The New York Herald Newspaper, September 9, 1873, Page 13

THE COURTS. THE GREAT BOND FORGERIES. Preliminary Application for Examination and Bail in the Case of Johnson and Yates. Further Hearing of Argu- ment To-Day. THE COATES-CHILD CASE Another and More Humane Version of the Oase—Application for a Writ of Habeas Oorpus—The Result. ‘BUSINESS IN THE CTHER COURTS. Yesterday Julius George, an alleged deserter from the German sip Loli de Gloria, was com- mitted by Commissioner Stilwell for examination. Girolamo Castellano was broaght before Com- faolssioner Davenport yesterday on a charge of having had in his possession, at Staten Island, three barrels of brandy, which are stated to have been smuggled, The defendant was held tor ex- Bmination. The Williamsburg lawyer, James W. Johnson, ond James G. Yates, against whom indictments havo been found alleged participation in the Wall street forgeries, were yesterday arraigned before Judge Fancher, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, It was finally arranged between the prisoners’ counsel and the District Attorney that ho farther action be taken in the case until to-day. Meantime an injunction was obtained against Johnson, Mr. William F. Howe and the Sheriff re- Btraining them from taking any action upon the confession of judgment for $5,000 made after the arrest by Johnson to Mr. Howe. 2 The case of Mrs, Sarah Coates, recently sen- tenced for three months to tie Penitentiary for the alleged killing of a child througa burying it in the ground, with its bare head exposed to the sun, Was up yesterday in the Court of Oyer and Ter- Miner, before Judge Fancher. It is claimed that phe acted under the advice of a physician. The facts are to be presented in full to-day, to which timo the case was adjourned. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL BOND FORGERIES, More Complications Enveloping the Case of Yates and Johnson—Indictments Found Against Them—An Effort Look- ing to Their Release on Bail—Disposi- tion of the Money Fouad in Johnson’s Possession. Each day seems to hedge about with new com- Plications the case of James G. Yates and James W. Johnson, arrested for alleged complicity in the late forgeries of New York Central Railroad bonds. They were yesterday brought beiore Judge Fancher, holding the Court of Oyer and Terminer, on a writ of habeas corpus. In addition to Mr. William Ff. Howe, as counsel, they have also secured the legal Bervices of ex-Mayor A. Oakey Hall, Mr. Hall stated that Mr. Jolmson is a member of the Kings county bar and desired to put in very full affidavits in the case. Both prisoners furthermore desired that the examinations under the mittimus of the committing magistrate be ailowe.l to pro- ceed, with a view of eeearst the facts upon which tobase an application of their admission to bat. It would, he urged, be @ great hardship if the in- dictment was filed and commitment ordered on this alone, as he would then have no fact to Ja} pea the Court in regard to the question of vail. le asked, therefore, and this was all he asked, to have the commitment withheld on the indictment, Assistant District Attorney Lyon said that one indictment had been found against each of the prisoners, and there were thirteen more expected against one of them and from twenty to thirty against the other. He added that there were other parties in custody and that he did not want to expose all his evidence. Judge Fancher said that the matter was one that lay wholly within the discretion of the District Tney. it Was finally arranged to defer any action in the case till this morning, and in the meantime the prisoners were remanded to prison, w There was some spirited action however, in addition to the above, taken in the case of Johnson, This was an application before Judge Fancher for AD injunction, the application being made ou behalf of Mr. Clement Rulier, a Wall street broker, against Johnson, Mr. William F, Howe, his ceunsel and the Sherif, restraining them from acting upon tie confession of $5,000, made by Johnson to Mr. Howe after the arrest, ‘The application was granted. It will be remembered that Capt, Walsh, alter arresting Johnson, took from him $6,000 in cash, and, by order of the Supreme Court, turned tie Money over to the Sheriff, in whose Hands it still remains pending further orders, THAT CURIOUS BABY CASE. Exonerating Mrs. Coates and Laying the Blame on a Doctor=—Nifting the Facts to the Bottom. The readers of the HERALD were doubtless greatly shocked on reading the statement pub- lished a few days since of a woman named Mrs, Sarah Coates subjecting a child six months old to such barbarous treatment as to cause its death. On the further announcement of the srial of this woman in the General Sessions and her conviction and sentence for three months in the Penitentiary there was increased indignation that she was let of so easily. Aneffort is now being made to pre- sent this story in altogethera different light, and ‘With tisaim Mr. Henry Morrison applied yester- day to Judge Fancher, in the Court of Oyer ana Torminer, for # hearing upon the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari previously granted in the case. He said that he was accidentally present ‘when Mrs, Coates was tried at the General Ses. siens, and while nobody could be more indignant than himselt at the case as first presented, the explanation presented by her, and tho fact that while she named a physician of tnis city as her authority for the treatment of the child, tilgs doctor was not summoned, had led him to be- come a volunteer in her case, Assistant District Attorney Lyons stated that the Clerk of the Special Sessions informed him that he could make no return for two or three days, and asked an adjournment, Mr. Morrison insisted that this was no answer to the writ of certiorari, and that the return tothe habeas corpus was insuMicient, inasmuch as there was no misdemeanor for “cruel and iniuman treat- Ment and exposure of a child six munths old,” He asked, thereiore, that the Court either dis- charge Mrs. Coates on this ground, or grant a com- mon law certiorari for the purpose of appeal, and admit her to bail until the appeal could heard, Aiter some further argument the Court adjourned the case till this morning. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS, COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, The Washington Street Marder—“Minor” Murder Cases. Before Judge Fancher. John Lyons was yesterday arraigned in this Court to plead to the indictment of murder in the first degree found against him for the alleded mur- der of John McLaughiln, on the 18th of last July, at No, 33 Washington street. Mr. Willlam F, Howe, Aenseneed atta aay St Sig yeaa or District Attorney was ready. Se oe “We will take up the minor murders on tho 16th Ps nswered Mr. Lyons, the Assistant District orney. “What do you mean by minor mur sid asked Mr. Howe, bi Rea Mr, Lyons smiled, but made no reply, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Decisions. By Judge Fancher, ae Phillips vs. Jonathan Hanson.