The New York Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1872, Page 10

Fhe Indomitable Lion of the Hassler at Panama. —-—_— CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD TOWN. Tambled-Down Churches and Peals of Melancholy Bells. BUTTERFLY EXCURSION TO SAN PABLO. —_——--—_— Beauties and Antiquities of the Route and the Town. ‘Wrrrep Staves Coast SURVEYING STEAMER HAsseER, PANAMA, July 30, 1872. We have been detained at this port much longer (AR was anticipated, but the time has been very Wrofitably employed. We have bad numerous op- portunities for collecting specimens, for the major- fy of which we are indebted to tho kindness of the guperintendent and officers of the Panama Railroad @m@tosome of the residents of Panama, At no pace since leaving home have we been more cor- @ialty received or hospitably treated, and no atten- on which could add to our comfort or facilitate @vr work has been omitted. The attractions of the place itseifare not extraordinary, Panama Bay, ‘with its rounded islets, its low shore, its blazing fwopical sun, or, at this time of year, its Reavy mista and = furious = squalls, = is mow better known than many places much Bearer home, aud the journey across the Isthmus, from occan to ocean, ouce such a novel and Momentous experience, has now become tame and | almost uninteresting from its frequent occurrence. @ccasionally when a setting sun lights up the wooded slopes of Mount Ancon and gilds the wuined towers and moss-covered walls of the old ity the scene acquires a certain picturesqueness; at usually the bay. when calm, is monotonous ‘without having the beauty of complete repose, or, when agitated, is uncomfortable without reaching ‘the dignity and grandeur of a storm. THE TOWN OF PANAMA, ough superior in some respects to many of the @ther Spanish-American coast towns, is yetin a @endition of wretched and apparently progressive @ecay. The houses and the strects are as dirty as $19 possible for them to be at this scason, when oy are deluged once or twice daily, and the Bative population lives in the most unpleasantly Wrmitive manner. Even among those whose Means would seem to warrant some comfort, if not Doxury, there is an absence of many household wtengils which would be considered absolutely in- @ispensadle to the family of a laboring man at Rome, While at the same time they parade upon the @treets clothing and jeweiry the value of which would more than farnish their houses. In their Rabits they seem to have retained the indolence, @uelty and immorality of their Spanish and Indian @ncostors, without cither their bravery or their In- felligence. Their religion appears to consist prin- @pally of a strict observance of feast days, occurring twice or thrice weekly, when they neglect all work nd devote their time to varions popular forms of amusement. Among the latter are what they dig- | ify with the name of “bull fghts"’—ridiculous bur- | ieee upon the old romantic spectacles—where | he sand strewn arena is substituted a plaza, | for fag! at) with weeds and surrounded by hovels, | nthe “tiers upon tiers’ of applauding and de- Nighted spectators—a mob of a hundred or two Bak-grown boys and imbectiic negroes—for the chief Matador, with wis matchless horsemanship and swordplay, a fellow witha tattered umbrella per- | forming Various intricat: manwuvres at a safe dis- fance irom the bull, and for that ragieg and fero- q@ous animal himseif—a poor old, decrepit bovine men, who world gladly lle Gown and sleep if ed to do so by his tormentora, The number of fm and around Pani ‘he suburbs and on ux . Out through | every at eet their tot- ing Walls, overgrown with lichens and mosses, | eannot fall to attract the attention of visitors, and | ‘the two or three which remain fit for use seem rap- ‘ly approaching the same condition. In the morn. | and evenings the melancholy, unane ne of their sounds like a prophe ewn speedy dissolution rather tl worship, The whole tows cially, 14 soid (o have been deterio: C from varions causes, the principle ing the establishment of the withdrawing the commerce between ¢ the Eastern States, and the success of tie Luglish apd French lines of steamers through the Straits, taking large quantities of freight from the Western @oast, which used previously to be sent across the Fethmus. Of the excursions which we have taken Bere one of the most pleasant was to some stations NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST }, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. readily ob- {cTnae, Guava, jontains, bananas, oranges aud Pp fan fromthe or no labor for and an ovca- their of of diet, oir cultivation or-gather- life render all bee or of Mere comfertor convenience superfinous, Under circumstances the half dollar @ day which the men can earn on the railroad more than meets their necessity for money, and they take every pos- sible chance for escaping from even the slightest amount of work required as an equivalent. We were told by those who had lived among them for years that, though capable of becoming disagree- ‘able and quarrelsome neighbors when they had realor fancied cause for enmity, they would, on the other hand, prove themselves the most faithful and attached friends and servants to those for whom they conceived a liking. After spending some days ut San Pablo in this de- lightful manner we went to Aspinwall, where we stayed only long enough to gather a few specimens on the beach and stroli around the town, which, if possible, is more desolate in appearance than Pa- hawa. We saw the first Protestant church built in Central America, took a look at the Atlantic, our last sight of which had been off Cape Virgins, and then returned by rail to Panama, A few days ago we got under way and steamed down to CHAME BAY, on the southwestern coast of the Isthmua, having on board Captain Clit, of the United States fag- ship California, and some of her officers, who have riven ua valuable assistance during onr stay here. mn the morning of the following day we proceeded fn the steam launch by a devious channel through sandbanks and shallows to the mouth of tho La- garto River, which we entered. The scenery here was extremely peenliar; the water was absolutely smooth and nnrufted and the banks were lined with reen, “spider-legzed” mangroves, with their num- ries roots striking down through the air into the mud, Soe, | twining and intertangiing until they formed an Impenetrable wall. Behind them were heavy timber trees of many varieties coming: close to the shores, and in thelr branches we saw monkeys, parrots, golden-breasted toucins, pell- cans and cormorants in great numbers. Among the birds shot by the sportsmen of the party was & white ibis, closely allied to the Ibis retiyiosa, adored and embaimed by the Egyptians, As we proceeded we passed several salt lagoons Fanning off on either elde like great avenues and bordere: by this same impervions wail of sean, straight and unbroken as if laid out by a skilful landscape gardener, and presenting not a single irregularity which would admit of ingress or egress. We went on until the river had narrowed to 100 feet and the trees almost met over our heads, and then tt was deemed prudent to return, stopping now and then on our way back for game, The whole place was ONE VAST MANGROVE SWAMP, beautiful, with the sunlight PES 4 over its rr THE FAT-RENDERING COMPANIES, Efforts to Abate the Nuisances on the West Side of the City. A DISTRICT OF DIRT. Comparative Statement of Con- tagious Diseases. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. At the regular meeting of the Board of Health, held yesterday afternoon, @ report was received from the special committee appointed to examine into the business of fat-renderiug and convey to the Board the result of its inquiries, The com- mittee recommended that the several firms at present engaged in the busiaess should be granted permits by the Board, upon condition that they conducted the melting process in accordance with the regulations of the Board. It was also recom- mended that inspectors” should be appointed to specially watch the operations of the fat- melting places, and that these inspectors should be engaged by and continue under the con- trol of the Board of Health, but be paid’ by the ren- dering companies, These recommendations were sent to the Board in the form of resolutions, but when put to the vote they were lost, President Bosworth and Commissioners Gross and Ceccarint voted to give the new experiment a trial, and Com- missioners Henry Smith, Stephen Smith and Barr voted against the proposed arrangement. Each case was put separately to the Board and the vote was the same in every instance. These rendering companies some pine waters or struggling faintly through its ‘angled jorests, but dangerous, Cure] fatal, to the stranger who should sleep within its precincts, Several spectes of fish were obtained by hauling the seine on the beach near the vessel, and we then re- turned to our present anchorage. The natives have bronght us specimens quite trequentiv, hear- ing that there was a market for them, and one of the most interesting obtained tn this way was a lit- tle ant-eater (myrmevophaya didactyla), an animal of abont the size of a squirrel, covered with a soit, yellow-brown fur, with a smal head aud pointed snout, two sharp claws on the fore feet and a long prehensile tail, Our entomological collection has been Increased by the addition of some hundreds of specimens and over two hundred istinct species of moliusca have been secured, We are now waiting until we can have the ship's bottom scraped and cleaned, and wiil probably re- sume our voyage in four or five days; Acapulco be- ing our next port. THE COURTS. Sal RE UNITED «STATES COMMISSIONERS Pretended Custom House Cccers. Before Commissioner Shiclds, In the case of Charles L. Brown and Alexander Levy, charged with obtaining $250 from Jane Dor- cel, of 185 South Fifth avenue, on pretence of be- ing Custom House oficers, the testimony for the prosecution was given before Commisstoner Shields yesterasy. The complainant, a dressmaker, said that Levy threatened her that unless she paid him $ all her property wouid *be confiscated and she would be nent to prison for ten years. Brown, who was a four years’ acquaintance, was appealed to and advised the payment of the money. She complied with his fustructions on July 35, and though she saw him subsequently, and aficr he had time to learn something about Levy, he never told her she had been swindled, but, on the contrary, said all was right. The examination was adjourned for a few days. SUPREWE COURT—CHAMBERS. Witnesses Discharged from House of De- tention. Before dudge Pratt. Application was made to-day by Mr. Abe Ti. Hammell for the discharge from the House of De- tention of Anthony Rock, Gcerge Guttinger, Frede- rick Negler and John Kopstyn, where they were de- tained as witnesses in an assault and battery case. Hummel! animadveited eloquently npon the om of restraining persons of their liberty in € of minor importance, such as he claimed this tobe, when they were willing to give bail for their at- tendance as Witnesses when required. He claimed it wat. | to be an act of great crueity, and particularly when they were oiten, owing to the taray move- ments of the wheels of justice, detained in custody for months, and by such course not unfrequently entailing great misery and destitution upon their families dependent upon their labor tor support. The Court ordered their discharge upon giving bail in $100 each, which was promptly furnished. - Decisions. Wyckoff vs. Patterson.—Motion denied; no costs. In the matter of John Dunn, a lunatic.—Order @m the line of the railroad, Dividing our party so as fo utilize the time as much as possible, two stopped at Obiepo and two at San Pablo, six miles further @, wntte Professor and Mrs. Agassiz and Dr. Hill Femained at Mam¢ée, an intermediate station. We, | ‘who went to SAN PABLO, BLO, ‘were received with the greatest kindness @iality by the privveman who resided there and by Bs family, and we have cause to be exceedingly ful for their many hospitable attentions, Our nd cor there more than compensated for all the dis- eomforts of Panama. Their cottage is a beautiful Mttle place, shaded by cocoa palms, covered with @uastering vines, and commanding a lovely view of @rasey meadows and hillsides covered with tropical Vegetation. It is within a hundred yards of the Ghagres, renowned for the alligators which inhabit Ste waters and the malarial poison which bangs g@bout its shores, though its reputation is an exag- ted one in both these respects, One bank was ly cleared, but on the other a dense descended to the water's edge, and 3 Bight we could hear the wonderful variety sounds which arose from it—the hum Foes, the twitter and chirping of birds, mournful cry of the sloth, the howllag and ahrieking of monkeys and parrots, intermingling ‘with innumerable ana indescribable noises. We | @rew a seine at several places along the river and @btained a variety of species of small fish. ‘The for- ests were, however, the most attractive spots, from heir strangeness and their immensity, They cer tainly far exceed in Juxuriauce anything we have % seen, cven those at Rio, thongh this may be tly attributable to the difference of seasona. nctrating them by narrow, winding male or cow paths, or following up the beds of streamh Was something novel and wonderfal at every Under foot Were ipomimas, bignonias and aristo- Jochias, with their white, purple aml yellow flow- @rs, and great beds of mimose, shrinking and wit ering out of sight at the first touch as though they mk into the ground; astride of trunks of fallen ea Or perched on boughs and stems were orchids Of beantifu! and fantastic shapes; the delicate, Waxy, taper-like berries of the wild pepper “mude Christmas tre of the bushes; vanilla planta, with green ovate leaves and white fow- rs, perfumed the air: overhead were cedars, @aks, palms, wmboos, anims, ling down r stems, of , sizes and colors, were en- Vork of vines or farred with ae Hed The bulk of many of the s arkable as their varie Some Of their trunks were fifteen or twent tin @ameter snd a hundred or a hundred and filty in Beight; some slender, smooth and pranchiges; @thers guaried and twisied, sending ont great Briareus-iike arms, and buttressed at the base so that the natives cot of natural plauks for the @oors of thelr hut COPTERPLIPS, granted, f Bach vs. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company.— Order for examination dismissed without costs, Hodes vs. Hodes,—Decree granted. Wagner vs. Hart.—Motion denied; $10 costs. Jourson vs. Jourson.—Decree granted, COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Suits Growing Out of Alleged Lottery Transactions. Before Judge Larremore. Charles D. Fredericks ve. Oliver D. Taylor.—The plaintiff sets forth in hia aMdavit that in February last he loaned to the defendant $3,900, and In March afurther sum of $1,053 46, that the understanding was in both cases that the money should be returned when requested; that there has been paid $1,308, and that payment ot the remaining indebtedness is refused. “Judgment is asked for the amount claimed to be still unpaid with interest, The an- ewer sets up that the alleged indebtedness grew out of transactions in tickets of the Royal Havana Lottery; that instead of his one money to the plaintiff the latter is indebted to him, and lastly that the transactions were wholly illegal and in violation of the laws of the State. The case came up on a motion by the defendant for security for costs pending an appeal from an order dismissing | motion for judgment on the answer. It was urged Jor the motion that the plainti, though ilving in New Jersey, alleged a pretended residence in this city to prevent giving th security asked = for. The complaint was character- ized as iniquitous and if was claimed that owing to the illegal character of the transae- tions out of which the suit grew no recovery could he obtained. In opposition to the motion it was urged that there was no truth in the answer; Mr, Fredericks had nothing to do with the pure of lottery tickets; that the motion was made for a sinister purpose; that Mr. F ad been the leading paotographer in this city and had amassed a fortune in the busin capable of giving bonds in £25 h og a county was in this « icsars. Anthony D. Fredericks appeared tor the plaintimt, Alter hearing the argument in th which was lengthy, the argument! tn som sults agaluet the defendant upon a like ux heard, The Court took the papers. Decisions. Order settled st Manuf aside On payment of Sherill’s | = } Arrongo ¥8. Lope: The Archer & Par vs, Thomas.—Bal foes. Henry vs. Fowler.—Ordered that the Comptroller pay $4,000 in his hands due to defendant to plain- 4 attorney, to be applied on plaintii’s judg. which were the principal objects of onr seareh, ‘Were Very numerous and of great size and brilliant | coloring, but it was impossityie to pursue them far without being tripped up try a creeper, held fast by | Sbriar or entangied in withes, We found that fe was better to wait in the vicinity of a certain Plant bearing white, odorifexous slowers, around , Which they futtered continually, and at thts place wo caught many of them. We mide | fereras short trips up and down the rovd in the | -car used by our host in his inspection of the | ky and found it a delightful mode of travelling. | was very pleasant to be sent abead at the rate | @8 fifteen miles au hour, witha view unbroken on | Overy Bide, except by masses of foliage, and with Bere aud there et a Hendin the road vistas, low: | we Chagres, swollen and turbid, rushing on | een narrow banks or spreading out into quiet | shaded by overhanging arches of foliage, We several native villages or clusters of huts, oe With @disproportionately large popu- THR norsrs fare of the rudest imaginable deseription—four up- wast oung trees, cross pieces of cane or bam: bound together with “air roots” and thatched With paim-jeaves form the habitation which a stout j= 4 with his inseparable machete, can Wuild in a gad to which he is content to live for the vest of is Ile, bly, With @ plurality of wiv + gimort 1 eeatnly ‘with Countess. ontkpring. i happiness and contentment of these people live with the 4 nd the; Bhi o exerts, thelr fow simple wants being ay oar A ame shirt and trou. ‘peve for ¢! meh, Paunmu hae ah camisa for the Frome, ang g Pavama bat for vhs children are hej divoiye grantee ment, Grise ve, Madden.—Injunction during pendency of action granted, Do herwood.—Orter granted. Campbell vs. Goetz et al.— wit and judgment thereon, as against 4 ndant Goetz, opened and | vacated, and said defendant allowed to come in | and defend, 1 vs, Smith,—Order settled. Kiernan vs. Braver et al.—Order containing in- | Junction, | Berrar vs. Samnelson.-Motion for reference de- nied, with $10 costs to defendant Harrivon ve, Harrison jon diseontinned without further coste by either party against the | ot . Barnstorf vs, Houher.—Pininth? to file security | for coats within two days r service of order on laintii's attorney and give due notice to de- | fendant. All proceedings be stayed until such security and notice be given, and until justification | of the securities if exce to, defendant to re- | celve $10 costs of this motion, | Liby vs, Smith.—Plaintiif to recover from the de- | fendunt the damages sustained on account of the | action, That damages be assessed by jury anda writ of Inquiry be issued by ti Sheri’ of the county. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TEAM. Decisions. By Judge Moucil. Rachel Simons ve, Wolf Sinions.—Keference ‘anted, Christian Prefs vs, Loulsa Pretz,—Same. Tie M, Maiiins ya. Robert B, Mullint.—Deerce of | ' | by mear time since sent in petitions to the Board asking that they might be permitted to continue their operations and promising to conduct their business in strict accordance with the regulations of the Health Code. They offered at the same time to PAY THR SALARY of an inspector, who should be appointed by the Board to continually look after the conducting of the business and see that nothing should be done that was not strictiy in accordance with the sanitary laws, jusi the very thing the Special Committee yesterday recommended the Board to do, ‘They likewise asked the Board to appoint a practical man to ex: amine their machinery and appliances at the expense of the companics. The committee, it ap- pears, took it into its own hands to inspect the establishments of the companies, and, after look- ing at the matter from every Nght in which it could possibly present itself, arrived at the con- clusion that the special inspectors would prove the best means of effectually saving the citizens from annoyance by the nuisance. The