The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1875, Page 6

3 THE INDIANS. Sixth Annnal Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners. other—are necessarily the pioneers of Indian civilization, THE MODOCS. The visit by a member oi the Board to yee ent location of that portion of the Modoo Indians who, a8 prisoners of war, were in the latter por- tien of 1873 removed to the Indian Territory, con- firms the general impression of the good conduct of these Indians tn their present relations. The transfer of the remainder of the tribe irom the Pacific coast to the same locality, as recommended, woula, it is believed, in tts saiutary results, amply justiy the small appropriation required lor that purpose. DISCONTINUANCE OF RESERVATIONS, Attention is called to the special report of two | | members of the Bouard relative to the condition of | | the Indian service in the extreme Northwest, in | | the vicinity of Puget Sound and on the Pacific coast. The rapid diminution to numb of all the tribes in this section instifles @ comparative reduction in the expense incurred for their care | and support. Some of the once powertul tribes, as, for example, the Chinook, are witnout a sipgie | representative, while in other tmstances the remnapts of ten or twelve tribes, pumoer- ing but a few hundred in the age gate, are confederated at a single agency. The Commis: | sioners state that @ large portion of the Indians | are not wing. upon reservations or congregated | together in their tribal capacity, but are scattered | shronge this spores of cones, ianaeene, ‘they represent that those now re: uy The Board of Indian Commissioners Mave sUd- | tweive feservations set apart for their use would guitted to the Secretary of the Interior their sixth | be better one ‘or ee aero pore Sse - pecially if tne proceeds o e@ sale 0: annual report. Tae following extracts irom this servations proposed to be vacated were invested Feport give the more significant portion of its con- for their benef. tents:—The Commissioners state that the history | ‘fhe plan recommended involves dispensing with bf the Indian service during the past year has the machine: '¥ Ol two of the yeoame faccctss, aad contemplates the discontinuance of the others al been marked by more than usual trials and diM@- | an eariy period, in the belie! that netther the tn- pulties in its conduct, and by more than usual | terests o1 the Indiaus nor those of their white Success in the progress which has been made vy Or a eee the further intervention of the various trives of Indians toward # higher | “rie Commissioners also suggest improvements Civilization and the ultimate compietion of the | in poe SORANSE oF ahees aman relative to at | pulsory education, labor and the selection an Peaceful policy inaugurated. | conduct of employés, which, in the judgment of GENERAL POLICY. | the Board, would add matertaliy to the efficiency A period in the conauct and history of the In- | oj the service if made applicable to all other fian service of the country nas been reached, | #sencies, when, in the judgment of the Board, the govern- | WISDOM OF THE POLICY SET FORTH Proposals for an Indian Ter- ritorial Government. Influence of the Christian Ministry. TIMBERED LANDS. The construction of law given by the late ae- ment may safely look forward to the final aetermi- | singe of ho Papreme paar oe (he Dopeae | og e 01 orge Cook gation of its relations with the Indian tribes asa | Coon eto No ie, October Terin, 1873), denies Beparate people. Experience has demonstrated | to Indians occupying reservations containing what | the wisdom of the policy, steadily pursued siuce pre terwed Mrs ered Jape she mgh to deabane a | | Uni standing on suc! ‘e: At ‘y c the commencement of the presentadministration, ny cay) logs trom the same, unless the cutting | pf collecting tue wild Indian tribes upon reserva- | tions, limited in extent. The rapid settlement of | for the purpose gi cultivation and improvement. NEW YORK CITY. Cari Meinhards, a German pedier, sixty years of age, died in Bellevue Hospital a day or two since from the effects of tojuries received to the elbow 1n September last py a fall, Coroner Croker was notified to hold an inquest, *Longshoremen’s Union 2has not, ashas been reported by the stevedores, resolved to accept the reduction of daily wages against which they have been standing ou! ‘hey still demand forty cents per hour jor their labor. A charity ball in aid of the Northeastern Dis- Pensary will be given at the Lexington Avenue Opera House on Tuesday evening, the 19th inst. It 13 hoped that @ large attendance will be gatnered 10 the opera hou 3 the objects of the entertainments are most worthy, Agrand vocal and instrumental concert, fol- lowed by a ball, was given oy Mr. Dupin, assisted | by L’Orpuéon Frangais, of whicb he is director, at the Germania Hall, Bowery, last evening. The musical portion of the entertainment passed off with ureat éclaé, and altogetner the ir was & decided success, Coroner Woitman was called to hold an inquest at the Twentieth precinct station house, West Thirty-seventh street, upom the body of Jonn Viering, a German, aged forty years, of Seventy- | gighzh street and avenue A, who was killed by tle failing of an extension wall which was in the lcourse of erection at No. 644 West Thirty-third street, Coroner Croker was yesterday called to the Morgue to hold an inquest upon the body of Solo- mon Oppenheimer, seven years of age, born in Germany, who committed suicide on the 14th inst., at nis late residence, No. 121 Third street, by swallowing a dose of Paris green. It is said that deceased had been aespondent for some time past, Eg to business and owner troubles and poor ealtl p LONG ISLAND. ‘The revolving light at Montauk is reported to be in some way out of order, so that it oacasionally fails to revolve. Mr. Thomas Lister has been elected Onief En- gneer of the Fire Department of Sag Harbor, and The British brig Charlotte, ashore ten miles r. N. W, Silveira assistant, shall be au incident to the clearing of the lands the territory occupied by them as bunting grounds | 0 portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington | ease of Fire Island Inlet, has not yet been got brood, and her head wes hslf turned before she fell 1n the midst of the motley concourse at the Guild, STARVING IN THE STREETS. Of all the sorrowful incidents at St. John’s Guild, however, those which excite the most sym, pathy concern the families that have been turned into the streets and have no place in which to ‘warm themselves and no money to buy food, Scores of these famiit pply daily and the trial to the feelings of those present when their stories are told is terrible. Yonder in the corner stands @ weak, puny man, with a sort of religious air, who 1s listening to the half-sobbed whispers o! his wife. | She, in @ gray mixed shawi and neat delaine dress, is holding the hands o! her two children in her own, and, though her head is bowed down, there is @ tear glistening on her red cheek. They have been walking in the street without going near a fire or eating @ morsel of food since half an hour belore daylight this mornin, No wonder they are cold or that the man’s eyes wander about in & hali-irightened, half-desperate sort of way, and that the woman cries. THREE FAMILIES WITHOUT SHELTER. Near the stove are gathered three families, The first consists o! a man, his wile and two cnildrep. ‘The firat of the httie ones 1s fifteen months old and the second is a nursling. The husband seems hardly more than @ boy in years, while the wile has quite the look of a matron. ‘The cheeks