The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1875, Page 5

IPE BY THE WATERS, Pleasures of the Season on Mountain, Sea and Shore. THE §PA, THE CATARACT, THE § Mild Flirtations on Saratoga ' Piazzas. THE SEASON AT LONG BRANCH. Contemplative Inertia at Niagara Falls. SARATOGA. SanaToca, July 23, 1875, Ssratoga is such & social, political ana medio- mal necessity that hard times never get the best of it, Jt bas no snobbery, no funkyism, no scandal in its society, There a: aid to be places where the women talk about each other and get into corners, sets ana coteries. It all looks 60 1m- probable trom this standpoint that I think nosach nooks of covetousness can exist. Whoever pegins conversation on onc piazza by some askant per- sonality ts ASKANTED, tbat is, neglected. The rule nere is to admire everything and let your husband alone, “Alonzo,” says the average “have vou been to the club house?” Alonzo affects surprise and 1s immediately com- forted by the remark :—‘'Go, my dear, that | may tell Mrs. Jones about the carpets and the lambre- Quins, Please look a little carefully around you, Poor Mrs, Jones has lost her husband, and he used to take a great deal of interest in the club, She ‘aratoga wife, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1875,—TRIPLE SHEET, the delegates. Every hotel bad a museum of locks and @ lobby of lock drummers, The favorite to be one of whieh the oank losing, Would torget the combina- of many ears ago in far apte-vellum times. Here Schuy- ier lived, with that wife he married under an as- sumed vame—she unconscious of the trick for ears and so admirable in behavior that sie sut- ered uo mjary irom him, but was remarried in jorm, His fine mansion at the brink of the lake 1s to be sold at auction in a few days. ‘he died abroad; she is of late growimg needy, ana ter beautiful paintings are exposed to s: Howgar back that name of Schuyler, elsewhere honora! and in the person @! this relict honorable yer, car- ries 1 in the maze of delalcations of recent years! During the week and at present we have had a stuck of governors here, very cara op the piazza was a King or a Jack Curtin, Bigier, Fenton, Galusha Grow, Henry Wilson, Ingersoll, Scott and Chamberiain of South Caroliza, Bowie, Berard and Hoffman—ali that was sweetness. The orn hope of Pennsylvanians, Dick Vaux et al., are said to have a greut idea, whicn they struck like @ Saratoga Spring, apa expect it to go through the land, 1. is Hendricgs for President, Bigler for Vice. o goldfoit currency, one Centen- nial wnd the resetting of the Almanac, But Joha Morrissey 1s to Saratoga what Samuel Adams was to Boston. He would have New York rule the United States, Saratoga rule New York, and Jonn Morrissey be Chief 01 Police. He svys Tilden 19 the only sound apple tn the bushel, notwithstand- tpg his boils, ‘Tue democrats who are here are Much more intent on dividing the offices before- band than on carrying the elections. Galusha A. Grow 1s to return to pabic lite, «nd run Jor Con- wress from Pennsylvania, Governor Fenton, itis Well understoud, Is to be the repuclican nominee for Congress from tne Chantauqua district, A QUIET LIFE. There been little gaming here this year, In- deed, people drive less, dress less and spend less than ever before. Yet they crowd Suratoga. Tho pools opened Friday night and were immensely attended, out the regular games of chance are poorly patronized, NIAGARA FALLS. NiaAGaBA FALLs, July 22, 1875, The season at Niagara Falls is now at tt height, | and the hearts of the hotel keepers are mado glad at tne sight of many guests, In pointor | Popularity the Cavaract seems to take the lead, but che Uiliton and International hotels are also doing:a fine business, Since last season the yil- { lage has been much improved, and ts now one ot the prettiest summering spots in the country. HOW TO VISIT THE FALLS RCONOMICALLY. Thousands of people visit this piace every sea- son, and thousands more would be glad to come ifthey thought they could do so and not have it told me this morning thav if she nad the dear | cost too much. Itcan be done economicaliy and man back to buy tier @ pool ticket, as be used to flo, Saratoga would seem its former self, Here, Alonzo, the Gimp family and the Evenezer girls want you to pick a horse forthem. There are $5 also jor me. A mutual tickes so fresnhens the race 1? The fact about Alenzo had been that he went to the club house every day. He starts this time with a stronger galt. As hs walks along ne says:—Do I dream? Is that my wife? What as I have inquiry. learned by ex- The great majority of visitors come here and remain only & day or two, and im endeavoring to “do” the place in twenty-four hours are often done for. It is worth while to take time in see- ing Niagara, jor in some respects it is like Wat- kins’ Glen, a hard place to see thoroughly if one’s time is hmited. Instead 0: going to one of the high priced hotels tne visitor can, if he wishes to satistuctorily, perience and has come overher? Is she gambling? No! What | spend a few weeks here, secure board with some B deuced obliging woman. world.’” He t the club house about ten minutes, 1t never looked so threadbare. Thero’s nothing init. That wile’s free permission has taken the wicked- ness off the resort. “By George!” ne says, “I’lt spend che evening with the Gimps, the Ebenezers