The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1873, Page 13

{UE BESL ESTATa MARKET, Crand Sale of the Bradhurst Estate. “>.< AMOUNT REALIZED $445,525. <b matt mtg ts THE AUCTION A GREAT SUCCESS. A Decidedly Healthy Tone in West Sie Property Established. ——_+—_____. PARTICULARS OF THE SALE. The Men Who Patronize the Exchange. ‘HMPORTANT TRAFFIC IN SUBURBAN REALITY Jones’ Wood Lots at Auc- tion To-Morrow. As predicted in this column, the sale of the Brad- hurat estate yesterday was in every sense of the ferm & highly successful affair, and the amount Tealized for each lot was more than the most san- % guine operator dared to expect. The Bradhurst property is located in a most eli- ‘gible situation and on high ground. At the same time 6 is @ great way up town, and none of the side streets are opened, yet the rapid march of 1m- provements wil! very soon force the Corporation to Ox the grade, curbs and gutters, and otherwise put ‘the thoroughfares in a state of completion ready Ao build upon. Takihg this state of affairs into con- sideration the prices obtained yesterday were ex- tremely good, inasmuch as each lot—good, bad and indifferent—realized a fraction over $2,300, the total amount of the entire sale (135 lots) being $445,520, The lateness of the season must also be taken Into consideration, as having a certain effect upon sales of land in this city, as well as the heavy “loads” carried by the large operators; yet with all these drawbacks the disposition of the Bradhurst estate was asignal victory. The prices obtained Gemonstrated a healthy state of affairs existing in wvest side property and definitely settles rates for dots on this portion of Manhattan Island, We have had, thus far, four very extensive and high-toned sales of property this season, consisting, of the Post, Carman, Harpen and Bradhurst es- ‘tates, all of them realty well and favorably known, and in each case the sale was peremptory and with- Out reserve. A great part of the success is due to the efforts of Messrs, Muller, Wilkins & Co., the auctioneers having charge of the same, and as ‘these gentlemen insist upon liberal advertising, they generally obtain not only a good attendance, ‘Out also good prices. Yesterday the large assemblage congregated at the Exchange Salesroom presented really a re- freshing sight after the stagnation existing in real estate matters ior several weeks past. We saw gathered the millionnaire, who came prepared to purchase provided the prices he had marked out ‘on his catalogue were not overbid. We observed then the moneyed man, who merely came to watch the sale in order to judge whether his lots located contiguous to the estate then under the hammer either increased or decreased the value of his pos- sessions. The operator in lots was on hand to watch fora bargain, and many would-be buyers ‘who had all the inclination to purchase but lacked the wherewithal, and the lounger, who could while away 8 couple of hours, made up the motley throng, ‘pu ey. filling the hall when yesterday’s sale place. Punctually at twelve o'clock noon Messrs. Adrian AH. Muller, Sr. and Jr., ascended the stand, and the tatter commenced to read the terms of tne sale, ‘which provided that each purchaser was required ‘to pay ten per cent at the office of Mr. Henry Nicoll, attorney for the heirs, on the day of sale, besides the auctioneers’ fee of $20 on each lot pur- chased, The balance of the first money—twenty r cent—must be paid on the 20th of June, and the yalance of seventy Re cent may remain on bond and mortgage for three, five or seven years, at seven cent interest. Mr. Nicoll occupied astand alongside of the auctioneer. Lot No. 1, located onthe northwest corner of avenue St. Nicholas and 147th street, 24x100, was wtarted at $7,000. after considerable sparring it ‘was knocked down to Mr. V. K, Stevenson, Jr., for ‘$8,000, This price may be considered very reason- able, and Mr, Stevenson secured a bargain. At all events this gentieman set the ball in motion, and afver all the lots fronting on avenue St. Nicho- das were disposed of at good Brlces, the bidding . Lots Nos. 8 and 9, with the privilege of six ining, were then offered. The price bid at first vas $2,000. Mr. Thomas Murphy, ex-Collector of ‘the Port, who was present, infused some life into ‘the proceedings and kept up the bidding, when at 33,380 the two lots were accorded him and he claimed the privilege of the other six. The same tleman likewise purchased the thirteen lots ad- foining .the same for $2,325 each, thus securing wenty-one lots on one street, for which he has Offered a large advance since the sale. The following are the particulars relating to the property sold :— 'V. K. Stevenson bought the lot sitnated on the n. w. ‘corner of 47th st. and St. Nicholas av., 24.11x100, 8,000 ‘2M, Bell bought the two lots on the w. 6 of St Richo-, ah se ckiln bo Wade oe te gd av. . J. Macklin bought the lot. oi q ference ley bought the lot adjonnin }, 25100, 5 . Bell bought the lot. adjoining, 4.112109, on the & W. corner of St. Nicholas av. and 148th st.. ‘LL. Friedman bought the 3 jots, 75x99,11, on the ‘of 147th at., 100 ff. w. of St, Nicholas av. Murphy bought the 8,lots Also the 13 Patrick Cassidy bought the lot 24.11x100, on the in. e. corner of 147th st. and 10th av............. ‘W. Seline bought the 5 lots adjoining, each 25x100 Louis Sux bought the next lot adiouning, 25x10... Algo the lot adjoining, 24.11, on the se. corner of 10th ‘ay. and 14sth st... ¥ A, Baker bought ih of 148th ot, e. of 10th a B.P. Fairchild bought the joining, each vibes bh, jomestead mansion, which extends 6 i ic live of 148th at, and which will have two be re- moved when the street is cut through, was sold, of which are on the . a be: the 2, of =, adh} Buckley bonght the lot, 25.6%x' orner of 148th at. and St. Nicholas Also the 3 lots adjoining, 76.7\4x04.' W. i Aulen ought the $ lots, 7a Tige@l aexis =oree . Nicholas av. YG Also the 4 lots on the ss. of 149th st., cn awe ane i NI jag aV., each 2,925 Papi cra: 600 ME ESwréace bougbt ihe 4 iots adjoining, ae Jai Iman bought the 4 IH, eae ©.8 Polhemu Il, each. E pao9. 01 exer) C. 8. Poltiemus bought the lot, 24.1ix100, on the 6. John Weber bought the 2 lots ‘adjoining, And the lots next adjoining, enc Wrwatine Sought the tot. FLAet00, {no a. @. corner of 10th ay. and lasth st. And E x9G.11, on the ns. of 148th ofS! Poihemee bough i 25299.11, each 2,600 George taeh, 2,700 John M 2,725 3,275 2,275 E. ey bought the two iois adjoining, |, each. fi Dought the 8 | hh 2599.11, on ithe a8 of Lusch st,900 feet e- of Win av, CaCl. ‘The fotlowing sales were effected by Messrs. Ludlow and Messrs. A. J. Bleecker & Co. :— BY R11. LUDLOW AND CO. Ss. DK. h. and lease of t Tot, n. & Ghd ste. of 3dav. (Goelet lease, 4: 5 te (Gosia Yonso, tated Way". 