of all are paie and sunien, and they seem to fairly clutch atthe heat from the stove with their thin, bony fingers, The man was employed during the ast summer and fall by a Mr. King, of Staten Island, as a plasterer and slater, Stating is a dull trade in | Winter, and the man, who was never a skilled workman, but only “willing and handy,” was dis- charged. Later he found employment in Wash ington Market, but was soon turned away there because of the dull times, When he owed two months’ rent his landlord ordered him to leave his rooms, and to save the laodiord the | cost of ejection he took his wile by the hand and With the coildren went out into the street. Late at bight they found jodgings at No, 252 Mott strect, and by various shi'ts managed to get to- pair filty cents each night for a Week, 60 a8 to eep THIS LAST SHELTER over their heads. Wednesday they were so sore pressed tuey had to last allday, and when they came to the Guild—brought in by some gentleman who chanced to meet them—they haa not tasted food for forty-elgut hours, A little distance away, a woman—a widow—sat with her two children. Their clothing was of the scantiest kind. They bad been turned into the streets two days before. Near these last were & wo- man and her one child. The only covering of each was @ thin dressand a aimsy skirt. A man | Territory and elsewhere, the reservations set rendered the adoption of such @ policy necessary | apart ior Indian occupation consist exciusively, | Dove the rover of wte gcse agaies | Ft 0 ae Pata easy ae thaitas s| depredations and to bring the Indians under the | icared can engage is that of cutting and dis- | influence and control of the agents for the pur- | posing of the timber, and the only marketable | Pose of civilization. Isolation from the demoraliz- | commodity within their reach 1s the timber stand. Ing upon their reservations. In some instances, | dmg influence of the class of white persons always | recent fires have swept through the timber so found upon border settlements bas been consid- located, killing the trees; but from which vaiuable | ered a condition requisite to the early improve. | lumber may be obtained if dispo-ed of beiors 8 | quality is impaired by decay. Uniess permission ment of the savage trives untli a certain period of | ik yiven ior the cutting abd sale of such timber advancement shall hb been reached; the history | without delay it will cease to be valuable tor | ot the 4 bo community can ever reach an advanced stage | necessary depredation and waste 18 fully recog- of civilization without recogaition of the right of | mized; but it is believed that in special instances, individual property, and it is believed that when- | Wed, in the judgment of the President or of tie | Secretary of the Interior, necessary lor the sub- ever suy tribe of Indians has reached such # stage | Sistence of the Indiaus, or to create © lund lor @f advancement in intelligence and good conduct | educational or other beneficial purposes, discre- as will enable the various members to | cutting and disposing of tle timber upon reserva- aransact their own business and participate in | tions, inde en restrictions as will prevent un- the affairs of the community with wuich they are | mecessary waste. purrounded, the policy of the government should be to encourage such persons to renounce their | Board of Commissioners, heretofore made, to the tribal relations and to establish individual homes Eigen . ee of Alaska. It has not . | been considered wise, ior various reasons, to ex- tor teeny eae paccins invested with all the | rend the jurisdiction oi the Indiun Department of privileges of citizenship; that this process should | the government over these peopie, and, while no continue from year to year, stimulated by every | jurther recommendation in tnat direction \maucement the government can properly offer, | Offered, it 18 suggested as very important that | Provision should now be made for obtaining au- gntil the entire Indian race shall become merged | tnentic iniormation of the condition and wants of im the community at large and further interven- | the bauds and races occupying the interior, of title is known to determine wuether Sion by the government jor their special care shall | Wich too litle become unnecessary. any duty devolves upon the government in regara to them or not. saeirepor) pcvere Sevens eciee © vise 80. toe Io The condition aud wants of vie ervilized Indians A Gian reservations in the State of New York Justi: | oocnpying the eastern portion of the Indiaa Terri- the recommendation that measores shonid at | tory bas lor a considerabie period been @ source of once be taken for the eniranciisement of the Indians located upon reservations mucao solicitude. The treaties made with the J in Cherokee, Creek. Choctaw, Chickasaw and Semi- that State. [be permanent annuities provided by | nole nations on the event of tceir removal west of treaty stipulation would afurd ample means for tne Mississippi and suvsequeutiy contemplate the fhe ehdowment of such educational and benevo- i lent institutions as, upon consultation with fora peng ried of governments by Roese mations witho' terence, exe 3 5 » bY 1 Suese tribes, suould seem desirable. The dissolu- Ivonne ak Pie” Uiiien Bintan cone aaa tion of their tribal relations and the division in severaity of lands and other property held in com- mon would become necessary In the execution of | nations in the provisions taey make lor local gov- soch a plan, and, with the exercise of reasonable | ernment and the restrictions imposed. The ex- ‘wisdom in the negotiation, could be satisfactorily periment of independent iocal governmenis oo the accomplisned, art of these Ludians has been tried Lor suficient A large proportion of the Indiana west of the fength of time to test ite practicability, and nas Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains, on the not proved satisfactory in its results. Pacific coast, are now quietiy engaged in various Very considerabie progress in education and in branches of indusiry off the reservations, and, | the yarious pursuiis of iuvustry hus been made, in sections of country of considerable eX- | but the governments estabiisied vave not been ‘ent, are more depended on as jaborers by | abie to afford prover protection to person and farmers, lumbermen, wool growers and otbers | property, and within the pasi ten years purtivos Shaun any other class of persons. ot tue Territory have become the resort of thieves No apprehension of further hostility by any In- | and outiaws to such an extent as to render essen- dians in this section of the country exists, and it | (ai the intervention of some power Witb sufficient is believed that at ap early period, without injas- strength tv eulorce order and pring to puuish- tice to the Indians, and with eatire salety to tae | ment persons engaged in criminal acts. An ‘white communities by which they are surrounded, effort was made within & comparatively the government may cease to make further pro- gaort period, on the part of the Indiaus vision jor their support. The same facts are true | themselves to organize a mo to a greater or lesa extent in respect to the in- ang under the care ol the government in Micnl- | ierritory was iramed. gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nevada, WILL THE INDIAN WORK ? A provision in the legislation of Congress at its Yast session requires thut in distributing suppites to the Indians, jor whom the same are appropriated, fhe agent shall require all aole-bodied male In- dians to periorm service upon the reservation, giving, however, to