The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1875, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. | FOR SALi. HANDSOME WHEELER & WIL-ON "ee. with new bi Machine. ail wiew , $13; Will be sold tor S30. ond FINE LIQUOR IN sale ch also. downtown corner’ Liquor MITCHELL Cali erty will bi Furtuer JERSE Mp crry Rooms. C 0 A® OR HOUSE—AS DWARD SCHE sale, this day, and dai! eer,—Continuation AM LuCATION, A®* also 8 Groceries, Meat Markets, — neries, Baker! unch Bakeries, Vofee Important sale of ap uw HE a "__MIVCHELL!S Store Agency, 77 Cedar street. YROCKERY STORE, $2.790.—RENT REDUCE.) $300 | for coming year; satistuctory reason tor selling. Adi HIRAM, Herald Uptown Brauch office, Pek stlesa, CANDY ROUTE, WITH HORSE Wagon; established over exght years: bas a larg sale or Brummel’s cough drops: @ profitabic business ior Apply at A. RUMMEC, 110 Grand ik, and MASON & CO., 83 and 85 Fulton American and foreign Oi! Paintings, at the Gall N 6 erty street. Art Gal ©. THIs DAY, atl EDWARD for the past wee: the auction saies at y 29 Park row, opposite the new Post Ottice. | 4 titer, ong: to-niorrow, FRIDAY ana Re LEDaY. | — = close out the large consignment. ow onexnivitioa | TOR SALE—A GOOD PAYING FAMILY LIQUOR mong this coilection will be tound choice works | F Tate GRAIEE SHEE: Labih ar Olt Woyeat peg by eminent american and foreign artists Great bargains, for these Paintings must be sold JUBiAS TAYLOK & CO,, 29 Fars r FOR SALE—AN OLD AND WELL E BLISHED Clothing Business. for particulars inquire at 36 BT SALE.—THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, SALE OF | c Color Lrawings, at The Art Rooms, 817, OR SALE—TWO 12-FEET SHOW CASES, FRENCH ery geommancing at 8 o'clock. The Messrs. ate, with trays. 59 Great vones street. uctioneers. VERE. JOHNSON, JR., AUCTIONEER. | Foe SALE=CIGAR STORE, 1,213g BROADWaY. + Furniture, Serchdovisd and Fine Arts’salesroom, | ST Nassau street, : OR SALE—A FIRST CLASS BUTCHER SHOP IN Bee Matas Degeremess. 3 TOLk tow. Now York. Tarrytown, N. ¥.; the best of locations; & good neigh- On SATURDAY, at 1:20 o'clock. borhood. Inquire ai 325 Tenth avenue or in S18 Tenth av. GENERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. SALE-AN OLD ESTABLISHE VERY FINE CARVED ANTIQUE PARLOR SUITS, OR SALBA OLD Bi Manvel “Mirrors russe _House in the Ninth ward. Apply at $13 B French plate Pier q ingrain Car; m, &c. YT dauaeas 8aLl nd ve pets, Table Mattresses, Beduing, JOR SALE CHEAP—A SMALL HOTEL, 30 ROOMS, ading and billiard rooms and @ good aiming sa- loon; doimg a good business Address ¥. R, box 141 Herald office. AY AND FEED STORE FOR SALE—NO. 217 WEST street; one or five years’ lease of Building; rent iow; terms'easy. Apply at No, 411 Washington street, corner ot Lawhy Property of Yo be sold THIS (*RIDA commencing at 10 0 at the elegant tive story residence 120 West 23d st. Magnificent rosewood Ev ear 6th ay. | lace Curtains, Mir- | 5, LE.—LARGE rors, 134 octave rich rosewood Piasjoturte, made by stein BAL A BUSI POR Way & Son; latest -tyies iniaid Parior suits, covered iu double office, well located down town, with Furni- satin, brocatel, &c.; inlaid Ce fables, Cabinets, Jar- | wre, sate, Atiasses, &c., and Good Wilt; rent low; offer dinieres, Bronzes, Ou! Painting ber suits in | wanted. Address BROK&R, box 161 Herald office, ps walnut, Dressing Case. teads. spring and hair | — eee — a witresses. Carpet, kc.; Buokcuse, oH) volumes; Boas, | QMALL JOB PRINTING OFFICE FOR SALE CHEAP— Lady's secretary, Livrary | Turkish Suit or hal interes: wo right party. Address JOB hairs, dining room Butter, Extension Table, solid wi PRINTER, station D, city. shina Winner anu fea Sets, s, hail | = ——~ ~ D HAND SAFES, Va. and fitted with combina. | Ds. mA F A STOCK OP SK | "rious makes, in good orde: tion locks, selling low for casn ; bargali ‘AM SAF COMPAN Iso basement and servants’ Furniture. H. EB. MCDONNELL & OU., auctioneers T PRIVATE MANSION 103 WEST 28°H STR x é bKICA Y, 390 Broadway | jc mger 6th avenue. lanes LBeseebae i get) fe Ps owen tralinas—% a day) mornin february 12, at IU, o’cloc = = se Brussels M'Parior’ suits, (a brocatel, | MACHINERY, LARGE VARIRTY OF UWORIZONTAL AND UP- 4A tight isngines and Poilers, new and second hand; Steam r'umps, roriable Engines, Hoisters, &c. WL. -ON & KOAKE, Water and Dover streets, | ood Pia oforte, Lb Bedroom . bureaus, .ress- | urtains, Paintings, ment Furniture; irniture, Carpets, &e. | RAKME . Auctioneer, OR SALE—VERY Low, IP APPLIED FOR at ood. Averion SALE.—THIS\ FRIDAY) MORNING, | ‘once, several Hoe Rotary Presses, g Wy. commencing at 10 o'clock, | suitabie tor newspaper work. Addres! th» New Yors t private residence | Herala B wpeowt’ “ ttOLDS a oy ape aren, SUPERB re A 6, HO: OLD" FURNILUR:, P ROBERTS & KING, ENGINEERS AND CONTRAC. PAIN SINGS. F BRONZeS. | } tors, 119 Liberty street. —Steam Engines, boilers and Steinway & son's 736 octave Planoforte, elegant carved Parior ~tuts, m satin and brocatel; Pabies, geres, Mirrors,Curtains, bronze Clocks. Library atid | Pumps agapted tor a Di achiuery bought. Q Hy, Dassivle aur, rices, with guaran| retaire bookcases, Lit y Tables, Writnng Desks, Curk: D HAND STEAM ENG. 8 lsh suit, rosewood and wainu' Bedsteads, Dressing ith two Builers. Address VA! ie D Bureaus, Washstands Sk hair and. spring “Ala? tree! Extension V be tors Ww ‘ apors for pressing c.ot care | would anmwer- tf Wn coed ord vantry. | BakRuiT NePUAWS & CO. JANTED~A GOOD Si:COND HAND FOX LATHE, square arbor, Ibinch swing. Address IRO\-CLAD CAN COMPANY, 55 Fulton sireet DENTISTRY. A CORAL RUBBER S 4A hours.—impression im the forenoon, teeth in the Afternoon, Thirty-tourth street, near Broadway and Sixtn avenue. Coral rubber. very sirong ; fles colored; Bold ots, plating sets, whalebone ruber sets, Plumpers, = open fronts, Lip Litters, Lip Devressers, Regulators? UGENE, BISSELL, AUCTIONEER | nitrous ‘oxide; mechanical. ential huke-green cars By BisStLL, WELLS & MILLET, from Grand street terry. of Sixt THIS DAY, February 12, at 1h A. M., way cars Get oi at Vhirty-fourti atour Salesroom, No. 15 Murray street. | NeWBROUGH, 123 West Tn ‘We shail include in our sale of to-day a= @ large lot of Damaged tiardware, saved from the late fire in Chauib ENRY D. MINER, AUCTIONE (ate Henry |!. Leeds & Mine TRIS DAY (FRIDAY), FE . Atl o'clock, at tue saiesroom, No. 105 Duane street, near Hroadway. Sale of standard and {liustrated Books, all of which are richly bound, and comprises the writings of all the cele brated authors, LEVI, AUCTIONEER, OFFICH 76 BOWERY— » Mortyage sale.—Will sell, at 9 o'clock, the Cigar Store and Bo: tare and Fix erware,’ Crockery, rep, tehen Furnitur-, 19 Carpets, N. B.