187, 20 yenrs to rin aun taft. lot 252100.5); Peter Goelet, Llote. s. Ist av., 00.11 OF O: B. P. Meehan, veel reds iey otra 2 Os bk. band 1, 1088 SY “av. Ww. 8, between Bist and 700 #t#., lot 20290; 8 Pinner... eves tL) 46.0.8 B. andi, i7 Bast eof Bd av, fot BlxtO0a; 8. Pinuersss creer os 0 FE My Cliff st, 1. Ry 47, 25.19K81.8K25 1x2; Bookman « &@, all otorest the Jor in Tear of this. and above and forming part of wuld above Geetalace, BE Gad TaS Tt eh ers cr ants abow 73 ft. ¢, ot Montgomery st,, 26 695.1: 8, KS th wot White at. Is nce «14,000 IMPORTANT SUBURBAN 8, W. D, Meliick, at the Carrie saic , Third ward, Oity of Bayonne, yesterday, proved most con- Clusively Ghat real escuce is nol dead in New Jereaw mrapo, | 3 | ‘ustinguisuing the amounts imported and exporte | NEW YORK ‘two lots were peter oF AGN The Prot antndipead prolate ue Gat cnek wbout aeventy years, moving originally ut thirt, Sonar ore, Yesterday it realiaed about five ¢houtand dollars por acre. ‘ 2 tots; 0. Clewatand ... $140 cata ange Rock eg lousa u benne rR Tote Pong s. block 73, Biola; 6. 8 Kiawor ‘st Lote t aud 2, block 75, 3 lots, J BeOneth . 10m) Bry: pre Te 0, Ulevolana ; ree ta lots, BB ” Lee ed ae aa and Hl, block 7% ; ; Low ati, block 79 2 lots; B. b ‘34 Vous Li and 1¢, block 79, ? lota; J. Katferty: 800 Hola Wo and 16 block Ty i Graves. “on Lot 17, block 78, 4 lot, Tot 44; biock 7#, Tlot;y 9. '¥. Loot 18, blook 79, | loti W. ¥. Browns...) 0.) Lots 2 and 23, block ¥, #tots; M. Jacob ||! 246, 2, blook 79, 4 lots: W, H. Mason. on Poet Lend 2, Dlvok 116, slots, SG. Bapuate...... Lots $2, 34 amd 3%, block 79; 41ote, J. J. BAILS" 522. 1,985 Lets 38, aad 37, block 79, 2 lots: W. D: Deboise, Lotg 19 ang 20, block 77, Ziots; g. ‘ Lota U7 and lb, 2iots: John Lota 86 and 37° blot lots; J Rows mm Lots 38 and 39, block 74, (Se TD Lots 40 and 41, block 78, 2 lola; % 7 Lots 42 and 43, bloc! lots; Dr. er. m0 Lota ¢4 and 45; bluck ot; Joha Call . my te EE Ry POR Tots and 1 block 117, 2 tots; John Br. ‘770 tas d 13, Dlock 117, 2lots; John Shermai 7, 10, block 117, 4 tor K. ery ook Hi Hoes W. wv X block 108; A-e. nell U6, { lot; A. F. Cunall. THA JONRS’ WOOD PROPBRTY UNDER THR HAMMER, To-morrow Measra. A. J. Bleecker, Son & Co. will sell. @t the Exchange, 101 tots on Seventy-firat, Seventy-second, oeventy-third and Seventy-fourth streets, avenue A Boulevard and svenue front, Inaamuch aw Governor Dix sigued the bill yesterday establishing the Eastern Boulevard, which rang on. avenue A from FVifty-seveuth to Fighty-sixth street, and. from tence to Central Park, this property is doubly enhanced in vaiue, being the first large east side sale this sea, id sure to realize rices, The same time Mr. Hugh 'N. p will sell 112 city lota !ocated on Tompkins and Ventral egcnues and Arietta street, New Brighton, 3. I. The following Ae sales were reported to us esterday :—By V. K. Stevenson, Jr., and W. Raynor, the gore lot on the Grand Boulevard, 155 feet; 106th street, 74.8 by 16.6x150, to H. E Aiken for $40,000, and by William H, Kaynor, four lots north side of 146th street and, four lots south side of 147th atreet, distant 275 téet east of the Boule- vard, for $2,600 each. JERSEY CITY REAL ESTATE.. The Proposed Boalevard—Harsimus Cove Improvements—How a Nuisance May be Avoided. The people of Jersey City, Hoboken and the townships of Hudson county are to have not only rapid transit, but cheap fares, The Real Estate | Association nave appointed a committee, headed by H.-A, De Motte, to wait upon the horse car and ferry compantes in reference to the reduction of fares. The committee are also directed to wait upon the Long Dock Horse Railroad Company for | the purpose of having their railroad extended on Summit avenue to terson avenue. A public meeting under the auspices or the association is to be held next Tuesday to devise measures for pro- moting the interests of property owners in the county. The meeting will be addressed by promi- nent men, not only irom Jersey City, but from New York, Brooklyn and elsewhere. The Boulevard Commissioners made a tour last week along the Reopened, line of the Grand avenue, starting from Bayonne and stopping at the Schut- zea Park, on Union Hill. There seems to be no doubt whatever that the Boulevard will be located along the line of Grand avenue, tn Jersey City, as Tar as the table-land west of the monastery, in West Hoboken. Whether it should be continued in a straight line or diverge to the right from this point is @ @isputed question, The line of Grand avenue commands a most delightful view of the valley of the Hackensack, and no more desirable location can be had, for costly mansions and ter- races. On the south the city of Newark looms up with its lofty spires and smoking chimneys, on the west the charming town of Carlstadt is in full view, while the lackensack winds its way northward through the valley. A diver- Seng from the point alluded to would ing the delightful scenery on the west bank of the North River into full view as far as the Bergen, county line. The Commissioners will be guided in their decision by public opinien, which is in favor of the western side of the hill. It seems that the garbage of New York is no longer needed by the New Jersey Ventral Railroad Company, and it has been proffered to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to fill in Harsimus Cove. This would be most Objectionable, however, to the residents east of Jersey avenue, who are already complaining oi the stench trom the filling in of this locality, ‘he rail-" Toad company must have recourse to the sand bill that divides Jersey City proper from Hudson City. It is rumored, however, that the company are about to procure sand and clay Ming from the neighborhpod of Rondout, a1 an expense far greater | than that for which filling could be procured in old Hudson City. STATISTICS OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION. pea Tad are wshib Monthly report No. 6 of the Bureau of Statistics isin press. It contains the statistics of our foreign trade for the month ended December 31, 1872, and for the calendar year ended the same, compared with the corresponding perieds of 1871. The Chief of the Bureau furnishes the following synopsis :— rie | Forel Periods Imports. (Shek eer: "ilues). Month ended Deo. 3h) al gop f Month’ ended Dee. 31) goer og ceeded 187 89,370,340) 47,868,556] 1,696,518 677,144,579] 544,438,739] 25,086,083 889,918,516) 610,994,601] _ 26,797,987 The total value of foreign commodities remain- ing in warehouse December 31, 1872, was $68,109,926, against $68,963,932 December 31, 1871. From the above it will be observed that during the year ended December 31, 1872, the imports ex- ceeded the domestic and foreign exports com- bined to the amount of $94,271,775, while for the corresponding period of 1871 the excess of im- ports over experts was $52,976,962, The portions of our foreign trade consisting of merchandise and of specie and pullion, respec- tively, during the calendar years 1872 and 1871, were as follows :— Damnestic eo szports | Foreig Amporte. | (Siecte’ | Ezportes Vaines). 1872... 5751 $452,143, 16,694,2 Merchandise... | I371.- ttt a ana $16,604,308 | Specie and bul. § 1872. 21, 182/008) so | 6.391, 688 lion. cee CISTL..| 16,808,415) 65,431,342} 12,009,128 | The amounts of the foregoing carried in cars and other lamd vehicles and in American and foreign vessels, respectively, during the calendar years 1872 and 1871, were as follows :— 7 Domenic Exports | Foreign Mixed | Bxporte. values), Land vehicles... $6.420,002| $3,002,450 Amer'n vessels. 