The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1872, Page 10

10 ns REAL ESTATE MATTERS.: Events of the Past Week---The Im- portant Features Reviewed. A Bit of History Concerning a Fifth Avenue Lot. Wwenty-third Street Property Sold Comparatively Aow—The Importance Attained by West End Avenue Lots—Active Demand for Real Es- tate About 100th Street—Important Im- provements Progressing Thoreabouts— ‘The Attractive Drives from Central Park Northward—More Concern- ing the Projected Hotel Near the Grand Union Depot—Le- gal Sales to Come Off This ‘Week and Private Trans- actions Yesterday. A rather quiet, yet. not uneventful week, has just @osed upon the real estate market, which was marked by several important occurrences: haying eonsiderapie bearing upon the increased values of Property: One of these, and probably the most particular, was the meeting of the Commissioners to locate the Northern Boulevard, running from ‘W5th street to Spuyten Duyvil, to confer with the Property owners on the line regarding the pro- {posed improvements. The full particulars of the ‘two days’ session were duly chronicled in the HERALD. The most important feature of the week's events ‘wero the large private sales effected within the past six days, which fact fully sustains the opin- tons expressed in this column on the steady rise and healthy tone of rates in real estate, both east and west of the Central Park. Ip east side property we can quote the sale of a Jot, 25x100, situated on the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Ninctieth street, by Hall J. How, for the owner, Mr. Salter, to Senator Thomas J. Greamer, for $50,000. » The fact that this sale was made has little more interest than the transfer of a similar amount of property in a less favored locality than the aristo- cratic thoroughfare of the city, but a little secret history connected with this lot will net prove unin- teresting at this period. ‘With a great flourish of trampets this same plot, t ©orner of Fifth avenue and Ninetieth street, was ‘advertised for several weeks to be sold at auction om the 5th inst. The bulls and bears in real estate met im joint convention over the august event, ‘which promised to give them a “bone of conten- ton.” The bovine part of the operators pre- @icted the price to be realized from the sale of this lot should be as high as $60,000, and some, more venturesome, were even foolhardy enough to place the figures at $62,500. Bruin, however, quietly gathered his clan on the day of the sale, and all the auctioneer could get, after dwelling an unusually long time on the bids, was 000. The successful bidder announced his name 8s F. M. Green, which was then and there duly re- corded in the HaRap, with comments similar to whose above. A few days after this sale it began 0 be whispered that the aforesaid lot had been bought in, and this is now fully borne out by the fact that the prcsent purchaser (Mr. Creamer) had offered $52,500 for the same lot before it had been din the auctioncer’s hands. Mr. Creamer is proprietor of four lots adjoining this, and ex- ts to realize a good profit by holding on to them r some time to come, and as Ninetieth street is be widened during the next year his expecta- tions are more than ey, to go into speedy effect. Another important sale made on the east side @uring the past week was the two lots and brown stone houses on East Twenty-third street, adjoin- ing the Pike Rroperty, on the southeast corner of Broadway, and one lot on Twenty-second street, in the rear of those just mentioned, together, for 000, to Mr. J. F. Loubat. This property at one belonged to Mr. Corlies, an old auctioneer, ‘who originally paid about twenty-five thousand ‘dollars jor the same. Mr. Loubat has obtained a bargain, and has a good opportunity to realize 1,000 on his investment within the next twelve months. During the lifetime of the late S. N. Pike it was Bis ambition to obtain control of these same houses, und, in connection with the leasehold of half the block on Broadway belonging to him, he Antended to erect the finest opera house ever seen fim this country; but before he could accomplish his ‘object his useful career was cut short, Whether Mr. Loubat intends to alter this property into stores has not transpired, but such will ultimately have to be done on Twenty-third street, both east and west of Broadway, to accommodate the rapid Bptown movement of the retail fancy goods busi- nes 8. On the 17th inst. we quoted an important sale Of three lots, 76.8x100, located on the southeast corner of West End (or Eleventh) avenue and Seventy-third street, made by John McClave to Mr. E. A. Sothern for $30,000 cash, the purchase being ‘made by him for a permanent investment, which it certainly is, lots in the immediate vicinity being held at this rate, and very many at even higher pricey. Property in this vicinity cannot other- Wise than command nigh rates, it being located so advantageously between the Central Park and the pang Riverside Park, which a very few years ‘will see completed, Some curbstone brokers, aided by a real estate writer, have endeavored to play “bear” on lots located in this vicinity, but ve only succeeded in making themselves ridicu- Jous. ‘Their united efforts availed them naught, dor whoever knows anything of buying lots is cer- tain to be well posted on ruling prices im this as ‘Well as other localities, Considerable inquiry is being made for property Jocated on New avenue, which commences at 100th Btreet, running between Eighth and Ninth ave- ‘nues up to and connecting with the Grand Boule- vard. This avenue, next to Eighth and the Boule- vard, isdestined to be the principal location for residences on the west side, as is Madison avenue on the east. On the same principle the Tenth ave- mue must become the uptown business street. In- ‘vestments on this avenue have been very exten- sively made, and as soon as the proposed iimprove- Ments are completed and the street properly opened a large advance in prices must inevitably follow. The Morningside Park is now begun and will continue down to 100th street, which is one of the main entrances tothe Central Park. A inost beautiful drive may be enjoyed by entering the Park at Fifty-ninth street, coming out on the Grand Boulevard at 100th street or the Riverside Park, or eise continuing in the Central Park to 1th street, and rolling along, via avenue St. Nicholas, to the Morningside Park, Where the finest views may be had of the east of Harlem and the Long Island Sound, of the west of the noble Hudson and of the south o! Staten Island and the Narrows, Ali these attractions taken into consideration ‘cannot fail to fix this locality for a