opinions of the committee not prevailing In the Board, the resolu- tions were lost. ‘The system of apeciaily detailed men paid by the corporations upon whose premises they were commissioned for duty has been triocd in other departments, and was not always found to be satisfactory, for the reason that the officers know thetr salaries are derived from the people most directly concerned, and they are liable to look with a lement eye upon any irregularities that may atise. The Sanitary Committee would of course be at all times a supervisory and corrective body over the inspectors, but the Board did not evidently think this cheek would prove sufficient to abolis! all the nuisance pow complained of, These fat- rendering companies are powerful corporations that have been a constant source of annoyance and difficulty, not only to the Board of Flealth, but to the public at large. ‘vhere are four large concerns situated close together on the west side, between Thirty-fifth and Forty-second streets. Their opera- tious create a stench that spreads over the entire west side of the island, and it Is time something was done to relieve the people of the sickening odors they emit. Below them is a gas house that in itseif is suiMcient to poison all the pure alr in the neighborhood; and above them, for many blo: are slaughter houses that are far from being in @ good sanitary condition. There is not one of these establishments that does not give out some oifensive emw and their comblued foutness has made that sid the island the plague spot of the city. The stench arising from that quarter fre- ently taints the airas far across the town as Broadway, andin the very warm weather it is almost impossible to bear it in the honses on that side of the city. The New York Rendering Com- pany promised the Board of Health, some years ago, to build a warehouse where their business 13 carried on that would fully do away with all se of complaint, but nothing hes yet been done in a direction, and the fat-rendering is now carried on in the same loose and sey, manner as ever. Gam- bie & MeNeal, whose premises adjoin those of the fat-rendering company, not only melt fat and carry on other branches of the same commerce, but they send 3 GUTS AND OFFAL TAKEN FROM SLAUGHTER TOUSES in open barrels up the river to be cleaned and the barrels are returned empty, and then they emit a more noxious odor than even when they were full. Toby & Booth is the next largest firm engaged in this business, and the establishment of Michael Donahue is the fourth. Again and again the Board of Health has obtained judgments against each of these companies; but the nuisance still con- tinues in despite of all law and regulation, Dona- hue has been arrested several times; but he still goes on, nothing daunted. No feellug for the health Of the people seems to possess the owners of these places. They only look to the attainment of their own ends, aud that they appear determined to ac- complish at all hazards, The Board of Health is in- clined to think a great deal of the diMculty in its way to secnre a better management of those places is in the courts, where the com- plaints brought agamst the proprietors of the rendering houses are not treated with that importance they deserve, Postpone- ments of trials are easiiy obtained, and when jndg- deter the parties from offending agaiu. The cases rarely get beyond the Special Sessions, and the slightest excuse is suMicient in that Court to gain a deferring of the case, The great mistake made. by the dispensers of justice In allowing complaints of this nature to go over is that the parties are by that action permitted to continue the business and by the time the cause is brought up for trial some ar- rangement is effected by the int ed owners, and the Court awards @ judgment that is by no means adequate to the offence. The boat used by the New York Rendering Company is even now 80 fitted up tat not one-half the oiensiveness that at present annoys the inhabitants of the west side need be*caused if the company would only make use of the means at its command, But the desire to curtail expenses is so great. the managers that they will not allow coal tobe used to keep the fires, necessary to he noxions gases, at a proper tempera- tu State of things exists it is the duty of the Board of Health to force these com- anies to adopt proper measures to protect the 1th of the people from the evil infuences of hei and to effect this a thorough reform, and not half measures, is needed, The following additional section, which was re- | ferred back from the Committee on Laws and Ordi- nances, Was added to the Health Code:— From and after the Ist day of September, 1872, no part of the contents ot an cumulation of at vault, sink, cesspool, or an: Hensive’ Auidy Hgeid, or somicliqui excavation, cellar or axgahnll Ape of any BOxioNs ¢ and by a permit from thi 1 or “theretrom,”? As nt. jitary Committee had beon for a long time considering the subject, and unanimously reported ft mecting of the Board iu favor of an alr- stem of emptying house vaults. The want of some improvement upon the old style of con ducting this disagreeable business has been felt by people of every class in the conunumiy, and many despaired of being able to obtain any relief from the tlthy process 60 long inuse. The open manner hich the work wae done notonly anuoyed the ing in which the men were engaged, but the ighborhoodl was subjected to the same ine ‘The laborers ciployed were exesed- FY RRHIND THEM In a city lik a large number of houses that have With the sewage of the city, and when the health of the people living in these houses requires taat the vanits of the premises should be excavated and cleaned, some method should be brought into ue id perform the neceasary work without and disgusting the inhabitants, One greatest evils of the present way of ing vauite—ond one which the Sant- tary Committee has endeavored to remed. is the doing the work at night. Disturbing r messes of fiith while people were as!cep was fou a to be exceedingly infurtous, and one of the advan- tagea sought to be obtamed by the air-tight system is to get the work done in the daytime. In France and Germany, aud, in fact, In most of the Kuropean | countries, there bas been for Td 4 system In use that periormed this work without creating any offensive odors, while New York has been groaning under the antiqnated and abominable hand-bucket method, In these countrics the work js done iu the daytime and the people in the house are not only unaware that such a thing i4 in opera. tloR, but the persons in the etregta what tuey took away. | ments are secured they are not severe enough to | no {dea of the nature of the material that is being carried byte their midst, 80 en- tively inoffensive is the method of doing the work, ‘To procure some such advant; to the le of New. York is the object of the sew ‘nection the Health Code, and very