—Sale positive. ° Take 7th or Competent men to pack and ship goods, ROBERT C rye MANILA PRESS ; second hand papers and cheap, Apply to os, 5ana 7 John street, ¥ GE Store THIS DAY (FRIDAY), February 12, at llo’clock, within the store Groceries—Saie of assurte| Groceries, OF TEETH IN THRE: Also, Wines, Liquors, &c.—General assortment. GERARD BeTTs & Cv., Auctioneers, Store No. 7 Old slip. ty-fourth street. NUOUS GUM ver filings, joms, NO. | A BEAUTTIFUL SET, $5, $3.—C! 4A Teeth, $lu; extracting with gas, Sue. Examine specimens, New Y: 202 Sixth avenue. Established 1851. | QNORAL S&T OF TEETH.—IMPRESSION IN THY | morning, teeth in the atiernoon, at the old estab. Rememb! | lished place, 216 Sixvh avenue, between Fourtcenta and Fifteenth greets. Gum Sets trom $10 and upward. RAPID TRANSIT. arding House at $2 Bayard street, Furui- tures. P, TRAVER, AUCTIONEER, «Will seil oo pacarday, | im Cee Petes. 108 Carpe ra Musmicare, 9. There was another lull yesterday in the discus- MA ee. i BRACHES ADETION rte! | sion of the subject of rapid transit, and it is likely 3 0k, at No. et) @ lot of Clothing, Gente’ urn shiny Goous ome | that, until the Aldermanic and the Civil Eagle inicio street, @® | peers? Committees’ reports are made pubilc, there . “A M. © HItLICH, Marshal, | Will be @ seasom of quietude, during which the ARSHAL’S SALE.—J, SEEBACHER., auc E R tongues of oracerical planners will have a holiday. will sell this at W o’cloc! vat No. 297 Pearl It is evident tuat the movement of the down- Mrees the stock, tovis aud machinery of the xleciric town merchants to procure a ‘deferred stock” | fund 1 progressing. Though its action may ap- THE UTILITY OF THE PROJECTED ‘‘DEFERRED CAPITAL” FUND—THE COTTON EXCHANGE IN- DORSES IT. * 57 and £9 Great Jones | rs bal lot of Magnetic Chest Protector and lusole Compan. J.J. JOSEPH, Marshal. RIGAGE SALE.—J. KR. FOLKY, AUCTIC wiil sell on Friday, February 12, 1875, at 1 o’cloc! the Stock and Fixtures ot Sixty-third street. I. bA. BROKER'S SALE. | jists like that of a wounded snake, the iatter know | that the project is meeting with encouragement | on ali sides, Toe plan proposed by Mr. Drake and readily adopted at the meetiag of merchants in Liquor store No. ZL bast SUN, Attorney for Mortgage tHOe. J. WGRATH AUC: eet. corner Muiverry, will | men’s and women's Clothing, Wis, Remnants, Quills, beds, bedding, boots, also Coats, Pants and Vesis, By order T. th Fifth aven' AWNBROKEIS SALU.—RICHARD FIé | plained, seems not yet to be plain to many people who could aid it if they understood exactiy as paste ate wD, G ‘ what it is desired to effect, and low it etuoneer— m No. we: 1 this day, at tl clock, #0 lots Men's and Womeu' | 13 eXpected to work out its ultimate Jothing, Dresses, Shawis, Kempanis, Cnderciotnta, rpoze. Ni bi i Beds, wedding Quilts, Dlankow, Boots’ Shoes zo. act; | Durpeee. No matier what law she Legisasare @iso Coats, Fr V By order ft: Nelson, | 8Uall pass to indice the party to build @ sapid ie of Men’ transit ruilwa eierred stuck” innd, if itis 's Ciothing wiil be- y, ibe i ra.sed, wil useiul lu spurring on the Work ot AUCTIONE — | bulidiug tiat ruilWway. Li the merchants can pro- rniture, Desks, Bedding, & cure $0,000,000 that Sum Will be @ Wonder'ul aid Mortgage saie.—Wull_sell this day to any private Compauy, and even to the city, o'clock, at salesroom 2 Y BI Pi y Krigay), at 1034 | wheu luvesied in a iuwp in the bonds thar Broadway, the Furniture wad rixtures of a hovel, consisting uf a large and general sued : Sseor'ment of Bedseads, Mureaus, JablesChairs Wash- | Le issued by the municipal corporation, If 4. hair Mattrewes, feather Beds, Fil. | 1%, ts wuthorized to, build @ rapid tran: ovee Hanues teokury | sit raiiway. ‘Tue plan 18 not new. It | has beea a |ractice amoug the incorporators of railWays and otuer institutions to advertise thac | they wave \arge sums, raised by voluntary sub- scriptions aud secured by ‘‘deljerred stock,” tn Desks, Extension abies, ty WART, Attorney for Mortzagee. SHERIVS'S AND GENERAL AUC. ines, Liquors, Gh " jro. | OFder to float the bonds of such projects. The Cefies. office Furniture, Sais, ko wit sell ine day | Present subschiption hsts are open to all persons (Friday), February 4. 4g O'Clock, at No. 13 bowery, | WhOleel that rapid transit will be of great mun- large and general assortment of Wines, Liquors, bran- | etary value to them. it mas veen said dies, 10 barrels, casks and Cases, consisiiny of Bourbon | by “property owners, speaking belore the o eaees foe eer ope Aves ot lmoored | Aidermauic Comumitiee, that it would pay ses imported Hrandies, Gin, Bitters Wines, cases | Wel to give one ut ou of every ten if they cowid thus procure the boon of rapid There is now every indication tuat tuey Wii be supplied with itat sorce time in future, but mw) and baskets Champagne, a large’ lot Cig Uroceries. Teas, Comers Rice transit. ec. ¢ positive rahe e, ~ ¥ itis to thelr advantage fo hasten Lpat time. Even Fels Fotatoes and tive barrels Onions. | alter tue Legislature spall have passea the Kau- HERIFS’s SALE OF OFFICE FU road law there will be a deiay be.ore the con- Store Fixtures, Counters, &: scruction cau be begun, for the reason thay money Ss. HERMAN, dueritl’s and Geuera! Auctioneer, se Will Dot be immediately at haud ior the work, uu- this day (friday), February 12. at Ll o'clock, No. 1s Bo jess the “deierred stock” iund is raised. It this ery. about 14 Counters, Slelving, 1 fine Desk, Chairs, | fund 18 procured it can ve invested im any worihy scheme, Woether the carrying out of that scheme 1s coudded to a private company or to the Toe plan to ratse the ‘deferred capitai” fund Cwitia new encouragement yesterday at a meeting of the Cotton Exchange. That body Suopted @ resolation, presented by Mr. Benjamin | P. Baxer, President of the Cheap frausportation ation, Which declared that (he speedy ac- mentol rapid transit betweeu the ex- 1 this city 18 aM @usolute necessity, and order+\| that @ bok lor subscriptions to tae “de. terred capital’ taod should be opened in tue | Cotton Excnange. heri. | A Meeting of the subscribers to that tund will Stools, Beucies, saies, stoves, kc. "ale post WA. ©. CONNSR, shrift Wa. H. Cannot, Deputy. Also Sherift’s sale Saturday, Febrnary 15, a3 ll o'clock. at No. #) West Houston street Liberty House), ali the ight. Tive and st of James Cooley which he bud on the 9th day of vecember, 1874, Stock and Lease of said place. Rores Dover, Levut; WM. ©. CON OF OFFI . Sheriff's and General Av wary 12, at 103% o'clock, Chairs, Lounges, Carvers, &o. 5 arvin “ate, Letter Press’ aud —LADIES’ NITED sTaT MARSHAL’S SA | the commitiee Appointed at tue meeting in the Wearing Apparel a! auction ~BURDsT? & VEN: | Gaamo 4 ¢ MIS will sell on day, February 13, at i2v’clock, | Caamoer of Commerce, for tbe purpose Of seu | larly orgaaiziog an association, to which tue ques- | tion of the distribution of the money pledgea will be reierred at (he proper tim: | | | wishin our store. 