populous settle- ment of our fashionable inhabitants, who would be Billy to do otherwise than to erect their residences a8 hear Lo the Parks a8 possible. Operators in real estate hold this pew neighborhood in great favor for speculative purposes, and are daily reaping their reward for the loresight displayed in making judicious investments. Property in 125th atreet, tween the Sixth and Tenth avenues, is likewise actively inquired after. This street, 100 fect wide, is intersected by every fine gvenue running north, and is accessible from every locality. ’ Lots now command high rates, but when rapid transit once becomes @ reality then we may expect lancy prices to rule supreme and property hereabouts to disappear from the market altogether and be absorbed by private holders. At the junction of avenue St. Nicholas and this Street, Ninth avenue, Manhattan and 126th streets, a@ number of ots have recently changed bands at advanced prices, and the present owners could realize large proiits by selling at present if 80 dis- posed, But they hold on for un iucrease. We likewise noticed on the 17th inst. the fact that & party of gentlemen contemplated erecting a six mtory lire proof building, te be devoted to a first rate second class hovel near the Grand Central a@epot. Since then more facta have transpired. The capital is being subscribed rapidly, and it 1s more thau probable that lots on the southwest corner of Fifty-second street and Park avenue, 247 feet on the former by half of the block on the latter, besides a lot 25x100 on East Forty-first street, 150 feet west of yoarta avenue, forming aliogether within @ fraction of eleven full lots, willbe devoted to this new and antic enter- . If such @ hotel is erected in this locality and carried on by a good caterer tae undertaking can- Rot prove other than eminently auccesaful. This bet: holiday week very little business may be expected to be done in real ertate operations. pale legal sales are announced to take Pl _ MONDAY, DECKMAER 23, E. H. Ludlow & Co., by order of the Supreme Coort, ired 7. Acker, retsree, building Cy 1 24.6%96.2, b. fr, cor. lid st, b, and 1, SUB M. w. fr. cor. Lex. av., 16.6210, of. w. fr. cot aM 00.5, De . fr. cor, B it, 1, 25994, fr Gor di avo ti Walia ge th av., 41, 4 blockx74. 41, 3% blockx76, Hh av., w. she andl, 2.l4x ‘Water st, 0. P ng. b, and 1) fRx8e Peer! pt, & my 9 2h, 1, 23,9298 e, 101.10 w. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1872QUADRUPLE SHEET. THPORTANT REVELATIONS. |THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL FIRE. entre #., ©. 2. 291%. dtm 2 from corner Pear! st, 2b. andi, Irregular. Yesterday's private sales reported are as fol- lows :— 108 Broadway ; 26 full lots on the south ge of taal avec ming the entire halt block be- ore vinta Hi. Raynor, four lote on the west side of seein ri taeaa teen nose by ee ak ‘epungn each ae Yo “Lewis I. Phillips and others, for $175, DURYEA’S BURIAL. ‘The Last Remains of the Murdered Man Deposited in Greemweod Cemetery—A ‘Widow’s Grief, and Children Mourn- ing for a Lost Father. ‘The remains of Nicholas W. Duryea were buried yesterday morning, The corpse was at Mrs. Dur- yea’s residence, Port Richmond, S. I. It was in the same parlor in which the wealthy policy dealer had spent many happy hours. Friends and rela- tives came from New York, from Brooklyn, from Jersey, and it seemed as if the whole population of Staten Island had poured out to pay a last tribute to the murdered man. Mrs. Duryea had been very sick during the last few days, and night before last it seemed likely that husband and wife would be buried in the same grave. For three days after the murder of her husband she did not taste bit or drop, for three nights she did not close her eyes, being kept awake by visions of Simmons as he slayed her husband, and her deep anguish came near ending her life too. On Friday night Dr. Brownley was called. He found her still wild with grief, her body prestrate, her. heart near breaking. He told her that if she would not check her grief she could not live to see her husband buried. “Oh,” she cried in a low moan, “I WISH I COULD BE BURIED WITH HIM.” Her life was saved. She slept a little on Friday night and was strong enough yesterday to attend the funeral service. It was a sad sight to see her, the beautiful young widow, dressed in deep black, her face ashy pale and her whole frame trem- bling, as she viewed the body. The bright sun- beams struck into the room. They shone upon the cold, sad face. The hot tears fell upon the fore- head which had still the marka of deadly wounds. She looked him fullin the face and imprinted her feaverish lips upon his beloved face. She laid her throbbing head on his dead face. What burning kisses of love!—they were the last she could give him. How fast her tears flowed, and she had been weeping and sobbing these four days. She was the last to view the body. First the friends and relatives looked at the dead face. Tears filled their eyes as they stepped to the coffin. Some spoke to the corpse a few last words of kind- ness. “MY DEAR, GOOD FATHER,” cried the murdered man’s little daughter, a little girl of five years, who could scarcely comprenend that her father was dead. She understood it at least. This was a coffin, this was the corpse, How calm he looked. The face was white—it was made still whiter by the light that shone upon it— the eyes were closed, a faint shadow of a smile was on tne lips. He lay there, calm, tranquil, in a slumber of peace thatis never tobe broken by sorrow. He was dressed in black, in full dress. His hands were folded and held a beauttiul large camellia that shed its fragrance upon the corpse. The casket was magniticent. The silver plate bore the following inscription:— Qeeenenannere ne 1nenneee ne POONNNADOOSOLODRORNO LO DOOD RIGHOLAS W. DURYEA, ae ge Died December 16, 18’ nonnnnnennnanee: The body was conveyed to the church, which was crowded to overflowing. A gloomy stillness per- vaded the edifice, only broken by the low moaning ofthe widew. She sat at the head of the corpse, beneath the pulpit. Near her, at the head of the corpse, was a little table, with a crown of flowers, They were tuberoses, tearoses and camelias, white, chaste, filling the air with asweet odor. At the toot of the corpse was an anchor and a cross of flowers. They were large and exquisitely shaped. What a contrast were these fresh flowers to the cold, lifeless corpse and THE HEART THAT WAS STILL and beat no more. Dr. Smith, of Brooklyn, spoke a few feeling werds, There was perfect silence. Not a breath could be heard except that sad, low moan that came from the widow’s lips. And now they passed by in file to view the body, the congregation frst and then the family and Mrs. Duryea. Yes, she was to look upon him once more before he sunk into the tomb—the last meeting between husband and wife, the last kiss of love. The tears—would they never cease to flow?’