The New York Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1874, Page 4

4 MACKENAI:’S EXPEDITION. — Successful Battles with Kiowas and Comanches. —— Repulse of the Reds in Bohm Canyon, Texas, ey THE CITRO BLANCO FIGHT. Charging an Indian Village Down a Ravine. Hight or Ten Indians Killed and Several Wounded. Capture of Fourteen Hundr:d Horses and Mules, Seven Camps, Robes, Rifles and Provisions. CAMP OP MACKENZIk’S EXPEDITION, NEAR Palo Deno, iex. Sept. 29, 1374, The Liano Estacado, or Stuked Plain, 18 an elevated plateau or table land tying partly tn Texas, New Mexico and tue Indian Territory. Not many years ago it was designated as the Great American Desert upon the maps, and sup- posed to be @ vast sandy waste like the Sahara of | Africa, Now, the geogruphers iniorm us, It is “an eleyated tabie iand without wood or water, across — which a wagon route was formerly marked by | stakes.” The plain rises abruptly four or five hundred feet above the surrounding | country, and stretches for hundreds of miles an almost level prairie, covered with | a heavy growth of buifalo grass, which remains green during the entire year, and which, as may well be imagined, is the winter home of | countless herds of bison, who come down from above the Canadian, and of well mounted bands of Comanches and Kiowas, who, aiter drawing their annuities and supplies upon their reserva- | tions, make this a base from which to go on their raids after Texan herds and scalps, The eastern | and southern sides of this great table land is | gashed and seamed by a succession of canyons and | arrogors, the ruggedness and grandeur of whicn | is beyond description. The edge of the Staked | Plain is chaos itself, In these canyons rise all the | important rivers of Texas—the Red, Washita, | Pease, Brazos, Colorado and Concho are fed | by the drainage of the plateau, while | their valleys furnish wood, water, grass and shelter from wind—the only contributions that a red man asks trom Nature; with their help he can teed, clothe, house and mount himself, and have at all times plenty of Texan horses, wome2 | and children to barter with friendly tribes ana | traders for red flannel and whiskey. | | INVADING THE TABLE LAND. From the close of the civil war until 1869 this re- | gion was an unknown land to the troops serving | upon the Texas irontier, and it was fondly be- | lieved that twenty-fve or thirty cavalrymen could ride over the country at pleasure, and whip all the | hosttie tribes, one alter the other. In September, | five years ago, Captains Carroll and Heyl, of the | Ninth cavalry, with another officer, came | around by the heads of the Colorado and | Brazos, with a command of ninety odd, and on the fresh water fork of the Brazos were attacked by astrong force ot Kiowas and Coman: | ches, who were repu'sed after a severe fight. The | next month Colonel Bacon, of General Snerman’s staff, went back to the same locality with seven ofMficersand 200 men; he was attacked in broad daylight by a yery beavy force of Indians, whom, after a fight of four hours, he completely stampeded, Next day he found the lodges, wiiip- ped the warriors and captured their stock, camp equipage and squaws, MACKENZIE’S RAIDS. In 1871 General Mackenzie, who commanded a division of Sheridan's troopers at Five Forks, having been assigned to command the Fourth regiment of cavairy upon the reorganization of the army, took out an expedition from Fort Richardson across the Red River through the Washita Moun- tains and up the North Fork to McCleiian’s Creek, swinging around to the northeast snd south, ford- ing the Sweeiwater near Antelope Hulls, and thence back to Fort Griffin, having met with no large body of hostie Indians. Refitting and fliling up with supplies he came out to the scene of the Bacon and Carrojl fight via Fiat Top and Double Mountains, On the Fresh Fork he bad a@ skirmish with the Comanches, in which he was himself wounded in the eye by an arrow, obliging him to relinquish the command and return to Fort Grifin. | In 1872 Mackenzie came out again and estab- lished a supply camp on the Fresn Fork, deter- mined to stay on the Piains until he could overrun the whole of the Indian stronghold. First he sent General McLaughlin with a column ninety miles southwest to Mucho Que, the head of the Brazos, | developing the previousiy unknown fact that 15 Was a well watered region and a favorite camping place for Indians, where they would stop to rest aud recruit their sto Stock, while en route trom the San Saba, Biano and Nueves ranches, to their markets in the Indian Territory and New Mexico. On receiving McLaughlin’s report that no Indians were below lim General Mackenzie strack out again, crossing the Staked Plain at its widest part, througn a region entirely unknown except to the red men and the New Mexican traders who supply them with whiskey and such other groceries a3 are not provided for them by the goverument, coming out at Fort Sumner, in New Mexico, thence north to Fort Bascom, then across toe Plains again to Palo Duro, the bead of Red River, down the Red River to Cafioncito Blanco (\ittle white canyon), thence across the heaus of Washita and Pease to lis supply camp on the Fresh Fork, AS soon as the stock collid be rested he started north aguin across the Red River to its North Fork, where we found 4 large village of hostile Coman- ches, which was at once charged, About fiity were killed, a large number wounded, 200 squaws ani 1,200 horses were captured and the village burned, THE PRESENT EXPEDITION, Last year the Indians were comparatively quiet, but, as they seem to have had a general “digging up of little hatehets,” another expedition became necessary ip 1874. To make up a@ decent escort in the present economfcally depleted condition of the army, which redaction the HBRALD deprecated | were captured, from which 360 of the best | from the start, itis mecessary to draw of all avatl- able men from @ thousana miles of frontier. This command comprises men drawn from every post on the line, from Richardson, the most | northerly, to Duncan, on the Rio Grande; and yet the availabe fighting force, exclusive of team- | sters, train guard and packers, is about 400 men. The gathering of the clans took place at the old supply camp on Fresh Water Fork, and was com- pleted by the arrival of the Seminoles from the Rio Grande, twenty-one strong, Tonkawa braves \rom Fort Grima, on the 18th of Umis month. These friendly Indians are used as advance scouts and trailers, and are quite meces- sary (0 an expedition of this kina, march in advance, were discovered and attacked by about twenty-five Comancies, and after a short, sharp fight were obliged to run for their lives, One of them had bis horse shot under him, but he succeeded in get ting safely upon another old animal and the whole four reached the Seminole-Tonkawa camp in safety. Their pursuers took the alarm and run off their berd of about 100 animals ina southerly direction with all baste, Genera | McLaughlin was at once detached with part of the | cavalry in pursuit, and he followed the trail more than thirty-five miles beiore dark, obliging the Indians to drop several horses and abandon con- siderable camp equipage in their hasty Mgnt. h NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEK?. When tt became too dark to follow the, tratl, McLaughlin must have been close on their heels, bus with another night's start the race would have beeo hoyeless, so he returned to ing due north, Mackenzie camped | the Fourth ‘airy, the hero of many a fight and skirmish in Northwestern Texas) on the 25tn, | sending part of the command five miles ahead to camp i Tule Gapyon, and return next day for the purpose of deceiving the apies who were known to be watching the column. THE BATTLE IN BOEHM’S CANYON, On the 26th a few Indians appeared and skir- mished with the outposts at Tule Canyon, after | which tnat detachment pulled up stakes and | joined the main camp at Bochm’s Canyon. That | night every one laid down to sleep with his clothes on, fully expecting an atvack before morning —and iteame. At fiiteen minctes past ten P. M. several parties of from ten to thirty Indians dashed up on diferent sides of the camp, firmg in | ameng the men and horses, and yelling luke bloodthirsty demons as they are—Peace Com- missioners and Indian agents to the contrary not withstanding—in a vain attempt to stampede the stock ; for every horse and pack mule was “staked, | cross-side-lined and hobbled,” and could pot run if they would, Those terms may need some eX- planation. Each horse was “staked,” or tied with a chirty-foot one-inch rope, to an iron stake | or “picket pin,” fliteen inches long, driven hard | and fastin the ground, “Cross-side-lined” means that a fore loot was tied to the bind foot on the op. posite side, leaving them the same distance apart as when the animal stands naturally. ‘‘Hubbied’— hoppled, more properly speaking, but the word is obsolete in the army—means that both jore feet are tied together. running far under such discouragirg conditions. ‘rhe Indians charged around the camp a few times until they found that the stock was not likely to change ownership, after which they se- lected @ position below, in the canyon, from which they kept upa desultory fire unul daylight, doing no damage, except shooting Lieutenant Thomp- son’s horse through the neck and putting another | ball through his saddle pockets, while the return | fire killed and wounded several horses at least, tor they were found in the ravine next morning. Before it was lairly light the Indians, who evi- dently had no idea of the strength of the column, | came boldly out on the bill fora fignt to the num- ber of about 150. Captain Boehm, with his company, and Lieutenant Tnompson, com- manding the scouts and Indians (who ts known to his messmates as ‘Hurricane Bill,’ from the plan of his attacks) were ordered to charge and drive them from the vicinity while the rest of the companies were saddling and pack- ing. Peter and bis men went at them in the good old way, CHARGING STRAIGHT THROUGH THEIR CENTRE in the most galiant manner, losing no men, but killmg one Indian, while Hurricane Bill and his scoats acted a3 flankers on each side, killing an- other Comanche without loss to themselves. This Indian, one of the finest looking fellows your cor- respondent ever saw, was going up the side of an arroyo whea a Seminole jumped down trom his saddle, and, taking deliberate aim, killed the Camanche’s horse, who, being thus suddenly dis- mounted, started off at a great rate across the prairie on foot. One of the Tonkawas then ran his horse upon him and gave the coup de grace | with his six-snooter, the pistol being so near his head that the powder burned his skin. The Comanches scattered in every direction, making no more fight, but after a little while gathering together again in plain sight, two or | three miles in front of the prairie, and marched off to the eastward in close column, like a detacn- ment of civilized troopers. But the cavalry did not follow the tratl, of course. That device ts get- ting a litte threadbare; every step taken on that | the camp of the main command. Stil! march- a'mo; in Boehm’ nyon (named after a captain of Imagine an animal | close this letter, Vid. :— Orriog Kiowa AND COMANCAS AGENCY T., 4Mo. 9, 1874. Long Hungry is recognized as a chiet among the Cochetethea Comanche Indians and promises (0 use his infuepeedor good sone his people, waile continuing to conduct bimself in a frienaly and se manner, 1 ask for him kind treatment y all with whom he may come in contact. J. M. HAWORTH, United States Indian Agent, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians. No, 13,—KiowA 4ND COMANCHE AGgncy, I. T., August oman 6, 1874. Wah-Lung, of Sun Boys’ band of Kiowa Indians, is registered and will not be molested by troops | unless engaged in acts of hostility or away irom bis camp Without spectal permission, J HAWOKTH, United States Indian Agent, Countersigned by . G, K. SANDERSON, Captain Eleventh infantry. More news may perhaps be received from this command if General Mackenate ia so fortunate as to find auother village which he is looking for. THE COUNTERFEITERS. + Examination of Tom Ballard and the Two Women—Decision of the Commis- sioner=Ballard’s Invention to Prevent Counterfeiting—His Offer to Submit It | to the Govermment. BUFFALO, Oct. 13, 1874. Since my former letter detajling the arrest of the notorious Tom Ballard, with the capture of his implements, stock of finished and unfinished counterfeit notes and the plates from which the same were printed, additional toteresting develop- ments have taken place, the examination of the prisoners been held, anc, in aeianit of $15,000 buil, all are now in jail in this city. The antecedents of Tom Bailard, as we gather them | from the Secret Service officials, show him to be | one of the most expert counterfelters in the coun- try; indeed, he 18 believed to have been the engraver of the United States Treasury $600 bill, of which severai were received at the Treasury unnecessary, and with trae copies of which I will | | ance of his discovery prove correct,.the authort- Department, having successfully passed the most rigid scrutiny of tne business public, His skill is supplemented by an inventive genius spurred into coustant activity by @ mervous sanguine temperament, which demands constant and exciting employment, In the exercise of this genius Ballard has succeeded in solving all the secrets connected with the manutacture of the pulp of which the pecuhar paper used for bank notes is made, also the coloring matter, and can do all his engraving and printing. As will be seen pelow, Ballard puts into written form the claim referred to in my Inst, that he | has invented a process—or, rather, a series | of three processes—which will put an end to the practice of counterfeiting. He understood | | trom Mr. Simon B, Benson, First Assistant of the | Secret