The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1874, Page 3

‘STUNDE IN AFRICA Manifold Preparations at Zanzibar for * the Great Journey. RESOLUTION AND ORGANIZATION. Scenes at Zanzibar Among Old Acquaintances. Hundreds of Recruits, but Few Available Men. “THE FAITHFULS” AND WHAT THEY SAID. The Pontoon “Livingstone” and the New Boat, The “Herald” and “Telegraph” Expedition for the Exploration of the Nile Sources, ZANZIBAR, Nov. 12, 1874, The expedition which bears the above title 1s about to commence its 1ong journey into the heart Of unexplored Africa, but before embarking on Doard the feet of dhows which are anchorea near by waiting for us, I wish to employ a few hours in giving you some information reapecting its organ- + Azation, present intentions and prospects, STANLEY’S RESOLUTION FOR THB GREAT WORK, Acquainted but too well with the dangers, the aicknesses, the troubles and annoyances wntch I shall have presently to encounter, since the bur- Gen of responsibility of the conduct of this expe- dition rests on myself alone, I must confess toa slight feeling of joy at the prospect of if. mediate departure for the tntertor. I feel elated av the fact that Ihave been selected as the com. Mander of this expedition, for the very fact of my selection argues that there is a being in exist- ence something similar to me in form and appzar- ance; and that this being who once was very much doubted has sufficient integrity and honesty to be’ i chosen to repeat his journey to’ Africa, Though I bad very many reagons for not undertaking a sec- | ond journey to Africa I was conscious that by the acceptance of this command I would compel those ‘who douoted tnat I had discovered Livingstone at Ujiji to confess themselves in error; and the mem- ber of the Royal Geographical Society who callea me a “charlatan” to retract the libel. The few months I had spent im Ashantee with the British troops hud not materially injured my health; at the | game time they had not contributed much to estab- hhsh that which had been impaired during my gearch after Livingstone. But without considering the wisdom of the proceeding or my powers to | accomplish the duty I was preparing to per- Jorm, { sailed trom England tn command of the | Daily Telegraph and New YORK HERALD expedi- tion, with the paramount idea in me that if I lived to return with good results my unjust evemies | Would be silenced forever. So much for myseif | @ud my hopes. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SERVICE. Soon atter the Daily Telegraph's publication or the lact that @ new expedition was about to pro- | ceed to Africa under my command I became the | recipient of some hundreds of letters from volun- teers who desired to assist and advise me in my | undertaking. 1t would be no exaggeration to | state that these applicants for position in this expedition considerably. exceeded 1,200 | ’n number, Probably 700 of them were | hatives of Great Britain, 800 were natives | of America and the balance might be | Gistributed equally between France and Ger- - Many. Three of these volunteers were generals, five were colonels, several scores were captains | and lieutenants in the army pabout fifty appiica-: | tions came from officers in the navy, while the ; rest were civilians in various professions and | walks ol life, ranging trom the civil engineer high in bis profession ang proficient in all ac- quirements, to the Liverpool cotton porter and New York boarding house runner, who desired | to see Africa, “having visited almost all parts of | ‘the world.” The army and navy officers who ap- | plied were evidently gentlemen in earnest, far | better qualified, perhaps, than I was for the post of commander; but, judging from wneir letters, 1 | Must confess that the majority of the civilans i ‘Who applied for situations were madmen, and that the rest were fouls, who knew nothing of What they boasied they could do. It may be | that I use very harsh terms, but I speak the truth; | and, ag the applicants shall be nameless, 1 ao no barm. The unblushiag falsehoods of these name- less applicants naturally. disgusted me; there were few of them who did not declare on their honor that they were up to every “dodge,” bad Seen everything and knew everything. One mad- mun proposed that! snould take @ balloon with “me; another a flying ship; another’ pruposed that he and I should go alone, disguised as negroes, and unarmed; another desired me to take a tram- Wuy with me and a small locomotive, of which he Would be the engineer; another proposed that I should endeavor to establish an empire in Africa, which was a very easy thing to do, as he had ‘read “Kaloolan,” “Ned Gray,” and “My Kalulu,” and knew “all about 1t;?? while one, till more insane than any, suggested to me that, instead of taking guus and ammunition, and paying tribute to “nigger’’ chiels, I should poison them of hand, The Frenchnien and Germans i | 1, by | strike @ bargain. | will maturally prove recusants and maicontents, ‘Deen 80 stern to pam 2 certain occasions, when ness of the most extreme Kind Would have enabied me to overmaster:a tion they sometimes ed to be sullenly dtso- bedient and mutinous, But they remembered, as Well ag idid, that though I was merciless when they were disposed Yo be wicked, 1 was as kind Daught but stern! nd a8 partial to them as Livingstone was when all went fair and well; and they Enew that, when the rewards were distributed, those who had wed themselves as true men were not forgot- ten. The report that I had come was svon bruited throagh the length and breadth of the island, and TAvingavone’s and my old dusky comrades gathered quickly about my good hosg, Mr. Sparnawk's, house, to pay their respects to me, and of course’ to re- ceive hesbimeh, or presents, with which, fortu- pares 1bad provided myself before jearing Eng- an OLD FRIENDS AND PRESENT JUBILATION. Here was Ulimengo, the incorrigible joker and hunter o! the Search Expedition, with his mouth expanding gratefully on thisday at the signt of @ gold ring which encircled one of os thick black fogers, and a silver chain, which held an orna- ment, and bung down his broad and superb chest; and Rojab, who narrowly escaped destruction for the muddy waters o! the MuKondokwa, with his ebouy face lighted up with the most extreme good will towards myself for my munificent guilt; and Manwas Sera aiso, the redoubtable ambas- | gador Of Speke and my thost fasthiul mes- senger, who had once braved a march of 600 miles with his companion Sarmine in my service, and Livingstone’s most faithial captain on his last journey; he was speechless with gratitude be- cause { had suspended a splendid jet necklace to big neck and encircied one of his fingers with a huge seal ring, which to bis mind wus a gee and enjoy. Nor was the now historical Mabruki Speke—- ia by Captain Burton ‘‘Mabruki the Buli-head- ed’—who has each time distinguished himself with white men as @ hawk-eyed guardian of their property and interests—nor was Mabruki, | less enraptured with his presents than his 1ellow: while the courtly, valiant, faithful Chowperch the man of manijold virtues, the indomitable and g the silver Gogger and gold bracelet ana earrings which jell to his share. His wile, whom | had purchased from the eter- nally wandering slave gang, and released from the harsh cold iron collar which encircled her neck, and whom I had bestowed upon Chowperch a8 @ free woman for wile, was, } discovered, the | happy mother of @ fine ‘little’ boy, # little tiny | Chowperch, who I nope will grow upto lead uture | expeditions to Africa, and aa loyal to white men 99h $009 fsther has proved himself, Be- sides bestowitig presente on ‘the wife and child, Chowperch, having heard that I had brought in Africa against any visitation of the smallpox, ; Which 1 hope I bave done by vaccination. 