few ordinances the Board could pass for which the community would be more thoroughly grateful. The followin is @ comparative statement of contagious discases for the two weeks-ending July 20 and July 27, 1 F000 8, ———— ‘hold, Soarlee. Meastes, Dipthia. Smatipor, Pht ali anlar eae a (1 m4 Fi B 8 r} ‘The services of the corps of assistant Health In- 1 pid consisting of forty-two genilemen, were dispensed with trom yesterday. THE GREAT OIL FIRE. emenemernion The Scene of Tuesday's Conflagration—Later Es- timates of Loeses—The Burning Ships—Extin- guiching the Naphtha—t. I. 0, “Bunk- ers” vs. New York Firemen. There was comparatively ttle of public interest to be gleaned yesterday at Hunter's Point in refer- ence to the great of! conflagration of Tnesday last. At midnight on Tuesday the last smouldering rem- nants of the fire fiickered out, and but a short time previously the Standard Oil Company’s oMicials had obtained the aid of one or two of the volunteer fire companies for the extinguishment of the fire in the naphtha tank. There was no particular object in view at this time beyond avoiding the possibiity of ignition of the large tank of crude petroleum which stood near it and had escaped unharmed through the fire. This naphtha, it will be under- stood, was burning at the surface only, and THR FLAMES WERE QUENCHED by throwing the streams ofwater into the air above it and allowing the torrent to descend like a heavy shower upon every part of the surface at one time. In this way the fire was simply swamped out, The large retining house, the most valuable building on the property, is the only one saved, and even this, with its machinery, has been dam- aged to the extent of about five thousand dollars, There was nothing on the grounds yesterday that could interest a spectator, fave, perhaps, the sin- gular looking masses of the charred barrel hoops that covered the site of the storage shed and the piers, like @ network of wire. All else was cal- cined nothingness. Just north of the Empire Oll Works, in the little cove between Ravenswood and Hunter’s Point, lay the blackened hulls of the ship Epis, the bark Edward and the brig Roslyn. The two former vessels were still burning at a late hour last night, but it is likely that the fire will have ex- hausted itself this morning, Both vessels are BURNED TO THE WATER'S EDGE, utterly destroyed. The Roslyn was lying in the same position as when left by the police boat Seneca, which vessel is entitied to the sole credit: of rescuing all that is left of her. The Under- writers’ wrecking steamer, E. Winants, was along- side the Roslyn and has taken charge of her. The river thieves, scores of whom still swarm around the burned vessels, have sirigped otf every sheet df copper sheathing that could be reached. In all probability the null of the Roslyn can yet be turned to some account. The Elpis was a full-rigged ship of 505 tons, built. and owned in Arendal, Norway, and was six years old, She rated A134 ‘at Lloyd's, and was 132 fect Jong, with a breadth of beam 32 feet, depth of hold, 19 feet, She had on hoard 4,000 barrels of oil, instead , as previously reported. Her agents are Funch, Edye & Co., of 27 South street. ‘The Edward (not Eddie) was a bark of 575 tons, bullt in 1870 at Maitland, N, 8., 146 feet over all, 32 feet beam and 18 feet depth of hold. She had on board 3,200 barrels of oil, Her agent is J. F, Whit- ney, of 261; Broadway. The Roslyn was an American brig, of 324 tons, built in 186i at Glenwood, L. I, and owned in New York by Smith, Strong & Co., of 41 Exchange place. She was empty when burned, * One 06 the canal boats destroyed had 1,200 barrels of ol! on board, another had 350° barrels and the third was light. Nine canal boats-and three sea- going vessels escaped destruction, Itshould be understood that the Standard Oil Company and tie Long Island Oil Company are SEPARATE CONCERNS. The former corporation owned the oil, stock and machinery, the latter being only lessors to the Standard Company of the yards, piers, bulkheads and buildings. Mr. Rockefeller, of the firm of Rockefeller, Flag- lev & Andrews, 151 Pearl street, prnsipal owners tm the Standard Company, was busy at his ofice yesterday rearranging the afairs of the concern, and expressed the utmost willingness to give the statement of the company's iosses to the press, He estimates the actual losses of the Standard at about one hundred thousand dollars; insured for $86,500, almost wholly in foreign com: panies. Their total loss of of! will reach between eight and nine thousand barrels, The Stundard is not interested tn the oil destroyed on board any of the vessels afloat, that belng in the hands of the shippers air] consignees, Messrs, Majsner, Ackman & Co. No interruption will ensue to the company’s: business, and the discharge and loading of oil wil be recommenced at their docks to-day. thousand doliars will cover the loss’ on their ma- eae ‘The loss of the Long Island Company 18 esti- mated in ROUND by Mr. Wardwell, the & up thirty-five thousand to forty thonsand dollars, thoujh, ag he states, no actual estimate has been reached. This is largely covered by insur- ance, All the foundations of the piers and bulk- heads are in good condition, only the superstrac- ture above high water mark being burned off. The | large storage sheds erected at a cost of about fifteen thousand doliara were of course totally consumed, r, Enoch Coe, proprietor of the Superphosphate and Fertilizer Manufactory, adjoining the Standard works, is not In the city and his superintendent could give but an approximate idea of the losses— probably $35,000, There were destroyed at this factory two brick buidings, ove stone building and one wooden building, together with a considerable quantity of fertilizing compounds in barrels, The rain of yesterday also caused some additional dam- age to a portion of the stock which was left ex- posed in consequence of the destruction of the stores, IURRS perintendent, at about THE LONG ISLAND CITY FIREMEN express the opinion generally that Chief Engineer der was righ! in offering positive objection, as id, to the steam fire engines from New York taking any part in suppressing the conflagration, say that the New York firemen only came to «ne When the work was all over, and that were consequently sneaking in to wear the laurels, Chief Engineer Snyder, however, neglect assign any such reason for his action on might in conversation with @ HetALD reporter, The dr of his remarks could not serve to create any other impression than that the Long Island City. volunteer force was opposed to N New York firemen are a paid force. He stated dis- ay that the Long Island City Department feit ‘a 1 10 sday THE VOLU PR SPIT was being “crowded out? by the inf ee of the paid departments in large cities like New York and Brooklyn, end this was the only defence made by him at thar time, When the New York. flre companies, Engines 16 and 9, repaired