Service Department, to whom the letter | below 1s directed, that it is accompanied with no proposition, but that he simply expresses the be. | lief that, should the experiments any experts | selected by the government might make under his | direction prove the correctness of his theory, it | would induce @ mitigation of his punishment, JOSHUA D. MINER. Baltard’s first arrest, In Uctober, 1871, was in connection with the charges against this notorious individual, now a wealthy resident of your city, and it was expected at the time that Ballara’s testimony would bave convicted him. Mr. Benson does not hesitate to express his belief in Ballard’s | statement that Whitley agreed not to prosecute him should he give the required evidence; but as Ballard escaped irom Ludlow Street | Jal in November, before Miner’s trial | was held—no doubt receiving outside a: ance | through Miner’s infuence, thereby himself | breaking the tacit agreement and permitting the | escape of Miner irom punishmenut—he has no oc- | casion to biame the department either for its | failure to save him from punishment or the per- | tinacity with which it Las endeavored to secure trail, which was made with intent to deceive, would have carried the command away from their villages, and villages were what the column was after; lor if their herds and homes are struck it tells very seriously, but if you strike a moving party of warriors, a possible dead Indian or two represents the sum total of the harm done them. ON FOR CITRO BLANEE. | The column remained quietly in camp until | about two o'clock P.M., when it marched out a few miles in the direction the Comanches had gone and went into camp, as iftor the night, ata water hole on the prairie. As soon as it was dusk the command saddied up and started off almost due north, at @ great pace, and, travelling all night, arrived on the brink of the big canyon near the head of Red River just as day was breaking. This canyon is from 500 to 800 feet deep, and at this point about halfa mile wide. It was here that General Mackenzie expected to find their villages, and he was vot disappointed. Look- ing far down into the valley beneath their feet the troopers could see the lodges stringing for miles down the river, and the Indian berds graz- ing tm all directions, appearing to one looking from such a height like chickens and turkeys, OMcers and men saw their enemies before—or rather below—them, buttow to get to them was | | the question. At last a narrow, dizzy, winding trail was found, such as a goat could hardly travel, 4nd the cavalry started down the sides of the precipice. The Comanches took the alarm at once and began their retreat. CHARGING THE COMANCHE VILLAGE. The descent took nearly an hour, but at last tne | witn his | soldiers were down, and Thompson, scouts, and the companies of Colonel Beau- mont, with Captain Boehm, charged the village with such tmpetuosity that the Indians ran in every direction. After a short but sharp fight the companies charged on down the canyon through the viilage, which proved to be scattered along for about three miles to its end before halting. for the entire distance; but the command was very fortunate, but one man, Henry E. Hard, bngler of Captain Wint's company, being shot, the ball passing through the body, leaving an ugly wound, but at this writing he ts doing well, with a fair prospect of recovery. Fourteen norses were also kuled and wounded from all the companies engaged. After driving them through the whole village, the General ordered the hedges burned and tbe captured stock to be ariven up the sides of the canyon to the prairie above. order some iittle sharp skirmishing occurred With straggling Indians, who had secured places among the rocks high up the sides of the canyon, which they nad reached by traila that could not be found by our men, and from which they deliy- ered their fire with comparative impunity, INDIAN LOSSES, During the fight five Indians were certainly killed, and probably ten or twelve were wounded. Fourteen hundred and six horses and mules were selected to be retained, and 1,046 were shot to prevent the possibility of their again falling into the hands of the hostile Indians, in case of any attempt at stampede, ALL THE LODGES WERE BURNED, and the loss to this particular band of Indians ts aimost irreparable, Taken all in all this is believed to be the most effective blow dealt the Comanches | | years, Some of the servants and Tonkawa and seven | squaws found time to do considerable plundering | | in the camp while the troops were at the front fighting and beiore it was burned, and the plunder they got is worth mentioning, There are bows and arrows, shields, robes with hair and robes | The command moved north, along the edge of | without hair, curiously decorated and painted; | the Staked Plain, on the morning of tue i9tn, On | new blankets, just from the reservation (and which | ‘the 20th 8 party of four spies, who were one day's | itis interesting to note are about Jour feet by | three in size, obliging them to runtwo together to make one of ordinary size), stone china, kettles, tools and implements of every description, down to a pair of tinner’s shears; the best breech load- ing arma, with plenty of metallic cartridges, one mule being found packed with 600 rounds and another loaded with lead and powder in kegs bales of calico and tarkey red, sacks of Minne- ‘polis and Osage Mission flour, groceries of ail kinds tn proiusion. Indeed they seemed to be richer in everything than white men who behave themseives, TWO IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS. Among the articies joat by the Indians in their It was a running fight | While executing this | and Kiowas on this frontier during the last two | his capture. It is now beileved here that if Bal- | lard should be taken to New York nis old asso- | ciates in the business would manage cither to assist him in escaping irom confine- ment, by liberal use of money defeat tne ends of justice, or, if convicted and sentenced, help him out of the best guarded of our State prisons, and in a con- Versauion with Commissioner Scroggs he informed your correspondent toat if it was within the pos- sibilities ne should be retained in this dtstrict for | trial, [1 he 18 not taken out of the district his trial wiil take place at the Auburn term, which | opens on the third Thursday of next month, ‘the maximum term of imprisonment is fliteen years, and, if indicted and found guilty on the three charges on which Commissioner Scroggs has held him to bail, a senteace of forty-flve years may be pronounced. It will be remembered that during the investi- gation into the District Attorney's sule burglary, at | Washington, Nettleship, tuen first assistant o1 the Secret Service Department, stated to the commit- tee that he was in Washington looking tor the | notorious torger Tom Ballard. This was ques- | tioned, but it appears from Baltard’s statement that the latter gas in Washington