—Judgment ‘anted, "me va. Lasette.—Judgment granted, Young vs, Decker et al—Judgment granted, Hannah Higbie vs. Western Higbie.—Report con- iwmed and judgment of divorce granted, SUPEF:O2 COURT—SPECIAL TERM, Decisions. By Judge Van Vorst, Lorcu vs, Bether,—Order granted, Jenkins vs. Murray.—Order granted. Greer vs. Preble,—Motion granted, Haight vs. Owen.—Motion denied. Andrews vs. Davison.—Motion for reargument denied, (See memoranda with clerk at Chaucery.) MARINE COURT—PAAT I, Action on an Account Stated. Before Judge Curtis, Driburnett va. Clark.—Piaintuf was assignee of his brother, and claimed that there had been an account stated between his assignor and defend- ant, in which the latter became indebted and prom- ised to pay, Defendant denied the indebtedness and also the promise to pay, and contended that the obligation, i1 any existed, was incurred by de- fendant’s brother, bow deceased, and the Court wustructed the jury that the onus proband! was on the piaintiif to establish his dual propositiou—to wit, the account stated and the promise to pay; that any proouse of detencant to discharge the liabilities of his brother was void under the law, unless the agreement was in writing. The jury disagreed, * . COURT GF GENERAL SESSIONS, Before Recorder Hackett. His Honor the Recorder presided in this Court yesterday, in the absence of Judge Sutherland, The Grand Jurors in attendance were discharged untii next Monday, Assistant District Attorney Rollins placed John Gallagher at the bar, charged with rape. As the complaining witness, Mary Madigan, was proceed- ing to the witness stand, she was stricken down with @ fit, but soon rallied. She was sworn, and Was about to testify when she was seized with an- other fit, His Honor directed the Clerk to enter an order, directing the jury to be discharged from the fur- ther consideration of the case, Gallagher was re- manded to prison, 5 Burglaries, George Wilson and George Christian, indicted for burglarious!y entering the dwelling house of Jane Bogart, 76 Hester street, on the morning of the 12th of August, and stealing three pairs of b pear pleaded guilty to burglary in the third legree. They were each sent to the State Prison for five years, ‘xshomas Pendegast and John Turpin (youths) were tried and convicted of effecting a 1elonious entry into the residence of George A, Baker, 94 Lexington avenue, on the 20th of July, by opening the pas of the front area. They stole $300 worth of ladies’ wearing apparel, and ransacked toe house. His Honor sent the youtnful “knights of the jimmy” to the House of Reiuge. Gran Larcenies. James Griffin was found guilty by the jury of stealing, on the 11th of January, five rolls of cloth, valued at $200, from the tailoring store of Abraham Groski, No. 170 Cherry strect. He was sent to the State Prison for three years. Emil Stein, who was indicted for stealing small dresses, Worth $53, on the 4th of August, the prop- erty of Herman Friend, pieaded Good to an at- tempt at grand larceny. That being his first offence, he was sent tothe State Prison for eigh- teen months, Acquitials. William Wansiey was tried upon a charge of stealing a wagon on the Gti of February, the prop- erty of James M. Weatherton. Tne accused proved by reliable witnesses that he purchased the wagon from a manin Williamsburg in the latter part of February. By direction of the Court the jary promptiy rendered a verdict of “Not gulity.” Jonn Cronin, alias ‘Mickey the Greek,” John Sheridan and Richard Grogan were tried and ac- quitted of a charge of grand iarceny. The evidence showed that Joseph Nealand was in a low drinking saloon, corner Of Water and Roosevelt streets, and while there lost a goid watch. A woman testified that she saw “Mickey” take the watch irom Nea- land and hand it to Grogan, the barkeeper. He, however, swore that the complainant was so drunk that at his (Grogan’s) suggestion Nealand gave it to him for sate keeping, and that when the oficer came in the morning he delivered it to him, TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Judge Hogan. William Varley, alias Reddy the Blacksmith, was arraigned before Judge Hogan yesterday morning. He was arrested Sunday by OMcer Murphy, of the Fourteenth precinct, for a assault on Pailip Tully, of No, 129 Elizabeth street. Although Tully made a charge against Varley on Sunday night, of assault and battery, be yesterday relused to make any complaint, and the prisoner had to be dis- charged, Expensive Drinking. William Rose, 4 seafaring man, went into a liquor store kept by Diederich Hildebrandt, No. 14 Catha- rine street, On Sunday night. He had several rounds of drink there, and tendered, as he alleges, a $50 Dillin ‘payment thereof. Hildebrandt kept the bill, refused to give him any change, and ejected him from tbe piace with violence. Yesterday Hildebrandt was arreste:| by OMicer Pike, of the Fourth precinct, and brought belore Judge Hogan, He was held in $1,000 bail to answer and Rose was sent to the House of Detention. McManus’ Missing Watch. On the 10th of August James McManus, of 198 Mercer street, Jersey City, lost @ valuable gold watch while walking through the lower part of tne city, Last Saturday Officer Quigley found the watch in the possession of aman named Francis Gilhooly, of 110 Greenwich street. Gilnooly stated that he received the watch froma certain Dennis Dugan, also living in Greenwich street, who wished him to have it rafied. Dugan was found and ar- rested. He was brought beiore Judge Hogan yes- terday and held in $1,000 bail to answer. Githooly showed the tickets for the prospective ratfc, and was exonerated from ail blame, SCFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. Barglary. On the night of Saturday last, the premises No, 128 Wooster street, the fourth floor of which is oc cupied as a hat manufactory by Edward Tea, was burglariously entered, and ten hats, valued at $50, carried away. Officer McCue, of the Twenty-eighth precinct, Lege LA arrested John Kelly as tne peipetrator, and a portion of the stolen property was found in his possession. He was arraigned betore Justice Cox at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, when he gave his residence at Weehawken, N. J., He was committed in default of $3,000 bali to answer. Felonious Assault, On Sunday last Bernard Collins, of No. 220 West Nineteenth street, and William Poole, of No. 182 Christopher street, became engaged in an‘alterca- tion, when Poole stabbed his opponent in the back with a sharp instrument. He was arrested ana brought belore Justice Cox yesterday, who com- mitted him to answer. Grand Larceny, Delevan Eddy, of No. 106 Macdougal strect, was charged with stealing two gold chains, valued at $100, from the establisument of John P. Andersen, at No, 661 Broadway. The evidence sho Eddy had pawned one of the chatos at broker's office, which led to his arrest, held in the sum of $500 to answer, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY, Surremgz Court—Srecia. Teru—Held by Judge Fancher,—Nos, 62, 85, 98, 116, Call, 176, Marine Cournt—Held by Judge Curtis—Part 1.