9 Bu ag slip. Fiske, Esq.. United States Marshal. taining eiegant, Silk and Woolen Dresses, silks, lace Underwear, Sashes, Cloaks, sacgues, Furs, Cape: Gloves, &c., seized 1or viowation ot revenue laws Gc tre now ob exnibition and can be ¢xamined by cat logne. By order Uliver Five Trunks, con+ A meeting Will Le heid tus evening at Brevoort Hal), in Filty-iourth street, tor toe purpose of uis- cussing the subject of bow rapid transit snouid ve made an accumplisned iact. INCENDIARISM IN CONNEOTICUT. TILLIAM WItti this day, at 2 o'0i s ock Canal s(reet, by viriue of a chattel mofiguge, 4 -uits of Parlor Furniture; 7 suits biack wainu: and éaameited Les Furniture, Book Cases,” Warcrobes, ladle, coairs, + ‘ounges, Nirrorg. apesiry, Bousseis and inetain Calpers Mie 4 sg dda Feb, 11, gp ngs, Rugs, &c t Exoelsior Mat- w cesatul, wi Ey HOR ga Or Ma An attempt, which was partially saccess{ul, was made iast nignt to burn up vainabie property in three different places ia this city. In view of the | frozen condition of the water pipes and a short supply of water, the frustration of the flendish ers, Desks, tove: A betto. ROOMS 99 EAST PAIRTBEATA STREET | plau ts almost miraculous, The frst fire vroxe out Forniture, Carpets. Curtains Parlor Suite; Library, + vi nt in @ pile of lumber Gaewnvion aud tarme top Taviess Boctcnace, Wha: | 8+ halpast merry ema ng ¥ owned by the Sewing Machine Cabinet Company, Nots, Etagere, Linen sheets, &c., at private sale, at auc. in East Bridgeport. When discovered the fire had tion prices. =—WrEKLY AND THoY PAYMENTS FOR | got headway, aud it was hot put our till 100,000 fA, Furniture, Car pots Bedding, at BM. Cow le@t Dad been destroyed. Tue seconu fire Was dis- FERTHW AL & C'S, 66 and 19 Caatham street. An | covered at (wo o'clock this murnilg in @ pile of immense stock and low prices. Rae ee 8 belonging to te fi ot Beecher & Haw: PRIVATE LY 1 88 SIncuM. | ley. sitawted between the tracks 1 the Housatunic stance: LO ie F oats aa ee. ana tae New York, New Havea and Martiord raul. Satin brocade Farlor Suit, co+t $9, for $175 6 An | Youd, West side. ‘The hydrauts iu tits section had totnette style, $85; Lrocate! aud rep Suits, $50 and $35: become irozeu, and celay in getting Water ep- droOM SGits, With Uressiue Cases, $0 Up; Carpets | avled the Rames to commuuicace with a second Fowewood Fiangiorte, vray, diniug room Furniture, & | pie of umber, Uoth Of Whien Were entirely con- J. eat 2801 cr Winle these two don the d, the loss reaching lo prog: ayaos! od ‘Ih.s Was put out without calling on the en- On examining the premises a numoer of tings @OG ,leces Of paper were found bi th 2,400. rep suit, Mi Mirfors, Boox rose woud and Bedsteads, Dressing Cases, Hod* w do, in lots to suit purchase ° 4 pieces of dry woud, and ts Waseviden. thac this oh Wen Tose Sen ee | ee kiudied with the intention — —— | o! drawing attention irom the others. Fortunately \ —A.—DEGRAAP & COOCI/RANB, MANUFAC. for tne city there was fo wind, With tb Gres idiey MEAEH 1 and 14 West I wenty.thind sureet, occurring during the wind and cold o) the nignt Arge Aewortnens of P Chamber and Dining Room | previo Briapepert fg have been reduced 'o | apoes. To-ua) n enry Voty, two youn, Sart crterenre Rie ee POT, LORS PER. | fnew who could not give @ satidiactor) accoant of }°9?, SROg RD Bere 68 Misfit ya | promeniyee) ree arrested Of suspicion ui having Fusaois, Th iy and Ingrain Carpets, Ojiclorhs, | scartod ti * speaialty, very cheap, atthe oid piace, 11d Fulvod A PUGLIC SCHOOL MOUSE BURNED, Mroet, side entrance. Atan early iiour tuis morning the pub lc school = house in Wiel is kOUWO us the Mill Plain disiret MISCELLANEOU | took die ae FM flue aud vale ar alste GuPORTANT TO GROCERN—FoUR CEN oR | auce could be oned Was etirely consamed. MPORTANT TO, GROCERE FOUR CENTS lg.cy | 1.088, $8,000, Lasured in the Westohester Insurance Se A are act | Gompany sor 62, ) human | rpeumatic chickens bid lair to rival in intensity | the deadiiest bites o1 all the winged and crawling at baif usual | or Broad- | | pear to others than the custodians of subseription | | the Chamber of Commerce, though often ex- | must | Suou be called by Mr. C. H. Roosevelt, secretary of | FROY OCEAN. 10 OCEAN, Progress of the Interoceanic Canal Sur- veying Expedition. \ | | | j | | A Bird’s-Eye View of the Isthmus. A NEW ROUTE. Racy Characteristics of Tropi- cal Life. THE PROPOSED PLANS OF THE EXPLORERS Camp AMMEN, NEAR pagacat sy | CHAGRES RIVER, Jan, 26, 1875. | Provertiat for chilis and fever of no relisbable | kind—proverbiai, too, as the haunt of all sorts of | fascinating r -ptiles, wild beasts and birds ot prey— the spot from whic I now pen these lines forms | the firstencampment of the United States Sure veying Expedition, sent out under Commander | Lull, to determine the merits of what is known the Panama roate tor an interoceanic canal. So far our medica! adviser basu’t opened his medical chest. All handsare lively and high spirited, and the only mortal enemies to be met with at this stage are tue copper-colored cormorants in sorm, who' exoroitant demands for monsters for which the isthmus in the good old times was famous far and wide, A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL, It was up this river, the Chagres, that daring spirits were wont to wend their weary way to Panama en route to California, and the tat bananas clustering in gelden bunches along its banks were nota liitie sugzestive of tue yellow bars which were soon to reward the venturesome and thrilty traveller, bound to dig tis way to fortune. Now- | adays this is changed. The river flows as usual, drowsy alligators bask on its muddy banks, the dense forest still preserves its tropical looks, and doubtless many atiger cat and many a snake, in view of quaint traditions, regret the day when | rapid transit niade its mark from the Atlantic to | the Pacific, and they can no longer anticipate a | meal from sume stray emigrant whom bad whiskey or curiosity had tempted into the woods, Indeed, | im pugilistic pariance, the establishment of the | ratlroad years ago from ocean to ocean bit romance Jairly between the eyes. The iron horse now paces over the track snorting as it were with flend- ish glee and detying the wystertous horrors for which tre route to ’anama was once so notorious, True, the road was built at a sacrifice of human life something ‘earful