—sprang forth again. She hung over the casket for along while; she whispered to him, to her dead husband. What was it she said? Nobody heard those last solemn words of duty. The vast church was silent asa grave—not a sound, the wife bending over the body of her murdered nusvand. She whispered, but THERE WAS NO ANSWER, She uttered words of love, but there was no response. No, net a _ breath, and the congregation saw her wringing her hands and struggling with those who would take her away. One last moment! It was the last—tne last parting on earth. There was not a dry eye in all the vast concourse. ‘The lid fell, and she saw no more the dear, beloved features. Even in his death they were so beautiful toher! How she would have loved to clasp him once more, to’ fold her dead husband to her heart! No; they tore her away, and her wails ef agony rent the air. The Rev. Brownley, the immediate pastor of the church, spoke a lew words in a voice that trembled with emotion, He prayed that those who inflict open-handed violence might reap the fruits of their crimes, and that those who im- brewed their hands in the blood of their brethren might suffer the penalty of their crime. He spoke about the charity and kind-heartedness of the dead. Mr. Brownley gave utterance to the feel- ings of the entire population of Staten Island. A pretty little woman, who was among the mourn- ers, said to the HERALD reporter :— “If 1 see that man Simmons in Court I shall put a bullet through him. I tell you, it would not take much to make the people of Staten Island go over to New York, drag the murderer to the first lamp- post and hang him. I should like to do 1t.’’ She was a next-door neighbor, and said that the whole community of Staten Island HAD BREEN SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED by this terrible deed. The body was in charge of Richmond Lodge, A. F. M., who conveyed it over to Greenwood. Mrs. Duryea and the brother and nephew of the mur- dered man followed in a carriage. As the long cor- tége wound its way through the crowded street the knell of the church bell was heard. It broke sadly upon the mourners, Tne widow heard it and burst into a wild food of weeping, until the sweet, sad sounds died away. In Brooklyn the Excelsior Lodge took charge of the body. It was conveyed to Greenwood, to the place Where the murdered man’s only son was uried but a short while ago. The procession halted and Mrs. Duryea was carried—she was not able to walk—to the grave. It was a lovely spot. The green grass, the fragrant flowers, the glisten- ing water near by, all made it beautiful. And what a bright day it was! The sun cast its most brilliant hues on this scene of sorrow, the birds careered and warbled overhead and flowers blossomed at the verge of the grave. THEY ALL TOLD OF LIFE, OF JOY, of happiness, but the corpse did not stir, and in the presence of all this beauty and sunshine the casket was lowered into tne earth. Slowly, slowly, it went down. Mrs. Duryea could see it no more. Awhite apron was then thrown into the grave and then a little sprig of acacia. As the Master of the Lodge threw the sprig into the grave he said, “Alas, my brother |"? and then the brother Masons bent over the grave and said solemnly, ‘We cher- ish thy memory here; we consign this body to dust (with uplifted arms); we commend thy soul to heaven.” The dull, heavy sound of the earth as it fell upon the casket was heard. The widow started; she rushed forward as if to stay those who were bury- ing him under the cold earth, and then she sank on the ground, with uplifted hands, She prayed to heaven. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The South Atiantic Squadron. WASHINGTON, Dec, 21, 1872. Despatches from Rear Admiral Taylor, command. ing the South Atlantic station, dated Rio Janeiro, November 23, have beeu received at the Navy Department. The Lancaster was at that port, the Ticonderoga in the River La Platte and the Wasp at Rio Grande del Sud. Commander Badger, of the Ticonderoga, reports great scarcity of seamen at Montevideo, and that many vessels are detained for want of crews. Large bounties are offered for seamen, A mntiny had occurred on the 11th of November at Montevideo, on board the American bark Leponto, bound from Montreal to Buenos Ayres, @ coneiderable mutaver of the crew ‘having refused to do duty, Through the sesistance of Commander Badger and the United States Con- sul the mutineers were arrested and sept to jail. A sufficient number of men were sent on uoard to take the bark to Buenos Ayre; Naval Orders. Wasurncton, Dee. 21, 1872. Téeutenant Commander N. H. Farqunar has been etdered to temporary duty in eharge of the prac tlee ships at the Naval Academy; First Assistant Engineer N. Y. Ross to the Wabash, European sta- tion; Second Assistant Ineer Jeferson Brown {incer BF, Wood, detached (roms We Navy Yard, meer . et je lavy Yar ow York, BOG awaits orders, iewip: FROM DEATH TO LIFE. Wasuincton, Dec. 20, 1872. A Thrilling Romance—A Farmer Supposed to | A Conspiracy to Defraud Have Been Murdered—The Remains of An- other Buried and a Tablet Erected Over tho Grave—The Property Duly Di- vided—Sudden Return of the Sap- posed-To-Be-Dead Father. Syracuse, Dec. 16, 1872. About five years ago the citizens of Dewitt township, in this county, were horrified to hear that a wealthy farmer named Blodgett, living near the village of Collamer, in the above township, had been murdered by some unknown persons in’ a lonely spot on the road leading from the farmer's residence to Collamer. He had left that village about ten o’clock one night with several hundréd dollars in his possession, and, it was supposed, had been waylaid, robbed and murdered, a8 he never reached home, and @ deadly struggle be- tween several men had been heard on that night inthe road at the Joseph Breed place, near Col- lamer, about the time that MR. BLODGETT should have passed. Mrs. Breed heard distinctly terrible threats made by some one of the party, subsequently the cry of murder, and then the re- treating footsteps of two or more men down the road. Too terrified to alarm any of the neighbors, none of whom tived very close by at that time, Mrs, Breed, convinced that a terrible crime had been committed, spent the remainder of the night in the intensest agony. The next day she heard of the disappearance of Farmer Blodgett, and then lost no time in tell- ing what she had heard. That the man who had cried murder