— Nos, 2570, 2376, 082, 2322, 990, 922, 2544, 2558, 2576, ‘2577, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2649, 2051. Part 2—Held by Judge Shea,—Nos, 2749, , 2779, 2781, 2783, 2755 2787, 2759, 2791, 2793, 2795, 2797, 2801, 2807, u811, Part 2—Held by Judge Howland.—No: 2805, 2573, 2775, 2776, 2777, 2673, 2008, 2922, 2896, 2772, 2773, 2774, 2762, 2778. : CournT OF GENERAL SEsstons.—Held by Judge Sutherland.—The People vs. Andrew Freyburger, robbery; Same ys. Join Murphy, robbery; Same vs, Edward Meaney, robbery; Same va, Henry McCartan, burglary; Same vs. Wiillam Prentice and William White, burglary; Same vs. Richard Butler, burglary; Same vs, Thomas Welsh, Joseph Nagle, alias Matthew Nagle, and James McCarty, alias McCarty, burglary; Samo vs. James Kelty, William H. Quinn, Francis Diamond, Joseph W. Welch and George Marsh, burglary and grand lar- cony; Same vs. Julius E. heaters RL Same ys. James Quinn, grand larceny; Same vs. William Guiner, grand larceny, two cases; Same vs, Frank H. Brougham, grand larceny; Same vs, Michael Buckiey, alias James Martin, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. Henry Clemens, felonious assault and Ga Same vs. William Madden, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. Isaac Cohn, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Same ¥s, John McCague, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Same vs. Joseph R. Osborn, Sylvanus T. Shepard, Patrick J. Wal.ace and Timothy W. Wallace, larceny and ro- celving stolen goods; Same vs. Peter Gleason, lar- ceny; Same vs. Michac! O'BSricn, larceny irom the son; Same vs. Charles Anderson, alias Dayid D, Re anderson, false pretence: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A DEAP MUTE, A young boy,adeaf mute, sixteen years old, light complexion and light hair, of low size, but heavy stature, and subject to epileptic fits, was sent from Mount Holly, N. J., about ten months ago, to St. Mary's Deaf Mute Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. He remained in the Institute for several weeks, during which time he showed an anxiety to wan- der away from it. On August 19 ht bed away from the care of his protectors and has not since been heard of, It is thought he has wandered to New York and has been again sent to some other insti- tution. His uncle, Dantel Connelly, of Mount Holly, N. J., will be grateful to any person giving information of his wuereabouts, To do so will be a Most Cliaritable act THE MENACE TO NEW YORK COMMERCE, Montreal Coquetting with Chicago. Shall Canada Leave Us Out in the Cold? F THE DOMINION PORT. The Magnificent Docks, Harbor Im- provements and Hydraulic Basin at Montreal. The St. Lawrence the Highway to the Great Northwest. —.—__—. How New York May Profit by tho Coming Revolution. . MONTREAL, Sept. 5, 1373. Montreal is evidently enjoying certain “great ex- pectations.” Discounting the future is a familiar habit with some American cities, or rataer with nearly all of them. But while very little is said or printed about the “coming grandeur,’ or the “predestined prosperity” of the Queen City of Canada, the popular conviction may be distinctiy Tread in the costly character o! the public improve- ments in process of construction, and the magnifi- cent propositions under consideration for making the harbor unrivalied in capacity, and almest un- surpassed in the solidity aud extent of its docks. 1 cannot discover, alter carefully poring over the statistics of a dozen years, that the present pres- sure of commerce necessitates all of this liberal outlay for extending facilities ; so the conclusion is forced that the canny Scotch and the deep-think- ing English merchants who are. urging and for- warding these astounding preparations have dis- eovered the magical process by which they are to be suddenly utilized. THE CANADIAN POLICY. My recent correspondence from this place has explained the inauguration in the Domin- jon of a broad policy designed to bring the Canadian people into prominence as an independent nation, It is the popular determination to accomplish by mighty effort, if possible, in tem years, what the United States have achieved in the last twenty-five. Accordingiy the attempt to render Montreal a port worthy o: the finest fleets known to the ocean is but an inci- dental ieature of the whole grand scheme of na- tional expansion which absorbs the public atten- tion from Cape Breton to Victoria, “posiTION 13 EVERYTHING.” Montreal is geographically centred so as to equally command the inland and the ocean navi- gation belonging to the northern portion of the Coutineat, You may step on board a steamer of 4,000 tons and 400 feet in length lying alongside the maguificent docks that wall the St. Lawrence in front of the city, and sail away for any foreign port you choose to name; or you may take passage on board a river steamer, and pro- ceed, via lake and river, to cities ten and twelve hundred miles westward, Except at New Orleans no like facilities are found combinedin any ono port on this side of the ocean, True, at present, the interior voyage is interrupted in the passage from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, but ina littie while the enlargement of the Welland Canal will be completed, and the same steamboat will carry the tourist via Kingston and Toronto to Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago or Duluth, and there is even a prospect for boats of a moderate draught continuing from Lake Michigan via Green Bay and the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers (which are being rendered available) into the waters of the Mississippi, and thence to. the Gull of Mexico or to points along the great tributaries of the Father of Waters. TRE PRESIDENTIAL CONUNDRUM, The answer is thus practically given to the in- quiry proposed by President Grant in his last mes- sage as to “the feasibility of an almost continuous, land-locked navigation from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico.” Montreal is a day's steaming nearer to Glasgow and Liverpool than New York, and, when the (; nadian line shall be finished, will also be twenty- four hours nearer to tne Pacific Ocean. In the future she will stand as the grand station on the shortest line of transit between the British isles and the China ports, and will also be the gateway for @ vast amount of traffic across the North At- lantic to and from the Central, Northern and North- western cluster of States of the Union, as well as the distributing point for all the heavy