to contemplate, tor they | say that every tle on tue itne, torty-seven miles ta length, represents the dead body of some unfot- | tunate laborer. Yet it must be borne in mind | that by the old means of transit the lives of many | were scriously imperilled and frequently rendered useless by a dreary trip through the swamps, 80 | that aiter all, apart from the commercial enter- | Prise which the road has given rise to, traveliers are spared the necessity of @ great risk and have | the aaaitional advantages of comfort and expedi- tion—advantages which, by the way, you cannot. boast of in New York even for thirty blocks up | town. The railroad, then, in this part of the | world has done wonders in its day; but the quez- tion which interests us just now 1s in re.erence to | an interoceanic cunal. | NOBODY'S FRIEND. | Icannot cali to mind, at the present moment, | any subject upon which unscrupulous adventurers | bave had greater latitude for brazen falsehood | than this, Swarms of explorers of the bogus | spectes—and consideration for the space of the paper prevents me irom enumerating them—nave | infested this and other regions in its vicinity tor \ years. the results of their periodical visits being huge volumes in commendation of favorite routes and theories which existed only in imagination. | Beyond ail doubt the several surveys made in | recent years, under the auspices of the United ; States goverament, have dove more, first of all, to | expose the irauds or incompleteness of nearly | every previous effo:t at determining the ques- | tion of an interoceanic canal; and secondly, to | narrow it down by earnest and thorough examina- | tion, so that the commercial world might juage from reliable facts and Ogures whicbd was the most economical, the most practicable and best chan- nel tor the purpose referred to. Such clear and comprejensive reports as have been furnished on the supposed routes by way of Tenuantepec, San Bias, Atrato-Napipi and Nicaragua, leave but littie doubt as to which should be selected, and 1t now remains to be ascertained how the line irom Aspinwall to Panama will compare in point of | FEASIBILITY AND CHEAPNESS | with the besc of these, Whatever may be the re. suit of this investigation it is grattiying to think that the character of the survey will, to a great extent, leave little room for speculation as to which route should be chosen, Within six months, believe me, the main question will be not as to the route, but as to the wherewith to | complete the enterprise. But it should not be inferred that, because the United States government, througn the Navy De- partment, has authorized these surveys, the = colossal undertaking, supposing the repeated efforis to find an economical and prac- ticable line may finaily win popular and substan. tial recoguition, must, necessarily, be commenced at the expense of Uncle Sam. On tue contrary I would take this opportuntty to state, especially to speculative Congressmen hailing (rom the We: thatthe Treasury at Wastlington will, perbaps, never be disturoed by any calls jor the great ob- | ject referred to. The principal aim of the expedition is tosecure authentic data as to the feasibility of the route from Aspinwall to Panama, and this at- tained the ofMcers intrusted with the daty will have performed it, An impression prevatis to the effect that snould tnis line be deciared practica- bie, cheap and expeditious negotiations would be entered inro for its construciion, This I am in- | clined to doubt. When it ts rememberea that GOVERNMENT AID WAS ASKED and was re/used to the courageous pioneers who undertook to make @ highway by ral from the At | lantic to the Pacific, und whuse successful efforts in the cause of progress will always be remem- bered asa great monument to private enterprise and energy, there 18 little reason to expect much from the national treasury. Two hundred millions | of doilara is @ pretty respectable sum, and it would not take 1iuch lesa to construct an inter- | oceanic canal, But there is no knowing what the present survey may develop—no for what important results may {ollow—bvut itis jast as wel) | to state that tne goveroment, in sending out there various expeditions, mainly purposes determining certain very interesting protlems, the accurate solution of which will of course enlist the atien- tion of ail scientific mea and may open o new field jor the enterprising capitalists with wmcn the two hemispheres aro at present stocked, THE START FROM ASPINWALL, Young men fond of keeping diaries and who chance to pass this Way generally work them. selves Into a fever in attempting to depict the nor- Tors of tmis desolate spo:. Doudtiess tne novelues presented are apt to strike the javenile mind, and what With devouring bananas and washing the tempting iruit down with strong decoctions, wear- ing cocoanut capa and defying the torrid rays ula blaging suo, it 18 fair to presume that by the time the you'nfal historian arrives at Panama and ts thence conveyed to the California steamer he will be in a fit mood to add to his interesting reminis. cences of travel. To a very inquisitive party on the way down rom New York 1 heard a very pop- uiar commander say that upon arrival at the com- pany’s Wharf it was only necessary to hand ony monkey @ ten cent stamp to procure @ freso cocoanut from the “ pamerogs = tr io the neighborhood, The p nosed .aameel {took @ nore Of tt bar 1S Darwinian representatives had gone on @ pleasure excursion just as the vessel hauled alongside the dock. The tactis unfortunate, Aspinwall is lke the quadruped with a bad name, but! have known noble dogs to be maligned. Apart irom tne “ice house cocktails,” which, by the way, | have beard spoken of in three zones, perhaps the liveliest element on this side o the isthmus is the railroad, and the trequent operations o: the freight trains in front of the prineipai street exercise an smpor- tant function in keeping the natives awake during the day, especiaily the sivie “portion of the com- munity, Whose performances with the smoothing iron are extremely slow, and at times aggravat- Ing, to say nothing of the character of the work. But while Aspinwall nas ite dark side, and, iv- deed, nearly the entire population might be said to be somewhat shady, for aside irom the different Consuls, the employés of the railroad and a few merchants, the descendants of Ham are thickly sandwiched on every hand, there are AGREBABLE ELEMENTS to be found on this side the isthmus, and not the least 1s the reiresiing breeze at nigntiall, which biows from the sea, [cannot say that note! life at Aspinwall {a apt to inspire religious sentuments, but I 1eel convinced that the eloquence of the e3- teemed young pastor Who officiates here must tend in a great measure to disabuse the mind of visitors that this ia not the port to which evil doers are consigned for al! time to come. But this is digressing, as the novelists say, and the sooner we get to the canai the better. 