops will be com- plete: ‘This ended the conversation and the reporter withdrew, satisfied that he had obtained some- thing reliable in the way of information as to the losses by the fire. THE JERSEY NUISANCE WAR. The Raiders at Rest—Explanation from the Blood Fertilizers—What Mossrs. Keeney and Culver Say. The prompt interference of the Chancellor frus- trated the designs of those who intended to renew the attack on tho fertilizing establishment at Communipaw, and the guards were accordingly dismissed. Mr. Hand, secretary of the company, offers the explanation in regard to his statement, published in the HERALD, that Mr. Payson is entirely blame- less in the conspiracy to defraud the company. He adds, in reply to Street Commissioner Van Keuren’s statement, setting forth that the fertilizing pro- cess is carried on under cover of darkness, that this very fact proves the anxiety of the com- pany to avoid anything like a nuisance, The company might with great convenienco to themselves leave the blood of the animals killed during the day in the casks till the following morn- ing. But in order that no foul smell shail be created they remove the blood and commence operations while it is yet fresh. No bones have ever been conveyed into the S ersese’ as was asserted by those who incited the trouble against the com . To show the animus of the attack on them he says that one of the parties to the contract admits that he signed it undor a reser- vation, and when asked for an explanation of that reservation he stated that if the company should ernie him at $5,000 a year he would fulfil part, otherwise he would make trouble. Messra. Keeney & Culver deny that they were ar- rested, as stated in the HERALD, and they set forth their case in the following terms:. A fow weeks since a committee, consisting of f gitizens A. F 8t. John, J.B. Culver, William K. . Banghart and Andrew McKuight—were appoi public meeting to take such measures as would abat effectually the nuisances growing out of the working of the establishments at Communipaw, the stench from which had become intolerable. Immediately upon being charged with this duty we caused notice to be given to the Central Railroad Goupany, the hair drying establishment, the Blood Bolling and Fertilizing Company- and the Abattoir Company to desist. The Central Rall, Toad Company, to thelr credit, stopped Alling in with offal. Tho Halr Drying Company also ceased operations. he, Abattoir Company, through the efforts of Senator McPherson, corrected many causes of complaint, but the Blood and ‘Fertilizing Company persisted, and hence it Decatne necessary to enforce an ordinance of the city, which, through our city officers, has been quite effectu: ally done, but only with partial relief. Our efforts, In- cluding those of Mr. Keeney, have Leen directed. against all of these companies Not in the interest of one against the other, as stated. The statement re; ling the arrest was given on Wednesday by Mr. Hand to the HERALD re- porter, who made further,inquiries in relation to the matter yesterday. Mr. Hand was informed in sitive terms by one of his counsel, Mr. J. B, yredenburg, that the latter had caused the arrest of Messrs. Keeney and Oulver, and the counsel was somes out of the office of Mr. Keeney when he 80 stated. The re- porter failed to Mr, Vredenburg, ind ‘and thus the matter stands at present. Tho two affidavits on which the arrests were to be applied for were made in Mr. Vredenburg’s office on Tues- day night. On the following morning his associate counsel, Mr. McCarter, argued the application for ‘an injunction before the Chancellor, and the injunc- tion was granted. AN INTERRUPTED PRIZE FIGHT. The Gallant Charge of the Twentieth Precinct Police, Led by Captain Sanders—Amatcur Pugilists Aiming at Glory—One of Them Caught and Come mitted for Trial. Captain Sanders, of the Twentieth police precinct, learned on Thursday that a prize fight arranged among the youthful roughs of tnat locality was to take place in the evening on the dock near the corner of Twenty-second street and Ninth avenue, He accordingly arranged a plan whereby to disturb the consummation of this project, and marched at the head of a few selected men to the appointed scene of the rencontre. Arriving there he found a crowd of about five hundred boys and men assem- bled, in the midst of which a ring was drawn, and the spongers, umpire, backers and other assistants ‘were duly placed, according to the dignity, conve- nience or importance of their offices. Captain Sanders gave the order to charge in clarion tin and the onset of the police swept everything before {t in its resistiess impetu- osity. Thirteen prisoners were captured, ‘aud 0 ne of them was principal in the fight, which, how- ever, had not yet begun. Captain Sanders’ vigi- lance spoiled the éclat of the capture and caused one of the pugilists to escape. THE CAPTURED PUGILIST. The one who was captured is Matthew Crawfor and is twenty-one years of age. His ant ist Was e young man, named Finn, of about the same age. joth men are strong and muscular, but neither has ever had much professional experience in the sclence in which