commerce of the Dominion, which now comprises an area of over 8,500,000 SQUARE MILES, Montreal must be the New York of Canada, for it relatively occupies precisely the same position to the Dominion that New York does to the United States. Indeed, excepting New York, it would be aiMecult to find a port so admirably located as tt is, at the confluence of two grand highways ot tie world’s commerce from the South and West. Under the circumstances, the wonder is not so much that the citizens of this eligibly centred emporium are providing for avast increase in business on their wharves, but rather that they should have delayed preparations to almost the eleventh hour, for it requires but the completion of the ship canal system of tie Do- minion to double in a month the tonnage of Mon- treal Harbor. CANADA'S OPPORTUNITY. A couple of years ago the Hon. John Young, M. P., from Montreal, and for years a most eMcient Har- bor Commissioner, stated before @ Council of the Board of Trade of Montreal that “it would be diMicult to overestimate the importance to the people of the Dominion of securing to the 1oute of the St. Lawrence the great and growing trade of the Northwest. In the possession of the St. Lawrence the Dominion has a power independent of political boundaries or political distinctions, The people now resident in the Western United States, as well as those who will yet inhabit that vast region west of Lake Superior, are all just as much interested in the opening up of the route from the Upper Lakes through the St.Lawrence to its fullest capacity as those resident in the Dominion. Canada, in creating the Dominion, bas, by the act of Confederation, assumed a continental attitade, She desires that her jurisdiction should extend to the Pacific * * * The truth, however, is that Canada has not safficiently appreciated the present and future growth of the Western interior nor realized the greatness of our position in view of that growth.” This language is the key-note of the policy now at work here, and 1 think sufticientiy indicates the style and extent of the expectations which are now generally indulged in by our neighbors, It would be weli for New York merchants to acquaint themselves with the elements now at work to Trelleve them of the task ot ae charge of the bulk of the grain shipments to the East. I can assure them that the arrangements for so doing are ample and nearly ready; but by co-operating in, instead of opposing the march of events, tho: will find a partial golution to the difficuities whic they now labor under in the matter of trans- Portatien, for by tapping the Canadian water routes via the Champlain lake and canal (enlarged) they will not only retain in their own hands an amount of business that will otier- Wise flow directly to Montreal and New England, but will greatly increase the volume of trafic be- teen the waters of the Hudson andthe great lakes, Having already dwelt upon the practica- bility of insuring this result—which will be literally to snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat—I need Rot rencw details in this correspondence, FACTS AND FIGURES. “The Annual Report of the Commerce of Mon- trea! for 1872," prepared by Mr. Wm. J, Patterson, pn of the Board of Trade and Corn Exchange Association, furnishes much valuabte information upon the growth and present rank of this port. From this document it appears that the tonnage facreased 190 per cent from 1851 to 1871, and in 1872 the aggregate was 1,335,582 tons. e@ ratio of increaso during the last five years has been twenty-three and a half percent, This yoar there are filty-two steamships plying between Montreal and ports in the United liom, and of these the Allan line owns twenty-two, In 1860, WEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER ¥y, 1873—QUADRUPLE. SHEET. tis line was formed with four steamers, naving a r. Sup) g the developmen: to be continued at the same raie for the comin, seventeen years, the feet would then comprise 12! vesse's, of an agyregate capacity of 500,000 tons, which, it may be assuimed (in the absence ol exact figures), is at least equal to the ocean-going steam tounage of New York Harbor at the present time, Lf we compute the general future increase in the whole tonnage of Montreal during a like period, according to tie ratio last experienced, the re- ee would be swelled to over 2,500,000 tons, mH va~ lent to 1,606 vessels, of an average tonnage Of 1,500 each. As it Ia the future into which we are interested in Jocking, these figures become important and will heip, to a better understanding o/ the anticipations of the Canadian merchants, We can appreciate why they tnink it will be necessary to have TEN OR MORE MILES OF STONE DOCKS, instead of four, the recent measurement, and why they want to construct a splendid system of bydrauiic docks in the vicinity of Point St. Charles, adjoming the island terminus of the Victoria Bridge ond th immediate proximity to the grand rallway centre of the city. Fiiteen or twenty years can mako a vast change in the size and commercial standing of an Aiert- can city. Contrast the New york of 1860, when ‘wenty-third street marked the lime of uptown residence, and news trom Europe came to hand only once in nine or ten days, with the New York 011870, Or compare Boston with itself at the samo perioda—a borough with a metropolis; or, better still, place the Chicago of twenty years ago beside the reconstructed city of nearly balf a milion souls (vide estimates carefully made this Summer). There are but tew leading cities on this continent that have not doubied their popuiation, and nearly, if not quite, trevied tucir trade and manuiacture since 1850. Moatreal itself, though with less iavor ing influences than those that huve operated to ex- pand the Union cities, has early TREBLED IN POPULATION since 1951, when the census shawed o total of 07.715. To-day there are 150,000 people in the city, and tully haifa willion will in all human proba- bility be dwellers on the mountain sides and down along the river wards before the Gethin Opus lauion of this season shall have attained neler in- dividual majoritics, This is oniy a moderate es- timate, based on the progress made during two decades when the United States were developing atthe highest ratio ever attained. Keeping in mind alltho machinery now in motion for expand- ing the wealth aud power of the Dominion, the in- ference becomes plausibie that thd” development of the chief Canadian port for filteen or twenty years to come will be almost as marvellous as has been the case with Chicago, ‘The causes that forced the growth ef our great lake port are now beginning to operate with equal force upon the metropolis of the Dominien, THR HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, Prior to 1851 only vessels of light draught could come up the St Lawrence as tar as Montreal owing to the shoals in