4 DIALOGUE WITH THE **FAITHFULS.’? Two or three days aiter my arrival a deputation of the “Faithiuls” came to me to learn my inten- tions and purposes, I iniormed them that I was about to make @ much longer journey into Alrica \han formerly, and into very different countries from “any that 1 had ever been into before, and I proceeded te ekétch out to the astonished men an Outline of the prospective journey. They were ali seated on the ground beiore me, tatlor fashion, eyes and ears sptatonted: and keen to see and hear every word of my broken Kisawahil. As country | alter country was mentioned, of which they nad hitherto but dimly heard, and river after river, lake aiter lake named, all of which 1 hoped, with their aid, to explore carelully and thoroughly, various aha ations, expressive of emotions of wonder, J y @ littie alarm, broke from their lips, but when I coneladed eagp mau drew a long breath, ana almost §i tahéously they’ uttered, in their own laugua; ‘An, fellows, this is & jour- ney worthy to be called a journey !’? “But, master,” said they, with some anxiety, “this long journey will take years to travel—six, nine or ten years.’? “Nonsense,” said I. ‘Six, nine or ten years! What can you be thinking of? It takes the Arabs nearly three years to go to Ujiji, itis true, but I was aly sixteeu months. from’ Zanzibar to Ujtjt and back to the sea. Is it not true ?”” “ay, true,” answered they, “Very well, And I tell you, farther, that there i8 not enough money in this world to pay me for stopping in Africa ten, nine, or even six years. I have nut come here to live in Africa. 1 have come here simply to see these rivers and lakes, and aiter is | Ihave seen them to return home." “Ah, but you know the big master (Livingstone) said he was only going sor two years, and you know that he was, altogether, nine years,” “That is true evough. Nevertheless, you know what 1 did betore, and what I am likely todo again, if all goes well,” “Yes, we remember that you are very hot, and you did drive us until our leet were sore and we were ready to drop from fatigue. Wallabi! but there never was such u joursey a8 that irom Unyanyembe bome! No Arab or white man came Jrom Unyanyembe in so short a time as you did, It was nothing put throw away this thing ana that, and go un, go on, gu on, all the time. Aye, master, that is true,’? “Well, is tt likely, then, when I marched so quick before that 1 am likely to be slow now? aml strong? Dolnot know what & jourpey is now? Wheu I first started from Zanzibar to Ujji I al- lowed the guide t: came back who showed you the way.? Was it not means O1 that little compass wWhicn could not fie like the guide?” “aye, true master; true, every word.’! “Very well, then, finish these foolish gwords of yours and go and get me 300 good men like your- selves, and when We get away from Bagamoyo I wili show you whether I have jorgotten how to travel.” “Ay, Wallah, my master;” and, in the words of ‘went as they were commanded.” THE COMMAND ORGANIZED. witnessed shortly when the goors and gates of the Bertram Agency and former Consulate were thornged by volunteers, who were of all snades of blaCkness, and who hailed trom almost every African tribe known. Waluyon, Wabera, Wagnido, Wanyanmezi, Wagogo, Wasegubha, Wasagara, Wabehe, Somali, Wagalla, Wanyassa, Wadirigo and a score of other tribes, had their representatives, and each day added to the num- ber, until | had barely time todo anything more than strive, with calmness and well practised patience, to elicit irom them information as to who they were, what they had been doing and whom they had served. The brave fellows who had accompanied Livingstone on his last journey, or myselL, of course, had the preiereuce, because they Knew me, and sewer words were wanted to Forty-seven of those who ac- eompanied Livingstone on nis last journey answered to their names, and two hundred strangers, im whose fidelity I was willin; to risk my reputation as a traveller an nearly £1,000 sterling in advanced wages, were finally enlisted ana sworn as escort and servants. Many of them braggarts, cowards and runaways; out it cannot be helped; I have done all that [ am able to do in providing against desertion and rascality. Where there is such @ large number 01 wild people it would be absurd to hope that they will all be faithful and loyal to the trust and confidence reposed in them, or that a large expedition can be conducted thousands of miles without great loss. ‘The enlistment of the escort and preparations for the expedition were temporarily stopped during our exploration of the Rufiji River, buat On our return these were resumed with all vigor and despatch. Alter the men, the armed. escort and porters were secured, I devoted myself to Were mainly commissioners of noteis, who, like the idiots Limagine them to ve by their letters, | volunteered to interpret for me at the various | hotels L should happen to stop atin Airica. They | were richin recommendations, aud could speak | seven languages; they Were all, prime travellers, | and the only merit they possessed in my eyes was | that they knew how to cook a ‘ver-tek’’ on occa. | swo. To all t @ appucants 1 Was naturally | mutely impiegnavie; but | may as well inform | them a turough your columus thati have with | me three young Eugiisumen with whom IL nave | every revson to beiueve 1 shall be periectly | Lt a and tuat 1 oid them all a regretiul fare- wel FRIENDS AT AND AFTER TOR FAREWELL, Inever knew bow many kind friends 1 could Dumber until 1 was about to sail from Engiaud. The White Star line treated me in the most Princely fashion; gave me tree passages to America and back. The Peninsular and Oriental Company and the Briush India, through their courteous agents, showered conrtesy aiter cour- tesy on me. Testimoniais from hundreds of gen- tiemen were thrust on me, end invitations to din- ner and parties and to “spend a month or 80 in the country” were so numerous that If I could have availed myself of them in succession years must elapse Belore any hotel need charge a penny to my account, But, though my preparations for the journey monopolizea my time and prevented me from doing anything more than declining with thanks these manifold kindnesses, my humerous iriends mast believe that 1 am none the less grate- fu. 1 veparced from™“England August 15, loaded with good wishes, keepsakes, photographs, favors ofall kinds, prouder of the knowledge that I haa more friends than enemies than any prince or potentate can be of his throne or power. BRACING UP AT ADEN. At Aden Imet my white assistants, whom J had despatched trom England, via Southampton, in charge of the dogs, The young Englisumen haa quite got over all melancholy feelings, and were in prime spirits, though they entertained a doubt that, if Central Atrica was as hot as Aden, whether they should enjoy it very much. On my assuring them that they need fear nothing on the score of heat in Alrica, tuey expressed themselve ag relieved from their greatest fear. On the British India Btieamer Euphyates | was delightea to find that the Pocock brothers possessed several qualifica- Uons beyond those of sobriety, civility and imdus- uy, I discovered that they were capital singers and musicians, having belonged to some choir in their native town, Where they were much es- teemed, THE WELCOME AT ZANZIBAR. The deligutsul weather we experienwed between Aden ana Zanzibar was most grateful after the in- at of Steamer Point, and we consequently arrived at Zanzibar on the 