the night before was the missing farmer there was no doubt in any mind, and the most urgent measures were adopted to trace his murderers and find find his body. Cicero swamp, north of Collamer, was searched for days by anx- ious and earnest men, and every piece of woods in the vicinity scoured for miles around. Rewards for the recovery of Blodgett’s body were offered and for the apprehension of his assassins, For months the search was kept up, but not a trace could be found of THE MURDERED MAN or the murderers. Strong suspicion rested on a man named Carey and two or three of his associ- ates, but no evidence could be found against him strong enough to warrant his arrest. When, some time afterward, Carey was convicted of the wilfal murder of a man named Joseph Johnson, at Colla- ; South chureh and of preparin mor, and sentenced to be hung, it became a settled conclusion that he was also the murderer of old Mr. Blodgett. Carey, by the way, was not hung. His sentence was commuted by the Governor to imprisonment for life in the Auburn State Prison. DIVIDING UP. When there remained no longer the possibility of a doubt in the minds of the Blodgett family that the old farmer was dead they took steps towards closing up his affairs, and having administrators appointed by the Court for that purpose. Mr, Blodgett was possessed of consfderable means and asplendid iarm, as he was about sixty years of age at the time of his supposed murder, and had led a life of industry and economy. ‘The administrators were sppoinked as petitioned, no opposition being made and the property was divided and apportioned to the heirs to the entire satis- faction of all. About this time a human skeleton, supposed to have been washed ashore, was found by a party of bathers on the beach of Oneida Lake, near the mouth of Butternut Creek. This is some ten miles from Collamer, but it was BELIEVED THAT THE REMAINS were those of the missing Mr. Blodgett, and were taken to his late residence, They were interred by the family, and &@ monument was placed over them in memory of the deceased. Time flew by, and the events of that night five years ago were almost forgotten by those not di- rectly concerned in them. ‘The Blodgetts pros- pered and added greatly to the property that the old man left, and they never thought of him other than asa dweller among the dead. It is no exag- geration to say then that there never was such a sensation created in any tamily as that caused rgd the Blodgetts, two weeks ago, by the receipt 0 A LETTER IN THE WELL-KNOWN HANDWRITING of their father, stating that he was still in the land of the living, In very destitute circumstances, in the ofl regions of Pennsylvania, and requesting that $100 might be sent him in order that he might come home. This letter was like a message from the dead, and it took the family most completely by surprise. It was admitted that the chirography was very like the long-missed oid farmer’s, that the signature was the exact counterpart of his. Yet they thought it might be the work of a clever swindler and they determined to have a per- sonal investigation made of the matter. One of the sons proceeded to the oil region, and found that the writer was really his long-appeared-to-pe- murdered father. He was reduced to beggary al- most, and no words can express the delight he manifested WHEN RE BEHELD HIS SON. He was brought back to his old home, and has been for days the all absorbing topic of conversa- tion the country round, the residents of which have called in hundreds to sce what they call the “dead man who has come to life.” Blodgett says he was not attacked on the night of his disappear- ance, and refuses to give any reason tor his singu- lar and extraordinary act of leaving a comfortable home, a fine family and splendid prop- erty, after living most leasantly with and enjoying the confidence of all, without a word or parting to a single one. But the sensation mongers are determined to have it that a murder was ‘committed in front of Mr. Breed’s on the night Mr. Blodgett went away, and their reason- ing is not altogether unplansible. In fact, it is ac- cepted as trae by the people hereabout. The vic- tim of the deadly assault that night, and whose re- mains were washed ashore by the waters of Oneida Lake a year or so subsequent to the murder, was ‘A JEW NAMED JULIUS OPPENHEIMER, or Openheim, who made periodical visits to this community previous to the time of Blodgett’s dis- appearance. ihe supposition that he was the mur- dered man is based upon the iact that since then he has not been seen in any of the villages there- about. That he was murdered by some of the des- perate characters of that part of the county to ob- tain money that he was supposed to carry, and his body buried in the lake, is now a@ belief so strong in the upper towns that only the appearance of the Jew once more among them can possibly shake. And who can say that it is not true ? STATISTICS ON PORK, Report of the Superintendent of the Cin- cinnati Chamber of Commerce—Great Increase in Pigs—5,670,000 Hogs Packed During the Season. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec, 21, 1872. The Superintendent of the Chamber of Com- merce, Sydney D. Maxwell, who has been gather- ing pork-packing statistics for the Chamber, sub- mitted a preliminary report to-day, from which it appears that 103 towns and cities West, exclusive of Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and Louisville, had packed up to various dates, ranging from December 6to the present time, 589,000 hogs. The estimates for the remainder of the season made by packers in these places aggregated 1,296,000, making the whole number for these places, which embrace nearly all the principal packing points of the West, exclusive of the four cities named, 1,886,000. This would make an increase over last year for the whole season in these places of 296,000 er pata r cent, The remainder of the West, not includi: the four cities named, packed last year 631,000, the increase in these places unheard from should be in the same ratio and a like increase take place in Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and Louisville, it would make the whole inerease in the four cities 475,000, and in the remainder of the West 412,000. ‘This would make an aggregate increase in the West of 837,000, and would make the exgregate packing of the West for the season 5,670,000. The report states, however, that the number to be packed in the four large cities named will be con- trolled by contingencies that might change this estimate as to these cities, St. Louis already claim- ing that she will pack 575,000, which would be an increase over last year