513,071) 168,679,260) 7,027,813 Foreign vexsels T5,A2.307| 422,05, 4,406,000 Land venicles.. ) 16,049,754)" 6,7z3;396] — Z,4a0\e28 Amerin vessets. (1871) | 172.017,890] 172'054'860| #5091435 Foreign vessels § 401,847870! 853,040,506) 15,349: During the year 1872 nearly seventy-two per cent of the total foreign trade carried in vessels was in {onan vessels, and over sixty-eight per cent in The number and tonnage of vessels engaged in the foreign trade which entered and cleared during the twelve months ended December 31, 1872, as compared with the corresponding period of 1871, were as follows :— Wo. | Tons, | No Tr American vessels. 1872] 10,954'3, 655,406) 11,049) 3,7 Fercign vessels. 1872) 19, 190|7, 510,38) (19,298) 7,493,725 Merican. vesse 1871 | 1/058) 7a | ey R77078 Foreign vesseix 1871]19,561/6, 982,111 19,443] 6:7%6,023 ‘This report contains statistics of immigration for the quarter ended December 31, 1872. ‘The total number of immigrants was 80,227, of whom 50,729 Were males, aud 38,408 femaies, Of these, 21,167 were under fifteen years of age; 53,420, fifteen ana under forty; 14,640, forty years of age and over. The principal countries trom which they came were:—England, 14,229; Ireland, 9,666; Scotland, 2.843; Wales, 162; Germany, 37,633; ‘Austria, 1,2033 Sweden, 2,086; Norway, 669; Denmark, 460; Nether- lands, 235; Belgfum, Switzerland, 634; France, 4.699; Spain, 202; Italy, 3,125; Hungary, 781; China, +248; Canana, 6,146; Nova Scotia, 638. They repre- sent 220 different occupations, classified a3:—Pri frenesitln! I janeous, 27,876; not stated, 2,453; without occupat men and children), 48,907, Sica eaaemuma daa An elaborate and valuable table follows, showing the foreign trade of the United States, by montns aud calendar years, from 1868 to 1872, ‘inclusive, ms wi the Atlautic and Pacific ports, and also distin- gutshing ‘be Specte and buliton from the merchan- | ditse. | In addition to the foregoing, this report contains Statistics of We population, &¢., of the earth; revenue of Great Britain; import duties of Great Britain; revenue from custems and taxes oa consumption tm Germany; area and popitation — of the Swiss Cantons; trade Gr Switaertand with the United States; foreign trade of Bolgium; commerce and navigation of Copenhagen ; prices of cefee and sugar at Rio de Jaueiro ; shipments of coifee Jrom Costa Rica to the | roli of the company amounts to about fifty thou- | After brief — the party net United States, and a preliminary statement of tm- ports and exports of the United States for the month of January. IATA . RAE LAND QF THB Weer, ~ iorn Capiialiats on the Prairies, ia oe Mines aad Among the foundries and Factories of the Wost, A roreaah--aneeriners The Atiantio and Pacific Raitroad Exoursion— Four Hundred) Miles West of St. Louis—. Moet Enjoyable Trip of Nearly Thirty-iive Hundred Miles—Seventy Miles on a ie Cow-Catoher—Scones, Incidents, Bo- collections, Pacts Gnd Figarta ~~ Sr. Loong, May £5, 1873, One week ago to-day the party of excursionrsts, guests of the Atiantic and Pacific Ratlroad Com- pany, arrived in this city. The gentlemen compoa- ing it are well known in financtal, commerciat and educational circtes in the cities of New York, Brooklyn and Boston, Connecticut and Pennsyl- vania were also represented, as well as Massachu- setts and New York, The party left the Empire City aboutfive o'clock on the afternoon of the éth of May, and took possession at Jersey City of two Paliman palace cars provided for the accommoda> tion of the gentlemen bound West, The excursion ‘was planned by Andrew Pierce,Jr., assisted by Mr. Coffin and General Fisk. Before retiring for rest the first might out all formality was laid aside, and under the genial sway of Mr, Pierce, under whose directien the excursion had been planned, aasisted by the good- natured Coin and General Fisk, the excursionists found themselves in easy converse with each other and discussing the prospects of what has since proved to be one of the most enjoyable of jour- neys, The morning of the 7th found the majority of the party early astir to witness the fine scenery of the Alleghany Mountains, Pitisburg was reached in time for breakfast, and, again on the road, no halt was made uatil the party assembled at Columbus, Ohio, for dinner. Twenty minutes for dining, and again on the way. Supper at In- dianapolis, breakfast next morning at EMingham, and, after @ few hours more on the rail, the party reached their destination on the east bank of the Mississippi River. » 81, LOUIS. About two o'clock the excarsiouists arrived here, some for the first timé; others had been here years before, when the city was just beginning to feel its growth, and there were but few to whom the exten- sive improvements going on in the city were net new. The city has all that bustle and active life, at first sight, which exhibits more than anything else the progress it is making, its increasing prosperity and the indications of the great future in store for it. Citizens point out to you with pride sites’ which were once regarded as worthless, now profit- able, and localities which were once nothing but Swamps Or Morasses and are now occupied by hand- some buildings, storehouses and manufactories, But what is the history of St. Louis, now, it may be claimed, is only similar to that of many other cities in the republic. True, but few, ifany of them, can claim so rapid a growth. Evi- dences of this are seen on every hand, and it 1s not the city alone, but its suburbs and the towns ad- jacent which share in the rapid advance which 80 forcibly appeals to a person from the East, visit- ing {t for the first time. During the afternoon of the first day in the city a number of the excur- sionists paid a yisit to SHAW’S BOTANICAL GARDEN, Thissplendid retreat is an object of pride of tne St. Louisians. No stranger visits the city but feels it to be his duty to visit this famous resort ere he departs for other scenes. The garden, esteemed one of the finest in the country, containing a col- lection of rare and curious plants, gathered to- gether from all parts of the world, is the property of the gentleman whose name it bears. He is now an old man ; years have bowed down his once vigorous frame, and when the few more years left him are spun out, the property which he tends with so anx- tous care will be his dying gift to the city he loves 80 well and to the people who truly venerate him for his philanthropy and public spirit. Here, amid the plants and flowers he has watched and* cared for, he has erected his mausoleum, and here, when his spirit has passed away into “that undis- covered country,”’ will repose all that is mortal of this Kind, good old man. The visit to this beautiful Tetreat was as interesting as it was instructive, and called to mind the recollections of home and our own beautiful Central Park in our own prosperous city. VULCAN IRON WORKS, situated at Carondelet, a short distance from St. Louis, This extensive foundry, which has grown into so much importance within the last three or Jour years, is one of the evidences of the rapid growth of the West and Western cities. The pay- sand dollars @ month. Here all the processes of making iron, from the trangformation of the ore of the mines near at hahd to pig, to its manufacture into rails, are gone through. About two hundred tons of ore # day are consumed, producing about ninety tons of pig. About iifty tons of this are used for fine foundry castings and steel, and the balance is used in the manulacture of railroad iron. The close proximity of the mines is such that to mune, transport and deliver costs from eight to ten doliarsa ton. It is claimed here that they can manufacture and sell pig Metal to Pennsylvania cheaper than it can be manufactured there. Aiter having wit- nessed the different processes in the Manulucture of iron the party partook of a luncheon at the works, at which @ number of complimentary things were said by Western a8 well as Eastern gentie- men. THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI. After returning to the city those who were not too tired paid a visit to the bridge now in course of construction across the Mississippi River. The work is vein #o rapidly pushed forward that itis estimated that the enterprise will be achieved within @ year from the present time, THE CAITLE YARDS in East St. Mg were the next Mostly Eastern Capital is engaged in this enterprise. It i8 @ most extensive undertaking. The yards cover about six hundred and fifty-two acres, When completed they will make the largest establish- ment of the kind in the world. By saturday night the visitors had done St. Louis pretty thoroughly, and as ali speared. Somewhat latigued it was re- solved to wait over until the following Monday and | them make an cay start for the West, Sunday | was indeed truly a day of rest, and the following morning the excursignists found themselves muca refreaued and ready for the road, , TO THE WEST, At eight o’clock precisely two palace cars and @ baggage car of the company were at the depot of the Atlantic and Pacife Railroad, ready | lace visited. Jor the mep of the East. A brief st: nd the | party were rattling over the rats tow: he land of the setting sum. A beautiful sunsiiny da. favored the travellers, The trees were {resb look- ing from the ram which had fallen during the morning, and the Joung crops gave every indica- tuon of good yie productive harvest, The | spirits of those in the cars were in happy accord | with the weather. .Menof the East mingled and compared notes with the men of the West, who accompanied them from St. Louis, and helped to point out the different points of mterest as the | cars sped on their course. All along the line of rail- | road were prosperous little towns which @ few years ago were. not even thought of. A short distance irom Pacific, thirty-seven miles out, were the sand hills, the sand of which 18 used in the manufacture of giass. NO stop was made here. The journey was continued through. fertile, well tiled flelds, owing towns and villages and by happy farm jouses, now skirting the banks of the beautiful Meramac and agen coursing over a level prairie. ints gg was W place resolved upon ior the | night's halt, and to reach it the Ozark range had to be ascended. Indeed, the journey up this slope ‘was ail that could be desired. The scenery were not what could be called grand, but it was, per- haps, what is better—pleasing to the eye, and the fruittulness and productiveness of the soil was | everywhere evidept. During the ascent a halt was made at Beaver Switch, and the excursionists paid a visit to Beaver Mines. So prolific of the metai is the earth here that the rich ore is easily quarried out of the hit and dumped into the cars within a few feet of where it is taken from. About one hundred and filty tons a day are extracted, which are sold at St. Louis from eight to ten dollars: a ton. Sixty-five per cent of this ore is metal. embarked on board the cars again. No ident of particular moment until SPRINGFIELD was pik dp as the sun was beginning to set. At Springfield the hig! altitude of the Ozark range was reached—abont twelve hundred feet above tidal water. There are two Springtields—old Springfield and new Springfield. The old, or the town proper, is about a mule and a half srom the railroad depot; but, 80 Tapid is the growth of the one and 8o progressive are the strides of the other, that it 18 almost impossible to tell where old byte ends and new Springfeld commences, e Muyor of the town and several of the head men of the piace waited upon the just r their arri and Tnvited ther to tue ty. Hero they were recelved at the main hotel, by Governor Qpe or two Early next day a special train was plaged at | the disposal of the visitors to visit the celebrated HYRALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1873.—QUADRUPLE SHERT. Senators and si! the prominent people tn and about id. 16 was & hearty, Wi and the visited. ween the visite ‘ight womon' roster welcouie, and mutual congratalations were indulged in be- hes were indulged in, a: 3 fron east Th jul , ANd from uri ‘stndon to vhi tes over bri are Convention. Farty next morning the visitors from tiie Gast prepared to START FOR HOME. Qatet adicus, friendly plodges, invitabiona to “oome again” profased the departure Warm EraApS OF tae hand and hearty “godapeeds” and ana ye rustle brocade slik dresses, everything | “aie return homes,” and the men of the Fast was ton 'ched ob, Indeed one gentleman so dstin- | turacd tueir back om the hospitable city and tis Tshod x Msel! that hid eMort will hereatter be ro. | citizens, who but afew days before had welcomed fared to’ the “famous embroidered speech." | them. No unpicasantness marrod the enjoyment the ey Cig, a4 beiore stated, Of Ghe excursion, and the visitors, With admiration ty ‘S8OURT LEGISLATION for all they had deen in the tar West, took there waa criticised v beret by BOMe Of the members | departnre for tie Kmpire City. of the party, an ty, 1ed, no attempt was made by | thase who Were prose fate Legisiature. it wom a a little group of Springfel dian, one of the solid men of the p& that & Faticoad through the Aapm® yt BHATS oue of the prodtaute, « “Yoa, air," quoth one; “that Sabine v.44 ronte to the Gulf ts # sure fortune tor titerd ww!!! pur their money in it Tore ain't no duswount om, Lat, T tell you."" “Its the surest thing fn this ere Western com” try,” put in another brawny-shouldcred clian, Whom “ty investments of you might take tor a car driver, but was a mam of | considerable importance in Springtieid. “Bat,” replied the soltd man, Fon have no pop miatio! m there to make the railroad pay.’" Phe people will com chimed in the little group of eager listeners, ‘as aon as the railroad built. Oh, they’! come, sure,’? they all exclaimed, with an air of confidence that seemed to indicate Shey ad convinced their Eastern brother. “My friends,” slowly replied their listener, “and when they would come, and when a population wag estabushed along the line, what guarantee could qe mania State from keep ita ag hiv ose Ww! ht engage in the enterprise of ide ing the ratirosd.” sh ‘he questiow was a home-thrust, an@those who Were present—practical, honest-minded men—ad- mitted the force of the query and the ili eects roduced by the past Legislature