1 have already explained what was proposed to be done. Upon arriving here Commander Lull Jost no time in completing the preparations for the commence- ment of the survey. Thoroughly equipped, the party left Aspinwall on the 2ist inst. and pro- ceeded to Matachin, a quaint spot and well known to all travellers across the isthmus as the great depot for re‘reshments, for 1t mvst he borne in mind that it 18 over thirty miles from Aspinwall, @ distance which requires two hours to ac- complish, and, not forgetting the fact that you start breakfastiess, the explorer hails with no little satisfaction the BEAMING BEAUTIES Qt the station. These veauties, by the way, are not of the bulbous order, and it would seem in- deed that mirrors are scarce ut Matachin, else tne toilets of the screaming egg sellers would be more properly adjusted, at ailevents, when the train stopped the members of the expedition were be- sieged by the colored tribe, upon whose heads Were baskets of oranges, rolls of bread and hard boiled eggs. Ina twinkling the train was gone bound for Panama, and the officers and men, in all thirty souls, arrayed in the conventional cos- tume of explorers in a torrid zone, stood near the polot whence the survey was to be commenced. Hard by ts an interesting ranca, to which travel- jers make a hasty pluoge ior spiritual comforts, and so long ag the train stops the agreeable little Cuolo lady who superintends and handles with dexterity @ regiment of sparkling bottles has lively tumes of it, Just at other railway depots throughout the universe acalm succeed3 the tempest, ana it was during the lull that the party entered, The people of Matacnin were, o! course, aroused, and from the various expressions made use of, in view of the visit of tne explorers, tere is littie doubt that the immediate digging of the canal was @ foregone conclusion, MATACHIN. This may be termed one of the watering resorts of the isthmus, though, for the matter of that, resi- dents in other parts of the surrounding country wil have no reason to complain a little later on, when, I believe, there will be a pretty tair aistri- bution of the precious fluid all over. Indeed. I remember going over the line a Jew years ago, when it seemed as if the whole train were afloat, there being atleast two feet of water on some parts of the track, But Muatachin has the reputation of being good bathing ground, and to Matacnin, tnerefore, do the people flock for comfort and recreation. Not over a stone’s throw from the railway station the Chagres wenda its tortuous course along, and on the let bank of the river are erected some slenuer huts, which are used both as bath houses and laundries, At dawn aud at dewy eve the sabie Population plunge into the stream, and there disport themselves like & school of acrobatic por- poises, fearless of the sleepy alligators, which, during the livelong cay, reciina lke logs of dead wood along the banks. The accommodation at Matachin is not extensive, for, apart {rom a few huts—all of which are densely packed witi the bilthesome progeny of the native eettlerz, with whom tailors seem to be in great disiavor, juaging by the scanty patterns generaily dispiayed— there ls really no room for the stranger. So upon the first night of the arrival of the party it was mo easy matter to find a resting place. Some of the members of the ex- pedition slept at Ubispo, a little station further up the road, and others were but too glad to retire on the fluor of the reireshment sbanty near the depot, During the night inquisitive rats had, in some instances, very marrow escapes, several desperate lunges having been made toward them by the officers who were disturbed by their ire- quent trespasses, THE CAMP, Long before daylight thacanoes In charge of tho commanding officer proceeded about half a mue up the river, and, @ proper site for the commence- ment of operations having been selected on the Jett bank, the ground was cleared and in a few hours @ tidy camp was constructed, Lieutenant Leutze, @ sturdy veteran, whose experience in the line wxs Dow brought into good superintendea the arrangements for the comlort aud convenience o! his party, and by the time nis arcnitectural ideas were carried itu effect no neater abode 1n a wilderness could have veen de- sired. THE SURVEY was commenced on the lollowing day, under the airection of Mr. Menocal, the civil engineer at- tacned to the party, and from what little work has already veen accomplished bright hopes are be discoverea than was at first anticipate. Itis pretty clear that the idea of what is Known as a udal caaal will be entirely abandoned, and from the various calculator already made it i equally patent that the Chagres Kiver | could not be utilized except as a means ofsupply. During tue rainy season this river oiten rises to the Leight o1 forty feet, and by those sudden freshets litte douvt will be entertained as to the necessity of an 1udependent channel, iree srom all the influences to which such rivers as tne Chagrea are savject. It 18 proposed to cross the Chagres in this vicinity by means Of a viaduct, with @ depth of water of at least twenty-six feet, at @ sufficient elevation to preclude the possibility of damage by tfreshets, the supply to be secured neaf the head waters of the Chagres, and which Auct referred to. It is anticipated thata much lower “diviue” than that traversed by train will be discovered, and the present idea is to have twelve locks on each side. However, tuis is mere speculation and anti the proposed route is jurther examine nothing can at present be Slated wita any sort of accuracy. Lieutenant Leutze, accompaniea by Lieutenant Very, Master Coffin and twelve men, will at once start toward the head waters of tue Chagres t ton as to the sup- ply of water toat m ‘pected, and on his re- {urn to this point will commence tne survey in the other part of the line tion has been excelleat, and furtaer progress Will be duly chronicied. THE COLLINS SURVEY. FIELD OF THE INTENDED SURVEY OF LIEUTENANT COLLINS—THE CANANDAIGUA AT ASPINWALL, Cmitep States STEAMER CANANDAIGUA, ASPINWALL, Jan. 26, 1875. We sail to-morrow, on the arrival of the snail steamer {rom New York, for Urava Bay to convey Lieutenant Collins’ Durien expedition to the mouth of the Atrato River, All necessary stores @re on ooard, and six mea, picked from about forty