of thirty-seven.per cent. Of eighty-four cities and towns that report on the matter of weight fifty-three report hogs heavier than last year, twenty report them about the same and eleven report them lighter, With reference to lard, of seventy-nine places forty report the yield from leaf and trimmings heavier, twenty-six repert it about the same and thirteen report the yield lighter than last year. BOOLESIASTIOAL REMOVALS IN BOSTON. Boston, Dec. 21, 1872. The remaine of the bodies interred in the site of Trinity eburch have all been removed, the last cas- kets having been taken from there this morning to be interred elsewhere. The work of removing the pews from the old the bnilding for a londay. Post Cfice will commence on ARMY ORDER, WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 1872 Major Chauney McKeever, Assistant Adjutant Gencral, is relieved from duty at the headquarters Of the Department of the East, and ordered to San Antonio, for duty in the Depariment of. Texas. United States and the C%rerokee Po An dictment of the Conspirators—History of the Great Indian Land Controversy. “Information has been received here that a true bill was found at the recent term of the United States Circuit Court, held at Asheville, N. 0., against George W. Swepson, John T. Deweese, W. Levi Love, John W. Thomas and several others, for a conspiracy to defraud the Cherokee Indians and the United States government out of a large amount of money. The original location of all the Cherokee Indians was that mountainous region of country compris- ing Western North Carolina, Northwestern South Carolina, Northeastern Georgia and Eastern Ten- nessee, Immediately after the close of the Revolutionary War North Carolina, by the act of 1783, acknowledged the title of the Cherokees to the lands claimed by them within her limits and actually guaranteed their tide for securing them a permanent home, Tn 1808, the tribe, as shown by the preamble of the treaty of 1817 with the Unived States, was recognized as divided into upper and lower towns, The upper towns sent a@ delega- tlon to Washington to represent to the President of the United States the desire of their people to “engage in the pursuits of agriculture and civilized life,” and to remain permanently in the country they then occupied, while the lower towns desired to remove West, “where game was plenty.’ This is the origin of the division of the Cherokee nation into the Western and Eastern Oherokecs, the latter branch, numbering about twelve hundred, still residing amongthe gaves of their fathers in Western North Carolina and Northeastern Georgia. On the 9th of January, 1809, President Jefferson replied to the delegation that the United States desired to gratity the wishes of both parties. Those who desired to emigrate should be provided with the means, and “those who desired to remain might be assured of the patronage, ald and good neigh- borhood of the United States.’’ The treaty of 1817 carried this policy into effect. The first article cedes to the United States all the land in the boundary designated, and in consideration therefor the United States stipulated, in the third article, to have a census taken of the whole tribe, includ- ing in one class a small portion of the tribe that had already emigrated to Arkansas together with those desiring to emigrate; and, in the other class, those who desired to remain East and engage in agriculture and the pur- suits of civilized life. By the fourth article the an- nuities due the tribe were to be divided and paid to these two classes or divisions in proportion to their numbers. A part of the lands East owned by the Cherokees were to be surrendered to the United States in proportion to the number of emi- grants, to whom, by the fifth article, the United States stipulated to give an equal quantity of lands West, “‘acre for acre,’’ for the lands which they, in proportion to their nuntbers, were entitled to East. To the other class, those desiring to remain, the United States stipulated to pay the value of their improvements on the lands ceded and also to al- low them to take reservations on the ceded as well as the unceded territory of 640 acres for each head of a family. Under this provision a large number of reservations were entered and on this provision the Eastern Cherokees found their still unsettled claims for reservations. By far the most important treaty, however, made with the Cherokees is the treaty of 1835. By this treaty the Cherokees, still remaining east, ceded every acre of their territory east of the Mississippi to the United States. The consideration to be paid by the United States for this cession was $5.000,000. The second article of this treaty provides that the United States, under former treaties and under the present, as a fulfilment of subsisting stipulations, shall convey to the Cherokee Indians, within a de- scribed boundary west of the Mississippi, 7,000,000 of acres of land, with @ perpetual outiet west. The twelfth article of the treaty provides that all individuals and heads of families of the Cherokee Nation that are averse to a removal West shall be entitled to receive their due portion of all the personal benefits accruing un- der this .treaty. Under this article the Cherokees residing East claim their pro rata shall be in all the lands which were ceded to their nation at the time of the treaty. Tne details of the Cherokee land controversy are complicated, but the substance is as above stated. The Western Cherokees claim that the exclusive title to these lands are vested in them, and that the Eastern Cherokees can only participate in the enjoyment of them by removing West. The Eastern Cherokees claim the right to remain where they are and receive their pro rata share. The controversy hi had an eventful history, Attorneys General Mason and Crittenden, and a former Secretary of War and of the Interior, have decided in favor of the Eastern Cherokees; but their decisions, owing to some cause or other, have not been executed. The matter is still pending and vast interests are involved—the interests of railroad and land com- panies and corporations, The treaty of 1866 would have cut off the Eastern Cherokees with an allowance of $250,000. But additional legislation Was necessary toexecute the treaty, and this the representatives of the Eastern Cherokees have so far succeeded in preventing. A statement of the claim of the Cherokees East and a digest of the seventeen or eighteen treaties touching upon it have been filed with the Senate Committee on In- dian Affairs. The whole Cherokee business will be most likely taken up and disposed of this ses- sion, probably referred to a special committee