of Missouri in ightening away capital, im; ing ress and retarding the development of tue mining, manu- facturing and agricultural development of the State. A right hearty Western “goocby” and the party bade adien to the old town and started for heir quarters in the new. One or two, however, remained behind to have a talk wita “WILD BILL," THE FAMOUS SCOUT. James B. Hickok, or ‘Wild Bill,” as he 1s famil- ijarly eulled 1m the ‘West, isa splendid specimen of aman. He is tall, sinewy, lithe, graceiul in his every movement ; has a keen, gray eye and a steady hand. “Wild Bill’ is well known in the Western country, and the stories told of him are numerous, He expresses himseif as not at all pleased with the practice some scouts adopt ol going to tue astern cities to oxhibit themselves as shownen, “1 waut none of it,’ exe! “When vtley come to me I turn the K head down and pass.” Bill is a true son of the West, a fearless fellow and one who is ever ready to heip a friend with the Same characteristic energy as le would “get square’? on an enemy. Leaving the scout at the corner of what we supposed was one Of the streets, the stay-behinds started across a prairie—I suppose the citizens would call it lots— to their hotel and put up tor the night, Morning opened gloomily enough, but betore the train started every iudicaton of @ tine day was obsery- able, 80 that by the time PIERCE CITY was reached the sun was oat iv all his glory, mak- ing every heart gladsome, and making the whole surrounding Couutry as graud and as beautiful as an early Summer sun could make it. Pierce City is beautifully located on a lovely little plain, Every evidence of prosperity 18 Observable, and the people with whom you converse speak with pmde of its growth and rapid developiment. We lingered for a few min- utes on the main street and looked with admitra- tion on the beautiful schoulhouse which the peopie had erected on a fine eminence on the line of the main street. Getting on the cars, we switched off the maiu track and ran up the M. C. aud Railroad as lar as CARTHAGE, where another halt was made. The stay at the station Was not suficiently long to admit of a visit to the town, butanamber of the citizens were there to receive the party and extend to those com- posing it that generous welcome which was every- where experienced in the West. Returning over the same route to Plerce City, the train switched on to the Atlantic and Pacific road again, and, at the rate of forty milesan hour, it sped on towards THE INDIAN TERRITORY. The country approaching the land of the red man is really beautilul. Nature has richly adorned it; woody hillsides, shady vales and bubbling brooks meet the eye on every side, Fields well tilled and cattle well cared for explain the prosperity of those who take up their residence on the borders of civilization, ‘ruly indeed is there wealth fer honest labor, happy homes for those who desire to make them so and every prospect o1 ease und com- fort wuen life begins to weaken beneath the load of years, Energy, prosperity, the reward of industry strike the behoider on every side up to the line separating the Indian Territory from the United States. Ashort distance beyond the dividing line runs the grand river, which is spauned by a mag- nificent bridge, which is justly the pride ol its pro- jector. Once beyond the river and into the Territory ‘the Change 13 putufully felt. No animal life anywhere to be seen, no corn fields, no houses, no children to wave you, in their childish glee and with bashful smiles, a welcome from the door stoops. All is blank and desolate and lonely, and yet no more beautiful country has the Almighty "ever blessed with his bounty or manever gazed upon. Neg- lected, uncuitivated, lonesome, The wild flowers of the prairie, with their varied tints and delicate periuine, alone relicve the monotonous prospect. Foy nearly jorty miles through the Territory the train passed until it reached VINITA, “land of flowers,” as the Indians call it, This is the terminus of the Atlantic and Pacific road for the present. If the energy, however, which has been injused into its Working since 1868, and what 1t has accomplisued since then are to be taken as evidences of the future the prospects are rich indeed for @ run across the Continent and to the Golden Gate, Where the rich argosies of the East, laden with the products of the Onent, disburden them of their contents for the peopies of the We: ‘The stay at Vinita was only sufficient to enable the party to replenish the inner man, and the dinner furuished was excellent in quailty and in quantity. im- pressed with a desire to have a good view of the country at considerable personal risk, your corre- spondent, with & companion, determined to CROSS THE PRAIRIE ON THE COW-CATCHER of the locomotive. 1t was rather a perilous onder- taking, but one full of excitement and the situa- toh Was novel. My companion and myself slipped on just a moment bejore the train started, for, from the prudence I observed all aleng the road, I had my misgiving as to being allowed to run the risk if the managers knew oO! our intentions, Just aiter starting I inquired of my companion if there was much danger, “Well, no,’ he yelled in my ear, “unicss in case of coliision or the picking up of stoc “And do they oiten pick up stock ” I queried back somewhat timidly, “Yes, sir; butltell you im time im case of danger, so as you can get out of the Way,’ and then iay friend described the manner in which I was to climb along the side of the locomotive, a dificalt andertaking at any time for @ novice; but when travelling at the rate of forty miles ab hour @ proceeding positively risky. “Suppose fellow remains where he is,” { still further questioned, more alarmed at getting out oi the Way than ruuning the risk o1 colliding. “Remaih, eh?” roared back my nelghbor, “Well, then, there would be a Coroner's inquest at the neXt station, that’s all.” I heard enough. I se- cretly wished myself back in the cars; but there was no chance to get back. The train rattled along over the prairie at the rate of forty miles an hour. Every thing close by rapidly disap- eared behind us, The telegraph poies by the | railroad sides filed by in quick succession. Distant objects loomed up, only te fall to the rear and give piace to new ones, Wiich disappeared from sight quite as rapidly. The speck which appeared so far grew to large proport ons, and when you came up to it it Was gone, Behind you hissed the engine, pushing you jorward—no, thrusting you before 11— and rattling On towards its goal at times at speed oh at times reached tiny miles an hour, r plains, tunnels, cuts, curves and bridges all presented their diferent aspects, For seventy miles I held N: ‘aking in the pure fresh air ind fairly entranced by the beauti- os we were passing through. reached Fort Scott 1 was glad enough to vacate my seat, and hatiess I retarned to the cars. My com- panion, Who was to warn me of danger, I left on the cowcatcher fast asleep, and only that the engi- beer woke him up he might have made anotuer trip during tus sluimbers. KANSAS, Kansas City was reached about nine o'clock that night, and the party left the cars and took to the omnibuses for the town. Had they known the ex- perience of that i they would have bunked in the cars. The hotel at whic quarters were pro- vided was the best im the town. If it claimed to be the worst also the Pagina be od would have been accepted. ‘Lhe city is lighted ny gas, but the streets were so steep that the excursionists were airaid to go out lest the; knows where. 