the Secretary of tue Interior the discretionary power to except irom such re- quirement aoy particular tride when ia his judg- ment proper and expedient. The question of labor, involving that of self-sap- rt by the indians, was considered by the Board oi suMcient importance to justily a full invest- gation a4 to What extent It nas been practicable to comply with this requirement of iaw, aud in the same connection to optain an expression of opin- jon from those best qualified to 1orm an intelligent judgment as to wnat measures are hest calculated to soive the difficult question. Inquiries on this Babject were thereiore directed to ail the agents, delegation irom (he Cieroxees, Creeks, Choctaws, and io others ta the Indian country whose expe- | Chickasaws and seauooes. Tne consultation, Fience wouid render their opiatons of value. Which asted two days, was of @ most friendly na- Responses irom a large number of persons have | yure. Alier a full ‘discussion, however, tne deie- been received, containiug mucd valuable Iniorma- gation present adliered to the previous action of tion, itappears that probably not iess t 000 their respective national councils, dechuing to Indians, o| the wilder tribes, are supported by the | take the initiative or participate ii any move- government appropriations, Without any substan- | ment leading to a change in tucir national condi- ALASKA. government. The treaty stipulations in this re- gard vary materially ia respect to the diferent it iatied to receive the Sanction ol the proyortion of (ne separate govern- ments required jor its adoption, and oo iurther ernment has occurred. Measures inteude@to afford @ remedy for this Unfortunate Condition oO) affairs have irom iime to | time been brought sorward in Congress, but they bave not received the assent oi the accredited | delegations irom these Dations who have visited | The Bvard of Commissioners, at its meeimg in | Noventber of the past year, directed a deicga- | tion Of its members to visit the Indian ‘Territor; for the purpose of consultation with leading en of the more civilized Indian nauonos ‘touching the condition of the Territory, son and property.” They were met at Muscogee Wai contribution on their part toward theirown tion or reialious will Lue United States. sustenance, It is undoubtedly true that up to this The Commissioners, after a juil consideration of time, iD the alternative of feeuing or the subject, recommend that a Territorial gov- | fighting these trives, the expenditure has erument, not incousistent with existing treaties, been an economicai one; but its continu- be estabi:sued vy We United S.ates, the Gov. goce ior avy considerabie period in the ernor to ve appointed by the President Juture, Will prove a8 disastrous to the Indians as) and the legislative ody 10 be e.ected oy costly to the government. Ihe effect of being weil fed without the necessity or incentive ior auy nysical exertion on their part, lor tle past seven Fears. 18 apparent in the conuition oj a large por- te people of tue Territoh . They also recommend she estudiisnim of United States courts within said Territory, and the recognition of the right of ion of the SivuxX nation in a marked increase vi dyspepsia and otner diseases of the digestive or- gans, anu decrease of physical energy. The e(forts o1 agents to tnduce the indtans of the Wild tribes to engage in pursuits of industry have ol, aS a Ful’, Deen Successiu., partialiy from the : Hereditary prejudice against labor as unmaniyand preservation of order and te establishment of Gegrading, and in part from the tact taat the soil more periect municipal reguiatious, wile ine fm the country they cocupy cannot be cultivated right o/ suii-goverpment is practically maintained, Delegate to ve elected by tuem. Ttis believe that the measures recommended 1b accordance WIth Lhe spirit o! treaty obligations red into with the United States, are essential the wellare oi these peope. Ivey offer the ance of the geueral povernme iu the to any profitable extent except with irrigation, ihe unsettled condition o; affairs in conse- The requirements of labor on the part of | quence of movements made in Congress these trives, without the provision of ta- god elsewhere, jvoking to tie organization cilities other than are now furnished, will of @ Territorial goverumeut and @ change in continue, uecessarily, barren oi resuits. | the reiations uf the United States to those The government 18 therefore remitted Indians, ix very detrimentai to any ettort on their vo the aiternative of continuing fo feed and | part jor the improvement o1 their condition, and ciothe these people until, fiom disease and ener- it is hoped that Ube legisiation oi the present ses- jon, they shall become extinct, or of providing jor them the meuns oj remunerative labor. sion of Congress W ot completed without some definite action on this subject. The jatter may be secured in their present loca- CLINION B. FISK, ol. Louis, Chairman. tiens by authorizing irrigating works ob a large H. H. SIBLEY, st. Paul, Minn. scale, Which may be constructed by Indian lavor y. A. HAY!, New York. ‘sa remuneration for subsistence furnished; or | N. J. LURNEY, Circievilie, Onto. the Indians may be required to engage in ‘the | faisivg and care of cattle aud sheep, for whicn , their country is well adapted, and jor which their | revious habits present a less insurmountable ob- tacle; or by the two plans combined. In any event, @ vigorous eniorcement of Whatever policy may be determined on, with an increased present expenditure vy the government to provide the Becessary means, Will be requisite to auy success- ful experiment. The necessity for prompt and energetic action | fo accomplish the object sought is so pressing tha! any reasonable expenditure and any proper measures ior enforcing habits Of iudustry on tne oO! the wild indians, promising snecess, are jc, The accomplishment of this purpose will relieve the difficulty of greatest magnitude remajulog ip the solution of the inaian proviem. » Consultation with very many who have nad experience in the management of Indians Waa to the delie! that any police, in this regard jevermined ou by the government may be en- JOUN D, LANG, Vassaiborough, Me. &. KR. ROBERTS, Saudy spriugs, Md, CHAS. G. HAMM , Chicago, I WILLIAM StICKNEY, Washington, ¥. UH. SMITH, Wastingtou, Secretary. PARLOR PYTHONESSES, To Tae EpiToR OF TUE HERALD :— { have read with horror an editorial in the MeRALD of the 13th inst. concerning Pythonesses. l now know that my wile aud dear mother-in-law are Pythonesses, aud that I have gone to the Devil (. must be the fe.low with the big b) with- out being aware o! the fact. When you write any more such viood-cuillers | wish you would remem- ber the numoer of husbands ana sons-in-law Who are siiuated as lam, and put in some saving final reed Without the necessity Of resort to military . Clause, modiiying sugvestion or ediiying moral, terlerence. whieh wil tthe stavnated blood and revive CO-OPERATION OF RELIGIONS LODIES. the terrified spirit. Lucktiy for me my wile to’ ‘The co-opgration of the religions bodies with the | her best dregs will @ Ball, Ween an unfinten overnment in the civilization of the Indians has | job of mine presented to | 4 tainKiag proved an element, the importance o! which even Ol what | lad re; action the missionary boards have not juily appreciated. © my heart by some p applied ‘The pagan imdian resists with ali the energy and | tome. My motuer-tu-iaw } 1 moving by stabvoroness of his savage nature every effort to and ¢ chara Since that period | have y and | be educate, clothe or in any m the babits