or to the Supreme Court by a special act. Fraud has accompanied the history of the Cherokee case at every step, and it is hoped that the indictment found against the persons whose names are given above will elicit discoveries which will lead to the final settlement of this long contest on terms just to the Indians and honorable to tne United States, BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. There were 348 persons arrested in Brooklyn dur ing the past week. The tax collection in Brooklyn daring the past ‘week Was $585,824 52, The Colored Orphan Asylum has realized $300 from their fair during the past week. Street Commissioner Furey has purchased the right of landing at Coney Island Point for $6,100 per annum. The Reform Committee of Fifty met yesterday, and oR the proposition to increase the salary of the District Attorney. A fire occurred at Jones, Henry & Co.'s axle man- ufactory, 131 and 138 North Third street, E. D., at half-past six o’clock last evening, damaging the ablishment to the extent of $500; insured for ,000 in several different companies. Wills proved this week.—Henry Johnson, of the town of Gravesend; John Kerr, Pilkin Page, Ellen Purss, James Harper, Anthony Geteus, Charles F. M. W. Niedner, George M. Kichener, William Stolta, Vaniel Smith, James Baines, John Doherty ard Eloise B. Smith, all of the city of Brooklyn. Let- ters of administration were granted in the he Following named deceased per- Smith, Bridget Connolly, Edward J. Lewis, Mary Millward, Francis Banner- Jonn L. Schne der, George W. Kirtland, M ret Green, Frederick Kohimann, Hen- ry fons, Thomas Sargent, Elizabeth Wintzen, Patrick Canney, Catharine Purcell, Mary Cross, Mary Ann Heyden, hariah Si e, Peter O'Neill, Babet Hugenbac er and Elien McCarthy, all of the city of Brooklyn. Letters of guardianship of the person and estate of Maud Colgate were granted to Josiah 8. Colgate, her father, and of William Me- Alany to Mary Aun isoyle, his mother, all of the city of Brooklyn, The examination of the charges of Dr. Echi- vernia in regard to the Ward's Island horrors, and kindred outrages alleged to have been committed other city lunatic asylums, still continues at the T aremenl of Charities and Corrections. Aside jrom the members of the State Commission and some of the Commissioners of Charities and Cor- rection, omy Dr. Echiverria and his counsel and the committee’s stenographer are allowed to be resent. Pregessor Dwight, of Columbia College, Prestaent of age State Commission, was absen' yesterday, but the investigation proceeded with- gut delay. Ths Commissioners of Charities and Correction express @ hearty wish that jt was over. ‘The Proceedings at the Coroner’s Inquest Last Evening, THE INVESTIGATION A SEARCHING ONE, Further Adjournment Un- til Monday. The adjourned inquest relative to the death of the eleven girls who perished during the Fifth Avenue Hotel fire was resumed last evening ut the hotel. A luxurious room was provided by the proprietors for the accommodation of the spec- tators, and the investigation was conducted under more comfortable circumstances than it had previously been at the Coroners’ Omice at the City Hall. A large number of witnesses were examined, but, as the Coréner had previously done, by his directions the ‘more important ones were hustled off before they had suMcient time to testify. Many important questions were squelched in this way by the undue haste of the Coroner. ‘There was quite a large number of persons present last night and considerable interest was evinced in the proceedings. One of the female servants who was examined gave very in- telligent evidénce, and her story had ® favorable effect for the hotel. Some of the jurors were per- sistent 1n their endeavors to find out the truth, particularly General Spinola and Mr, Gardiner, ‘The investigation has been furtner adjourned until to-morrow night, Frank Burke, Assistant Foreman of Engine 16, was the first witness examined. He detatled how he got up the hose to the upper part of the house; when he got to the top he turned the light on, and saw two bodies in a room; I then saw Several more, lying near the window; I did not count how many there were; I waited then until the Chief Engineer came up; there were remnants of charred bedsteads in the room; I was the first person who discovered the bodies; the fire was entirely subdued when I discovered the bodies; there was little or no smoke; two of the bodies were under the bed. Mr. Sanders—You are sure you examined the bodies sufficiently to be sure they were dead? Witness—Oh! my God! yes; they were cooled off, (Laughter.) CHARLES W. GRISWOLD Was the next witness. He testified as follows:—I am one of the proprietors of the hotel; I was in my room the night of the fire, and was called about ten minutes past eleven; I came out and ascer- tained that the fire was burning flercely on the fourth floor; I instantly started towards the office down the grand staircase; on my way down I met Mr. Evans, who belongs to the hotel and told him ro give the alarm to the Fire Department, which he did; when I reached the ofilce I told the clerks to keep cool and quiet; I then went up stairs again; I encountered when I reached the fourth floor Mr. Dermott, a servant, and told ° TO GIVE THE ALARM; to hurry on in the direction of the fire; in a few minutes after the firemen arrived; 1 remained in the house all the night; I cannot Lonitively say how long it was after the fire broke out until the firemen arrived; have been connected with the house since 1866; I don’t know who caused the new screens to be put uponthe windows; they were on when I first came; it never occurred to me that they would be danger- ous in case of fire, as I thought the means of es- cape numerous enough. en, Spinoia—Had the man to whom you gave the word toalarm the guests any opportunity to Teach the servants’ apartments? Mr. Griswold—Yes; we had direct communica- tion with the apartments and could easily reach them; my order was a general one; there was a door separating the mens’ attics from the womens’; the instructions of the night watchmen were gen- eral; in the event o: @ fire breaking out it is their duty to alarm the ofice at once; there isa superintendent in charge of the watchmen; I have no knowledge of what force it would require to PUSH ONE OF THE SCREENS OFF; I did not that night visit the rooms in which the bodies were found. W. J. C. Meighan was sworn and testified as follows:—I am connected with the HERALD: was in the hotel the night of the fire; about six minutes after eleven o’clock I thought I smelt smoke and I asked a man connected with the hotel was there a fire, and he said there was a