last winter, and that he left Because Nettleship was following hum too ciosely. THE EXAMINATION, Ten o’clock this morning was the time set for | the examination before Commissioner Scroggs, and shortly ufter that hour the prisoners were vrough¢ | down from tue jail. Ballard was handcuffed to Marshal Tole’s assistant, E. Brown, and the two females were under charge of @ policeman. Ballard looked cheeriul and conversed prey with the | officers, detectives and reporters, and listened to the arraignment without a twinge, and pleaded hot guilty in @ frm tone, but when the evidences of his guilt were produced | and the evidence of Detecttve Perkins aud D.S. Reynolds as to the arrest and capture of those evidences was given, bis look assumed an | expression which piainly showed that he ap- | preciated the full gravity of his situation, Com- | missioner Scroggs read the long charge, which | | was in substance that Thomas Ballard, Ann Adama | | and Elizabeth Ballard were Charged with making | and attempting to pass and passing counterielt ; and spurious currency of the United States; with | making and engraving plates after the simill- | tude of the plates used in printing national bank notes; also with having in their possession dies, plates, press and paper with the intent of counterfeiting the obligations and securities of the United states; also with conspiring with others to defraud and commit an offence against the United States, Each of the prisuners (Ballard stand erect and rather defiant) pleaded not guilty, in answer to the usual question the male prisoner nowledged that ts name was Thomas Ballard, and the oid Jady was Ann Adams. Bal- jard, the younger woman, however, when asked her name gave it as Julia Ann Elizabeth Britton. She is a native of Northern Central lowa, where she became connected with Bop, brother of Tom Ballard, some six Years ago, and has followed his fortunes ever since. She con- fessed to the officer that she had been arrested in Ohio jor coun‘erfeiting, that $5,000 was found on fer person, 4nd ob trial she was convicted and | sentenced to six months in the penitentiary, and that she served her time, She furtuer said she was glad the arrest hed been made, as | it would break up the business, which | she had in vain urged her husband to | abandon. Sue would not admit that her husband’s name was Ballard, calling hit Qharles Marshall, but this is known by the goveridifient ofticers to be one of Ballard’s aliases, She also ad- mitted thay yey gave the ame of Reed in the locality w arrest Of Friday was made. Clear , Lowa, is the locality sue gives as their residence previous to coming to this city last fall | and she corroborated Tom Ballard’s statemen' that he bad been in the neighbornood only about three weeks, She, a8 weil as the oid lady, is an | American, though of the lower class, but ssed | Of more than ordinary shrewdness and an entire | devotion to the outiaw to whom she is bound b; | heart, if not by legal ties. Among the sixteel different plates captured was one on which Tom had been at work most of the time since his ar- rival in this city. This is of steel, and the aesign is Mead the Bank of British North America. | had only completed the border and vignette, put the work 4# of a superior character, and, as t! | iaaea Tete Wie SORES oak | job “he woa: ve made our Canadian pens Bick.” Giibert D. Perkins, Wno gave nis business as that of an operative of the Secret Service Depart- ment, and David 8. Ke: Pouce of this city, DOW engaged in the customs detective business, were the only witnesses ex- | amined at any length, the others engagea in the capture being simply questioned in corroboration of these, and the points of their evidence in addi- tion to that already sent you is given above, At the concluston the Commissioner gave his deci fon, holding ali the prisoners tor triai on three charges, a8 follow: CHARGES, First~The making and issuing of countert United Staves currency and national bank notebe Secona—The making, raving and printing @f connterfeit and spurious United States Treasury and national pank notes, Third—Vor having 1 possession plates, pete In, shemtoais, Scids, tools and im | for counterfeit United Stat 1 Gace and Legr PhaS notes, gen m these sever: ‘ges the prisoners were re- quired to tarnish bal in the sums of $5,000 each, making @ total of x were remanded to at the Auburn term Court, which convenes on the third Tuesday November next, BALLARD'S_ INVENTION, I have spoken above of the invention which Bale fieht were two documents on which comment 6 lard claims to lave discovered, and of tue fact | by the people. | ‘fhe committee will be in sessivn on the four next | B. Nowian, @ consulting ratiroad engineer, plan | many dozens of plans will be submitte | give it to him, and this resulted in troubie between that he has made a formal application for permis- sion to show its workings to parties authorized by the government to investtzate it, and throagh the kindness of Mr. Benson, to whom it 18 directed, are enabled to spread the document verbatim be aay teens readers of the HgRratp. The following is the text:— Burrano, N. ¥., Oct, 12, 1874. Three years I wis arrested, being concerned in counterfeiting. Twas promise? my liberty tf I would xive up the materiais ant never again take up th business. big asd but by some misunderstanding was, placed ir jail,” from heen cy ‘hence I fled, and h work could. 7 0 I was compelled to leave, was driven from dif erent places, among whic! ‘asbington, D, 3, “There I was employed at the Smithsonian by J, McKnight, Esq., corner Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street; also at George Wall, coachmaker, No. 134 K Street, Washington. under the ame of Inémas Clark. T left Washington in April, 1874. ving an foprovensas both in engraving and Ce edhe ing that I have long wished to oring before the proper authorities at Washington, in hope that some honorable means might be found whereby I might be returned to my tamily, to protect them from vice and poverty, has induced me to state the following tacts :— THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSIST First—Of a new method whereby letters on the tace of a nove can be made in such a manner that they cannot be imitated, and it will uot interiere with the present style of engraving. ‘Secoud—1hat the red and blue fibre used by the govern- ment can be, or the juie can be colored by any person of ordinary means. [can show (he government a cor way that the jute can be colored, or rather made, at plated gold aud silver, so that nono bat the chemist can f # able to compete or produce it. part done a method whereby in the numbers o! Third—I_ have under way and note the top half can be printed In red an‘ the bottom: in blue, All siege combined, 1 olaim, wiil stop counterfeiting, here! by keeping our prison’ free trom that class of and protecting others from traad. ‘Yours re , THOMAS BALLARD. It can scarcely be doubted that, if the anticipa- tions