22d of Septemver, Most as fresh and as robust as When we left 3 land, The next morning after I lanced some of my old friends oi the former expedition heard of my arrival, and it was very gratifying to me to see the leasure jhey mantiested 10 one who had | to examine the barter goods which were necessary procure sustenance in the Jar intertor. | 1 dis- covered, contrary to my expectations (for Mr. Clements Markham, Secretary to the Geographical Society, had published the statement that these goods bad risen in price since my departure (rom Zanzibar), that the barter goods were one per cent and in aome instances two percent Cana than they were purchasable formerly. Bales of Ameri- can sheeting that cost me $93 75 tn 1871 | was now enabled to buy lor $87 50 per bale, while the sami-samt beads, that formerly cost $13 tne ira- silah, now cost but $9 75. This was very much in my favor; and after much consultation with the lately returned leaders of caravans upon the present prevailing fashion of beads and cloth among the digtant tribes, I ordered the necessary stock of both, which, when piled up in portable bales and sacks, present auite an imposing and somewhat formidable pile, RATE OF WAGES. If cloth and beads and wire are cheaper than they were two years ago the bire of pagazia or porters is double. In 1871 and in 18721 employed wapyanmezt and Wanguara at the rate of $2 50 per month each Man; the same class of per- soos now obtain $5 per Month, aud with some people"l have had great difficulty to procure them at this pay, for they held out bravely ior a week lor $7 and $8 per month. There must have been no lack of money, and somewhat inordinate liber- ality among those Engitsh gentlemen of the Cam- eron Expedition, to have risen the hire of such men to double the former rate they were accus- tomed to, Lhear that several of these men en- gaged with Cameron for $7 and $8 per month, which, if true, only shows too pisinly how the money has been expended. If each white travel- ler who intends penetrating Africa commits him- self to such an injudictous proceeding as to double the rate of hire to which the pagazts and wan- guara escort are accustomed, it will soon be impossible for any gentlemen, unless those com- missigned by @ rich and generous government, to dare the veuture. A moment's reflection on the expense which this liberality entails on him woud show the traveller the unwisdom of liberality to strange men whom he Knows nothing of prevtous to his journey. The time to be liberal is atler the return, when the best men can be discriminated trom the worst, the,very good from the tnanffer- entiy good and the steadily Joyal iellows trom the deserters. Atsucha time the reward ts ofven considered to be as good as the wages, and should immersing Livingstone’s six years’ journal in | sturdy Chowperch—was as pleased as any with* wondrous store of medicine, entreated me that | I should secure his son during his absence with me | much~oider now than 1 was then? Am I less | show me the way; but when we | the Uld Testament, “they forthwith arouse, ana ; The result of our politic “talk” or “palaver” was | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT. bugle sounds for the march, I need not pe sur- prised if I Ond tt a difficult task to muster the peo- e together and that hours will be employea in unting the lagra up and driving them on to our first camp, 4nd very probably [ shall find that at least fifteen or sv have absented themselves al- together, Thi of course, will be annoy- ing, but tt is well that I know that 1¢18 aprobable thing and that 1 am io 4 measure Drepared for such desertion. On the second day of the march I shall probably f'nd myself minus ten more, which also will be annoying and exceed- ingly trying to the patience I have Sottled up for ‘he emergéncy. For several days longer there will | be constant desertion by twos, threes and fours, | but the iosses will have to be borne ant remedied somehow ; and finally disease will break out, the result of their mad three days’ debauchery, to be succeeded by smallpox, ulcerous sores, dysen- very and fever and otner diseases. And about this time, too, the white men will begin to suffer from Strange languor of body and feverish pulse, and these, despite the rapidly diminishing torce of | carriers, will have to be transported on the shoul- ders of porters or on the backs of such asses as | May be strong enough for such work. And the | future of the expedition depends upon the way we shall be able to weather this stormy period; | for the outlook at about this time will be sad | indeed. Just think what a mourniul jest a special correspondent of a rival ype od might make of the Daily Telegraph and New YORK HERALD ex- Pedition ot this time, say vhree short weeks from the coast! The magnificent caravan which Started irom the sea 400 strong, armed to the teeth, comfortable, well laden and rich, eacn armed man: oe healthy, well chosen, his | Skin shining hke brown satin, eyes all aglow | with pride and excitement, strong in his | Snider rife and twenty rounds of cartridges, his axe and knives; twelve stately, tall guides, ‘ricked out in crimson jobo and long plumes, head- ing the procession, which is nearly a mile long, while brazen trumpets blow and blare through the forest, awakening the deep woods with their sounds and animating every soul to the highest pitch ot hope. An! this was a scene worth seeing. But three weeks from now how different will be the greatly diminished caravan. Scores wlil have de- serted, the strong will have become weak, the ro- bust sick, the leader will be ready 9 despair ind to wish that he had never ventured 4 second time * into the sea of mishaps and troubles which beset the traveiler in Airica! These are my anticipa- tions, which are none of the brightest, you will allow. However, when the soldier has donned his helmet.it ig too late to deplore the folly which in- duced him to enlist. THE “LIVINGSTONE” PONTOON, Among other things which I convey with me on | this expedition to make our work as thorough as | Possible is a large pontoon named the “Living- | Stone.” A traveller having experience of the dif- ficulties which prevent efficient exploration {a not \kely to enter Africa without being provided |! with almost every requisite likely to remove the great obstacles which lack of means of ferriage presents, Alter I had accepted the command of thig second expedition I began to devise and in- vent the most portable kind o1 floating expedient or vehicte to transport baggage and men across streams and lakes to render me independent of the native chiefs, I thought of everything I hed seen itkety to suit my purpose, Zinc, tubes, such as the Engineer Department conveyed to the Prah inthe late Ashantee war; canvas boats, such as Marcy, in his “Pratrie Traveller,” recommends; the devices and expedients fuer sted in “Art of Travel,” india rubber boats, Irish wicker boats, &c.. but everything I thought of that previous travellers had experimented with were objected to by me on account of their weight and insufficient floating ower. It is one of the most interesting things in frican travel, among chains of lakes and numer- ous large rivers, to resolve the problem of nayi- ; gating snene. aes, savely and expeditiously without subje nh €Xpedition to the caprice and extortion of an ignorans savage chief or entailing upon yourself heavy expense for porter- j; age. As no carts or wagons can be employed in conveying boats or zinc pontoons through the one-foot-wide paths, which are the channeis of overland trade in Central Atrica, zinc pontoons | were not to be thought of. A zinc tube, eighteen