volunteers, have been detailed to accompany Lieutenant Collins to the Pacific. This soip will send us in boats sometning over 100 mil a us in about th mont Your corresponuent goes as a volunteer porsuit o| know e. arrivea at Napipl, cient party of oatives Will be @ feu Co pert the More laborious Work, a6 tne climate is very deauly sor white men, We start Laas i 4 equipped, in the oest of Spirits, aud Gith the fuilest deiermination of all hands to mu ke the expedition asuccess, and with est reliance ob tie knowledge and Souiey ol xperienced chief, woo as already plored four .ines across the isthmus, survey of the Nicaragua | requisition, | ant Colby, who, with | ‘Mos usig and Master Green, with the balance of tne men, will compiete the line toward Panama. So iar the health o! the expedi- THE GLADSTONE CONTROVERSY. LECTURE BY THE RIGHT REY. DR, VAUGHAN, BISHOP OF SALFORD, ENGLAND. Yesterday evening 2 large audience assembled in St, Stepnen’s chureh to hear Bishop Vaughan, of Engiand, tecture on “fhe Gladstone Contro- versy.” In the sanctuary were seated Bishop Lynch, of Charleston; Vicar Genera! Quinn, the Rev. Drs, McGlynn ana Burtsell, the Rev. Jesult Fathers Shea, Merrick, Duranquet, Dealy and Jones; the Kev, Fathers McCready, Kearney, McCarthy, O’Keefe, Dunphy, Carroll, Costigan, Byron, McCautey, &c.; in all about twenty-five priests. The lecture was preceded by choice se- lections Of muse, at the close of which Bishop Vaughan ascended the pulpit and sald:— The word of the Apostie that ‘all things work together jor good’’ has been fully verified in the publicanon of Mr. Gladstone’s celebrated pam- phiet on the “Vatican Decrees.” Twenty-five years ago Lord John Russell published his Dur- ham letter upon the occasion of the re-establisn- ment of the hierarchy in Eagland. It was a letter full of Wormwood aad insulting to Catholics in a high degree. It caused ao persecution and the en- actment of penal laws which the English people, however, with good sense and fairness have since entertained that a much more feasible route will | acquainied with the ravages which result irom | would be conveyed by a proper channel to the via- | the | up the | Atrato to the mouth of the Napipi, where tne | reai work of the survey begins. Lie boats wii) retorn to the ship, and the ship will call repealed, But ti rendered an important service— it fixed public attention upon the Catholic hierarchy and the organization of the Church, and it has promoted conversions. His prestige as a great statesman sunk, never to rise again. Mr. Giadstone’s pampniet is @ much more pre- tentious undertaking than Lord John sussell’s AFTER-DINNER LETTER, written from the house of the Protestant Bishop of Durnam, It is a long indictment of the Catuolic Church upon almost every imaginable count. It 18 Mr, Gladstone’s “sweet revenge” upon our re- lugion for tbe novle conduct of the Irish M. P.’8 in relusing to support an education bill waich, how- ever weil inteuded by Mr. Gladstone as a compro- mise, Was literaily Doneycombed with talse prin- cipies. Mr. Giadstone’s pampulet has bad an un- precedented sale. You might, at first thought, spppone that we should regret this and be filled with dismay at the prospect oj the consequences, I coatess that as soon as I nad read it aoe t rejoiced at its appearance, Everyoody saw that, a3 @ political freorand, it had been absolutely de- stroyed upon the first morning of its puolication by the surewd political sense and discernment of tne English press both tn London and in the provinces, ‘The political mischief of the pamphlet having been destroyed I admit that { was not only uot afraid of its religious consequences, but tnat I foresaw that the agitation raised would be dee beneficial oy serving the cause ot truth, and Iam by no Means inclined to moaify that judgment afer the experience of the last three wonths— Tather the reverse and tie results are confirm- ing it. fi is twenty-one years since the Immaculate Conception was defined, eleven years since the publication of the Syilabus and four years since Uhe promulgation of the decrees of tne Vatican Council. ‘Whese Goctrines have never been tuliy preached to the English people, They have heard nothing but misrepresentations of them, and they had taken if for granted that they were all that our euemies had said they were. We huve to thank Mr, Gladstone lor another opportunity of preaching them and tor getting some sort of a hearing lor them, even through contradiction, irom the English pevple. Several excellent auswers have been published, among them toose of the Bishop o1 Birmingham, aome able articies ia the Month by Father Parkin- son, and Dr. Newman’s already lamous repiy. If Ido not mention otners itis not irom want 01 ap- prectation, but that! cannot mention all, and these Stand out with the greater prominence. Alihough Mr. Giaustone had been already well refuted, Dr. Newman has rendered an invaluable service to tne Church by completely crashing bis specious aygzumerts and false charges into dust. No one could do this more successiully than Dr. Newman. He 13, uf 1 may say so, THE PRET OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE as an able, honest and lascinating controversialist ora religions “riter on the unpopwar side. What- ever he writes will be read and weighed by tens of thousands, who probably would not listen to ap archangel if he published a pamphlet npon an unpopular topic. Kven the Pall Mall Gazelle, an exceedingly able rationalistic London paver, admits that Dr. Newman has completely demolisbed Mr. Gladstoue’s expostulation a8 a successiul attack upon the Catholic Cuuren. I can- not conceive any intelligent person reading the two pamphiets and hesitating as to the truth of this veraict. bishop Vaughan having answered Mr. Glad- stone’s objectiuns taken irom elgiteen gropost: tions in the Syllabus asked:—‘Is the Catholic Church and the ove opposed to true civiliza- tion?” “Is the Church or the Pope opposed to poiit- teal or civil iberty!? In answer tothe first pot I pall quote trom the Papal Allocution of 1861, ‘the Holy See has always been the protector of, and has always taken tho initiative in, true civilization. The evidence of history eloquen‘ly witnesses go this, and proves at. tne same Allocution, “it cannot be objected to that the Holy see has closed its ears to the pe- titions of those Who akkeu tor 2 more liberal gov- ernment in the civil administration.” ‘The Cath- ole Church may be treated in the micst oO! the nations in our day with the same contempt, scora and persecution as Israei wus treated by th» em- ites Of the past; but woen modern civilization ad passed away to the empires which