of the enthusiastic forger as to the import. ties will naturally reduce the punishment imposed, if not set him free altogether, RETURN OF JOHN MITOHEL. Among the passengers by the steamship Minne- sota, which arrived at this port yesteraay, were Mr. John Mitchel and daughter, accompanied by Dr. Carroll, of Philadelphia. It will be remem- bered that Mr. Mitchel returned to Ireland last July alter an absence of twenty-six years, and that many of his iriends expected he would be arrested by the British authorities as soon us he landed. Mr. Disraell, however, did not see fit to order his arrest, and thus saved his government no small amount of trouble, Mr. Mitchel visited most of the principal ptacesjn Ireland, tncluding the Lakes of | Killarney, in @ strictly private manner, and was | everywhere received with the greatest enthusiasm | Before leaving he was presented | with @ testimonial, amounting to about $3,000, by the national party tn ireland. No demonstration of any Kind took place on his arrival yesterday, | and Mr, Mitchel proceeded at once to bis resi- dence in Clinton avenue, Brooklyn; but a move- ment 1s already on foot to have him appear in public and give his expertences tn Ireiand and bis opinions as to the future oL the national party there, THE FOUNDLING ASYLUM. The sale of boxes and reserved seats for the | matinée at the Academy of Music in aid of the funds of the Foundling Asylum commenced yes- | terday morning aud will be continued until the | afternoon of October 20, when the periormance | takes piace, A large number of seats and boxes were taken yesterday, and the liberal price paid in some instances indicates the favor 1n which the | object of the entertainment is held. There ts | overy indication that the eum realized will be @ Valuable aid to the deserving charity. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. Yesterday afternoon a Jarge number of scientific men were present at the rooms of the American Society of Civil Engineers, at 64 William street, to listen to schemes for rapid transit for passengers and for the distribution of freignt tn the city of New York. The following gentiemen on behalt of | the society examined maps, plans, models and es- timates of cost:—General Charles K. Graham, Ea- gineer-in-Chief of the Department of Docks; Mr. O. Chanute, Cntet Engineer of the Erie Railroad; Ashbel Welch and Francis Collingwood. In inter- rogating parties interested in the schemes in ques- tion, Wuey were closely examined as to the route, the | character of structure, and eStimate of the cosr. | | Tiursdays and will make their report, on the plans submitted, on the ist of next December, Among the plans submitted were those of Mr. Davis, of Syracuse, which isnot yet matured. Mr. Fitzgerald, belt and transit road; Mr. 5. B. for elevated railroad, Who claims to be the origi- | nator ot the Arcade Kailroad. Another plan, with- | out defined route, was that of Mr. Joun Schuyler, | formerly Chie! Engineer of the New York and New Haven Railroad, for an open underground rail- | road, from the Battery to Harlem, via Eluridge street, aud passing through the middle of the blocks | stations every ten blocks; average cost of land per block, $12,500, and total cost of road $9,020,000. t is expected that av next Thursday’s meeting BUICIDE BY TAKING POISON: About four o’clock on Wednesday afternoon Henry Gerrick, a German shoemaker, forty-five | years of age, then living at No. 85 East Houston | street, swallowed a dose of Paris green with sul- | cidal intent, The deceased, who had been quite | intemperate in his habits, Was very anxious to ob- tain money his wife had saved, but sne refused to them. According to accounts he haa threatened to take her Iiie, but sne heeded not his treats, whereupon he became more desperate than ever and took his own life. Gerrick leaves a widow and five children. Coroner Croker was notified, and will make an investigation uf the matter. PIRACY IN THE OHINESE WATERS. A Steamer Scized and the Officers Mur- dered=Many Other Persons Killed— Excitement at Macao. {Macao (Aug. 23) correspondence of Japan, Yoko- bama, Mail.) A terrible tragedy occurred last evening on board the steamer Spark, on its voyage from Can- ton to Macao. Chinese pirates who had embarked a8 passengers made an onslaught on the crew and passengers near Bocca Tigris, murdered the cap- tain, mate and purser, and wounded, most dan- gerously, the only European passenger and the whole crew. | Alter the pirates had been in possession of the | iteamer for six hours a junk came over trom the | nore to take them and their booty. Tne Chinese | engineers vrought the steamer over to Macao, Where it arrived at half-past twelve this morning. | Viscount Sam Januario immediately sent the gun- boat Camoens to searca the Canton River, and is taking all the necessary measures. The town is In a slate of excitement and everyone is horrified, DETAILS OF THE BLOODY DRED. The details oi the bloody deed go to show that $7,000, in notes of the Hoog Kong banks and in suver, Were taken irom the purser. Tne incen- Uve to the outrage is supposed to have arisen in a Samar 0 thé efféct that a gambling house pro- rietor was going down to Macao trom Benton in the Spark, with $18,000 in his possession, Tnis appears to have been a false re- port; but that the pirates had beliet in its accu- ney is borne out by the fact that they ransacked and rifled the luggage of all the passengers, whum | they forced below and kept there, battening down | the hatches. ‘The account that Captain Braay and the other murdered men went below to quell a factitious row among the passengers ia correct. The pirates were more than twenty in | umber, And took passage at Canton, as at first | ted, iy got te disturbance by fighting | with sticl The mate went down to part them, when the men As#abited him, He called the cap- | tain, who al: ‘ent down, A BRAVE D) WY THE MIDST OF A TERRIBLE RNB. “Sap sip. Brady, one builet ‘ates fired at Uap.< le Fan ‘to the upper | below. He then ‘The pir: Striking him in the shoulder. deck, got @ revolver and returneu attempted to fire on the repeatedly missed fire, ri Was thus entirely at the mercy of nis assy. and @ fierce onsiaught was made upon him. . 