Lake St. Peter, but in that year a channel Was dreaged through the lake (which is simply @ portion of the St, Lawrence spread out to an unusual width), and snips drawing fourteen feet of water come easily over the flats to the city. Since the success of this first attempt at bettering || the navigable factlities of the St, Lawrence, the Harbor Commissioners and the general government have continued the work of improvement; until now steamers having a cranghy 0! twenty-four teet or more can be brought to the city quays at low water. The wharf accommodation, inciuding the new docks between Mill street and Hoche! wey measures about seven miles, @ good portion o! which is in twenty-four feet depth of water. At tho Corn Exchange L saw the diagrams of the extensive Byorents dock system being vullt at the upper end ofthe city. This is A COLOSSAL UNDERTAKING, and will prove of the utmost value to the commer- cial interests. By admirable engineering skiil the trafic of the Lachine Canal, the railroads and the river will be centred in and about these new basins, so as to render transhipment from cars to boat or ship, or vice versa, perfoctly simple and ex- peditious, Taken altogether, the present and prospective Shipping facilities at this port are ex- asperating to the feclings of a New Yorker who reflects upon the crowded and filthy wooden piers that disfigure the natural magnificent water Iront of his native metropolis, Here is a population less than that of one sizable ward in New York, enjoy- ing the possession of substantial stone docks, equal almost to the entire pier space of West and South streets, and with a river double the width of the Hudson, for the accommodation of @ commerce rivalling that of Liverpool. True, the commerce 18 not formidable as yet, but what can prevent it from becoming 80 when the luke steam- ers find the passage open to them all the way to | the berths of the seagoing vessels, whose cargoes they will furnish? As large vessels can carr: freight profitably at less rates than smaller craft one need not put on strong spectacies in order to see that, until corresponding facilities are afforded the finer class of lake craft tor going to New York direct, @ heavy percentage of cereal produce will gravitate oceanward and to New ingland, via Montreal, THE ADVANTAGES OF THE ST. LAWRENCE ROUTE, via the Welland Canals, being seve: as com: i Witthany existing means of transportation 0 and trom the seaboard markets, it will require something more powertul than mere patriotism to Keep the ola channels crowded to their full capacity. The fact that cargoes can be trans'erred without breaking bulk irom the point of reception to the point of delivery, and that this can be done cheaper and in THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. Wanderings Along the Presi- dential Peaks. Beecher Among the Mountaineers~—Hard Roads to Travel—“‘Backpay” Mountain—Pen and Ink Sketohes of Late Tourists— An Extraordinary Bailrodd, Fanyan Hovsg, Wars Mountars, August 30, 1873, The White Mountains! Poets have sung about them, painters have raved about them, and penny- a-liners have written oceans of trash in praise of them. There’s not a bald peak, an ugly boulder or awater spout (I mean beautiful falls) but has been enshrined la giowing word temples of praise and loveliness, I thought that there might be a chance that no one had thought of Androscoggin on account of ths apparent impossibility of gettlng such a name into postry; but, alas! pouse, It is already immortalized. What, then, to write about ? Aching bones from those infamous stage coaches preclude the idea of falling into ccstasles. Thanks to the spirits of the mountains and valleys, the days of stage coaches in these regions are num- bered. The branch railroad from Littleton will bo extended by next season to the foot of Mount Washington, and 4 tourist may thus be enabled to purchase a through ticket from New York to the main peak of New England. There are already weoping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among the stage companies, and the spirit of extortion among them has reached boiling heat. The advent of the railroad into those regions is already show- ing good results, THE PLATEAU O¥ THE GIANTS GRAVR, 2,000 rect above tlie sea, ina corner of which the Fabyan House is built, consists of over 300 acres of Pertectly level land. On this plateau it is intended to construct a mile track for trotting horacs, and on a long, narrow ledge, some thirty feet higher, a row gf handsome cottages, The old Fabyan House was destroyed by fire eighteen years ago. The pla- teau is now entirely cleared of timber, and by next summer the raflroad will pass through it. It was Once the abode of Ethan Allen Crawford, a cele- brated hunter, From this plateau all the great peaks of the Mount Washingtoa range can be seen, General Hancock and family were the first visitors here this sumiaer, Going to hear Beecher preach on Sunday last at the Twin Mouatain House, which is about four miles distant, | saw the celebrated lower falls of that vile little mountain stream, euphoniously called the Amoonoosuc, A huge sawmill, with a few thousand feet of rotting lumber, lent a new in- Senna tore jails. Towards Mount Washington are the “BEAUTIFUL FALLS OF THE AMOONOOSUC,” 80 an unpainted signboard said. A man sells ginger pop, maple sugar, &0., herein an unpleas- ant looking shanty, and has not even the enter- wise to fence in the falis, as they have done at fagara. A good water spout and a@ judiciously regulated sower in New York would make more nolve and probably as much display as these “bean. tiful falta.” Beecher, too, has another water spout named after him. Speaking of Beecher, he seems to be quite at home in his mountain house, and can take @ part in private theatricals, crack a whip over a New Hampshire nag or RALTLE OFF A SERMON with the utmost sangrroid, Mark Twain speaks of A young clergyman who went to Nevada in the palmy days of mining, and the rough, bearded con- gregation aubbed him “the man whe runs the dux- ology works.” Lfear that many irreverent moun- taincers here look upon Mr, Beecher in the same light. He has raised a bugbear here in the shape of “hay ever,” and all the hotel proprietors solemnly assure tieir patrons that instantanevus cure of this fearful disorder can ark be attained by Weg dibe | at their houses, Idon't know exactly what hay fever means, but I suppose 1t is some disease that convinces men that all tesh is grass, The immense crowd that gath- ered from all parts last Sunday to hear him pre- sented phases of character original, various and striking enougo to form the basis of a Dickens novel. Many went away refreshed with the baim of Gilead which dropped from the preacher's lips, and some others ure still cudgeiling their brains to know how Father Beecher stands in respect to Rome, The quondam, simple mountaineers in