0 ng and singing—an odd com- panionship, but then in Kansas one experiences queer scenes—occupted the party tili midnight, and many of the dust-stained travellers were that night i@iled to sleep by the strains of that famous Gun- therian meiody:— ‘There waa an old woman who had three sons— Geoftery, James and Joh Geoftery’ got hung, And Jimmy got drowned, ‘And Juhnny got lost And never was found, So that’s what became of her three sons— Geofery, James and John. HOMEWARD BOUND. Next morning the party bade goodby to Kansas with pleasure, and started on the route for St. Louis. The journey back over thé Missourt Pacitic Railroad Was as pleasant as the early part of the A brief stay wt Sedalia enabled the visitors to shops and new buildings erected by the company. After passing California and before reaching Jefierison City we came in sight of the Mis- souri River, arid for nearly seventy miles we skirt- ed its banks. Pacific was reached on time, and the party disembarked at the depot at St. Louis at about hi ae seven on tne evening ef the Lith, nighy d with everything they had seen on the rgad, in raptures about the grand country through which they had passed and astonished at its richness and productiveness. BACK IN 8T LOUIS. The next day was spent in visiting the public schools, @ sail on the Republic up and down the Misstsatppt River Ot Right attending the grand banqugt givea in honor of Vougredslogal eH ha” men some viet © justify the course of the aye? were there indeed, amusing to hear ‘#endeavor to impresa with the bellef © Paaa to the Galt ht slide down into the Lord | THE CRIMINAL RECORD. soeereeerente on ea S ——_— oe Murtors and Deadly Avaeults in Variors SiatovMore Requisitions tor Honp. Among the latest murders reported in che papers o¢ Lhe eountry are the following :— & CAR MURDER IN ORRGON, Oo the Uh instaat a drunken ruftian aamed Navin Smith, Qn an Oakland (Oregon ot CAT, plun,véd a kniie {ato Stephen Oronin's houy, inet. Ing a probably fatat Wound, Tue de arcosied. THE ALBANY STABBEMY AYERAY. On Sunday evening Thomas SNeehey, foundrymen, quarrel iu Alvany over je anies Which they were pitching. Sheehey stab- Gyan, and leaving him unconscious, secreted DimgeY! at his residence, where he was found and arreste’. Hopes are entertained of the victim's recovery, @ MURDER ON THE MIgsTagveri. David Barean, & roustaboul, and Edward Slowan, baker on she sSeamer St. Joe; quarrelled Friday on ou the tripup Yetween Cairvamd st. Lows. Th dispute o: ted, it is said, ia Barean charging Slowan with naving “taken # pic’ and sold Mt." “The quarrel had not proceeded far wien Barcan eat to dSlowan:—“You are @ thief.” “I don’t allow any oue to call me a thief,” said Slowan, ona, ce are wice & large butcher knife, Ke plun 50 Barean’s side. The knife entered below the ‘ft ribs, causing the intéstines and tissnesof the body to protriu The blood pogred trom the wounds,» dyeing theNoor, and Barean was conveyed to a! cot, where some@attempt was made to staunoh the Now and dreas the wounds. Slowan was: placed under guard, and on the arvival ol the boat at tho wharf was giver over to Officer Landers, who con- veyed him to the Chestnut street station. Uarcan died avout bea the same evening. The aatr, | having occurred in the channel, will come up 10: the Admiralty Court. A MEMPHIS MURDERER CAPTURED, About two weeks ugo John Fotey, a white man, Was stabbed and killed at Mempais by Neary Far- row, & hogro, who was a fellow workman, Sfeal~ ing a horse Farrow taade his escape, and the Avn- lenche of the Leth annouuces his arrest ut Granada, Miss., on the previous day. The murder is con- sidered an unjustifiable one, aud Farrow’s convic- tion is quite certain, SUSPKOTED MURDER IN NRW ORLEANS. ‘The following is from the New Oricans Times of | Wednesday last:—Mr. J. H. Pullen, who arrived in | this city a@ew days ago with his family, a wife and two culidren, and ws stopping at the Pelican House, corner of Baronne and Canal streets, left his place of boarding on Monday evening, at hali- | past seven o’clock, and has not returned, He told his Wile just before leaving the house that he was going out to get some tobacco, but up to the present time he has not returned. On Monday night he was seen in front of the Academy of Music, since which nothing has been heard of him, and fears are entertained that he | has been fouily dealt with, as it was known that he | had on his person a@ large sam ef money, supposed to be about $10,000, A special officer, who bas the matter in hand and is investigating the case, re- ports that Mr, Pullen is from St, Louis, Mo., where he was engaged in the dry goods business, but which he had disposed of, however, and came South with the intention of establishing himself in New Iberia, There is another version, however, derived from the wife, who alleges that they lived in the vicinity of Quincy, Illinois, where they pos- sessed a farm, Which was disposed of with a view of engaging in the planting iness in the Atta- kapas region. Mr. Pullen had made preparations to visitthe country, having bought a buggy and horse, intending tO travel up the Teche prespect- ing. He issaid to have been very careless in ex- posing the large amount of money which he pos- sessed, and Irom that fact it is emed probable that he has been spirited away. ROBBERY AND ARSON BY A POSTMASTER, The Leavenworth Times of the Mth says:—Day before yesterday special mail agent Crowell ar- rived in Atchison with Dr. David L. Gebbart, the | former Postmaster of Sabetha, Kansas, under arrest for robbing the post office department and firing the ae On the 22d day of last April the post office at Sabetha was burned to the ground With the contents of the office. To Major Crowell the circumstances were attended with evidence of guilt that justitled him in making extraordinary efforts to férret them out, and bring the guilty parties, If there were any, to punishment, With great skill he finally discovered that Gebhart had at different times paid parties in 8t. Joseph bilis, in some cases amounting to twenty dollars, in postage stamps. Other facts bronght out during the progress of the case warranted, in the opinion of Major Crowell, not only an arrest but the search- raed the premises, The Atchison Champton says Gebhart was taken to jali to await @ preliminary examination before Hon. John M. Price, United States Commissioner, on @ charge of robbing the United States mails and burning the post oilice. A STREFT MURDER IN UTAH. The Salt Lake 7rivune of the 14th states that James Edwards left his boarding house in that city om the previous anor ane and went to Sandy by the morning train. On his arrival there hg commenced drinking, and subsequently got intoa row with several others. During the fracas he received @ bullet