and enstons o: civiiized lite 81 | thovary power should be given to authorize toe | is | government o! the United States or avy Stare | eMcient govern- | Ment, and 4 cousritution applicable to the entire | moveineut for the organization ol @ general gov- | | Wasuington, and nave not resuited tn legislation. | and such legisiation in behali (hereo! a8 might be | deemed necessary to give better security 10 per | the peopie to be represeuted in Congress by a | olf py the Coast Wrecking Company, Aconvention of the tenperance people of Queens county wiil be held in the Methodist Episcopal lec- wure room at Hempstead on Wednesday next. The Great South Bay is now srozen over, so that feeboats make the trip across to the besch, and ice boats are also in use on Northport harbor. Two young daughters of Mr. Hendler, of Spring- fleld, town of Jamaica, fell through tne ice on a pond when returning from school on Wednesday evening, and narrowly escaped drowning. Their cries were heard by a passer by, and they were res cued in an almost exhausted condition. A young couple were clandestinely married at | Rockaway a lew days ago. The groom was a youth of eighteen and the bride agirlof filteen, The | parents of both objected to so early a venture in | Matrimony, but they sound a minister who had no | objections, While men were engaged in removing a bank of earth near Lawrence street, Flushing, on Friday, Attention nas been invited in reports of the | they discovered a haman skeleton, with what ap- | | peared to e remains of @ coMn. ‘The skull 1d be th a f bi} ‘The ! was nearly petigch, but the other bones were much | decayed. low the skeleton came there is a mat- | ter of conjecture. | The official report of the Board of Supervisors of | Suffolk county for 1874 shows that ata specia, | meeting in April bills were audited to the amount | | of $675 70; at a meeting in June, $329 60, and at | the annual meeting, in October, $10,737 37—a total | jor the year of $11,742 75. Tne Board was in ses- | sion ten days and six evenings, and the ten Su- | pervisors were paid for mileage, per diem, and | disbursements, $1,432 78. Mr. John Harold, of Hempstead, late Secretary oft the Queens County Agricultural Soctety, re- cently lost a pocketbook in New York containing | about $75 in money and checks to the amount of about $300. A day or two ago he received informa- tion that the pocketbook had been found, and was at No. 10 Walker street, and upon application it Was handed to Mr. Harold, minus the money and checks, by the porter employed there, who had found it in Beach street. There were, however, other valuable papers in it, and Mr. Harold paid the porter a reward tor finding it, On Satu day the checks were returned to Mr. Hurold at Hemp- stead in an envelope, When in New York be was notin Beach street, and he supposes that some one who had tound it elsewhere dropped it there | aiver rifing it of its contents. The return oi the necks is accounted jor by the fact that payment c | Was stopped. STATEN ISLAND. ‘Phe trustees of School District No. 5, of South- fieid, have procured a comfortable schoolhouse, and the scnvo! is now in a Nourishing condition. A meeting of the Irish Legion ts calied for Sat- urday evening next at Klein’s National Hall, Stapleton, to make arrangements ior the annual parade on St. Patrick's Iuy. ‘Mr. Jonn A. Thorpe, an actor enzaged tn one of the New York theatres, visited Staten Island on Sunday to see a young lady, and when on his re- turu home was assaulted by two young rumians, pethes _— him severely and relieved him of his wate ‘The Uquor dealers of Edgewater will hold a meet- | ing to-morrow afternoon at Gazer’s Hotel to take | action regarding the present Excise law. an effort will probably be made to influence the Legislature xith @ view to ovtaiming a modification of tue law. The work upon the improvement of Vanderbilt avenue, Clifton, has at last been completed, after | Edgewater for nearly six years, at a cost of $35,700 to Smithfield and Middletown, of which the ave- | time was simply out of the question. About two | Due forms the dividing line. The avenue has been dug down and graded on the Middletown side, curbed, guttered ana paved tbe entire length, and itis now the fluest—in iact the oniy—boulevard from tne interior oi the t-land to the Jerry landing, | Jormeriy at the loot of the avenue when the ferry | Was first established by Commodore Vanderbilt, | | NEW JERSEY. The Camden County Poor House now contains 155 inmates, against 102 at this time last year. An effort will be made to pass a bill in the | present session of the Lexislature increasing Governor Bedle’s salary from $5,000 to $8,000 per annum. ‘Ihe commissioners appointed to assess damages for lands taken in the construction of the Hudson River tunnel cannot now act, a certiorari having been granted removing the question jor adjudica- Mon to the Supreme Court, Cnarles H. Porter, accused of the murder of his wife by malpractice Jast summer at Bricks- burg, has just been lodged in the Ocean County dail. He Was arrested ib Missuuri, whither he Lad fied soon alter the perpetration oi the crime. Petitions nave been sent to the Legislature | from Jersey City, Hoboken, Union Township and | Bayonne asking for the abolition of the Hudson county Board oi Chosen Freeholders as at present | constituted. These petitions wiil be presented | betore the bill introduced oy Mr. Carey ts reported, According to @ report of Mr. McDanieis, the | State Librarian, just submitted, the number of | Volumes now in tae library a: Trenton is 19,754. The totai number of volumes added during the past year i# 4s jollows:—From purchase, 3; sub- ription, 5; dowauon, 16; United states, 63; State Treasurer, 120, and Exchange. 3g2. Judge Depue, of the Essex Circuit, has been calied upon by Governor-elect Bedle to take nis Place on the Lench until a successor de appointed. Judge Bedie intends to nomivare his successor Within a jew davs alter bis inauguration. Judge Depue wili opep the courts in tiudson county to- morrow. The annual meeting of the State Agricuitural Society will ve heid in the State House, at Tren- ton, next Wednesday, The President of the s#o- ciety, Congressman Amos Clark, and the Secere- tary of the Navy, Mr. Robeson, wii deliver'ad- dvesses, An election for a fail Board of directors and oficers for wie ensuing year will take place, | A DAY AT ST. JOHN'S GUILD. Of all the fragments of poor, broken, despairing homanity that ever met the eye of the writer in step by step, he yields to force and the pea emn cone! Vena only wope ior the nation | the streets of New York those that made up the threatened starvation, bis progress 18 slow ind | ew in the en's Christian Assuers : : ansatisiactory, On ihe other naud, nis conversion | Let those dear young men wasten God tato tr long Une in waiting at 81. John’s Gatid many days to Chriguanity orings him at’ once to un- | Constitution of the United States and employ A, |! |A8t Week, and noticeably on Saturday, were derstand ‘bat ne must lead ry new | Johusen to ee him the A aw We Metnodist tion the saddest, Uld men and women, bowed aown and, under the instruction of iis | Of twe association would have to ve excused until r reat gions ‘teachers, Nis cievation to tue | alter it has gow Gen. Grant started ou bis third by Infirmiies, pale, sallow-laced young women ine Of comparative civilization is easy term), aud then call Upon Gen, Urant to suppress @00 rls Were the main constituents of the A careiul investigation does not disclos this uew banat by the Louisiana method. inere | turong. One poor woman bad trailing alter ber oT exception