they both on Thuraday night grigenty Cea to win their maiden laurels. But tho life ofa corner loafer of the Twentieth ward naturally brings into use ever, C4 some of those physical qualities which we dor- mant in the manly forms of Broadway clerks or dwindle into puny lack of power through idle- ness. For this particular contest they had had quite a seagon of training, but were rather “fresh” in the detatis of secrecy that is commo! neces: oy, a observo in order to elude the ce of ice. THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FIGHT. The stipulation made before the fight was fully arranged were that the contestants should do bat- tle for a purse of $200 ate the money on the night red and pu le. was deposited in the safest nands, in question the mon and their friends gathe! ros to the place of rendezvous en masse. @ ring was hardly formed, however, and the men were not more than stripped when THE GALLANT POLICR ghargea noon them and dispersed their budding ream of glory, of his ad- Crawford, in company with tyelve ¥- Mirera, was brought into the Market Court” yesterday, before Judge Ledwit and created quite o whirlwin of sensation, which recatled the old days when the mashing of human faces with trained fists was a more popular sort of 8) than it is now. Crawford acknowledged the was to have had ic the proj was comiitted to answer, but wae ifteravare feenged on procuring ball it the sum of $600, The ofthe maiefactors were pea ate by Crates bom ban caught In the sai \- ing that if they were they be puuisued as bay deserved, ‘THE STABBING OF COMMISSIONER CORR, Improved Condition of the Victim—Complaint Against the-Assemblyman by the Commis- sioner’s Cousin—What the Quarrel Was About—An Examination To-Day. As ithas become pretty evident that Mr. Corr, Commissioner of Charities of Kings county, will sur- vive the injuries he received at the hands of As, semblyman Roche, the excitement overthe affair 1s on the wane. The Commissioner was stabbed about eleven o'clock on Monday night on theDrew while on the way from Albany to New York, and nearly all the time since he received his injury his physicians have been compelled to add Minister morphine to allay the pain, ¥ terday “the pain did not seem 80 intense as had been, and he was able to take some nourish< ment. Last evening his atiending physician said that he would in all pvobab.lity recover, and this! was most pleasant information to the intimate friends of both parties, Mr. Corr has certainly had ® narrow escape from deata, and lis dangerous condition has caused the utmost anxiety, not only to his family and relatives, but to his friends and politicians, Tanbark to the depth of nearly a foot his been spread upon the pavement on the block where he resides, m High street, and no one but his attendant and the phy- siclans are admitted to his room. When the Assemblyman had surrendered himself, and no one appeared to make a complaint against him, he fel. that he had made what reparation could, and his triends supposed no further action would be taken, except in the event of the Com- missioner’s death, No little surprise there- fore, created yesterday morning, when Mr. Thomas Mullen, a cousin of the Commissioner, who keeps & geiko house on dig ten erenwe, Gl ered betas fudge ‘aish and made a complain! inst Assemblyman, His afidavit is as follows? 1 State of New York, County of Kingn city of Br 8 ‘Thomas Mullen, of ie sly Ge Arookiyi weting daly sweeten, deposes and says, upon iniormation and belief, that on the 22d day ot July, A. D. 14/2, Dominick Koche, of the. len Jorr make an and then and there, with a large kulfe which, Dominiek “Roche “then and there had in” iad hand, the said knite veing weapon, feloniously beat, ing unto said Henry Corr then and there, knife aforesald, a wound in the abdomen ot the width one inch and one-hali inch and of the depth of about five inches, with intent bim, the said Henry Corr, then and there, ‘will Kill; that the said ‘assault was o tte on board of the steamboat Drew, while making her trip from Albany to the clty of New’ York, on the evening of the 22d day of July, i872, at about the’ hour of eleven o'clock P.M. That said steamboat Drew was a vessel navigating the Hudson River, and was on her downward trip trom the city or Albany to the cll New York when the aloresald agsault’ was commi and said deponent says that he has not yet been able to ascertain within the boundaries of what county Said steamboat was when sald asia ¢ was committed: thee sald Corr was brought to his house in the city of Brooke jyn immediately upon the arrival of the sald: steamboat in New York on the morning of the 23d of July, A. D. 2, Where he hag since remained and now is sufforl mh the effects of wound; and deponent says that he verily belloves that said Corr will die trom the effects of said Wound so given bm by said Dominick Roche; wherefore doponent prays at said Dominick Roche may, arrested and dealt witu according to |i PHOM. & S ¢ aw. PHOMAS MULLEN, > Sworn before me this 26th day of July, 1872,—Axpaew Watsu, Police Justice. ) The real cause of the trouble which led to tha affray between the Assemblyman and