to Hunter's Point on Tuesday, they simply remponded in person to a telegraphic request for their afd, sont to this . city hy one of the off company’s principal oMeials, and upon leerning the spirit of opposition that pre- vailed among the Long. Island City firemen they quietly returned, They Were followed, however, by A MEAN, DESPICABLE CROWD to the ferry gates—the crowd Mea some of the volnnt firemen(?) and a horde of their sym- ‘bunkers and “runners,” This gang “hissed and jeered at the w York firemen in a disgraceful tanner, and a good neblng from the steamers would doubticss have convinced them speedily whether the pald or volunteer department was most efl- clent. It will doubtless be “some time" before a New York fire company troubles such rutlans again, THE LEONARD STREET FIRE, = menstiien How the Baiiding was Burned, The Fire Marshal continued the Investigation into the cause of the fire at 28 and 20 Leonard street yesterday, and the following adlitional testimony wag taken before hita:— Bernard MeMiherun, being duly sworn, say reside at No. 8 Worth street; Twas in the en of the Union Steam Sugar Refining Company a and 90 Leonard street; was in thetr employ nearly four years prior to the fire; | was e nploved as filter man} there was a head filter man over us and we had to obey his directions; every other week i was on duty in the daytime and every other week at night; on Sunday last, 28th of July, went on duty at twelve o'clock at night; from that hour up to the time of the discovery of the fire T was not at work at all; L was on the fourth Noor during the whole time ; [went directly to the fourth floor and remained there until I rl an’ explosion, which was just previous to the discovery of the fre; daring this time I was sometinies walking around and some- times sitting down, or looking out of the window to get a breath of air; I waa waiting for the steam to get through one of these filters before starting the pumps; there Were two gas burners lighted on the fourth floor, and Jalso had a lamp lit; Thad the lamp lighted becouse when L start the ‘liquor on Ihave to go through several floors and require the lamp; but I did not use the lamp after lighting it; it wae standing on the floor close beside where L change my clothes; the explosion was on the same floor that I was on, but a Way to the other end; i should thing it waa one hunared feet from where was ptanding ; there were three or Ve J four seports in quick succession; the first was the | About ten | York's imterference solely because the | | loudest; it was not sufficient there was a wall in this room 3, Xplosion occurred on tae partition; I tried to fet into this room explosion took piace, but I could not get account of the steam and gas; there were the filters inside of the tment when the explosion took place; the 6 was in two of the tiiters; there was one jet burning in this apartments it was turned down low, and only about half burning; when [found I could not get into this apartment 1 went down on the third floor, and there I could sce sparks dropping down through the opening of the floor around the sides of the cisterns; I turned back then to try and get to the floor above and throw some pulls of water on the fire, but could not get there on account of the steam and smoke; I then went down stairs and met Muller and other parties on the stairs; when I got into the street J could see tamea coming out of the windows of the third or fourth story; 1 have seen fon) air in these filters which accumulates In the fliters and works its way up when the steam 18 on, or at other times generally there is not a very great body of it, hut when it comes in contact with a light it ignites; we then biow it out or smother it; I have known this foul air to catch flre several times, but not very often; I never knew of an bas Hing before from the ignit- ing of this foul air; there 1s a cock on these filters which we turn to ascertain whether there is any foul air in the filters, and if we have a lamp with us and the foul air comes..in contact with the light it will ignite; then we smother it of at once. When we find foul air in the filters we take away the lamp and let it escave ; when the steam is running through the filters the cock is opened and the foul alr escapes; the filters are fiom twenty-five to twenty-seven feet deep; the filters go up through the floor; Iwas on the next floor above; *the cock that we tura to let the foul air of 18 on the ttoor that I was on, and the bottom cock is on the second floor below; from the time I heard the explosion until I saw the sparks Groping down it waa not more than five munutes; }could not get down the stuirs I usuelly go, and had to go through a window out on the roof, in a roundabout way, to get down. THE FORTY-SEVENTH STREET FIRE. List of Losses add Insurances. The following is the list of losses and insurances as they were received yesterday by the Fire Mar- shal:— Mr. Eisner, the owner of the buildings, loses $60,000, Insured for $25,000, as follows:—Niagara, ‘aders’, $2,600; Williunts- $2,500; Mechanics and 1 burg om, $2,500; Howard, of Boston, $1,260; Pres- cott, of Bo: jonal, of Boston, $2,600; A ston, $1,250; Natt Mechantes’, $2,500, and Liverpool, London and Globe, $10,000, His loss on stock of hides 1s esti- mated at $5,000, Insured as tollows:—state of Pennsylvania, $2,500; Columbia, $5,500; Hope, $5,000; Metropolitan, $5,000; Merchants’, of Boston, 00; Manufacturers’, of Boston, $2,600: Washington, ‘of Boston, $2,500; Shoe ‘and Leather, of Boston, $2,000; Tradesmens’, $2,500, and Westchester, $2,600, The loss on furniture and fixteres is estimated at $5,000; insured ov $5,500 in the Brewers and Maltsters’; $2,600, Insurance Company of Philaveiphia, and Glenn's Falis Insur- ance Company, $500. His loss on iat, taliow and caliskins is about $1,500, upon which there is an insurance of $2,000 in the Glenn’s Falls Insurance Company. On horses and harness the loss is estl- mated at $500, upon which there is an insurance of $2,400 in the Hartford, of Harttord. A one story private stat the property of Mr. Eisner, and valued at $5,000, was totally destroyed. No insur- ance. The four tive story brick buildings, Nos, 854 to $58 First avenue and 402 East Forty-eighth street, owned by Messrs, Eisner and Ohl, were damaged to the extent of $1,500 by smoke and water. In- sured for $34,000 in various companies, The tollowing is @ list of the occupants of the building used as a slaughter house, with a lst of their losses and insurances on dressed stock E. London, loss $1,000, msured for $2,000; Levy & Meyer, loss $1,150, insured for $2,000; Goldstein & Goldsmith, loss $1,600, insured for $3,000; Gi Bauer, loss $1,500, insured tor $3,000; 5. Pe heim, loss $2,000, insured for $1,500; Jacob Reister, loss $4,000, no insurance; Henry Kisner, loss $5,000, no msurance; Ullman & Hexter, loss $1,000, 10 ine surance; Moses Levi, loss $1,500, no