to the ruie that wnere rapid pro- | are only about eleven or fiteen milous o) del brood of tamished enildre 10 clutet press has veeu made, the work of the saititul, | Sp) ituailsta in toe United Sto tes and it would be des ted eae ‘ en, who clutched her peli-sacrificing, energetic missjonary las const. fp easy matter ior Geu Gran! to convert toem to be awiand pulled her hither and tnitner bated thy most Imporiant element of success, The | Methodism or some other ocnodox faith by Means of | tu the crowd till her eyes caught an almoat crazed Cnristian missionary and the earnest practical | his eninent example and his military aposties | jignt, aga she stood trembi ng with excitement Sheridan, De Yrovriand, &e. Youra, ELIVHALET SA39EF RAS, M. D, BROOKLYN Fats, wer, WHO, iM addition bo the Fudipents vi learn: es lossoas lo Wdustry thal the peovie may | sell-supporting—one indispensable to the y and fear. Sue had just been turned from the poor Jenement quarters that had sheltered her and her Upon Whom the hand of death nad already fallen sat in achatr surrounded by ms wile and three children. He was @ photograpner and of late had not earned a sum equal to nelf his current rent. They had not a morse! of food in the nouse. Feel- ing that he must soon leave them, he had dragged ‘his way to the Guild to ask pity for his family aud some little medical attendance lor himsell. The numbet of those iainilies who applied for re- lief on Saturday being utterly bouseiess and wan- | dering up and down the streets was sixty. All | | New York, these bitter winter nights, should think 0! these poor homeless creatures who are drag- ging their tired limbs about in the darkness and | suffering from want ot fire and want of jood, SUNDAY AT THE PARK. The skating fraternity of the metropolis hada pleasant day’s enjoyment of their favorite pastime yesterday. They cemmenced early, and happy faces surged through every entrance to the Park until almost nightiall, and it seemed as though they could not stop anywhere short of “tne Lake.” Tney scampered up every path to that frozen sheet of water, and many ‘‘cut across lots,’ fear- ful that they would iose tuo much time by being | dignided and “taking things easy.” All were | Provided with skates. Some dangled them from | their shoulders, while those who did not wish to make a dash or display had them carefully en- | wrapped in bags anu carried them under their | | arms, {t would be dificult to tell where this | grand column of pleasure seekers came from. | i | | | i | the sanitary measures waich ar | 1§ not actually pre: NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE HEALTH OF THE PORT. Annual Report of Health Officer Van- derpoel for 1874. Contagious Diseases—How and Where They Originate and the Way to Prevent Them. Huars . Quarantine, stafer Totan: Jan. Tiss} Hon. Wrttam L. B. Steans, President of the Commis. sioners of Quarantine :— In presenting my third annual report it sivesme pleas. ure to state that less sickness of @ contagious or trans- missible character has entered the port than during any season tor several years past, Sixty-eight cases of sick ness have been removed from vessels. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES There have been 11 cases of smallpox, exposing 8,225 Persons, as compared with 630 cases, exposing 70,306, in 1872, and 82 cases, exposing 14,795 in 1873. Of ship fever five cases, 18 compared with six cases in 1872 and seventeen cases in 1873, Of yellow fever twelve cases, as compared with forty- two cases in 1872 and sixty-two cases in 1878. No cholera ntered the port in 1874, ‘arious causes have conauced to produce this result, and in the few words which will be devoted to this report I shall be content to notice some of the principal. For along exposition 6f my views on the principles and practice which govern the workings of the depart. ment reference is made to the two preceding reports and to papers published in the transactions of the Medical society of the State for 1874. Firt—One chiet cause for the diminished amount of sickness is the great talling off in the number of emi- grants who have arrived, not reaching half the number of 1873, Secona—The results of sanitary supervision at this port ts not limited in its effects to the mere removal of sick- ness actually present on vessels, but the enforcement of hygienic conditions in all that pertains to the health and comfort of the passengers has not only its effect upon their welfare while on the passage, but the com- panies engaged in the business find that it inuresto their pecuniary advantage by instituting a sanitar: inspection of all emigrants betore the vesstl leaves ner European port. Those actually sick or possibly threat- ened with contagious sickness are tau3 prevented com- ing on board and exposing others. it has seemed to me that the miteanpreRension apon the scope of the duties pertaining to this poslilon Is so great with the community that shall pe pardoned in devoting a few moments to their consideration. Usage applies the word “quarantine” us embracing carried on at this port. ‘The word in its literal sense conveys no idea either of their scope or aim, while itexpresses an erroncous and false impression of the duration of detention which ves- sels under any circumstances are compelled to undergo. THE STAMPING OUT PROCESS. Enlightened observation has taught the physician in private practice that a large proportion of thé maladies with which he is brought in contact are preventible in their character, and had reasonable precaution been taken to observe the revognized laws of health they could have been averted. He recognizes, there- Jore, that he has performed but a -mal! parvof the duty and obligation resting upon him in curing the malad, Presented. He must, in addition, study the immedi causes, point them out for eyadis ion, and Not be con- tent in his relation uniil he has exhausted every means which can directly or indirectly favor a recurrence ot the disease in another individual. ‘Chis is termed the deed out” process, and daily are its workings seen 1n the almost total disappearance of typhus fever—whether under the cognomen of jail fever, ship tever, relapsing jever, &c.—the arrest of typhoid and the restrictions upon the apread of small- Pox. ‘The same principle of duty, a0 sacred to the physician in private practice, devolves with greater force upon the physiclan placed in trust of protecting « whole popula- tion from the incursion of transinissible diseases trom without. Lis work ol sanitary supervision is only par- tlally performed when, with most scrupulous care and exactiiude, he determines the absence of disease on the particular vessel exumined.. He must take in the sani- tary condition and. surroundings ot the vessel itself; must instruct the officers wherein, even though sickness nt, they become amenabie to viola- tions of sanitary law resenting. it may be, all th» con- ditions when an epidemic ineursion should be feared. lady 1916 | All the city aud the suburban towns contributed | to make up the throng. From homes of comiort and homes of poverty they came, out | once together al! joined alike in the sport and ap- | | parently never thinking of socti differences, made up @ ceaseless panorama, swift fying and varied as @ kaleidoscopic giimpse. The assem- blage was one of much ireedom, but it was not Tude or mischievous. There can be # vast deal | Ol intimacy without objectiouable tamitarity ou a | well ordered skating pond. Such may be observed | every day at the Park, and it would be difficult to find another recreative crowa where such thorough and legitimate