this region are keenly alive to the chance of obtainin; a dollur from the well skinned guests whe trave for pleasure. It is to be hoped that Father Beecher will restore them to thelr primitive imnccence, Opposite the Fabyan House is MOUNT DECEPTION, one-half the time (even by fast freight rail routes) than by any other channels of trattic will necessarily precipitate the impending revolution, That the crisis 18 coming seems to be well under- stood by New York merchants, but as thelr inter- ests have.not been represented at Albany for many years, while the railroad lobby has been diligently at work, the chance for diminishing the torce of the blow Is growing smaller each year, ‘To turn THE ERIE CANAL into a stream for the passage of the lake steamers Lam afraid is a chimerical idea, It would necesst- tate Feapehifeldows od by the thousaud through the | thickly Ls ps route of 360 miles, and to operate | these would hourly bring the whole movement ot travel eastward and westward to a standstill. The preposed ship canal trom Oswego to the Hudson will be a dificult, tedious and costly un- dertaking, and, moreover, cannot be completed in time to head off the movement through Oanadian waters, The only feasible solution to the problem lies in taking full advantage of the Canadian water routes to the foot of Lake Champlain, and then putting in the connecting link ourselves between the foreign canals and tidewater at Albany, RECIPROCITY, Tho Canadians are willing chough that American tonnage should navigate their natural and arti- ficial water routes, but ty are going to press the granting of the compensating favor—namely, that their craft be permitted to enjoy the privileges of our lakes and streams, This is an importaut con- sideration. If allowed to compete with American sbipping the Canadian tonnage, which is very ex- tensive, would beneiit producers and consumers all over the Continent by putting down treights, While the politicians are busy in getting out planks for the construction of new platiorms for tlie coming canvass they woul! do weil to study the propriety of giving this quid pro quo to their enterprising neighbors, who are at this juncture far more anxious for free and amicabie intercourse with the people of the United States than for con- tinued political connection with the imperial power over tie sea. But whether the United States ve willing to make any such equal partuership arrangement or not, the Canadian policy will still be to accord American vessels the ‘fullest ireedom of their wate Upon this point a very forcible expression of enlightened sentiment here is contained in the to!lowing extract from the vigorous guiding pen of Jon Young, Esq., who, perbaps more than any other citizen of the Dominion, has taught the nauion its commercial capabilities aud pointed out the direct ceurse to lasting prosperity, Mr. Young said in 1871:— It must not, however, be concealed that the fullest suc- cess of the route of the'St. Lawrence and the canals of Canada can never bo obtained without throwing open to foreign vessels the free use of our canals and nvers, and admitting tree of duty, and without hindrance of any Kind, ali agricultural and natural products, Itis of the highest importance, tor the best interest of the Dominion, to cherish the most’Kindly intercourse with our neigh: bors in the United States, and to lay aside every feeling but that of rendering Canada the great highway trom the shores of the Missiasipp! and the Rocky Mountains, ot only to the Atlantic by Montreal, Quebec, Halifax md St but to ‘the New Ensiand States ie ‘ork—a city which by its connection with the Western Stat ough her is. TI of drawing commerce tnrough our oF ind railways, and by our vessels and 18, 13 solely to make availabe the great facilities 1ich the Dominion possesses, and to make theso profit: able to its inhabitants, and that without reference to the oiley olothers. ‘Ihe’ adoption @: measures tosecure a ree ‘transit, Without restriction, of the products of the Unite! States, free ot all, duty, would be one of political expediency and sound wisdom, Such a policy should bo ursued Without reference to any act of reciprocity on he part of the United States, because such a cours should be followed, for the reason that It was beneficial to the peopie of the Dominion, and that they should not bo precluded trom the advantages ot it, meroly because our neighbors in the United States might not be disposed to pursue a corresponding policy towards us. Here, tien, is a plain declaration in confirmation ofall the theorizing that has been suggested b; recent events, Canada counts upon growing ric upon the necessities of her neighbors, not less than by her own exertions to develop her resources. And at last her opportunity for cous for the American people what they must have done, and are mot prepared to execute themselves, has arrived, ‘This is tue first grand resalt of American railway monopoly legislation. Let New York undo speedily, if she can, that which may other- wise prove the mighty means of her undoing, HORSE NOTES, Mr. Charles Carman’s stallion; Jules Jurgensen (Kirkwood’s mate) died, at Freehold, N. J., on Sat- urday last, of strangulated hernia, This was a valuable horse, Mr. Carman having pald $18,000 for him three years ago, Dr. Cattanack was sent for when the horse was taken Ill, but he was too late, the horse being dead when he reached Freehold, The Doctor made @ post-mortem examination and discovered the cause of de: be as given above, The Spirit of the Times’ stakes closed on tho Ist inst. The original entries Fe each) were twenty. four in number, of which but two have made their stake good by the final payment of $200 cach, These are Mr. David Nevins, Jr.’s, chestnut colt F ge Boy, by rnaught, dam by Sherman's Black Hawk, and Mark W. Sears’ ‘black filly Dame Trot, by Messenger Duroc ous of Green Mountain so called, probably, aiter one of the stage com- panies. A man boasted to me to-day that he drove President Grant to the Profile House, ten miles, in forty minutes. Quick time over su>) an atrocious road; but few would be willing to take the coming Cesar's place. The ladies indulge in pedestrianism here to a considerable extent, and may be scen during the day on the slopes, white wand in hand, faces very red and clothes very dusty. Going towards the Crawlord Hotel yesterday I met a Frenchman and his wi! ‘aakiog their way to the Twin Mountain Station, seven miles distant. | They had traveiled on foot trom North Conway, through the White Mountain Notch, their valises slung over their shoulders and stout sticks in their hands, and they seemed in no wise weary alte? theirlong tramp. Very different was tt with a half soldiers who toiled up the road further on, n file, the United States uniforms being of jiest description and boots being scanty in the party. In war times one would take them as released