little fire in the laun- dry; 1 then went to the telegraph office; I re- mained a few minutes and then went up stairs; there was a dense smoke, and I noticed three or four of the employés of the hotel running about in @ thorougly DEMORALIZED CONDITION ; Ineard screams in the direction of the girls’ attic; Icame back to the office and I thought I would again ask about the fire; | went upto the desk and inquired again; they told me that there was a smail fire in the laundry, but there was no use in making @ fuss about it; no one, so far as I could learn, had given an alarm for the Fire Department; the firemen did not arrive until about twenty-five minutes past eleven, and judging from their usual promptness in getting to fires after receiving an alarm, I should think they had not been alarmed more than five minutes before they arrived, at the very latest; the last time I went up stairs 1 noticed that efforts were being made to extimguish the fire by the house firemen. James McDermott was the next witness called. The tollowing is his testimony:—I am head freman at the house; I was aaleey in bed the night of the fire; I was asleep, as I said, but I woke up when the alarm of fire was given; I occupy room 534; I got up and put on my clothes and ran to the pump; 1 turned on the steam valve, as the ump was not working; I put them in | ad order and went up stairs again; I met Mr, Griswold on the stairs, and he told me to knock at all the doors and give the alarm; I did not go upto the girls’ attic, as I thought THE YELLING there was would have ele rmed them; I went out upon the roof and met Mr. Darling; there was @ line of hose upon the roof; Mr. Darling thought there was not suficient pressure upon the hose, and sent me down to have more put on; after the fire was out { went up to the girls’ room and saw some ofthe bodies; the bodies were rolled in blankets and sheets and were lowered down, To a juror—I did not think {t «necessary to go BP to the girls’ attic; I went up as far as the fift! floor and knocked at as many doors as I could; it did not take me many minutes until I had got the house apparatus to work; Il cannot exactly say on what floor 1 met Mr. Griswold; there were a great Many people rushing about; they seemed scared; 1 did not go up to the girls’ .attic; I was under the impression that the orders I received were to ALARM THE GUESTS, NOT THE SERVANTS; it was after eleven o’clock when I woke up; when I got to the billiard room I found one man there; it did not occur to me that it was duty to go to the assistance of the girls Iheard screaming; I thought my first business was to get the water on. Felix McGinty was the next witness sworn—I am a watchman at the hotel; I am stationed down stairs, near the laundry; the first I heard o! fire I was on the Twenty-fourth street side waiter told me, and I ran to the laundry, an from there I went up to the fourth’ ‘floor; I saw girls coming out of the room; 1 asked them was every one down, an they said yes; I thought tnere might be some one inside, and I took an axe-and broke down the door separating the men’s rooms from the women’s; the door gave way after two or three blows; this was about ten minutes atter I heard of the fire; { don’t know how the door was secured; I made an opening suficient to in; the smoke was very dense and I could not go far, as I was AFRAID TO BE SUFFOCATED; the door was not entirely demolished; I had been told of this door by the clerks and what I was to do in case of fire; { had other instructions as to my duty about other parts of the house; for in- stance, the wine cellar, John Webb testifed—I am night clerk of the hotel ; my instructions to the watchmen are that they shall examine every place in the house and see that the buckets are full of water, and to do this every time they make the round ; Ihave spoken to them about what I considered the most danger- ous parts of the house; they were also in- structed to open the door leading to the girls’ attic every time they passed it and to see that there was no fire, and in case fire did occur, which would make it dangerous for the girls, to break the door down; I considered that this was a dangerous part of the house in the event of fire; I was in bed the time of the fire; when I awoke I could not tell where the fire was; lasked a watchman had the people been called, and he said he did not know; I TOLD HIM TO CALL EVERY ONE, and he started to do so; I don’t know whether he Went to the girls’ attic or not; the Fifth Avenue Hotel is one of the safest hotels for servants and guests I have ever been connected with. General Spinola—As an hotel expert, do you consider that the rooms in which the girls slept, with the — blocked, the screens upon the windows, and this door leadii to the top attic barricadea, was safe in case of fire * The witness made several evasive answers and attempted to shirk the question, but he finally said that under the circumstances the place wouid not safe; but he denied that the door was barri- caded; ft could easily have been knocked down with @ man’s foot. General 5; ja—A strong man has testified here to-night that it took three or tour heavy blows of an axe; I examined the door, and in my opinion it could not be kicked down with a man’s foo John Thompson sworn—I belong to the hotel; was when | first heard the alarm I in bed asleep; I got up and kicked the screen out of my window and went over to the gitis’ rooms; I helped some of them who ‘Were on the roof to get ito ons rooms; I was told z z a5 3. i 8 ee i i up and saw some girls on the roof; I helped into my room, ane then lo do’ 2 lying upon the floor: : to her until she was ital. ‘ t McElroy sworn—I am employed laundry of the Fifth Avenue Hotel; I Toom 620; I was in bed the night of the Isiept woke me up; 1 went out room and saw smoke; the first man I George the German, and I told him FOR GOD'S SAKE TO OPEN THE and let the girls out; I kicked a screen & wine dow and went out upon the roof; I had no difi- culty in getting out upon the roof; fifteen or sbx- oe of the girls went out by the same window that Mary Mooney examined—I am a servant at hotel; I occupied room 508; Z waa about to retire when the alarm was givens I escaped down stairs by the servants? staircase; before | went down stare 1 to alarm the rest of the girls; two es down Bh the stairs the same way I aid; before Ywent dewa: Thad spoken to a girl who occupied room 510, an@ she tola me she heard my alarm, and came ont; she said some of the girls who were burned heard. the alarm, too, and wondered they did not eacape. bt the ple he oan Bevery Spinola the investi- jon was 1 urned until evel ing, in order that the girls who proceed from room 511, who can naturaily throw nrich light upon the subject, could be produced as witnesses, MISS NEILSON AND THE PIPTH AVENUB , SUPPERERS, 3 To THe Epiror of THE HERALD:— r ‘Sir—It was my wish to have given a reading last Week for the benefit of the sufferers by the late fire at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, but th ule avoidable circumstances was prevented from car< rying out my intention. I therefore enclose you $250, which please apply to the purpose: above named. 