42 of the pirates stabbed him in the knee; anothe. cut him on the wrist witn @ sword; others shot | him, and some again speared him. There were thirty-two wounds upon his body when found. On the lower yart of the back was @ serious wound which probably proved fatal, and having severed the spinal column must have at once disabied him. Captain Carroll describes the scene on board the Spark as horrible. The decks were covered with | blood. Brady was found im his cabin, dead, on the floor, with one arm raised in air, his whole body @ mass of wounds and saturated with gore. Mr. Mundy was on the fore deck fearfully wounded and still insensible. Near him lay four dead satlors. Mr. Mundy was the only European passenger on board, and he offered a brave and determined | resistance. He knocked down two of tue pirates and was engaged with others when ne was stabbed twice in tne breast. The weapons | were evidently aimed at his heart, but fortunately id =not reach there, The left jung 1s believed to be pierced; but last night Mr. Mundy was moch vetter than might have becn expected; and there are good hopes o1 his ulti- | mate recovery, Had he been able to effect his | purpose of joining the Captain a better account | might have been given of the rovbers, ine persons altogether were killed in the affray—pamely, the captain, the mate, the purser, pe trpmnm, one naman And tour passengers. The Chinaman was occupying the cabin of the Compradore, and Pirates no doubt mistook | ham jor that officer. It is impossible as yet ‘0 say | yee @re the dead passengers; but it is thought | ey formed part of the gahg of pirates. ‘There weré about 160 passengers on board tn all. Captain Brady, the e commander of ti Spark, was born in Willett street. His untime death is mourned by a wide circle of inends | | rolied by since the heginning of his work. | duties of the Elder,” ana “Loyalty, and By | THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. Episcopal Messages—Personal Explana- tions—Dr. Seymour’s Ordeal—A Proba- ble Vote To-Day. Tne controversy over the confirmation of Dr. Seymour as Bishop of Mitnois tn the secret session of the Protestant Episcopal Convention waxed fierce and bitter yesterday. And the end is not yet. After a seasion of more than five hours’ dura- tion the Convention did not come to @ final vote on this cas@yesterday, and hence will sit with closed doors this morning probably until the hour 1 recess. Morning prayers yesterday were conducted by Rev. W. I. D. Dalzell, D.D., of Louisiana; M. . Schuyler, D, D., of Missouri; 0. S. Letingwell, of Maine, and Bisbop Neeley, also of Maine. Mr. Welsh, @f Philadelphia, presented @ list of deaconesses or sisters connected with the Protes- tant Episcopal Charch tn this city and Brooklyn. They include the Sisters of St, John Baptist in Second avenue, Sisters of the Holy Communion, in charge ol the Shepherd's Fold in Eighty-sixth street; the Old Women’s and Friendtess Girls’ Home in Twentieth street and Sixth avenue; the Sistere of St. Mary, in charge of the House of Mercy in West Eighty-sixtb street; St. Mary’s Hospital, in West Tairty-iourth street, and the Infirmary adjoiuing St. Joan's churen; Sisterhood of the Goou Shepherd, in charge of St. Barnabas’ Home; the Sisterhood of St. Luke’s Hospital and the sis- ters having charge of the Free Charities of the Diocese of Long Isiand, in Brookiyn. Mr. 5. B, Ruggles, of New York, and Dr. Salli- van, 01 Chicago, made personal explanations of statements in some of the morning papers that they had given injormation touching the proceed- ings in secret session. They emphatically denied the impeachment, MESSAGES FROM THE BISHOPS. Three messaes Were received from the House of Bishops, concurring with the House of Deputies in the icreaye of the Jotus Commitzes on the and adding to it, on their part, the Bisnop of ork; also changing the words ‘m‘sstonary jurisdiction,” wherever they occur ip non Xili., title 1, to “missionary dis- trict; also amending section 2 of canon XL, title 2, so as to give any Bishop the right to remit a sentence Of suspension, or deposition of a pres- byter, after advice taken and with the unanimous approval of the five senior bishops of the Church, instead of any five bishops, as the canon now reads, provided, however, that if the Bishop apply- ing for such counsel shall be one of the seniors he shall not count, out the next in seniority to him shall. Later im the aiternoon proceedings the bishops sent two addi- tional messages, the “frst concurring with the deputies in authorizing a primary convention o! a diocese that wants @ division of its territory to discuss and decide op that matter, and also giving the Vommittee on Canons the right to sit asa@ joint coimmittee with the Bishops’ Commitree whenever the commitiee of either House shall re- quest it. ‘There was & good deal of caucussing and lobby- ing done around the convention building yester- day, and pumps Of ail sorts were appiied to get news out ol delegates, but they were as dry as aust. The Oregon deputation, who were turned out on Wednesday, it was reported yesterday had prepared a protest against that act; but up to the hour o!f adjournment po such document haa been presented in the Convention. It will doubi- less come up Some of the delegates were indignant at what they consider an outrage om them, and declare that uu- less the status 01 Missionary deputies 1s finally de- termined in this Convention they will not avcend future conventions. Itis believed that the vote | on Dr. Seymour’s confirmation Wil. be taken betore the recess to-day. AMERICAN OHUBOH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, The anniversary of the American Church Mis- sionary Society was celebrated by a mecting last evening !n the Church of the Ascension. A very large congregation was inattendance. The Right Rev. Alired Lee, D. D., Bishop of Delaware, pre- sided. The meeting was formally opened by the singing of the time-honored hymn, “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains,” after the con- clusion of which Bishop Lee recited a most appropriate prayer, snd then proceeded to give the opening discourse, in which he showed | the necessity of spreading a pure Gospel tnrough- out the earth. The secretary of the Executive Committee, Re v. William A. Newbold, read extracts irom the filteenth annual report of the society, including a review 01 missionary work in Mexico and througi- out the Westcra States and Territories, The report jurthermore showed that the total re- | ceipts amounted to $62,519, while the balance tn | tne treasury on October 1, 1574, was $1,767, The legacies Jett to the society were $6,800. The se- curities showed @ oval of $42,400. Cloth- ing, food and other supplies of suadry kinds had also been received amounting to a total value of $7,203. Ten new missions have been established in the year. The reports of missionaries {rom the various posts were then read, all of which snowed the progress of work, The report of the Mexican mission, by the Rev, Dr. Riley, showed that the society has in that country, including those of Central America, twenty-s-ven stations, the receipts of which amounted to about $1,000 per month. Alter the reading of the report was concladed the Rey. 0. W. Whitaker, Bishop of Nevada and Arizona, was introduced to the audience, and proceeded to give a review of the progress of mis- sionary work in his diocese, with some statements of personal missionary life, tne Rev, Mr. H. C. Riley discoursed with elo- quence and pa &os upon tne struggles between the ' Protestant and Roman Catholic churches in Mex- ico, With all the warmth of the South- ern clime and the euergy of a devoted opponent of Catholicism, he entranced his audience with