inches in diameter and eight feet long, would form | a@ good load ior the strongest porter; but fancy the number of tubes of this zinc required to con- vey across a lake fifty miles wide a force of 300 men and about nine tons of baggage and material ol an expedition. And what kind of a boat can transport such @ number and weight across a stormy lake, such as we could carry with us, at a moderately rapid rate of travel, a distance of from 1,000 to 2,000 miles? After much anxious deliveration and ruin of much paper I sketched out aseries of inflatable | pontoon tubes, to be two feetin diameter and eight feet long, to be laid transversely, resting on three separate keels and securely lashed to them with two separate triangular compartments of the same depth, eight feet atthe base, wnich should form the bow and stem ofthe inflatable boat. Over these several sections three lengthy | poles were {o be laid which should be lashed bet yeen each transverse tube to the three | keels fnderneath. Above these upper poles | lata lengthwise were to be bamboo poles, laid transversely, upon which the passengers | ‘ Mike of Teun: | dering, After the design was next thing: to do was to find a manufacturer intel- | and as J. C. Cording, of Piccadiliy, London, has a good reputation among travellers, I tried him, | the foreman of tne shop I was delighted to find that he perfectly understood what unusual! | port Nae Q{ the design. 1 need onivy add that | Yuthii @ month I had in my Aigseeesion the sev- ' eFal | craft, atifull: Strongly made, in as com- ' plete and woth otter as would please the nost when pnt in the scales, weigtfed 300 pounds, | Which, divided into portable loads of sixty pounds cra‘t. No material can possibly equal this. It the strong, thick india rubber cloth 1s punctured or repair it, and ifall turns out as well with it as 1 strongly anticipate and hope it will, it must, of HIS NEW BOAT, But an explorer needs something else, some produce results worthy of a supreme effort |» at penetrating the unknown parts of Africa, he may be enabled to circumnavigate lakes and penetrate. long distances up and down | while the main body ig encamped at some suitable | | and healthy site. And what Kind of a boat can be and baggage might rest, wispopt a Ma erasetiee | gent enough to comprehend what was required, | and after a very few moments’ conversation with strong material was requisite, and every part ani parts and sections of this pecultar floating Jastidious traveller. All these several sections, each, require but five men to carry the entire rent Cording has supplied me with the material to course, prove tnvaluabie to me. other form of floatable structure, to be able to He must have a boat with him with which Tivers with a small and efficient body of men, Invented for the traveller such as he can carry |, | thousands of miles, through bush and jungle and (steady and elastic mar«et ‘or all the productions of | heat and damp and rain, without impairing its useiulness or causing him to regard it as an in- | cumbrance? After various plans and designs I | could think of nothing better than a light cedar | | boat, something aiter the manner and style of the | Okonaga (Canada) cedar boat, but larger and Ol greater capacity. These Canadian boats are generaily thirty feet in length and from tive to | six feet in width. They are extremely Nght | and portable, and when near rapids are taken ; ashore and easily hoisted on the shoulders of six men and taken to smooth waters again. Buta boat of this Kind, though portable for short dis- tances in Canada, would have to be constructed | differently to be carried aloag the crooked narrow paths of African jungies. They would require to be built in water-tight sections, each sectton light enough to be carried by two men without distress- ing the bearers, Mr. James Messenger, of Tea- dington, near London, has & well-deserved repu- tation for butiding superb river boats, and while enjoying a Sunday near Hampton, witnessing the various specimens of his skili_and workmanship, I | came to the conclusion that Mr. Messenger would sult me. Ihad an interview with tals gentleman, and I laid my plans before nim. I soon discovered that I was in tue presence of a master workman, by the intelligent way he followed my explana- tions, though it was evident that he had not the Slightest idea what an African jungle path was like, He understood what I meant by “portability,” but his ideas of “portability” of anything natu- rally suggested it ona broad highway, au English turnpike road, or at the utmost a path over treeless fleids orcommona, I doubt if even now the gen- Ueman understands the horrors of a jungie path. with its intricate and never-ending crooked curves, beset on each side by a depth and intensity of vegetation through which we must struggle, and twist, and contort our bodies Wat we may pass tirough with our burdens, while the perspiration which streams iJrom our brows almost blinds us, and causes us %9 Rropye and stumble and halt, like 80 many ad puppies, in that sickly, dull twilgnt which iFigns here. To convey anything very large, or wile, or high, or long, ts out of the question ¥’ yrougit such @ tangle and ander such circumstan’ .eg; and, I must assume to myself the credit of P aving en- deavored to describe such a locality # .yividly as | tly powers would enable me to the ’ yoat-puilder, Mr. Messenger accepted the contr act to builda boat of light, well seasoned cor ur 4 feet t length and 6 ‘eet in width, in # /¢'sections, eac section of which was not to ¢ ean more’ than, 120 pounds in weight. Iwaw ¥ Xceed IM ree Win constructed, and veiore it y deboat aiter i Was tons, and her beautiful tine sae ihied works tuqualitied prsise aret” stieited at once from me unqualified praise and ° parting from his yard y 4pprobation. aare de- , \ " or fantsipated: tay uer of greater Weight than he or I anticipated, tay pounds in weight. .0 sections not exceeding 120 This boat, cor followed me to.” I opened the architecture worked per Apleted and packed with care, Zanzibar by the next mail. When packages a perfect marvei of boat was revealed; every bolt and nut (ect and Iree, and every one Who saw o8 admired them, In a transport of aered the weighing scales to be rigged up, ch section weighed carefully. Four of the ans Weighed 290 pounds avoirdupois, and one biy 10M Weigned 310 pounds! The utrer impossi- the traveller require them again at some future period his judicious distribution of rewards will be 1oand to have veen remembered to his advan It bas grown to be @ custom now for servay porters and escort to receive at least four we” x, Messenger; but, upon Inquiring \yr a carpen- poy. in advance. Belore starting irom Ber Ane? | ten a young shipwright called Ferris was intro- expect that the expedition will uP” 4 moyo | duced to me and recommended for lis intelligence. men. Each of these men, pte -Ml gr 400 | lexhinited the beautiful but tovaily unmanagea- ing, will have received £4 pay in 8 march. | Hie boat, and told him that in’ her present in money or in cloth. The most r «vane 4, exher | state ane Was useless to me and to everybody their advance be given them in «der 4 aex that | else, because she was too heavy and cumbersome, have money require dy, Cloth. ase Who ,| and that 1 could not carry ‘her if I were paid baachery abd rioting, im 78 to SP end re in de-| £5 per mile for doing 80, ‘and that time was afew of the staid marrty?, ZChasine “wives, while | short with me. I desired him to cut her down six dren, will provide stores , ;, bea, ho have chil- | inches, and subdivide each section, and to com- FY ane their r les. plete the work within