1am, sir, yours tealy. LILIAN ADELAIDE LEE-NEILSON, FirrH AVENUE HOTEL, Saturday, Dec, 21, 1872, , THE FIFTH AVENUE FIRE. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The community owe you a debt of gratitude for the faithful and accurate report of the proceedings of the Coroner’s jury in the Fifth Avenue Hotel fire, There evidently is @ purpose on the part of some persons, other than the proprietora of the hotel, to smother the damaging facts connected with this painful calamity. The thing appears per ectly transparent, from the fact that the HERALD is the only paper that had the independence to give a fulk report of the proceedings before the Coroner’s jury. It is quite clear to the writer of this note that it is not intended to have the facts in connec- tion with the burning of the eleven poor servant gos get before the public, know: they do that hey will be very damaging to those who, with their agents, are trying to conceal them. ‘The pub- lic, therefore, look to you for protection through your valuable journal, and ask that you will con< F 5 H 3 & EF a 82 Pe & a 5 tinue to spread all the facts as they shall be de- veloped before the thousands of readers of New York HERALD. ICE» ° THE KEROSENE BURNING CASUALTY, Mr. Flanders Held to Bail, ' Mr. Albert F. Flanders, the young man arrested on Friday afternoon by Detective Heaty, of the Coroner’s office, charged with selling the kerosene oil with which Miss Gregory, of 149 Sixth avenue, was fatally burned, as previously reported, yesters day morning appeared before Coroner Herrman, at the City Hall, and made an aMdavit which tends to relieve him of much responsibility in tae matter. Mr. Flanders says he keeps astore, at 149 Sixth avenue, in which he sells kerosene and. other bse and may have sold kerosene to Miss. G Al as to that he is sure he would not have sou otk had he known it was below the standard red by law;,he is acquainted with the regulation of the Board of Health regarding the sale of oil, for which he has a license; he bought the oil of a wholesale eddier named N. A. Bodine, of Ninth avenue, near ‘wenty-ninth street, and sold the same, in the condition in which it was purchased, Coroner Herrman held Mr. Flanders to bail in $1,000, the bondsman being Mr. Joseph L. Greeley, of 18 and 15 Greenwich avenue: FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG. The axle factory of Jones, Henry & Oo.,131 and 133 North Third street, Williamsburg, was damaged by fire between six and seven o’clock last evening, to the amount of about four thousand dollars. In; sured for $15,000 in various compames. fire not suspected. FIRES IN WAKEFIELD, MASS. | Boston, Dec. 2f, 1872, Safford’s planing mill, in Wakefield, witha large quantity of lumber, was burned last night, Tite losp is estimated at $80,000, The property was partly insured, NEW YORK CITY. Taxes paid this week, $400,477. The police arrested 1,506 persons during the pasB -Week. Marshal Hart granted 153 licenses during thé Week, and received $276, There were 527 deaths, 410 births, 160 marriagep and 41 still births in the city last week. There were sixty-one complaints of violations o8 Corporation ordinances made last week. The steamer knode Island, built by Henry Steers for the Stonington Steamboat Company, will be launched at Greenpoint at three P. M. to-morrow, Fire Marshal McSpedon reports thirty-seven fires for the it week. The estimated loss upon them is ‘$7.77 and the insurance $69,700, Fifteen cases of smallpox were reported to Dr. Janes, City Sanitary Inspector, last week. Eight! deaths occurred from the disease. Ten additiona inspectors have been added to the lar corps by: the Board of Health to check the er spread of smallpox. t The Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital has ree cently added a department for the gratuitous treatment of throat diseases. The climiosare hel@ at the hospital, 233 East Thirty-fourth street, om Tuesdays, isa be and Saturdays of each week, at two o'clock P. M. The Children’s Aid Society are to give entertains ments on Christmas Day to the mmates of the Newsboys’ Lodging. House, 49 Park place, the Girls’ Loaging House, at 27 St. Mark’s Riv- ington street, and the similar institut at 213 West Eightcenth street. Comptroller Green reports the receipts of taxes: forthe past seven days have been as follows:— December 14, $315,855 47; December 16, $18,600 955, December 17, $16,602 57; December 18, $18,838 073 December 19, $13,606 39; December 20, 875 065 December 21, $14,472 14. Total, $414,949 Coroner Herrman was yesterday called to St. Luke’s Hospital to hold an inquest om the body of Dennis Daley, asingle man, twenty-five years off age and born in Ireland, whose death was the re- sult of injuries received on,the 17th instant by fall ing through a building in Fifty-sixth street, be- tween Ninth and Tenth avenues. Contributions are ‘solleited for the Christmas festival of the Union Home and the School for Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans, and may be sent ta Mr. Barnes, at the Home on the Boulevard; to Mra. Charles P. Daly, $4 Clinton place ; Mra, Admiral Fars ragut, 116 East Thirty-sixth street, or to Mrs. David Hoyt, 129 East Forty-sixth street, . There will be o celebration, with appropriate exercises, by the children of the Colored Orpham Asylum, Tenth avenue and 143d street, on Thurs- day next. It is also intended to give them a Christmas dinner, Donations for the latter will be received by Mr. J. Stokes, 87 Madison ane or at the Asylum. A Christmas tree is also tated, About ten o'clock yesterday morning Mr, Edward C, Reid, a man thirty years of age, who is supposed to have been connected with &@ dry goods house in the city, was taken sick in the Grand Central Hotel and by his own request was removed to the Tremont House, 665 Broadway, where death en- sued soon afterwards, probably from disease of the heart. Coroner kerrman was notified, James Donahue, Superintendent of the Free Labor Bureau, Nos. § and 10 Clinton place, makes the following report of business for the week end- December 21:—Applii Ub, eeeraiec var asem ae ae procured for 145 males and females whole number of situations procured for the week, 577. /