through the right temple, which resulted in his death two hours afterwards. Ru- mor has it that on becoming intoxicated Edwards went out of the saloon inte the street, where he drew @ huge bowie knife and made @ cut at a deputy Marshal, who was standing by, cutting his cout from the right shoulder downwards, and then turned loose nis six-shooter, whereupon three other men with whom he had been disagreeing “let Micker” at him, viewing him as @ periect out- Jaw in his desperate attempt to take lite by an unwarranted use of his pistol, the result of which Was as above stated. Another rumor has it that he fired only in self-defence, and that his death is absolute murder. We understund that but one of the men engaged in the shooting had been ar- rested up to the time of our going to press last night. He is a teamster from Cottonwood, named Huffaker, Deceased appears to have been a man about thirty years of age. DON’T BUY BAD MEAT. The Poisoning Case and Its Causes. WASHINGTON MARKET, Mag 20, 1873, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Seeing that in the extraordinary case of potson- ing at Mr. Blatcnfora’s, Fourteenth street, poisoned meat has been ‘spoken of as the cause, I beg, as @ butcher or desler in meats in Washington Market for twenty years, to state some facts re- garding diseased meat that have come under my observation, which may be suggestive in this case and prove useful tothe public. I do not pretend tospeak authoritatively on the poisoning case referred to, but simply to say that sometimes [ have had occasion, as Clerk of the Mar- ket, to condemn diseased meat, which, if used, might have produced serious effects. Such meat as I have conaemned ‘or would con- demn, may enter other markets, be sold, used by our citizens and prove injurious or dangerous. For example :—Case beef or mutton, whicb is un- derstood in the business as the meat of animais toat have died and have not been slaughtered, comes sometimes to the markets, andl, if not de- tected when coming, will find its way to small mar- kets and grocery stores throughout the city, and may prove the fruitful source of disease to those who purchase and use it, and no doubt a great deal of meat comes in this way into the hands of those who do not know what they are selling. Of course lexcept practical and experienced dealers in this matter of sellin diseased meat. 1 have frequently seized and condemned diseased meat that comes to market, and on one occasion during last Winter |, with the aid of the sanitary police, seized abont two thousand pounds of such stuf, not fit for hu- man food, and on another occasion four hundred ounds ef poultry, Imight mention many other Tike seizures. hile, therefore, the use of such diseased meat may not have produced the arsent- cal effects alleged in the poisoning case referred to, {t is possibie that serious sickness, or even death, may be produced by it. Would it not be well, then, to inquire particularly into the condition of the meat used by Mr. Blatchford’s servants, It is evt- dent, at any rate, that strict supervision over the markets is necessary, and that the public onght to be careful where they bay and of whom they buy. JOHN W. KETTLEMAN, } Cierk of Washington Market. ; WEST AFRICA The British Difficalty with the Ashan- tees Will There Be a War! the probability of war between the Britis Power and the Ashantees, says :— If the British authorities act with vigor there can be no doubt that, with the active co-operation of the Fantis, who have shown themselves sturdy warrlors, the Ashantces can be easily driven back | Huribot and Messrs Starr and A London journal of the 3d of May, canvassing | Vi Parliamentary Pi Vision for Beilrord Progress aud Treaty Bat 0D. Estradinon Rules with England—Tele: raph tension—shore Live and on Land—Royalists for Enrope—Worsewhipping a Clorieal Legislator and Canon Law ia Betaliatioa—Tho Embasay to Loadon—Yellow Fever “Sy RIO JANMERO, April 24, 1973 The Guawber of Deésutics has gos yet got tureage sperats Wa8 | with the budget of this year, do the seasions have beea proionged to the 2a of May, the regular annual an and Thomas | session commencing on the 3d Of May. Besides tho various provisions reperted in & previous lotter a number of othera have been tacked on to the budget authorizations, one of which will permit the government to grant seven per cent guarantee for ten years ou all raitroads. Amother bill, whice has become law, gives the government & general authorization to allow the duty free importation of all matortal required for the conagpdotion, stocking end working of rattroatis. % TUS KXTRADITION TRUATY. WITH. BNOLAND. ‘The ratifications of the Anglo-Bragiliane. Extriedt- tion treaty were exchanged. on the 19th, and on Tuesday a consular convention between Brasi! and Great Britain was signed by Viseoané &. Vicente and Mr. Buckley Mathew, The most im- _Portant provision of the convention ia that tum- ing over torthe respective Consuls the change of vhe estates of citizens of one country dying in the over, A conclusion {4 also almost arrived a im reyard tothe international cmims arising out of the xed commission slavery judgments aad thoae der the notorious Aberdeen act, and i seoms that another mixed commission will be appointed to settic all the claims on both sides and to review such of the decisions of the former mixed commission as are judged unjust py the two governments, THLRGRAPHS. The coast cable matter has just been ramedeled and anew contract signed with the southern Sub- marine graph Company, which bought Ee ae piring concesston to Jones, Bright and'others. a new concession relieves the company from the ob- ligation to touch at all the maritime provincial capitals-——the obligatory ones Kt Rio Grande ée Sul, St. Catharina, Santos, Kio, Balia, Pernambues, Maranham and Para. A year is allowed {or sound- ings, &c., and the first section, trom Rio to Per- nambuco, is to be at work within two years dad the whole within five years. Land tines muy be ex- tended from the city of Rio Grande do Sul to the Uruguayan frontier to join the Uncs of the Ura- guayan Republic, but provision has beén made for @ junction with the Rio and River Plate Cable Com- pany ana with any others thought useful. The Seath- en fsiegrene Company has some 1,500 miles of cable ready, which was intended for a cable between Europe and the United States, but the present in- tent 13 to use it for the Brazilian coast line if the soundings do not forbid its use. The agents of tae Telegrapn Construction and Maintenance Compeny andthe Southern Submarine Telegraph Company are returning to Europe, having completed, their arrangements here. A ROYALIST’S TOUR IN FOROPR. Comte d’Eu and Donna Izabel, the Princess: Ta- perial of Brazil, left on- the 18th for Rurope to-stay away eighteen months, the Comte being” not’ only greatly moped here but still suffering from the complaint he contracted in the Paraguayan war. REVOLUTIONISM, D. Emiliano Lopez, son of the extinguished Lopez, of Paraguay, and who was in the United States for some time, passed through here last week on his return to Paraguay, where they ase having revolutionary attempts with an army of