insurance; A. Sanders, loss $1,600, no insurance; Heury Gren- baum, loss $1,500, no lmsurance, TRE OATHOLIO PROTEOTORY, Assistance Offered by the Commissioners of Emigration. The following correspondence has passed between the Commiss.oners of Emigration and the managers of the Catholic Protectory at Westchester in rela- tion to the destitute condition of the children after the recent fire in the female part of the institu- tion:— “n BRS OF EwtGRattoN, ATLE GAKDEN, Orricr Commissio: € New Yors, July 25, 1872, Qvytiruns—The enlamity which has recenity hofatien the Catholic Protectorate in Westchester county calls jor tmmediate reiler. I suppose that the fire has leit you short of house room for your poor cildren. | Letane sng: est to you that there is an mninished Beildipiy hel cin fo the Commissioners of Emigration on s Ksland, designed tor a lunatic asylum, but whieh could he madé uso of temporarily £01 homeless children, Thave no doubt but that all the Commissoners would gladly consent to your taking possession of it for that par- nose, and theretore trecly tender it to you, and hope that ican be without delay made suitable tor the purpose. Yours, falthtully, * HARD O'GORMA ANAGERS OF THE President, &e. THOLIG Photke- To tHe Boanp or TORATE, The undersigned members of {he Board tender their re y to the thanagers of the Catholic Protec. heermily unite with thelr President in the nely offer, . NDER FREAR, B. HART, ISMUND KAUFMANN, w Vouk, July 27 Nb Tit Orie Mewnens or he Bourd ot Managers of the New York tory renew the essurance of their grater ty of the Board ot Emi- obliged for the kind At the same time, p of the remaining boil 1 A changed occ partly trem the n and guardians, th will not suifer, and that in porary shelters already in process of construction will be Teady' to receive them, Uniler these clreumstances It ts deemed best, whi feel, gentlemen, most grateful for your offer, not t tage of it unless you should ci sign of some nnexpected necessity. With sentiments of gratitude and respect, I remain, gentiomen, yours, 4c. ‘RY JAMES ANDERSON, President Protectorate. HENRY JAM WORK OF THE CORONERS. Coroner ean yaa ehtabane called to No, 118 Mulberry street, to hold an inquest on the | spectively for Graut and Greeley. hody of James Oates, a man forty-two years of age, Whose death resulted from an aceidental fall down a fight of s was @ native of Ireland, Two or three days ago Mr, Varian, a@ German, who lived at 638 Sixth street, while employed. at his residence, fell backwards, and striking on his head, received injuries from the effects of which he died y prday morning. An inquest will be held by Coroner Herrman, Vaientine on the 13th ult. his parents’ residence, and died yesterday received, Coroner Ile ‘The occurrence is said to dental Wiliam Pike died In Bellevue Hospital from the effects of injuries received some days ago by acel- dentally failing from the fourth the house so Rast Tenth street, remover to the lite re: mission of Coroner Herrin: rs of age, window of rst street, he injtiries nan Will hold an inqnest, have been purely acet- 145 Weat Thirty in the effects of y per- , Who will hold an in- quest. Coron rrman was notified to hold an inguest over the remains Mrs, Ant Maclane, cu lady, Whose death uted from injories by a fall from t ‘oof of her residence, 2 avenue, to the roof of the adjoining house, resulted in @ few minutes a'ter the accident, Edward Driscoll, a man twenty-fve years of age, fell into the dock foot of Delancey street, t River, and was drowned, The dody was subse quently recovered hy On‘er Woods and sent to the Morgue. Corover Herrman has the case in charge, Bridget mes, an trish woman thirty-three 3 of age, died at 420 Rast Forty-seventh the Cifcets of injuries received on Mor falling down a fivht of Deec Womin of very ‘intemp Sclitrimer will bold an inquest over the remains. A LITTLE GIRL PATALLY SHOT. A very tragic amulr, resulting in the death of a littie girl four years of oge, named Emeline Byet, occurred a! 101 Bowery about two o'clock yester- day afternoon, At the time named George Boxeil, thirteen years of age, while playing in the shooting gallery at the above number, took from the rack a ritie which he thought was unloaded, and, pointing it at Emeline, said in a playful manner, “I will shoot you.” Unfortunately the gun was loaded, and in replacing it tn the K it exploded, the bul- let taking effect In Emetine’s forehend, passing into the brain, redneing her to nncensciousness, Medi- cal aid Wag of no avail and death ensned ip au hour afterwards. The boy (Bokell) was taken in charge and detained at the Tenth precinct station house to await on investigation before Coroner Herrman, Both deceased and prisoner lived at 101 Bowery, SUICIDE OF A GERMAN WOMAN, The body of the woman found drowned In the dock foot of Cherry street, Rast River, was yester- day Mentificd at the Morgue as that of Mra. Sopnia Falke, a German woman, seventy-two ye: of age, late of 83 Hester street. Owing to tie recent death of 3 relative, aud other troubles, the mind oi Mrs, Falke had become unsettled, and white iH) that con- dition, it is believed, she committed suicide by juihp. jag overboard, Coroner Berman he'd on Inonent over the remeing, a en RSG a SSN TS ae ei § is on Sunday evening last. Mr. Oates | | | | elled walks SUMMER RESORTS, - HH The Beauties of Long Island Along the Atlantig and Bordering on the Sound. WHY TOURISTS “SHEER OF Dog-in-the-Manger Policy of thé Landowners. ab RS THE DIRTY WATERS OF ST. CATHERINE’S; HUNTINGTON, L. I. What a Tour Over Long Island Suge gests-Why It Is So Sparsely Inhabi- ted=The Garden Spot—How to Reach Here=Secnery—The Jesuits? Summer Retreat—A Pretty Church—Cold Spring Harbor and Its Attractions—Presidems tial Pepper Pods. ! Huntixeton, Joly 3}, 1872, | A tour over Long Island, such a& your corre: spondent has just completed, cannot fall to raise the mind ofthe observant tourist the serious consid- eration of the question, How can it be poasibie thaq this island, which hes so near the great over- crowded centers of the Empire State, New York and Brooklyn, and which possesses go many and v: attractions for beguiling the summer hours away; can be so little known and appreciated, compara- tively speaking, as it is found to be inmany places f Echo alone replies. Yet the question repeats iteels with greater force to the Inquiring mind. Oe! tt is that New York city, with its million of inhaht! tants, and Brooklyn's half million of souls, send to the seaside, hillside, mountain top or shady val’ ley not less than sixty thousand people to escape the baked atmosphere which is breathed in the tore rid days of midsummer within their precincts, Of this vast exodus, then, why is it that this Long Island, which is in the form of a fish—typical of one of the chief attractions—bounded by the deep blud waters of the Atlantic Ocean on the south and the Sound on the north, indented by a hundred bays