two weeks, for that was the On the morning of 4 WBAC' utmost time | could give bim, To effect these tm- te ov tn day, when sthe «ty of rectilying this mistake in a place like -wnzibar made me despair at first, afd I thought tie best thing to do was to ship her back to Eng- nd, and present her, with my compliments, to y | into the Masai land—a country ; $018 period what I shall By «Lieutenant Whecler to the audience, | résumé ot Western exploration, @nd then.the lec- ‘this year presents physical peculiarities ofmarked ‘be said of w large portion o! ‘the chase; but now, jnstead of one man to tour 7 demred, which would curtat) the length consider- ably, and, of course, mar her beauty. ‘T can now congratulate myself (good Mr. Ferris having completed his work to entire satisfac- tion) .on possessing a boat wnich I can carry any distance without distressing the porters, with twelve men, rowing ten oars and two short paddies, gna able to sail over any lake in Central Airica. Tought to state here that I ao mot blame Mr. Messenger forthe mistake of sending me sucb un- Manageable sections so much as I blame myseif for not stopping over another month in England to wateh the cunstruction of such a nove'ty as this kind of boat must necessarily be to a Thames beat buiider. SCIENTIFIC APPLIANCES. Aa this expedition is for a diferent purpose to the forimer one with which J discovered Living- stone, | aM Well provided. with the usual acien- tific instruments which travellers who intend to Dring home reeuits that will gratily scientific societies take with them, 1 have chronometers, sextants, @rtificiai norizvns, compasses, beam and | prismatic; pedometers, aneroid barometers and thermometers; nautical almanacs for three years, hand leads and 1,000 fathoms sounaing tine, | with @ very complete little reel, mathematical | instruments, a planisphere and 4 complete and | most excellent photourapnic apparatus, and large stock of dry plates. Ihave also half a dozen good timepieces, silver and gold, biank charts ana every parapliernala and apparatus necessary to bring bome suc results as will suit the most cep- | thous critic. GAGAMOYO, THE STARTING POINT. The East Coast of Africa, trom the mouth of the Juba River to the mouth of the Rouemna, possesses. hundreds of good starting points lor the unexplored interior; but the dest, for many reasenus, is Bagamoyo, The present ex- pedition jis such @ large and costly one, and promises so far to ve the best organ- ized and best equipped of any that ever leit | the seacoast of East Africa for the purpose of | exploration, that it would have been a great pity if \t were wrecked or ruined just as it began to 6 out to fulfil its mission, Toguand against the pos: mobility of @ total collapse I have, aiter much de- liberation, decided to start from Bagamoyo, and | proceed some distance along the well known cara- Van path, 80 as to give confidence to my men, and Withdraw them as much as possible from the temptation to desert, and then plunge northward 48 yet untrod by White men, and of the state of whicn the best in- formed of us are totally ignurant. It will bea risky undertaking, but not half so uangerous as starting for that country from some unkuown sea- ‘por THE OBJECTIVE POINT. / My present intention is, then, to make my way | Westward to the Victoria Nyanza and ascertain | Whether Speke’s or Livingstone’s hypothesis the correct oue—whether the Victoria Nyanga consists of One jake or five lakes, All the most important localities will be Uxed by astronomical ovservatious, and whether the Victoria Lake con- sists of one or many lakes we shall discover by | complete circumnavigation, When this work 18 finished I intend to visit Metesa or Rumanika, and then cross over to the Lake Albert Nyanza, and endeavor to ascertain how far Baker is correct in is bold hypothesis concerning tts length and breadth. On this lake 1 expect to meet Gordon and his party, by whom I hope to be able to send my tirst reports of my travels and discoveries since leaving the Unyanyempe cara- van road, Beyond this point the whole appears to me so vague and vast that it is impossible to state at todo uext, Whether | Gordon circumnavigates the Albert or not, | suall most certainly do so if 1 reach it, and discover every detail about it to the best of my ability; | but whacl snail do afterwards will be best told alcer the circumnavigation of the Albert Nyanza. HOP! What I may discover ang this lengthy march I cannot at present imagine. 1 shall be equally pleased to corroborate either Speke’s or Living- sione’s pape theais by actual personal observa- tion and diligent exploration. I confess to you 1 have no bias either way. I would just as | soon have the Victoria Lake one vast sheet of water as I would have it distributea among five | insignificant lakelets; and 1am quite ready to corrovorate Baker's dream of a connection be- tween the Tanganyika and the Albert, as I am to disprove {t, if 1 find after its exploration that he 18 incorrec:, 1 have no prejudice either way. Sir Samuel Baker's grand lake, however, is in more danger from Gordon than 1t is from me; tor Gordon ought to be able, 1 all has gone well with him, to give the result of bis decision long, aye, MAny months, belore I can possibly reach the lake. It is fortunate for me that Gordon will be able to visit the Albert before I will, tor Baker 1s | so tenacious of his opinions that J iear it would be mere weariness of spirit to attempt to convince him that he was wrong; for which reason | should | much prefer to be enabled to prove that his hypo- FReuce! sketcu map of the Alvert Nyanza is cor- rect. You may rest assured that as I journey along I shall avail myself of every opporzunity to send my despatches to the coast, but alter} leave the Un- yanyembe road the first news you will receive from me will be, | hope, via the Nile. HENRY M. STANLEY. WESTERN EXPLORATION. MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY—LECTURE BY LIEUTENANT WHEELER. A lecture was delivered last eveaing, before the American Geographical Society, Chief Justice Daly in the chair, by -Lieutenant George M. Wheelerg United -States Engineer corps, com- | mander of the Wheeler expedition, on “Western Exploration.” The President of the society (Judge Daly) in a short address introduced THE LECTURE. The lecture was commenced by o historical turer passed to @ narrative of his labors in the ex- pedition of 1874. He said:— The region of country entered by the parties characteristics, consisting of massive mountain forms, plateaus and rivers, and although it cannot {the area that the agriculturist bas great attradtions extended to him, yet with the advancement of legitimate ‘mining enterprises there will grow up a demand for farming products that will not be dependent on cheap transportation, and will enrich, not as do the prairies, where sometimes corn has to be burned in the fleld, but with proceeds from a the soil, There are vast flelds suitable for graz- ing purposes, ready with their perennial and perpetual supply 01 nutritive grasses suficient for numerous herds of cattle and sheep lying ready to provide beef for the nation, Beef tor the nation when the United States numbers her one | hundred millions, as weil as we have beef for the nation with its forty millions. This great supply, the capacity of which has been largely called into | question during the past few years, attracts a | growing attention, ana to the question where Is ‘to come b¢ei for the millions of Americans yet un- born, I would answer, after a personal observa- tion of portions of 250,000 square miles of the West- ern interior, ‘Go West’ to the inland valleys, de. trital