forty men. A SCENE IN PARLIAMENT. A secret session of the Chamber of Deputies wae held on the 22d, to decide upon the steps to taken in regard toan affray which occurred op Friday between two deputies, Dr. Belisario Soares de Souza and Father John Manoel. The affray originated in some hard langnage exchanged in the Chamber of Deputies two days before, lather John, @ governmentist conservative, having beem irritated by the denominatien of “suteliite’ con- ferred on him by the opposition conservative, an® using the term ‘“miséravel,” which is the ultra of contemptuous insuit, and stronger than “scoum- drel,” to Dr. Belisario, The consequence was thas Dr, Belisario put a stout mule whip under his coas on Friday morning, and when Father John wae about to mount the stairs to the Chamber Dr. Beit- surio rushed at him, knocked him down, kicked him and whipped him with vigor before any one could interfere. The spunky priest, who was bieed- ing freely {rom cuts of the face and hands, wanted to in for @ fight there and then; put this the others would not permit, and the two actors were separated. At the secret sessivn the government party pressed for the expulsion of Dr. Belisario, but this Deputy had too much personal and family influence, and, besides, the excesses ob cicrical pretensions in this country have created a- widespread and bitter feeiing against the class to Which the martyrized priest belongs. CANON LAW AND CABINET PRACTICE. ‘There is, however, & most embarrassing govera- ment question raised by the affair. A canon saya- that any one who strikes or injures a priest is {pao Jacto under the greater excommunication, and ‘all who associate with him likewise, It ls asserted. that the Bishop of Riois determined on carrying: he canon into effect in regard to Dr. Belisario at least, but all the lawyers opine that no excomma- nication can be promulgated in the Empire without the special authorization of the government, Amd the Cabinet is between two “buifers’—the Em- peror, Who supports the bishops in their exactions, and the Legisiature and the general body oi the- professional classes, who desire to put down the bishops und expel all Jesuits, THE MISSION TO LONDON. Baron de Penedo, who has been appointed to the- London Mission, so long acephalous, left for Euro} ou the 24th. Baron de Penedo speaks English ently, and has aiready seen service in London, hav- ing been Minister there during the late war untél. recalled by the Zacarius Cabinet, owing to a ques~ tion of diplomatic etiquette raised between them. YELLOW FEVER. ‘The deaths from yellow fever keep at about tena. day; but the Board of Heaith has declared the ept- demic at an end, new cases being now very few. In Montevideo the average since the 1st of Aprit was pine deaths a day (rom yellow fever, but early inthe monthit reached seventeen, The citizens haye almost all fled from the city, The Argentine porta continue shut to vessels from Montevideo or any other Of the ports.of, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. EMIGRATION AFFAIRS. Doings of the New President and Mem bers of the Board of Emigration—Agc- rival of Large Nambers of Emigranta— The Dutch Beauties at Castle Garden. ‘The meeting of the new Commissioners of Enal- gration on Monday noon is said to have resulted im the election of a gentleman eminently qualified for the office of President of the Board. Mr. Henry A. Huribut is a retired merchant of great wealth age business capacity. The other members of the Board are, as far as can be known at preseat, em- tirely unobjectionable, and several of them: hase been identified with emigration matters. They are as follows:—George Starr, Edmund Stephesson, Daniel Maujer, George Quintard, George J. Forreas, James Lynch, Sigismund Kaufmann (the jast.mem- toned tee ex-officio, a8 President of the trish Emat- fed and Mitte a pies caer a aad or Havemeycr, irtue oO! , cial eomumittee, composed of the President apd, tae chairmen of the several standing committees, viz. :—Starr, of the Castle Garden Committee: See- jwenson, of Ward’s. Island Committee, and Trnujer, of Finance Committee, was ap} to revise the bylaws. The special committee will no doubt make some important changes im the routine of business in the departments. After the formal meeting on Monday the Commissseners went into executive session, in which no business of great moment was transacted. Having fimishedt this, the new Commissioners took the Castie Garden boat and proceeded to Ward's Island, where they remained abous four hours inspecting the variaus departments of the institution, Yesterday Presicent Forrest took a tour 01 inspection im Castile Garden. Eight thousand eight hundred emigrants were trausfexred from jous vessels to the depot yesterday. This is the Jargest number of emigrants landed im since the exactly corresponding date last year. ‘The work of receiving and providing for them wel nigh drove the employés to desperation, anc ¢ necessivated their remaining long aiter the shade s of night had failen on the dingy, battered walla of 6! pe old fort, which has served such dissimilar purpos' ps, to their own country. But that would be some- thing like shutting Tie door after the steed has been stolen, and will neither restore our prestige, rebuild the burned villages, give back the destreyed crops, nor bring to live again the thonsands of our aliles' who have fallen. sigh of anything but a “masterly tnactivity.”” Yet the quarrei is more ours than that of the Fancis, for it was Ore hoor tae brougbt about by the transfer of Elmina from the Dutch to as. Cer. tainly the history of the past is not ealealated to encourage the hopes of the Fantis. Considering our very passive attitude in the present emer ency, the barbarous King of Ashantee oan hardly fe thought anduly credulous if he believes thas a slight ow of force on his part will hasten 2 cession, We do not know euough ous tuis evi- dently discreditable wusiness, and we sincer: trust that more definite informy.rion than Mr Knatchbuil-Hugessen has hither) vouchsaled wii be extorted fram him by persgvering queatious io the Heuse of Cammana, At present there 18 no | and now ia the temporary home o! the weary W an- derers from beyond the se Aboat five oa qn | more arrived yesterday, part of them vwo gew | steamers running direct between New York and | Rotterdam. ‘This {a, portaps, the firsk’ timeythat | pwo steamers direst from itclland have, con into port on the same day, aud shows ag Inoxarase of emigration irom that Cneh The Datcd ladier. who came dy these vessels have ateatesl quite « densation oven among the employéd of Castile Gar den, who are accustomed to & arent VarActy tm shat ling. Their headasesses, which dety descripiion, and would be perfecity Inoomprehe Asie to thie average Now York belle, remind one of phe ve- motest antiquity, Thay Wear wooden sahots, Ce Clatier of Which ts distinotly be ard from out he cin, vose and confusion. Incidant to the asset bling of BO Many Oiferent nat onaulitics, Cait |A'~ bering in bis oWR, fongne. ‘he human os | that arreved at Oashie Garden, yesterday compe German, Lrish, Engiiah, Norwegians, Dau Braden, Duton, bao oven ty Arabs Irom Tuam