and inlets, with charming little islands rising here and there, should be so sparsely settled? It may bs that the fault les to a considerable degree with e OLD SETTLERS ON THR ISLAND, : who lack that energy and enterprise which dls- tinguishes other people in this age of vrogress. ‘The veteran Islanders are a hard working people, frugal in habits, and painfully conservative im’ everything, They keep their money tn govern. ment bonds, refuse to sell their lands when a profit- able bargain is at hand, and “dog in the manger like,” they will not make the improvements them+ selves, Nevertheless these country prejudices can’ be overcome by enterprising capitalists, who can’ find, especially on the north side, many ming and valuable sites for summer residences at icason- able rates. The miserable mismanagement of the! ded the" ‘This! 8 Long Isiand Raliroad \or several years retard rowth of the Island to a considerable exte drawback has been partly redressed, however, and the erect is‘being made apparent gradually, But there remains wide room for improvement here, too, both as regards the route arrangement of the! time table and the system of bringing the matlq over the Northport and the Sag Harbor branches’ penpecdo ag: The branch which should ran aoe nee of Huntington, which has properly beem THe THE GARDEN CITY OF LONG ISLAND, j stops at a point a mile and a half from the town, The travelier by ratils compensated, however, for, the pourdey from the station over the hilix, hy one of the most attractive lindscape views to be found within @ hundred miles of New York. The most popular route, and deservedly 80 among Visitors to this and other pretty little spots m the vicinity, is, by the Sound, The steamboat D. R. Maitin runs! down here daily, leaving pier 37 East River at four, P. M., and running the distance forty. luiles) in two, hours anda half, Of the Sound scenery nothi need be said, its fame being widespread, Turning, Rocky Point the steamer enters Oyster Bay, and: calls at Lloyd’s Dock, on the high promenta! known a8 Lioyd’s Neck, which divides ttuntingt Bay from Oyster Bay. On this magnificent lead.) land, towering far above the waters of the Sound, { ‘THE JESUIT FATHERS of New York and Flushing have recently purchase a fine house and forty acres of land, to which the; resort In the summer, or when broken down im health at any season of the year. There are be- tween thirty and fifty of these learned and zeaioud ecclesiastics stopping here at pees indulging- remote from interruption—in bathing, fishing and sailing, and recuperating their phe and mental energies for another campaiga in the cavs? of ree ligion and education. »This lodgement of thé Jesuit fathers on Long Isiand has been variously, viewed by the old residents, who now begin tq recognize that an honor has been conferred upom them, and sterling benefit will accrue from the interest taken in the plac yy the Jesalt Order, The boat next stops at Jones’ dock, Cold Spring Ha bor, a beautitui, retired spot, with’ A pretty hotel situated on ihe side of a hill and sure rounded by szady groves. The bathing, boating and fishing here’ are delightful, and the accommo, dations for boarders admirable, Here a stuge is im g to convey passeugers a distance of four miles hilly country to the village of Huntington for cents. The first object, on reaching the hilltop, hich attracts the attention of the stranger ia the tall spire of St. Patrick's church (Catholic), which’ stands back from the road about twenty yards on the slope of the hill, surrounded by lolty trees, grav. and grassy terraces. The structure is ic order of architecture and js built of . The dullding, which is by furthe = * TIANDSOMEST CHURCH ON THR ISLAND, outside Brooklyn, will stand a8 a lasting memorial of the plety and zeal of the Rev, Father Crowley, the pastor—who for cleven years past has been on! the Long [sland mission—and the Catholics of Hunts ington. ‘here are a Presbyterian, a Congregational. ist, an Epi -opilan ‘and a@ Methodist house of worship aizo, There are tio hotels, two newapas pers and a public school here, The papers are ree of the Got ornate bri ‘The latter, is “the strongest in Huntington township by all odds.” So says ‘Squire Chartle Duryea, “mine host,” who has twice repres sented his county in the State Assembly, Nothing, can beat Horace here. Colonel Jeffery, onea of the Confederate army in Texas, who is living here, claims solid for the Philosopner, South and Noth Carolina, Texas will give 35,000 for the lucky old farmer, As for Mosby and ‘Toombs, he has not a particle of respect for their sentiments or opinions, speaking as a Southern man. He says Toom)s has only one idea, and that bee “he expects to go to Joun 0, Calhoun when he dies.” that the South will go with the exception of VISITORS, There are 2 number of people here from New York and Brooklyn, but nothing Uke the number that would come were they only to be coguizant of the quiet, pleasant place of sujourn itis, The milk are sweet and plentiful. Drives are ume. surpasses ‘There is bathing onthe beach, Rates of travel are reasonable, tie table passable, Aceom~ Morhitions ave, strange to say, scarce except In the hotels. Mosquitogs are uncnown at Huntington. | ST. CATHERINE’S, od How Hentthescekers Congregate to Drinks’ the Nastiest Water in the Country “Gude Tonics” from Dirty Pootx—Eu- chre vs. Melancholy—Hints to Intends ing Travellers. Sr. CaTnentNe's, July 27, 1872, St. Catherine's is Pow famous throughout the Union, not only ag @ watering place, but also for the ake of Its historical associations, The purtit played jn the war, as a haven of refuge fur the se cret service agents of the rebellion, and, stil! more recently, its selection by certain fallen mmany’ chieftains as thelr retreat from the storm of pepiie lend , lar indignation, would it Interest, even | thongh it nad no other claims to attention, Bat i¢ stil proudly retains possession of what first made it a summer resort—the nasticss and most natiseous water to be the wide world over, Marah, the nm tho wildern ss, Which the children of Israci named the place of bitter tera, could not in a compari- son of fluids hold a candie to it, I gaw a comple of newly-arrived gentlemen at the well only this Morning, and Was uo litte amused at tio extravae | want disgust and loathing with which the water Justy inspired them. It ts drawn from a greag depth, and a hard-featured old Scotchman [s the’ Presiding geulus of thls particular foun, With features Axed and immobile as the lineaments of, & ship's Mgurenead, he filed high the glies witht muddy, dirty yellow fui, and handing it to hha. guests said, “Ye will find it 4 RIGHT GUDR TONIC, EIR, for your dinner." Visitor the first took the proffered bowl, and albeit he somowhat hesitated at the smell, attacked it boldly, Alter the aevond eulp he Stopped, and, handing the glass to bis friend, CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.