plains and extensive Mapes and there you will tind provided through the handiwork ofnature material for the preparation uf bee! for these juture mulions, inexhaustible jor several genera- tions at least, soura COLORADO. I wish to call your attention to the condition of some ol the prospectors in Southwest Colorado, as we have seen them during the past season, In the diferent trips tn the western mountain region, especially east of the Sierras, from Nevada to Ari- zona, that have been conducted by our parties, we have met a lai number of these hardy pio- | neers hunting for “gold and silver.” Those who have wended their way into tne remote sections of Colorado, unlike most of the prospectors, how- | ever, of the Nevaaa and Arizona regions, who disdain to labor except when they are out of “grub,” and then are able to replenish the neces- sities Of stomach and pocket in some flourishing mining district, we found many departing from | the San Juan mining country during the past sea- son, men who had been flushin the early part of donkeys (a magnificent outft), four or five men were Often seen behind One donkey, the latter carrying all the worldly goods that these men | ossessed. Cases were presented where charity faa occupation, and it was with extreme pleasure that on one oceasion we divided four-fifths of what tse ood We hud among a party of mep in order | ty hey might uo ionger go hungry. Ivis to be re- ¢ marked, however, that the fatal jour-filths of our store was hok enous for One meal; sull we thought | to have added to our record in the cause of suffering humanity. 1 would like to call the atten- tion of the society to the distribution of forgst greas as discovered and entered hy parties of the suryey. # Will be recollected that upon the maps made ‘at the close of the Ivea-oxpedttion of 1647-38 | laced ths nape 0 Block or Sai Fran: | cise forest. its fn either direction Was | not laid down, However, our surveys go to show that this eee forest is probably the largest south of the fortieth parallel, It extends from aoout the oth to the 114th meridian west from Greenwich, | of irregular width, varying from 30 to say 100 | miles, Itis @ noble’ patch oi forest, broken only here and there by localiiles which well might be called parks. It is unlike the forests of Northern California, Oregon and Washington Ter- ritory where red wood ol dense RAE predom- nates, in being interspersed with little valieys, glades and mountain novks, ‘Tiere are also areas bordering on the San Juan, and in parte ol the Ter- ritory of Colorado yet rematning as a possession of the goverument 80 far scarcely touched, and it 18 to be hoped they may forever remain untouched by the advance of settiement, And here I would remark that it would be weli to institute investi- gations, looking to ascertaining what influence these areas of forest have upon the local amounts Of precipitation within their tmmediate argas, THE WESTERN DOMAIN. To say that the maps of the interior of this coun. try are fraught with numerous eprors is to teil you nothing new. To tell you how these errors may be overcome and rectified were indeed a noblé task, but he who accomplishes @ remedy, while remaining true to the economical interests of the government, deserves and will receive en- comium at the hands of all. In the great domain at the West, in advance of settlement and of the acres thrown open to occupation by advancing civilization, the government still possesses lands of which little is known, 7 ge parts t there was | practical problems it may well be askea, | Subject one’s self to the pillory of newspaper criti- ; don and escape rendered tt | ing at Botanic Hall and transacted considerable Depart- 8 have been sent; their practical Value at the moment may not meet the wante of the settler or the operator, but it is necessary to the government that the place and size of these tracts should ve fully understood, because of present and prospective operations through them, @nd because Of their subsequent entry and to parties desiring to avail themselves ‘of the home- stead right, &c, Into these remote, inaccessible ever traversed. Into these regions War ment expioration: 7 thelr and often dangerons regions parties of the sur- Seeking ms vey under my charge have entered, to evolve practical results from the’ p: rovl imtrusted to the: And what are some of t from a purely governmental necessity these refer to a delineation of the suriace and @ description of the resources of the area surveyed can be | easily understood, while from a broad, nationa; standard grows the desirability of investigating further into scientific questions, solely bearing | Upon the distribution of forms in natural pistory and In 4 discussion of the structure of the earth's | crust, from étratigrapitical and other known | Teigtions, and, perhaps, @& practical ap. Pication of the intormation gathered to tne Wants of man. The great secret af solidity fora Work of this nature must grow, however, ‘rom the | fact that the usefui mation gained repays its cost, granting which, upon this as a foundation | ay irom time to Gime cluster the labors of the jentist engaged in advancing tnquiries iG speetal feids beyoud tae present do:zein of Knowledge, drawing trom nature nidden truths, to formulate them into a “law;" nevertheless the mission of the engineer remains the same, and In its siniple ; way should apply ali that ts great and ail that is 8mail of tormulated scleuce to the practica: oyjects ; had ip view, ACCURATE MAPS. i Making maps scient:Scally accurate throughout | all tueir Darts of the interior bas not as an original roposition been aitempted until late years. | ur admirable organi. us, the United States | Coast Survey, United States Lake Survey and*! River and Harbor Surveys, answering special pur- poses, and the expeditions for exploration and suiveys, and more lately the land surveys, have | been tne principal sources from whence have | grown the authentic maps of the country. but | little question bag ever been raised as to the ex- | penditures made for carrying on these yreat works, bu the utility of furthering extensive | scemes ofMurveys founded upon a broader policy | of the great interior west of the Mississipp!, has | repeatedly received an apathetic hearing at tne | hands of Congress. The only method of securing | @ permanent position tor a survey organization, it seems to me, ts to place it ag & subject to tne needs ol a department of the government, fuifill- lug which 1t will reach phases of economy to | terlor sectional interests, and with it wil! grow @ policy coegual with the wants of the government, 80 settled and lasting as to bring to the support of enterprises under it in course of time many of the best educated minds of the country, whether | military or civil. While writing my last annual | report some of the uses and needs of explorations and susveys came iuto my mind and were re- corded. I would endedvor to impress upon your minds the importance of these surveys so far as relates to their uses to the government. In so doing I may fave undertaken too much, since I am but an humble worker 10 @ small fraction of this great eld, yet uf one sets forth the plan, wherefrom has grown to the War Department the economy | Promised in the early stages of this work, one Tight well pe pardoned for venturing upon the yet untrodden fields irom waich other portions of the government might gather fruit. | THE CRIME OF SENSATLONALISM. ote ADDRESS BY MR. JOHN RB. DOSiBASSOS ON CRIM- INAL LAW REFO! A regular meeting of the Medfpo-Legal Society was held last evening at the College of Physicians | and Surgeons, Twenty-third