the story of his religious movement, and was en- thusiastically applauded at the close, Tne Rev. Dr. Holly, @ colored missionary of Hayti, W. I., spoke next. He reviewed in so able @mapner the work of the society in his native republic as might have been enviea by all the other divines present. Thirteen hasifedad ere are now eight authorized parishes, fifteen alffer- ent stations and about two hundred schools in | the Republic. ‘The Rev. Dr. Tyng made the closing addres: and the exercises were concluded by the singing of the Doxology. LUTHERAN SYNOD OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Last evening the St. James Lutheran church, in East Fifteenth street, betbween Second and Third avenues, was crowded by the members of that denomination for the opening ser- vices of the third session of the Synod, comprising the States of New York and New Jersey. Some fifty churches were repre- sented by their pastors. Among whom were the Rev. W,. D. Strobel, of Rhinebeck; the Rev. P. Rizer, of New Jersey; the Rev. Thomas T. Everett, ot Red Hook; the Kev. Irving Magee, D, v., of Al- bany; the Rev. A. Hiller, of New Jersey, and tue Rev. Dr. A. C, Wedekind, of New York. The services were opened by the Rev. Dr. Wede- kind, pastor of the Fiiteenth street church, atter which the Rey. W. D, Strovel, D. D., of Rhinebeck, preached a synodical sermon, taking his text irom first Timothy, ili, 14, his subject being, “How We Ought to Behave in the House ol God.” His opening remarks went to show that there are two elements which enter into the suc- cess of the ministry, viz.:—The divine and the human. He dweit upon the requirements of a minister's duty with relation to the outside world, and then on his duty among his own flock. He spoke of the personal preparations that lies behind all this work; that in this age a man of faith, prayer and purity must also be aman ol scholarly attainments. In con- clusion he pronounced a eulogy upon the late President of the Synod, the Rev. Dr, Heury N. Pohiman, At the close of the services Dr. Wedekind notice that the Synod would assemble at ave ine | o'clock this morning for business, and in the eve- ning would be addressed by the Rey. P. Rizer, of New Jersey. LONG ISLAND PRESBYTEBIANS, The Presbytery Of Nassau, which represents the Presbyterian church in the central part of Long be \d, and which, with tue Presbyteries of Brook- lyn an Long Isiand, torms the gyaod of Long Island, ass.*BIvled tn Jamaica on Monday @vening, and remaine’ !% session until yesterday. This Presbytery has wi ‘hip its jurisdiction twenty-two churches, twenty-six ministefs and nearly 2,000 communicants. During shevsession arrangements were nade for the installation of a. auored pastor, the Rev, Mr. Brown, over tne Secomi, church at Newtown, and tne pastor was receives! uuder the care ol the Presbytery. Among the aubjes % publicly discussed Were the ‘tollowing:—*The Im, POTtANCe of the Catechism as a Help {6 Guara the ' Youngs Against the Temptations of Mature Lite? ey the Difference between Them.” ‘The Rev. Me S8t% Burnuam, o! Freeport; Woodrum, of Norimp ff and Knox, of Huntington, took prominent part the discussion, ‘The reports of the churciw showed a gratilying increase in the members % the denomination within the bounds of the Pres bytery. Debvs are being gradually bat surely pad off, and & number of new churcnes are in course of erection. The Rev, Mr, Nightingale, of Bavylon, Was Chosen Moderator for the ensuing year. NEW JERSEY PRESBYTERIANS. It is estimated that about 400 delegates will be present at the annual meeting of the Synod of the Presbyterian churchesof the State, which will be id at Camden on next Tuesday. Two hundred men wil be among the.uumber, The Synoa embraces eleven Prespyteries, with nearly 300 hurches and above 360 1 sters, The mecting is expected to last three d in open session tu-day or to-morrow. | AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. Second Day's Session cf the Institute in Convention. Debate on the Charges for Professiona) Practico— Resolutions for Fature Guidance—Paper on Buildings in Northern Europe—Adjourned. ‘The Ameritan Institute of Architects held the second day’s session of their annual Convention yesterday at the rooms of the Institute, No, 128 Broadway. Mr. George B. Post presided and Mr. Boole, as on tne previous day, acted as Secretary. The committee that had been appointed to con- sider and report on the “charges for professional practice” made an informal report yesterday morning. No definite plan bad been agreed upon. The question has always been one of embarrass. ment to memnbers of the Institute, and it ts only little by little that they have been growing into anything like uniformity of opinion on the subject. Tne question came up yesterday several times and in various forms, but the schedule of prices still remains undefined in the strictest sense. ‘There was some hesitation at first in discussing the matter before the reporters, but the almost unanimous opinion was that the greater pubiiciy that was given to the architects’ views the better it was for them and the more the public would pe satisfied with THE SCALE OF CHARGES hitherto generally adopted by the profession. Many members asked questions as to how they should act in certain cases, and from the discus- ons wnich ensued it appeared that the practice in charging was not uniform in many particulars, There was, however, but little hope of defining ac- curately @ schedule of prices, 80 that that impor- tant point was eventuaily referred to a committee in the hope that at a future time it might be settled. The unanimous sentiment of the mem- bers was that the main object at the present time ought to be to educate themselves up to a harmo- nious Standard in regard to che publle and nobeo try to compel the public to accept taeir views, 16 was stated vy several’ members that the amount of LABOR PERFORMED BY ARCHITECTS was not generally understood outside of the pro- fession, and cases were instanced in which em- ployers when they became — cognizant of the responsibility and projessional capacity needed Jor an architect's duty fully conceded that the per- centage ot five per cent paid for the services ren- dered was not adequate. The employer was com- | pletely in the hands of the architect, @ tact thas | was seldom rightly considered, An attempt was made by some members to establish the practice | that members of the Institute shouid not compete. | with each other, except with the distinct under- | standing that’ the basis of full charges shoatd be observed; but this was deemed an unnece: | consideration, and it was tacitly concurred in | that members of the lnstitute should not enter the list of competition with any but those who were of good standing in tho profession. It was stated to be a fact that, while the most accomplished members of the projession were barely enabled to live, tiose who undertook todo the work at jar less percentage than the best architects couid