prisoners from Andersonville, Next was encountered A WHITE MOUNTAIN LiGHT WAGON, cons'stiog of a couple of long planks placed be- tween four wheels very far apart, and arude seat Taised in the middle, I found the stage on my re- turn to-day realy to start for Mount Washington, Four miles of a gradual rise of 609 lect brought us to the depot of the mountain railway. Woe tried to remember gome of the beautiful lines of Whittier on this monarch of mountains, but the stage would get into a deep rut with a sudden plunge and all the poetry was knocked out of us. THE HiDEOUS LITTLE MONSTER OF AN ENGINE, pufting and panting, tugging away for dear life and taking breath at intervals (on account of a heated journa!), pushed our car belore it, and in a couple of hours we reached the summit, The heaviest grade is the trestle work called Jacob's Ladder, al- though no angels are to be scen on it except those on the train wrapped in waterproofs, with blue noses and watery eyes. The day was clearand the ‘lorious panorama Was Visible even to the ocean, Bure description here would infringe apon the «do- main of the guide book and penny-a-iiners, 80 I will forego it. SHADES OF THE PA3T REBUKING CAE3ARISM. 2 One could not help thinking, on looking down on the stern, massive peaks of Adams, Jeiferson, Monroe, Franklin, Madison, Clay, Webster and Jack- son, that, should the Republic which they saw created, watched in its infancy and brought to the proudest place among uations by the great men after whoin they were named perish and Caesarism be erected on the ruins, tnose gray summits, with the nobie head of Washington towering above them, would be an everlasting rebuke to a nation that could thus forget and degrade its past history. Perhaps the wearer of the imperial pur- ple, should he ever come, will rebaptize these stately hills and give them romantic names like those of the Franconia region, such as Sugar Loaf, Hog’s Back, Ore Hill, We would suggest, in case ol such @ change, Backpay Mountain as a fitting substitute for Washington. A DISPUTE AUOUT A PANORAMA, The enjoyment of the scene was ie by the “All aboard for the Glen House!” of a vociferous stage driver, a shrill whistie from the little ogre that Lagi bh us up and a noisy discussion among a party of ladies and genticmen, some of whom Dailed from the tight little island across the ocean. ‘The subject of the discussion was the location of the various pomts of interest that lay on every side far below our feet. One short, puify little man, in a pepper and salt suit and rea whisl ok hada huge map of the mountains spread out on his tap, and another little man had a guide book. After a long Wrangie about Maine, which the pepper aod salt man insisted lay due north of the mountain, while the other: little man was equally positive that he could see its forest and lakes in the west, the ladies jeining with pleasurable excitement in the argument, an employé of the hotel gravely in- formed them that it was due east of them. A look at the map and guide book, and they wondered how they ever could have made such @ mistake, L found out afterwards that the tivo littie men, although they were the best of friends, were con- stantly antagonistic in travelling lore, LOST IN THE RAVINES, A man, whose name is unknown, came to Mount Washington some time ago and commenced camp- ing out at hight and rambiing about during the day. Last week his tent and traps were found near Tuckerman’s Ravine deserted, and he has not turned up since, Itis supposed that he lost his way in the treacherous labyrinths on the eastern slope, or fell down some yawning chasm tn attempt- ing to regain his camp. Camping out on Mount Washington is not a healthy occupation. The Summit House on the mountain is an unpre- tending looking wooden house, which a few thou- sand feet lower down in the world would be placed among the third rate hotels. it is chained down with links larger even than those waich the ladics nowadays wear about their necks. OVERTAXED ENGINES. The engines of this extraordinary raliway are entirely too light for the great loads they are Obliged to push up every day. The consequence Is that a number of crank shafts have been broken and the Iittic monsters are getting worn out. The system of atmospheric braxes, however, P reciudes the probability of aserious accident. ‘Ihe car is made independent of the engine ior purposes 0! descent, and can find its way down aafely without its aid. ' The speed is a little less than that of an Maid, by Henry Clay, a fu iter to Prospero, The Fleetwood track has been selected, gud qe trot | OR, Ming WIL abe place this alterm Accommodation train on the Connecticut Kiver Raliroad—about @ mile in halfan hour. The moat interesting notch Ja these mountains is the heavily ‘which the cog wheels of the engine and car rag, meter stood at Afty-four ¢2 on thé summit, and those who ex, to mn were agreeably disappointed. Mount Lafayette among the dark crests of Franconia was kissed by the red ipa of the declining sun as we descended in to valley, and the Giant’s Grave was in a blaze of ight as we reached the Fabyan again, between the upper and lower falis of tho AMoonoosnc, On ac- count of the spirited attempt this funoy little brook makes to get up the reputation of @ full grown mountain stream tis pane might be advantageously changed to “Amoosin’ Little ,?? a8 poor Artemus Ward would have {t. What do you think of th assurance of pecnerw be would call one of these roads a turnpike and erect a tollgate opposite this house? Yet they have done it, A Series of Norman Watering Place Letters---No, 9. ON THE SANDS. —_—-—___. Parisian Notions of Water and Its Effects pon the Numan System, FROGS IN THE SURF. Costume and Customs of French Female Bathers. ON THE SANDS, July 23, 1873, A French gentleman who really intends to wash himself prepares for 80 grave and unusual an act with precaution, As he generally lives, when aft home in Paris, in a sort of sugar-plum box, which he calls an appartement, but which could not be used for ablutionary purposes without great harm and‘loss, he does not know what effect water ap- lied to any other part of his person than his face and bonds might have upon his health and pros- pects in life, His doctor, whom he naturally con- sults on the subject, combines the resources of scl- ence with the resources of his own imagination, and recommends him to stand bolt upright on the» sca. shore, in a becoming costume, and WAIT FOR THE WAVES, When the waves have hit the Frencn gentleman he 1s of course bound in honor to return the blow, and does ao with his head down and his mouth full of salt water, Determined also conscicn- tiously to follow the advice of his medical man, he begins to jump, dance and disport himself alter the manner of aseal. Having had enough of this, he puts nis feet in hot water, provided in a tub in his bathing machine, drinks a glass of