street and Fourth | avenue. Dr, R. L. Parsons presided. A number of new members were elected: among others, Freeman J. Fithan, Dudley Field, Hgnry v. Lockwood and Chauncey M. Depew. The society | now numbers about 380 memoers, who belong to the medical and legal professions. The lawyers are slightly in the majority. | Mr. Jonn R. Dos Passos, whose brilliant defence of Edward 8S. Stokes will yet be remembered, de- livered a remarkably able address, entitled “Hints for Legisiative Reforms.” He alluded, in iutroducing the sudject, to the occastonal periods oi time when tue public mtna was so disturbed and excited upon the apparent increase and bold- | ness of crime that to suggest any measure, no | matter how deeply grounded in justice and bumanity, which might possibly be used in the defence of an accused person, was to | cism, which, if it did not kill so promptly and surely as a Russian guillotine, inficted a slow and | patient torment to some minds hardly less en- durable. The speaker deprecated this cry for severity, and turned to the discussion of the law for cases of murder, Mr. Dos Passos demonstrated that the law of 1873 practically abolished capital punishment. He thought, however, that imprisonment for hfe was a far more cruel torture; and yet the chances of pur- | too hazardous | an exchange for the certain effect of capital pun- ishment, The Legislature snould pass a law mid- way between the theory of instantaneous and de- iverate premeditation, After contrasting the | former barbarous cruelty of the laws with their present humanity, Mr. Dos Passos made several suggestions, which he presented with the skill of the eloquent advocate. One method of prevent- ing crime, he. thought, was to stop the promiscu- ons and indiscriminate publication of criminal and court news in the daily papers, It tamiliarized the people wita crime, it imperceptibly | lessened the respect of the citizen for the law. By a constant unfolding of every roman- tc detatl of crimes the terror of offences was ma- teriaily lessened and their enormity soon wore off. (Applause.) One of the mos humane reiorms ever adopted was to make executions private, a | Jarge proportion of condemned criminals in Eng- | land having conleased that they had been constant | Spectators at similar scenes. Professor Doremus | had shown that at the examinations of experts in cases of poisoning Mucb testimony was given which was unfit for publication, and this was true of ordinary criminal trials. All that vast volume of reading which came under the bead o/ ‘sensational was open to the same critaciam, for vy portraying in the luxurious language of romance and poetry the morbid pas- sions underlying acts of turpitude tbe moral taste of the public was vitiated, and thus the way paved for an increase of crime. The formal sur- roundings of courts struck awe into the hearts O! multitudes tf the latter were only not Peaeeny acquainted with every detail of criminal jurispru- dence, How depraved was the appetite which gioated for hours over the recital of every word and gesture of the poor wretch on his way to the gallows, ag thougn they were of the greatest im- portance to the world! Mr. Dos Passos declared that he advocated the largest liberty of the press. The free press was @ ploneer which liad led on this nation to its prea- ent position in the van of the civilized world. He would detract nothing trom its glory and only weed out its dross, He was willing to leave it to the press to appoint a board of censors who Would exclude ali these dangerous jeatures of newspaper reporting. Failing in this he would not hesitate to appeal to the Legislature to correct this evil, which Was undermining the manners morals of the present generation, (Lively iause,) is Mr. Dos Passos then turned to the consideratton of the law passed last year in regard to the treat- ment of insane criminais. Me objected to it on the ground that it deprived the accnsed of the sacred right 0: trial by jury, and substituted for it a commission to investigate tne sanity of a pris- oner, This | pia dt moa was clearly unconstitu- tional, The gisiature might as well appoint a commission to ascertain the truth of an alibi, Ail the barriers and sateguards of trial by jury were styldenfy swept away by the star chamber proceed* ings instituted by this commission, ‘The address was listened to with profound at- tention and received with marks of uaostinted ap- probation, THE SAILORS IN COUNCIL. The United Seamen’s Association met last even- business. Mr. William Churchill occupied the chair.’ The feeling seemed clearly to be in favors of the repeal of the Shipping act of 1872, which was considered to be most obnoxious and detri- mentai to the interests of sailors leaving the port of New York. At the reassembling of Congress after the holidays the petition for the repeal of the act will be presented, Signatures to it will come not alone from this city, but also from Phila- delphia, Boston and Baltimore, 4 member who addressed the meeting said that the part he felt incumbent upon him to take in refereuce to the present movement to have sailors’ wages fixed at living rates had worked to his ifjury. He could have obtained employment as an officer on board American sailing vessels months since were it not that the inflnence o/ the Stupping Commissioners’ Bureau had been ex- erted to keep the speaker and every one else who acted in the same manner as he had done out of suitable positions, He and many others conse- quently found themseives in @ state of enforced idleness, rT. A. poiuted remarks. He said he had can Vessels, man and boy, near, what he knew came to him by experience. protested against the Shipping law as being most injurious to seafaring men, and he was therefore in lavor of its absolute repeal. The deputies or hangers-on of the Commusstoner’ ice exacted from $6 to $6 to procure ships for sailors in cases 5 rson, a Swede, made a few Bark He ae led on Ameri- That | 3 SSEMBLY. THE A CAUCUS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CITY MEMBERS— FRANCIS KERNAN INDORSED FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. A caucus of the democratic Assemblymen-elect from thig city was held yesterday at Tammany | Hall to agree upon a programme and make their ; Bomtnations to present to the generai caucas of al! the members of the State to be held at Albany. | The entire delegation, with the exception of two | members, were present. James Daty, of the Four- teenth district, was elected chairman, and Germain Hanschel secretary. Afier a orief consultation Jeremiat' McGuire, of Chemung, was nominated for Speaker, and Hiram Calkins, of New York, for Clerk, both nominations deing unanimous. ‘rhe question of tne United States Senatorship was thea brought Up and led to a long discussion a8 to the advisability of making a nomination at the Preseut meeting. Several of fe memoers objected to taking any action on the subject until after the Organization of the Legisidture, as tl feeling might be caused among other delegations, whieh would, perhaps, be serious enough to ae- feat the momtuations for, tne Assembly offices which the caucus had made. It was suggested, also, that it would be better to confer with the Kings county delegation previous to ang definite action. Various other considerations were presented against taking immediate action. A vote was taken as to whether the caucus should go into nommafion for the Senatorship, which was carried. The announcement was then made that Horatio Seymour would nos be a candidate under any circumstance. The name of Francis Kernan was proposed and several members indorsed the nomination tn highly euiogtstic speeches. When the roil was called every mem- ber present named Mr. Kernan as his choice, and he was. deciared unanimously the nominee for United States Senator. The nominations were then engrossed, and each member present aMxed his signature to the document, pledging to abide by the decision of the meeting. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. ANOTHER CATASTROPHE AT THE DELAWARB AND LACKAWANNA TUNNEL—FOUR MEN PRE~ CIPITATED 4 DISTANCE OF EIGHTY FEET AND KILLED. A most lamentable occurrence took place yes terday morning in the tunnel being con- structed by the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad Company through Bergen Hill, at Jersey City. To expedite the work sev. eral shafts have been bored. The broken fragments alter blasting are conveyed from the depths of these shafts and discuarged on the sur- face of the hill, The vessel used is called a bucket and is one of peculiar construction. It is supe ported bya single chain, aud to keep it trom Swaying to and fro a chain is attached to one side, and when a descent is to be made the lat- ter chuin is attached to the supporting one by means of an tron pin, An over- sigit in adjusting this pin was the cause of the terrtbie accident yesterday. Four men, Martio Sullivan, James Buras, Daniel Murphy ana Bernard Curley, entered the bucket to descend shaft No. 5, @ distance of eighty feet. The pin alluded to had not been properly adjusted, and when the last man entered the bucket 1t toppled ovér and the unfortunate men were tumbled down the yawning precipice. The shaft being nmar- Tow, they struck the jagged and pointed rocks in thew descent, so that when they reached the bottom lifg was extinct. Immediate assistance was rendered by the other workmen, but only the Iteless remains were hoisted in tue bucket and laid side by side on the grass. Cor- onuer Reinhardt and County Physician Stout were summoned, and a post-mortem examination was made. Burns, Sullivan and Corley died trom com- pression of the brain, and Murpoy from a fracture | of the spinal eolumu, Coroner Reinhardt will hold an inquest on the bodies, and in the meantime the remains were re- muoved to the late residences of the ill-fated men. Sullivan was twenty-lour years of age, was un- married and resided on Hicks street. Morphy was twenty-one years of age and Curiey twenty- two. Both were unmarried and resided on Sum. mit avenue, The news of this catastrophe | spread rapidiy aiong Jersey City Heights, and a very Gecided feeling prevailed among tne |restdenis in regard to the terrible adalr. The latest accident previous to this oo curred on the day belore Thanksgiving, when. a man and a boy were Killed by the explosion of giant powder. Many other accidents during the excavation Of this tunnel have been recorded in tue HERALD. The friends of the deceased parties notified the Coroner yesterday that they intend to employ counsel during the inquest, and that they will bring the case bejore the Graud Jury. If an indictment should be found it willbe the founda tion of # suit for damages. THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS. PHILANTHROPIC THEATRICAL MANAGERS—DENIAL OF THE REPORTED STREET CAB OUTRAGES, The first matter of importance brought up in | the meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners yesterday moruing was a communication trom several managers of theatres, who seem to take & great interest in the sustenance of the Life Insure ance Fund of the Police Department. These gentie- men propose to the Commissioners that they shall be permitted to distribute for sale by attachés of the Police Department 100,000 tickets of admission to either Bootn’s or another theatre during the month of January, 1875, and that the procéeds of the sale of those tickets shall be equally divided between themselves and the Life Insurance Fand, The Board referred the proposal to the considera- tion of the Committee on Rules and Discipline. The next important document was a report printegd and read by Superintendent Walling in reference to reported street car outrages. The Superintendent said he had investigated the re- ports and found them not to be based on fact. The Madison avenue cars, he said, which have been reported as the scenes of numerous brawls and of outrages done by thieves, have really been cullarly free from such instances of disorder. e only trouble which has happened on a car ot the Madison avenue line took place afew days ago. it was simply a braw! caused by a drunken man being thrown from a standing position by @ jolt of the car against a lady who was seated. (he conductor pounced upon the man, who bad been disorderly before, and took tim to the rear platiorm. On that stand were two friends of the drunken man—all three were, evidently, countrymen—and th ¥ © the conductor gotinto a scufiie, Other em “or .« of the ratiroad com- pany went to ald .« conductor. In the mélWe somebody discharged a pistol into the air. These facta, Superintendent Walli id, are subdstan- tated by the evidence of weil known people wno were in the car when the trouble happened and who have been sought out by the police since the reports ol street car outrages have been puvlushed, The Superintendent satd that the reports had reatly excited some of the peopie up town, and fe made fis investigation and report in order to allay their fears of being outraged on their way home on the cars, The Board dismissed James Fitzsimmons from the police force for perjury, and referred the pa- pers in ms ease to the Grand Jury. This man, who Was dismissed from the police torce in 18 made false statements tn regard to his age an engibiliey in 1872, and was appointed a policeman, P. B. F. Manning, patrolman of the Sixteenth precinct, was aiso dismissed. His offence was m- toxication, Patrolmen Lap agit beth and Henry Drought were promoted to roundsinen. The Committee on Rules and Discipline reported in favor of permitting Omcer Warner, of the Twen- ty-ninth precinct, to accept a reward of $250 from the Post Ufice Department tor arresting Wilnam Edwards, who had broken into a street letter box, The Board adopted the report of the committee. The Board granted an annual pension of $200 to the widow of the late Roundsman James Tutte, and adjourned until Saturday, at eleven A. M. DEATH OF THE JERSEY CITY MORGUE KEEPER. Mr. Michael Brady, keeper of the first morgue established in Jersey City, died yesterday morn- ing, under melancholy circumstances, in the thirty- fitth year of his age. Just one week previously the interment of his wife took place, and she, too, died rather suddenly. From that day Mr, Brady— im the prime of life and apparently very unk lower and lower, till he succumbed to wi was really mental affliction, but what proved, in medical parlance, to be inflammation of the brain. No man in Jersey City was more popular among all ciasses, He was repeatedly selected for political honors, but persistently de-~ clined pudite ofice. He was born in the county of Cavan, Ireland, and came to this country tn 1852, INVICTED. —' he trial of Nick Thomp- sont in Mgurreaany Ga, for the murder of Captain where, before rie they had nothing to pay at all. ‘These runners thrived on biood money under the form of law, and it is time thas sort of thing should be stopped. The satiots in attendance warmly applauded of which no one representing ern- nrovementa the twoafter sections had to be con- ov ment except now and then a degultory scout, nag these sentiments. ag terminated in a verdict of guilty of murder im the first degre’ Ben Jordan, who struck vaptain Hunter with a stick on the fatal occasion, Will be tried for murder in the second degree,