and Mrs, Alonzo.” Moral:—Tro keep a husband, take the whisper and mystery off his surreptitious life. With the daylight on the faro table the spellis departed. Who can gamble with nis wife's en- couragement ? THE PULL-BACK DRESSES. ‘The horses are all here. A race has been run. It was like a Doudoir let down from the soit sky—s selestial parachute—to see the grand stand, The ladies sat there with tneir lace hats, many bare- headed, with their garments close to the figure, a vort of lacey négligé over them, their arms cov- ered with parvi-color or some hue so aifterent from the waist that the arms themselves, close covered, seemed the flesh itself tinted, and she widest ribbons, hanging long down the back of the sxirt, gave the whole female the air of stalk, blossoming and streamed over with richly dyed parasites. “Tne dresses this year,” says Captain Jack, ‘are the most becomiog of all that have become. IJ never felt like marrying before. The skirts, drawn cose around the—ahem !—teet, Buperadd to the previously lovable height. All women this year look as if it required a step- ladder to climv up and kiss them; yet Jacob’s wdder, frail as it was, might be ventured on for such an exaltatjop. And their shoes—those opera vollyhock things, which give the appearance of a ew moon besashed, fretted and opening its white tim through blossoms—they are like the feet of a Murillo under the body of a Guido—a fay below, Boove @ Juno.” if Captain Jack did not say that he meant to, the modiste has triumphed. This year the woman is complete, She wears less clothes than ever and has more coyering, less braid, out there is more glory in her pair; no more height, but she 1s exalted; more colors, but what ‘slike her own? We think we understand it—it 8 currency contraction, the stringent times rein- vigorating the species. Yet a very tall woman by nature wears this sort of dress at ner peril, I suppose you Know it 1s called the Nepinchen skirt, Yesterday a tall female came into the Grand Union dining room with tnis dress upon her. The 1,200 people then looked up and bencia im the middie aisic an at ncing maypole, a gor+ geous sunflower, a visaged beanpole. “De Lord ob light,’ said Alexander, the insinuator, who walis at the next faole, “is dat one woman or de lamily tree?’ But tue ladies, scarcely smiling, ooservea to euch other, “Mary, what 18 my heignt ?” A VILLAGE OF PTAZZAS, Saratoga is now a village of piazzas, supposed origimally to have veeu attached to havitabie structures. Velayo, # great planter, used to piazzas, rode out the other day in tne country, UX miles, to White Sulphur Springs. He took # aap after a olack bass and game dinner, and sat out in the road on a olg chair, dozing and napping moti! it began torain. ‘come in, uncle,” cried 88 Pelagy, stirring him up, “it’s a showering.” dea,” be said, “ain’s there a plazza over me, up there, somewhere *’ ‘No, you oid gousy! You're six mes irom tne hotel’? “Well,” said be, taking another nod, “you don’t mean to tell me that our piazza stops short of here!” If a Man at Stewart's Hotei takes a chair and goes out in the middle of the street to get tne air pe finds be is covered. At night. when the Jo tier piazzas of the United states und Congress Hull with promenading, sping overs, the, come, indeed. the Bride oi Sighs. are pack piazzas, sky piazzas, belvederes, prom- ontory Diazzas, hundreds of little balconies und back area piazzas, where you squeeze the hand The best in the | nice private family, toat wil! guard his footsteps, as it were, from the snares of the swindlers. Thus situated the visitor can, secure season tickets to Goat Island, Prospect Park, the bridge and other places at about the cost of two single admissions, giving him the privilege o! going or | coming as often as he pleases. As every one knows who has been here, there are many pleas- ant drives on both sides of the river, and good carriages can be obtaimed at the rate of $1 per hour, and less If a bargain is made. In the alter- noon and during the evening music is furnished on the piazzas of the hotels, supplemented by | a hop every Saturday evening. The music and the moonlight are iree to all. The proper time to visit the place in summer, or in winter for that matter, 18 wnen the moon 1s at or hear its iul. Last Sunday evening, 28 the jail orbed moon arose seemingly out of the | smooth waters of the Niwgata, far above tne rapids, gilding the foaming, seething mass below and turning the spray to silver, it presented a sight from the wpper balcony of the ca’ describably beausitul and grang. ‘There is No place like Magaré tor FLIBTATIONS, ‘for men may come aud women go, but they go ou forever.” It beats Saratoga, Long Branch ana Newport ali combined in tuis respect, and the Teasun is evident, ‘There are so many loving little brides here every week who seem to tuke an es- pecial delignt in “spvoning” before folks and im making their marriage known, The rusn and roar of the rapids drowns the sound of the billing anda cooing of these loving couples, but their example 1s contagious. When one young man sees another holding a pretty girl’s hand, and whisper.og conundrums 1u_her willing ear no feels very much hike going ofand doing the same tning himsell. 