enjoyment is thus afforded. The day was all that could be desired. The purity of the atmosphere was entiay: It in- jue: Vigorated and bid deflance to che 3% AD ill-tempered man would have been out of pace on the ponds yesterday. Nowhing ut humor and kindiy feeling prevailed. Indeed, much of the philosophy of skating 1s the simple breathing of tne pure air; as to that more than anything else 1s the pleasure due which the sport imparts. There was diminution in the throng all the day long, Both the larger and smaller ponds were alive until bight, and foran hour or two beiore sunset ihe | picture was one of almost painiut rusb, tear, | Whirl and bustie, | officers who admonished the assemblage to go | home when evening approached, as is the rule on | the Saobath, were no: regarded as particularly pleasant men by some of the juniors; but not @ Wwoid was said that cou.d be regarded as im. Polite, and so, witn skates again over their shoul- | ders and in ‘the proper receptacles, the throng Je:t the Park, filling the air with the ;.eal of merr' | Voices 10 laughter, all pleased witn a day we! speut on the ic IcE IN THE RIVERS. DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS OF FERRY TRAVEL, ; The dangers, dimMculties and delays of ferry travel im the winter were never more thoroughly | exemplified tnan during portions of yesterday. | During the forenoon tne East and North rivers were comparatively free from floating ice. The ferryboais made their trips in the usuai manner on the 11th oi December oy a large and influential | considerable squabbiing among tne Trustees of and at comparatively regular periods, but in the | afternoon any attempt at running on schedule o’clock an immense floe of ice was floated up from the lower bay by the tide until it was opposite Fulton ferry. It extended completely across the | Tiver irom the Brooklyn to the New York side, and 1t appeared as though the novel spectacie of an ice bridge was about to be formed. Indeed, such was tue Case jor ® moment, but the tide was running | so sirong at the time that tbe edges of the ice gave Way, but not ociore it made tie pier sniver aud groan as the foe moved slowly on. Travel at tnis time was very much delayed, but more especially on the upper ferries, the Desbrosses street und Twenty-third strect on the North aud | the Kooseveit and Hunter’s Point on tue Kast River. The Fulton ferryooat Mincoia, while endeavoring to enter the slip on the brooklyn side about two o’clock, Was jammed tn, and for upward of | hour the pas: ers—and the boat was literally crammed—wer compelied to wait, although witain & lew tof the dock, It was intenseiy cold at the time, and the Mineola was so crowded that @ large proportion of tue passengers were not able to get into the cabin. Some o! the more aaventurous ones were able to get on shore by climbing up the spiles at the side of the slip, and so on through the ferry yard; but this was reaily at the peri o: their lives, and the police put a stop to uu. Tne Winona finally came to the rescue and dragged the Mineola out of the slip tuto the stream, and, putting on a full Oo; sieam, she at last succeeded in reacn- ing the dock, to the intense satisfacion bot only Of tue passengers but to the hundreds of anxious people wio had by ins time gathered aod who were waiting to be lerried to New York, The upper bay is Comparatively tree from ice, 0 tiat the Staten isianu boats experienced no dificult, but over toward Gowanus navigation 1s impo: bie. The Horseshoe in the lower bay is also almost completely BKiocked up, BLU It requiries ali the skull aud courage of the pilots to avold acci- dents, The ice in the river yesterday morming ap- peared to be unusually thick and solid, and when- ever the ferrybuat woud come tu contact with & cake of nore than ordinary size the craft would | come almost to a standstill. Owing to te irreguiarity of the trips most of the boats were very much overcrowded, and in the event Of any accident, such as an explosion, & collision or the springing of a leak the joss of life would have been terrible. The trouble exper enced ‘rom the floating ice cannot be avoided, however, and tue travelling community will have to put up with it, to a greater or less exteut, until the advent O: spring, unless We are lavored by “Old Proowoliities’’ with @ severe rain storm before that time, ON THE NORTH RIVER, The past three days have becn most pertious to | ferryboat Bavigation on the North River, Fields Of ide Noated Gown and obstructed the ferryboacs on the Cortiandt, Desorosses, Pavonia, Comm nipaw and Hoooken nes. ‘The crowds of busi- hess people wo liad to cross the river kept press- ing on, and the ferry companies, anxtous to ac- commodate them, took ail the Fisk, and the resuls Was reat damage to the bouts. One of the Cort- landt street boats les disabled at the whari an ners have their padde wheels damage All the Desbrosses street boats are Kept ranning, thooga ail but one are more or less imjared. Vhe jerryboats running trom Javonia ferry w Twenty-third strect have had a hard time or tt, Ano 1 Was entirely Out Of the question to adhere to the time taole. It wag stated yesterday tuat ifthe river continues to be biockaded as It nas been for the post three days these boats will be withdrawn, ihe Hovoken boars, beng of a lignter cons'ruction aud inaking long tips, Were more or lesa injured, yet there laa been r rity in the trips. dhe Central Katiroad’s jerryboats, ranuing Jrem Liberty street to the Communipaw dock, make trips at looger intervals tian auy of the otuer lines, and thus iar tne boats have veen anigjured. | The pilots have a dread of the ensuing two Weeks, | When bhe ice wil! begin to Goat down the Hudson | ie | io large tow | when attempted aiter the epidemic bas gained full hea | ments aud manfelpalities duri The time seemed too short. Tue | heaa | If when pointing out these violations of sanitary laws assurance is given that by complying with these simple ani palpable axioms they may enter with almost im- punity an intected port, may discharge and receive cargo without a case of sickness occurring, and as the | result of such precautions are Habie to moutfled restric- tions when entering this port, 1t goes tar to solve the roblem of prevecting the transmission of these infac Yous diseases and tends to confine them to more and more restricted limits. AN OUNCE OF Pret: Allexperience shows that euch efforis are far more eflective wheu employed in the pisce of epticn than ENTION, way. To thisend do the present labors of sanitarians ‘The many tutile atiempts on the part of gover ing the past forty years to revent the sprea ot the cholera’ “scourge as at length demonstrated that the great effort for the prevention of its travels must ve made tend. tn the place or places of its orlein, “These ure relatively limited and observation has shown they. are in a great degree amenable to governmental restrictions, Tn the first insiance 1ts transmission has not been owing to the interchange of commercial relations or tabrics, but | spring aimost wholly from the blind and fanatical ob- servance of certain religious ceremonies. whereby hun- dreds of thousands of humao beings are brought into the most crowded. proximiv t sun, wih the utinost disregard of al! sanitary rules, the result of which is to endemic and restricted disorder. Their subsequent dispersion tras that the marks of 850, nsmits the germs, so y be studied wherever While, therelore, ku- ropean governments must, bend their energies to its suppression in the place of its origin. upon us devolves a somewhat different course of action, based, however, upon the