aiford to do it were prosper- ous and wealthy. The result of the discussions is included in the jollowing resolutions, which were unanimously adoptea :— RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That the architect, by established custom, bases Dis ‘professional charge upon the entire cost to the owner of the building when completed, including ali tne fixtures necessary to render it fit tor Occupation, and to fair additional compensation for furniture. oF other articles designed or purchased by the architect. Resolved, That il any material or work usod in tho construction of the building be already upon the ground or comes into possession of the owner without expense two him, the value of said material or work is to be added to the cost of the building before the architect's commis- sion is completed. The discussions were participated in by Messrs. Pieifer, Ware, Searle, Post, Stone, Leprun, Upjohn, Hataorne, Haignt, Thayer, Lend an Dudiey. PAPERS NOT READ. Papers on ‘Certain Principles of Iron Construc- tion,” by T. Clarke, of Philadelpnia ; on “Clab Coam~ bers and Apartment Houses,” by K. 1. Littell, of New York, and on “The Fire Question in Relation to Buildings,” by P. B. Wright, of Chicago, were referred totue Committee on Publications without vemg read. Afterneon Session. In the afternoon session the subject of the charges for professional practice was revived, but nothing more definite was arrived at than hag been stated, and a number o! suggestions made were referred to the committee having this par- ticular subject in charge. ARCHITECTURE IN NORTHERN RUROPR. Mr. Semms read the report on the foreign corre- spondence, which, after disposing o: the routine portion of tue Secretary’s business, went on sub- stantially as follows in regard to architecture im Northern Europe :—The arcnitectural progress in Northern Europe during the past year has con- tinued in the same advancing way as lormer years had indicated. Few or no buildings were erected thirty years ago excepting of bricks, which were stuccoed and wonderlully worked out in details, imitating the finest Italian marble cut with the afte artistic ability. The bad quality of the ricks and the rigorous climate prescribed these conditions. AS @ iurther precaution the houses were very often painted with ofl colors. In St. Yetersburg this latter has beon a law, and every house owner is obliged to repaint nis house every second year. This system of building gives the city and the numerous country seats a very gay | snd luxurious appearance, but, of course, at the expense of durability, Buildings are vow con- structed of freestone and aiso of chaikstone. ‘They are also coated with oil paint, Although granite abounds in these northern countries oulldings erected of that material are unknown. Basements are often butlt-oi granite, and founda- tions always are. The habit of suburban resi- dences is very general among the wealthier | classes of Northern Europe. They live in jhe cities only during a few winter months. As a COn- sequence the couutry 1s sprinkled over with cas- tles, palaces anid country seats, many of them making great pretensions to architectural merit. Many of these establisnments have fine parks aod ardens, vineries and greenhouses. In late yeara | there have been olten added winter gardens in | Immediate connection with them, Formerly all the houses of the peasantry and poorer classes were constructed of solid timber, from seven ta ten inches in thickness, plastered on the inside and covered externally witn boards. The timbegy however, is so rapidly disappearing that this sys- tem of construction has to a great extent been superseded by the ordimary frame construction ia use in this country. In the southern part of Sweden the terra cotta construction of Germany and Denmark hag been tried, bat it i thougnt that the system will not prove permanent or lasting from the united effects of the salt and extreme cold. The city houses are generally upon the apartment principle, of large size, with very heavy brick wails externally and between buildings. ‘Tue municipal regulations ag to party walis, precautions against fire and tné@ | size of open yards are very strictly prescribed. | Tnese apartment houses are irom four to al: | stories in height; the ground floor usually devo! to shops, the first floor being the choice flat for residence. In these northern latituaes the ground floor 1s seldom used for dwelling purposes, and the basements never. The extensive fortifications which surrounded these northern cities of former days have, since the introduction of modern artik | lery, been transformed into parks and premenades. | The’ mode of heating the houses of Northern | Burope is peculiar. ‘The stoves or fireplaces are built of prick, covered with porcelain tiles, twelve by sixteen inches in size. These stoves reach from floor to ceiling, and are 3 feet to 6 feet br be from 1% to 2 leet projection, witn a space about 4 inches vetween it and the wall of the room. A wood fire is built in them tn the morn- ing, and the stove Is closed immediately after the most rapid combustion. They keep the heat ip the coldest winter day for twenty-four hours, are go Warm that one cannot touch them without meonventence, Tuis system of fireplaces is also ie for RT rth a mine wth, ee in northern latitudes, mane months are protected by double sashes and doors puiieiy ent In: later vears care 1a taxen to heat vestibules, 3 and staircases as well aa the occupted apartments. Bricks much larger than are empioyed in this country and Great Britain these northern countries, especially are used in Th bricks are 12 inches by 6 by 3 inches With t are carried up say 1 leet out- with 6 inches anollow space, ted antes higher (han | re usualiy made wide er than fe common with ify say in ordinary dwelling houses trom 4 to 4% feet Gud from 8 to 10 feet in sheight. They are almost universally made aa casements, With transoms and with a fixed or revolving head light, the casements opening in two leaves, and in the better class of houses e: leat being glazed with single sheets of glass. Io such cases the sashes are strengthened wil e je side and 1 foot inside, the two wala veing | | it brass. The wood work being gener. Pe painted in warm colors, these angle plates stand out in bold geilef and at fad much tractiveness of the window.” ADJOURNED, A resolution was passed accepting the invitation of the Baltimore Chapter to hoid the next ang yavention in Baltimore, in November of ne: also aresolution appropriate Lo the death ir d, OL Paris, & member of t1 also @ resolution thanking the New Yor! sr for the courtesies and attention rs from other cities, It was aetermined b rhe mem! meet this morning to mak a tour of. "te sity i ee ‘a bers mi + neipal o ° wo oe Be et at Delmontico’s at halfepast sx then closed" ening, for wie annual dinner; at o'clock in Che of wii vale aren! * by Professor W. A. £ Barnard, ot tie coaclusion | Colnmbia Collera * closing addre-@