were gone the Catuolic Church would remaio standing as “the column and ground of tratn,” WALL STREET NOTES. EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. The fifteenth annual statement of this corpora- tion bas been published, and shows net cash assets December 31, 1874, of $24,690,512, The total liabili- | tles, including capital stock and reserve tor re- insurance of existing policies, are $22,319,170 leaving @ total surplus over Jegal reserve of $3,062,587, from which undivided surplus the so- ciety has declared a reversionary dividend which 18 avaliable on the settlement of the next annual premium to participating policies. THE ERIE RAILWAY Directors held a meeting yesterday at their office corner of Duane and West streets. It will be seen that, Micawoer-iike, the company have large hopes of the !ucure, which, perhaps, have beea discounted in the past. After some rontine bosi- hess uad been disposed of, Mr. Jewett, tne Presi- cent, made a statement, substantilly as iol- uw: That the months of October. November and December were very irving montus for, the company, the traitic beiag dull and the rates at_ which it was moved were low, and on East bound trafiic arregular; that the month ol January was also a very duil mouth and a very try- ing one ; Dut it began to improve during the last week or that monti, and Up to the present time there were de- | cided indications of improvement: that he had every, reason to hope for more tavoravle re-ults atthe end of the present quarter of the company’s tmancial year: that’ to ascertain the result for the first quai ter ending the 3ist of December, taken the annual interest, payable by c pany, and when payavie in gold had reduced it to currency: hat take the rentals, and where that was payable In coin by the sime process reduced it to cur- reiicy, and these three tems added together the aggr gate Was apportioned equaily Le:ween the four quarters of the flscai year. Jo the proportion chargeabie' to the quarter ending the 3ist of December was added all the expenses of the company, thus showing the amount with which that quarter was properly chargeable. earuings of the cump: more than equal to th able, which. iu nis opinion, unuer the circumstances of he result which might be regarded as tayor- POOR PACIFIC MATL was the subject of many rumors on the street to- day. Of course it was conceded that the company had lostthe “subsiay'’ on which so many thou- a8 had been uselessly and corruptly squan- ered by & former direction, and now it only r mains to see how the ‘free Aight” derween t! aces managers and the cumpany will ter- mina THE MISSING MAN—AN INQUIRY. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I saw @ notice in the HERALD some days ago that a@large reward will be paid for the recovery of that eminent Western statesman, the Hon, Wil- liam 8. King, better known as Bill King, who has been missing for some time, and who, it bas been feared, has been foully tampered with. I intended Participating in the search, but was deterred from doing ao on account of the reportsI saw in some of the newspapers that ne had been found. [ have great respect for Mr, King’s character. A man Wo talks well and never drings, aod is at the same time a friend of the Hou. Schuyler Col- fax, mnst mi an excellent Congressman. It would be a pity, indeed, that such @ person should meet the late of any of the old woman’a thr sons, Of whom We are told in whe ballad that One got banged and one got drownd And one got lost and never was toundea, Bill King must be tound, and if the reward ts Still ofered 1 shall endeavor to fod him. As time 00 precious tu allow me to communicate with tne Sergeant-ai-Arms a f bington I address info myself to the HERALD for ation, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, JAMES FISK, JR.'S, ESTATE, SIX MILLIONS CLAIMED BY THE ERIE RalLway COMPANY. Mr, Willard Bartlett, the auditor appointed by the Surrogate to hear testimony @ tion to the objections to the accounts fited by Mrs, Fisk as executrix o! the iate James risk, Jr., held another sitting yesterday. Counsei for the Erie Ratlway Company ovjected to the accounts, ‘or the reasons that the inventory did not contain ail the per+ sonal property that has veen or might have been Collected by the executrix; that she sold and 6: hanged property without authority of jaw and = Noe eet MaMcaeENe Ua cimieanen’ teal have invariably tollowed the practice of announce | failed to realize {ts full value; that she shonla not be eredited with her imterest in the stailion Jay Goale, appraised at $8,000: that the caim of the Erig Rauway Company against the estate bas not been included; said claim was presented to the executrix, and amounted to 59,632 40; that the amended claim of said company Was not in- cluded, said claim amounting to $3,878,190 56, with interest thereon, Counse! for the execuirix deniea the rushe of the Erie Company to buve their claim considered by the audito' After con- siderable discussion between H. C. Anderson on behalf of the Erie Company and Mr. James 4, Ball and Judge Homer A. Nelson for the execuirix, the case Was again adjourned. BOUCICAULT VS. HART. Probably there has been no such public interest excited in regard to the rights of dramatic au- thors since Mr. Augustin Daly’s suits in de/ence of his effects of “Under the Gaslight,” as the recent suit between Mr. Dion Boucicault and the pro- prietor of the Theatre Comique in regard to the authorship of “The Shaughraun” and “lhe Skib- beeah.” In this contest will probably be decided the rights of property in braias, and to this end the literature of “Ould Ireland” will be ran- sacked to determine whether Kerry O'Leary, the Skibbeeah, 1s Conn, the Shaughraun, or Conn the Shaughraun is Kerry O’Leary. On this point hinges “all the law and the propnets.” It will be remembered that in the recent proceed+ ings before Judge Woodruff, the afidavit of Mr. George L. Stout, stage manager of the Theatre Comique, was presented, ta which he testified thai in the play of “Pike O'Callaghan,” there occurred character of Kerry O'Leary, which was identl- cal with the Shaughraun, This play was the production of Mr. Wybert Reeves, an ortzl- nel drama of two acts, and was announced to be performed upon the stage of the Royal Sure Tey Theatre, in London, on Saturday, February % 1870, uearly four years before Mr. Boucicault ro- corded the copyright of the “Shaughraun,” and that from this play Mr. Stout claimed to have made a concensation and adaptation, under the title 01 the “Skibbeean.’