Commis- sioner was in relation to tuis Mullen, Mullen, it ia alleged, owns some propeity on Flatbush avenue, and has it in his wife’s name. He Went to the Assessor's Office to get a reduction in his assess¢ ment, but was unable to do so. He then claimed that he should have the military exemption; but they showed him that the property being in his wife’s name rendered it impossible, and.at this he became highly indignant, missioner Also used his influence with Assessor Breen, but it was all to no purpose, and since that time there has been an tll feeling towards the As- sessor. Ina discussion on the Albany boat Corr told Roche that Assessor Breen was @ ‘sucker,’ Some sharp words followed, when Corr, who is in the habit of using his fists, struck Roche the face, and the latter, having his Kuife in his hand, “jabbed” . it into him, 5 Yesterday afternoon Roche was informed that 4 complaint had been made ceeded at once to Justice Wal: ga’ himself up. A number of his friends appeared and offered to give bonds for his appearance, but there were some doubts about the jurisdiction of the Court, inasmuch as the assault Was not committed in Brooklyn. After some argument the hearing waa Postponed until ten o'clock this morning. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Personating Custom House Officers. Before Commissioner Shields, ‘ Oharles L. Brown and Alexander Levi were arrested yesterday on @ charge of falsely perq sonating Custom House oMcers for the purpose:of, extorting money. The complainant, Mrs. Jan Dorsell, states in her afidavit. that the prisone: came into her house and told her that they had received information that she had smuggled a num< ber of inflated balloons, an‘ by this means extorted from her the sum of $250 as the price of their silence. She sul juently discovered that thi accused were not stom House officers, and! caused their arrest. Commissioner Shields held, them in $2,000 each to appear for examination, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Detained Witnesses in the 8to! Case. : Before Judge Pratt. Upon the application made by A. H. Hummel! for. the discharge from the House of Deterition of Joh and Thomas Hart and John P. Redmond, witn ' in the Stokes trial, it was arranged yesterday to . charge them on’ $2,000 bail each, Mr. ‘owerg offered bail for Thomas Hart, but was rejected! through not owning real estate in the county, At Brooklyn gentleman expressed a willingness to become surety for John Hart, but was rejected 0} the same ground, An uncle of Redmond offered io bail out the latter and the District Attorney is ta examine and decide upon his acception or otherwisee Advertising Bill of the Daily Star. : This matter came up yesterday pursuant to ads jourmnent. It issonght to compel the Board of Audit to pay $63,000, the bill of the Star, for city and advertising. "The Board allowed it ‘at $23,033 08, This was not thought to be enough and hence the. present application. The case was argued at length) Pro and con, and then the Court took the papers, |, Asking Another Mandamus Against thé Comptroller, } Tn re John Houghtalin.—Application was made for & mandamus directing the Comptroller to pay $811 07 salary claimed by the relator as chief cler! in the bureau of county affairs for the months of September, October and first half of November, 1871, Mr. Fred Kellogg, his counsel, stated thak he was appointed chief clerk in this bureau in 186T and held the position until the 14th of November, 1871, when he was transferred to the Recetver ‘Taxes. In opposition Mr. Dion, Assistant Corporal — pie piped that he performed no duties as clerk, and erefore, was entitied to n y ‘The Court took the papers, ska: SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. Decisions. By Judge Monell. Max Pfeiffer vs. Theo. ‘time.Order granted... Marie Grober vs. Hiram Cohen.—Same. John P. Wilson vs, C. L, Storms.—Default take. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TEAM, Decisions. By Judge Larremore. Mi Frank Leslie va. David HM. Thurman.—Defauly opened. bd George Slater vs. 8. Nell Anderson.—Substitutio! of referee. ' W. W. Gage vs. G, Raphael,—viscontinuance, George S. Hastings, vs. A. Decker.—Same, Moses Meyers vs. SI Baranski.—Motion 4 aoe matter of Seuman and Gaines. Conte Re eiatrnteas vs, J. M, Levy.—Order of jud, J. Schwab va. M. Piercell.—Extending lien. THE COURT OF APPEALS, Sararoea, N. Y., July 26, 1972, The Court of Appeals met this morning and fourned until the 2d of August transacting any business, eee EMBEZZLEMENT, Between Two and Three Thousand Delt ‘ lars Missing. For some time past there has been in the of Mr. James Pyle, the “O, K. soap” manufacture! @ young man by the name of Augustus Willis was collector and confidential clerk to Pyle, who seemed to take a deep interest in and paid him a most liberal soley. A fow days the employer discovered to utter asto. ment that the —e had wantonly bet his confidence, in he had to the amount dollars. He was arrested a few days tective Fields, of the Fifth precinct, and yeste was arr ed before Alderman Me of Tombs Police Court, where he frank! itted of It, aa Gurine Gs ee, ro since by present