sae sanitary principle. Keaching the western coast of Europe, ite further Drogress by land 1s impossiole, and it can only be trans- mitted to these shores through’ the medium of the many | vessels traversing the ocean. The experience of the ast shows that it has always tollowed this course, while Ei aimost every insiance both officers or vessels and passengers have considered, when the pestilence ap- peared. that theirs was but @ passive duty and in the irit of fatalisin allowed it uninterrupted progress. Such, however, sould wot ve their relation to the disease, nor should sanitary authorities on tnis side of the Atlantic accept such dection as the full periormance of duty onthe part of those engaged in transporung Passengers, We tand here in a somewhat similar relation to the disease when ravaging Europe as do Luropean coun- tries to its starung poinc on the Ganges. They have founa that the chief restrictive eflorts must be made at the place of tts inception, Ours should be made at the new starting focl, the vessels themseives: if succeastul here, while the disease is confined to restricted limits its turther ravages are stayed. To this fleld, then, should the efforts of sanitary i- dire ou ion be eh cred. of vessels understand that they will rJed as passive instruments in the discase, but that upon them devolves ing brompt measures of isolation, , destruction of solied clothing tion, and that in foliowing out these efliciently the dis- ease may be suviugated; that as a result of sich action the sanitary officers are enabled to maitigate in due pro- portion the period of their cetention. Almost all pas Benger travel is conducted by the steamships. Their ess depends upon the regularity and speed of trips. | Time with them is, then, & facto” of the highest import- ance. We have, thereiore, the double inceulive of pecu- Diary gain and seli-preserVation to stimulate to the most efficient efforts. i happily the principal steamship Imes recognize and appreciate this, and if has been one of the most gratity- | ig experiences o| ny position to be able to second their elloris by speedy “pratique ” very vessel now carries an experienced medical oM- cer, aud Upon the firstappearance of @ contagious dis- TA special isolated hospital is at once improvised y vasure to stitle the disease put into tmmedi- rival here fervance ot Infections dise all steerage passengers to he made previous to their coming on board the steamer Tue beneficial etlects of this practice are, I think, ap- Parent in the comparativery 'sinall number ot cases of smalipox which have entered the port during the past While the disease op year ot my n, When iumigration Was active, scarce week elapsed but smailpox was on some vessel. shi | Year it hasbeen a mere visitor. OLENZLIN ESS NEXT TO GODLINESS. We account upon similar reasons for the few cases of yellow fever which have arrived, During the past few Yeurs trade with yellow fever ports has undergone a marked wnd rr: change. Instead of being coniined 1 eis, Which made iong passages and lay for the fomies of the reach the hold of the aye had ample oppo el and in its tide virulence, the trade is fed in steers which Ke reguiar and quent nsit. lying buta limited period in the injected port. The oilleers ot the Vessels are fully alive to the importance ot protecting the crew by cleduliness aud regular havits, and so allow but little ‘opportunity tor the disease io Kalu access through this source.” ihe thorough purification thay Ach arrival at this port preciudes # nidus lopment of the disease germs. tor th it is tie Working of this principle, car out by the of Yesels, which has enabled ine Guring the past suminer to be more lenient than has been the cusiom for many years past. Lach year has Deon pointe: out and the result is shown as follows:— 1872 115 vessels were iightered; in 178, 1124 in 1874, 69, ‘To show aiso that the commercial facilities nay be in- creased without risk, and that no monopoly exists in the lightering, stevadoring.&c., there were nineteen licenses uses in 1872, twenty-two in it b da the comparative tmmunity from yellow lever was owing to ils want of prevalence in its | favorite b demic at Havana during the | SUMINer Was © gnant. in the proportion of deaths to those vg, | am informed by one of | I, Tis oi th the principal physicians oi (hat place, to near exghty per cent. There have been years when the bumber at tacked has veen xroater, but few when the per centage | Of mortality Wus more severe, Ul be observed that of the sixty-eight cases in spital @ larg pearance 8 80 sitnil h the ap tnequasied sick recover trom such moved to Dix Isiand than i atlowed to enter other he patil The materia fi ases far sooner ‘when. fr | condition of the quarantine property ts During the past year the repairs on the boats hag beep such as would be necessary tain in good order that species of perishable ew boarding station was completed and occu. pled early la Ne experience of t has (uly justified ine wisiom of the selection are inure promptly bourded, the anchorage found salistaciory. wile, nt legs important to the in terests of the State, the whole surrounding com MUMY Acguieswe in ‘the expediency of te lucatio and rine first Gime in twenty years & Hospiiabie wee to the officers Whose duties are here | vertorined. ‘The Stace steamboat Nelson K, Hopkins t4 iid up at the dock as securely wl ‘inv pice in the har: bor. The fino i 4 trom her station at dagwer cuerant for the wioter in; under the heat of tropical | ive a malignant virdlence toan | nd disinies- | ain jorce and | famarhie ary srt ae uel had a covering of canvas th and ibis well painted, While the frst cort ol this ‘was very little more than calking its durability will be far grea’ a ie State B ‘%: jurying Ground and adjacent property at ’s Point, which from long negiect nt verrun with briers and destitute of tences, jhe first time surveyed and a map deposited in of the pecretary of State. New fence has nm made around the whole property (nearly fitty geree the briers and weeds cat down the burial ground rained and the swamp land improved as much as 000 appropriated by the last Legisiature tor whole of the ve burpores would permit, 1357 has the State her o7 possessed ail the facilities for resisting the transmission of contugious diseases. They T consider, ample to meet any emergency. ra Not only their future eficiency, but true conomy dictates that the State maintain this eiiciency In not allowing any portion to become dilapidated. A Be ‘tial neglect even ot this species of proverty would, in end, entail a far greater expeuse than prompt re- whenever accident or wear and tear make neces Gigaing. {, beg leave to tender B:) yourself and your associates Iu the commission my sincere thanks tor the uniform courtesy and assistance you have extended to me in the performance ot my duties, can but reiterate the expressions of both my previous reporis for the integrity and ability, in the performan of their respective trusts, of Dr. Mosher, ag executive officer, and the deputies, Dr. Thompson and Macartney, KLEY VANDERPOEL, B. OA, * Health Officer of the port of New York. THE DETECTIVE POLICE. —_-—_—_. WHAT THE MAYOR THINES OF THE POLICE DB PARTMENT. The disorder that has so long reigned in the Detective Bureau of the Police Department Teached its height yesterday, when the officers ‘were made aware of the intention of the Commis stoners to sacrifice the mass of them for the benefit ofa few. Complaints were loud and bitter, and some declared if anything of that sort were done the public would ve treated to a more search- ing insight into the mysteries of the service