? Mr. Stout also claimed that the scenes and incidents were almost paral- lel in “Pike O'Callaghan’? with the “Shaughraun,’? and claimed that the title was vested in him as an original adapter, ana if any plagiarism was committed, Mr. Boucicault as well as himself was guilty; and, as @ point of law no party can come into a court of equity without “clean bands,’? Mr. Boucteault’s compiaint must fall, In order to receive Mr. Boucicault’s opinion on this most interesting question, in which rigats of authors are so vitally iuvolved, a HERALD re- porter went to see the distinguished author and dramatist at the sceue of tis great triumph at Wallack's Theatre last evening, The iollowing conversation then ensued :— REPORTER—I Wish to obtain some further infor- mation respecting your suit against Mr. Hurt. Mr. BoucicauLs—I cannot euter into that mate ter. It ts before the courts, and my counsel alone is entitled to deal withit, Any remarks of mine may be indiscreet. REPORTER—Mr, Hart has come out in many of the journals on the question. Mr. BouctCaULT—Probabiy Mr. Hart will have more to say in the newspapers than he wil ha to Say incourt, We shail see. REPORTER—He has stated that you have taken the “Shanghraun” trom an Engilsh play ied ghine O'Callaghan,” written by Mr. Wybert eve. Mr. SOUCICAULT—Fortunately for Mr. Hart, the author of the English play, Mr. Wybert Reeve, happens accigentaily to be in New York at this moment, so his evidence will assuredly be forth. coming. Mr. Hart was quite unaware of this co- incidence When he invoked the name of this gene tleman, but I mentioned the tact to him. REPORTER—Does Mr. Wybert Reeve deny what Mr, Hart alleges, that the “Shaughraun”’ 1s taken from “Pyke O’Callagnan f” Mr. BOUCcIcAULT—II you will attend the court on Saturday peruaps you will learn. KEPORTER—You have made an affidavit that your play 13 an original work and that you are not | Imdebteu to any novel or drama ‘or the plot ol treatment o1 the work ? Mr, BOUCICAULT—If it can be shown that I de rived the play irom any narrative or novel or play, urea whatever but my own invention, | promise youl stall withdraw from the suit and Pay ali costs incurred, REPoRTER—Vo you not think Mr. Harv’s play as 8 poor sort oi thing for you to take notice orf Mr. BovcicavltT—No. lt was the narrow end of the wedge. Ij he had succeeded in playing thie piece he woud have sold it all over tne Union, and then managers of second class theatres would have played my piece entire under the title of “ykiboeeab.” I have for a long time suffered quietly the mendacious attacks 0, the press charge ing me wich taking my works from the works of other authors. I have not condescended to reply to these charges a9 4 might have done, that £ jog any source Irom which 1 niay bave drawn the slightest assistance at any time, as indeed is the usual proceeding in such instances, But out of some 420 dramas I have written wore than 260 are original; the rest are coulessedly translations or adaptations, ‘The false representations induiged in oy the press have encouraged persons like Mr. Hart to steal my works, under the pre. tence that tbey are hot my works. 1 bave been | waiting quietly tor some time until | could seize one of these offenders in the act. Ihave caught @ good one (Mr. Hart) with his hand in my pocket, and ag Coun makes the delinquent in a similar at titude sollow him to justice, so I will take Mr. Hart to the tribunal where he shali expiate hig offence, with tala difference—that Conn let hie tive “slip out of his pocket.” I doupt if Mr. Hart will be equally fortunate. Mr. Boncicault was here called to go on the stage, and so ended our interview, ‘Tue reporter learned also, trom another source, that Mr, Wybert Reeve, whose prouiessionai en+ | gagements Will preclude nis being iu court oa Saturday, has made an affidavit entirely exonerat ing Mr. Boucicauit trom the charge o! plagiarisw, NOTES ON THE ARKANSAS MESSAGE. An fmperial plot!—Richmond Whig (dem.) Is it a collision '—Scranton Republican (dem.) Let Arkansas alone !—Boston Globe (rep.) A new disturbing element.—Newark Advertiser (rep.) What does it portend? Is there to be no peace either ior the South or the rest of the nution ‘“— Baltimore Sun (ind.) Of all the performances of our Cesar there t# none that has such a reach of audacity as this, — Harrisburg Patriot (dem.) He seems to ask Congress to authorize him to tip over the present government of Arkansas by force of arms, and put that State again into the hands of the minority.—Boston Herald (ind.) The weak-kneed members of Congress need not be frightened by the mouthings of the independ- ent press.— Washington Republican (adm) We know that there are republicans in Congress whose opinion and jeeling about ail this are iden- tical with the opinion and jeeling of the great mass of American voters. They are at last fairly shut up to the necessity of making @ choice of masters. They cannot longer serve Grant and their country. They cannot longer serve Grant and their party.—Springflela Republican (ind. rep.) The tone of the President’s Message leaves the full inference thatif Congress takes no action he will declare the recent Constitutional Convention and election irregular and proceed to place the Brooks party in power.—Hartford Courant (rep.) He tampers with danger when he calis back to life the Brooks usurpation in Arkansas.—Fort Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel (dem.) On Congress the entire responsibility now rests.—Providence Journal (adam. rep.) There is no further step to be taken in order to reach absolute rule. This is the real thing Itself, Never was the nation@l legisiature so insolentiy treated by any Executive in our history.—Boston Post (dem.) There is trouble enough down South without stirring vp anything new at present.—Binghamion (N. ¥.) Republican (rep.) This is despotism! Thisis usurpation! Thisis treason! Let him who can make less of these successive acts snd assumptions of powerl—4l- bany Argus (dem.) Un! he changes his course he will not through his term without impeaciment, even republican nands.—Pordiand argus (dem.) The President pursues consistently the path he has chosen toward absolute power over the Com- monwealths of the Union.—Norfolk Virginian (dem.) He wants to be President in, and had just ae lief be putin by the army aa by the people. Portemouth (N. H.) Enterprise (dem.) ‘The most infamous proposition ever made by @ President of the United States to Congress.—c/te cago Times (dem.) He needs iriendiy advice, for he is determined upon @ courve tha: must, if persisted in, plunge this country into very grave troubies.—Haryord Times (dem.) It is nard to ees why the President deems it bis PRESS et duty to recommend a reopening of the old sores.<» Portand advertier (rep.)