rhum and fancies himself a sca wolf for the rest of the teas DRESSED FOR A DUCKING, Soine of the ladies’ dresses are outrageously fina when they go publicly into salt water. A yard of false hair, a long parasol, a double eyeglass, a pair of sky blue trousers, a fishing net and opera glass, a feather, a poodle dog, two young gentlemen, an il- lustrated newspaper of 1ashions, a pair of lilac boots, @ lighted olgarette, a camp stool, a nosegay and a nightcap make up this most simple ani interest. ing costume, The sea is a big place, and a French lady may want all these things before she gets to the bottom of it. The best part of her bathing is, a8 might be supposed, to walk on the sands and keep her costume dry, There must be @ large crowd to tempt her to wet it; but if she once resolves on doing so she calls upon all mankind (tout le yide) to witness her courage, Then she commits herself to a broad-shouldered fisherman, who takes her in his arms and goes through a sort of war dance with her, while all the gentlemen of the neighborhood are looking on admiringly through telescopes and opera glasses. When she comes out the proper thing is to ask ber “si elle a beaucoup péch?,”’ to which question she answers reflectively, “Mauvais suet.” At Trouville and some other places it is considered good, ladyitke taste to smoke a cigarette, percied on a camp stool, iminediately alter the war dance above mentioned, HONEYMOON QUARTERS. A practice which the French have recently bor- rowed from the English and Gerinans is to*pass their honeymoon at the sea side. The method of do- Ing this 1s to go to sleep under an umbrella on the beach with the last new sensauon novel lying half read amid the shingle, PAKIS IN THE COUNTRY. Diepve, Trouville, Deauville and Etretat are merely mimic representations of Paris super mara, The notion 01 sea bathing is mercly a pretext, These places aro really marriage markets. They are the meeting places of mvatids who are quite well. A sick Freaciman would ‘no iore think of @ cold bath than he would think of going to the moon, On week days the most moderate lady at Dieppe, Deanvilie and Trouville considers it ab- soluiely necessary to dress herself at least six times. On Sundays and holidays she transforms herselievery hour, Life 1s a continuai festival, or rather & masquerade, for her, It seems to be so for most French ladies of independent principles between fifteen and filty. * CIRCULAR RAILWAY TICKETS, The beat way of seeing the coast of Normandy is by circular railway tickets. About ten thousand travellers profit by them annually. The journey, if leisurely done, should take about three weeks, but it may be managed in ten days, by energetic people, The cost of making the best of everything on the way will be about two hundred dollars, It is as well to take as iittle baggage as possible, for everything one wants may be bougii new at Paris prices as well as of Paris workmanship, and ono wants very little. Whereas the cost of lugging about a heavy b is seldom less than twenty Jrancs a day. in Paris itis acomnion thing to take a bedroom at a hotel and to dine at @ restaurant. Jt wili not answer to do so travelling, for the res- taurants are generally bad, and to cat at them adds conaiderably to the expense ofa journ: Through- out Normandy cider is drank insiead of wine, which is only to be got at a high price, whereas cider, at discretion or at indiscretion, ts never counted in a Norman hotel bil. It 1s sound tipple in its way, but not very nice. A traveller must chose between his pe and his purse.if he wants wine. Most of the Norman hotels are sorved by stalwart chambermaids iustead of waiters. They are not pretty, but they are good natured and obliging. There are two I'nes of route gen. erally frequented by Parisian tourists. 1. Paris, Rouen, Dieppe, Fécamp, Havre, Trouville, Honfleur and Caen. 2 Paris, Rouen, Dieppe, Fécamp, Havre, Trouville, Caen, Honfleur, Bayeux and Cherbourg. There is a good deal of cross country work in visiting tbe Norman coast, and the ol French diligence, with its rope harness and jingling bells, turus up on the way as fresh as ever, ROUEN AND CAEN are perhaps the most interesting places on the road, but nearly all the ancient Norman citics have a peculiar interest to Engiishmen and Ameri- cans as the ALL ete of our common history, Rouen now is a rich manufacturing town of revolu- tionary politics. Caen is chiefly known amon Frenchmen for its method of cooking tripe; bu both of these towns are full of memories for the student, the states and the soldier, ori- cans who wish to catch @ last glimpse of them must be quick about it, for ancient Normandy, its customs, it# anners, dress and feudal retics, are disappearing fast. Many of the casties and some of the convents Still upstanding have been turned into barracks; the storied keeps and hoary battic- meuta of others are sold as rubbish by needy heirs, The state of pudlic affairs in France is so hazard- ous that, pores the high price of land 1s main- tained, people do not like to invest in buildings which would be destroyed at the first popular clamor; 80 casties are at a discount just now, and some of the best remaining of them in Normandy may be rented fer about $50 a year, PRICK OF LAND IN NORMANDY. On the other hand good tracts of pasture are hardly to be bought at all; and the market price of them, when comzatable, is not less than $1,000 au acre. HOTEL BILLS, 1 have two hotel bills now before me which show the actual expense of travelling in Normandy better than a whole column of loose words. One of these hotel bills is dated from The “Cote de Balelue,”’ & capital old inn at Rouen, and lunips the hotel ex- penses of the day, a good, clean bed included, and plentiful homely fare, at Seven francs and a half, a dollar and forty — ing (OO : id best hotel on the roa AR, itisaated from ‘ag des Roches Noires,? at Trouville, the fnes of all the fine hoteis on the coast; but neither so good nor so clean as the ancient inn at Rouen, ‘Two days at thasHotel des Roches Noires cost just seventy-cight fraocs and fifty centimes, or $14 50, to a mudcrate man who takes things easily. Tho breakfast and dinner are really the same as those provided at the Cote de Baleine, but the items make the bill more than a foot long. It ts hardly worth while to go into the pricea In detail They are the same as those charged atthe Café Anglais— six francs for a beeisteak, and so fortit, SALUTING THE NKW YORK HERALD, It most be admitted, however, that one gets @ good deal for ono's money at these big hotels; for, Do sooner was it known through the letter-box tu the hall that a correspondent of yours was in the house, than the American flag was hoisted on the rincipal terrace, Americans were always popular in France, from their piensenh, open-handed ways, and since the establishment of the Republic thee have become more popular than cver. a