than they have yet been given. That is scarcely necessary, for the whole subject long ago be- came nauseating to the people’s palate, Good may come of it, however, and itis time some little benefit to the community should accrue, At the last session of the Board of Police, Commissioner Voorhis introduced a resolu- tion, which was passed, forbidding all persons not connected wita the detective office irom lounging there. It had developed into a custom for per- sons of all classes to make the rooms in which detective business Was transacted a resting places and it was ascertained that some of those persons carried informatiou obtained in the bureau to parties outside who were affected by it. While this sort of thing was going on it was diMcult for detectives who were desirous of doing their duty to perform it satisfactorily or properly, for thieves and receivers had no dimiculty in SENDING SPIES among the detectives, if they did not constantly keep them there. The door leading into the de tective office is now closed against all ontsiders except those who have business in the bureauand who ubtain a pass from Superintendent Walling, and the next move o! the Commissioners should be to so change the plan of the office that the Su- perintendent and the detectives may have con- stant communication for the transaction of busi- ess without lookers on being able to be cogoizant of their movements. Then the new force should be put in, and tne bright era of affairs inaugurated. The bugbear of the present Soar has been the detective office. They have all along known that something was necessary to the discipline and working there, but ‘what that was they seemed determined to ignore or were afraid to introduce. At one time they made a great show of hurrying up to remodel! and improve the place, butall the discussion on the subject resulted in throwing the entire responsi- bility on the shoulders of the Superintendent, and he allowed it torest upon him. The Board asked him for a plan upon which they could reconatruce the office, but up to the present, so far asia Known, he has offered none. It was a delicate task for Superintendent Walling, ne @ dimicult one, loaded down as he was with im- rtant business the public were urgil 1m to get through with, because the Captain of the office and he are riends of long standing, and the Superintend- ent would naturally be likely to look leniently on complaints that disturbed the people’s confidence. Rumors of irregularities it 1s, of course, easy ta ‘art, and evil report travels quicker and farther than good; but it was the duty of Superintendent Walling, hearin g those reports and wnat led ta them, to put Captain Irving, as well as his o | cers, In @ position wnere, li innocent, they cou’ give satisiactory refutation of them through proper investigation. The pubiic are never uajust, and even at this late date, all those detectives whose | fair fame has been in any way touched, have plenty Of opportunity to make known to tne pab- ic that has for so long paid them whether they have beep uujustly censured or not. So tar as THE BOARD OF POLICB is concerned nothing remains Jor them but to gev Tid of the entire system at present in vogue and all connected witn it. Noting leas will give the | public any confidence either in them or the new | men they may make detectives. It would not, of | course, do to put the present men off the force | without giving them a proper hearing; but tnat | hearing should be a public one—thoroughly com | plete and decisive one way or the other. If the detectives are an injured set of men they should be protected, and if they are not they ought to be sent about their business, Commissioner Voorhis has tuken the matter in hand. At the outset Mr, Matsell was with him. Between them they must by this time have evidence ta establish something; that testimony ougnt te be given to the community, and the Commission. ers will be able to show that what action they bave taken bas been honest, uubiassed and above board. Commissioner Duryee, by taking tue peopie’s side in the matter and declaring ‘ora proper purgation oi the derective office, may be able to tide over May in office and gatuer around him some affection for bs services, Gud the same happy results may be brought about in the case of Commissioner Disvecker, His time runs on te another May. @ year distant, but that it should not be cut shorter than even the coming May, he had better take the opportunity now offered to repay his indebtedness to the pubitc. In his Message Mayor Wickiam says, “There are many radica and whoiesome changes in the department whick can yet be made belore tie force will ex hibit “ the discipiine aud general efficiency | which the puolic 1s entitied to exac | from it.” When he wrote that passage the Mavor must certainly have had his eye on tue detecir onice. Nothing more uuwholesome exists in the department, and taat it suall remain there an¢ not travel up into the Board the Commissioner can settle, A meeting of the Board is to be held to-day, a which tue matter will be discussed, and tt 18 ikely that decisive action will be taken on Tuesday, President Matsell was at the Central Otfice yester- day, a8 well as Superintendent Wailing ana Uap. tain Irving. There being no important business to transact, they left the building in the afver. noon. Inspector Speight remained in charge during the day. THE IMPRISONED SMUGGLERS. Among the convicted smugglers in Ludlow Street Jail is Customs Inspector Harris, who wat for @ long time stationed on the wharf of the Clyde line of Havana steamers, and is reported te have connived at the smuggling of cigars to 4 | very large extent. His is the first cuse, itis re ported, on record of a Custom House officer of this port being in jail for smuggling. Several other Custom House inspectors are reportea to be quakiug in their boots with reference to ex posures about “uouse money,” wilca are sald ta be forthcoming, Anotuer smuggler in the same jatl is a man named George Drew, tormerly connected witn tue National Steamship line, and who was arrosied jor smuggling about 260 gold and sliver watches wore, He subsequently ran away, but was re- tured, He will probably be soon removed to Crow Hil! Penitentiary. Michael Gailagher 18 also tn Jail, sentenced te 61X months’ imprisonment, for alleged compiicity in smuggling 160 cigars from off the steamer Crescent O:ty. Mle. Jouvin, the French smuggier, remains con fined to her bed and in a very weak condition. CONSCRIPTION IN ALSACE. The following communication, from a private source, dated at Hageman, Alsace, describes the scene which was witnessed at that place during the first military muster of the foung men, inhabt- tants of the district, who were liable to the sere vice, into the ranks o/ Emperor Willtam’s army. The writer, dating on the loth of December, 1874 saya | To-day is @ gloomy aay for the inhabitants o this place, as puiore their houses they see passing groups of young Alsacians who are mustered invo the Prussian military service. Heart rending, heart breaking, it 18, indeed, to hear the larewell songs oO! these brave young men, who cry oul as | | hey tramp along, “We will never fit for the Prossians.) Some one may say, “Why did nob there young n join the Prencn service?” The main reason because iany, In fact most of them, bad au aged mover or lather to support, and i they had taken the Frencu oath they coud not have remuined two years longer at home, so to have the good of une they had to make tha | pacrifice of the other. Not a Woman or man, im | aeed, who saw the young Iellows pass could Keep from shedding (oars.