1t grows rather monotonous alter @ time to rT nothing but “Geurge, dear,” or "On, ducky,” anu “What, love ? as one meets these Nappy pairs at every turn. It annoys me to overhear remarks not in- tended fur my ears; out here it Cannut be helpea. | The other evening » young West Point graduate | and a Brooklyn belle strolled out near tbe point by Luva Issand, where | was swoking my cigi aud having effectuaily cut ofl my retreat they em: | barrassed ne aiter this tashion :— away to-morrow, He—Ulara, Lam (smack). Do you love me? SHe—Oh, you creadiuliy wicked fellow! The crimp 18 «/l Out of my uatr. How could you? Aud then the wicked fellow proceeded to show her just “‘aow he could,” and then ne threatened to throw himself over the Fatis if she atan’t promise tolove aim. 01 course she promised, and Instead Of going away the next day the dreaaful wicked “lieutenant” is here yet. here will be a wedding in Brooklyn by and bye, ana among the presents Will be some “curiosities rom Niagara.” THE WACKMEN. It is quite 9 wonder/ui sight to see the reformed hackmea at the depot here. These sprigntiy be- ings wnose business it 1s co Welcome the coming, Fleece the parting guest, are now dumb before their accusers. The law has gone jortb, apd these guileless drivers are not genes tv open their mouths to solicit patronage iQ tue depot. in saeer despair they clap their hanas together to attract the traveller’s atten- uon, and this proceeding gives them the appear. ance of encoril every passenger, The appiause | 1s continued until the piatiorm is cleared, and no | one 18 sdmitved Without saowing a ticket. So Inuca has been Said about the backmen that their business bas falleu of amazingly during the past | tnree or tour years. ‘The great iauit to be found | with them ow is they act as runners jor tae | curiosity sbops and the detestable concerns on tue Canada side kaown as museums and side shows, where no charge is made on admission but a round sum is demanded at che exit, THE PEOPLE WE MEET. An English lord tarried here a iew days last DI the pretty hursery aid aud assuage With your | handkerchief the vellowing twins Who oversioot | their milk betwixt rage and colic. There are lu search of edifices anu piazzas which el their minds ana walk backwards, piazzis looking into staole yards and aown on the valiey the old cre k, where carbonic acid und mag- flow unbottied for tne purgation o1 mother nature. Why cis overnanging canopy, as snake- Would say, almost supernuous at Sara- t Is is repeated in the long-armed, nigh bravching eims of the street anu in the pines which kiss their cones i ull these Saratoga groves. What a blessing it would be to hear an bid Jashioned voice say, if let us plomenadg on the piazzer!” But such pro- puociation woud not be Saratorza, We can’t have everything tu please us, THE GREAT POLITICIANS, All the are ful, Youcan get tm, but require to be good lovking, for the hutel clerk 1s very sleepy and mo- ruse pow. He hasn’t been in his ved for a week, ona our pashier 1s lean as a slate pencil counting up so mauy figures, ‘Ine note! keepers have | stopped inaking remarks on each other, it 18 a Big season when they dotnat. Here we have the Pith Avenoe Theatre company, with that phe- nomenal-cuopped Lewis tu play the Bonanza, and the mysterivus hog Ben, who is more learned at Nort cards than the United States Senate; and we have hud the Bankers’ Convention, who de- Clared tor hard money and seemed to be lard up lor money ai any Kind; lor whea it Was proposed | to assess them $1y a head they expanded to a pot of legal tenderness which speedily fowea vut of doors. It was a rough remark that Kuie Hunt, of New Orleans, made on those financters, of suom there were voove 200, Kufas is the Crocktord, the great gamester vi New Orleans, He said ;— “‘] never (elt unsafe in Saratoga belore, Now Pm Siraid to leave my shirt suuds on my cressing table or 10 waik alone at night. These wankers, Jor physiognomy, aie w littie the worst | ever Baw.’ ‘They appeared to have no patriotism elther when the great Governor tigier, who ruled Penn- syivanlay many geuerations ago, nadressed thom, by special tuvitatioa, oa the Centenu alter they had vice relused so heur him; inere mere only # Manali then. Ho brougnt no tears to those bulltun men wen he patronized the Queen of Kogland and suid Aer conduct, ou the Whole, hau been Admiravle. Chey woud not suvserine & cent. But when Logan Roois, of Arkansas, fol- lowed—an ilastrious Carpet vagger—and ‘aid That Mis people Would pul their wands deeper im the pockets vi the state than any other state to ‘creck anew our Inuependence veil, ths laughter was like sliver half dollars cinking on the Moor. The great cbject of calling tuat Convention appeared to be tu sell combination locks to reat politicians are bere: all the hotels | week with his attendants, He brought bis own note: with him in shape of a covered wagon drawn by & pair of smali, thoroughored borses. ‘the wagon was fitted up wita every convenience jor camping out, including a smull partor organ, | and “muLord” seemed to be taking a vast amount | of comiort. He is making about thirty miles per day, and is now on bis way to Chicago, naving come trom Boston in his house on wueeis, Dr. J. G. Holland (Timothy ‘Titcomb), wife and daughters are at the International, ‘The Book Publishers’ Convention brought a large number of wellknown wen from the East last week, and at ine request of the parties mterested | they named the new Cave of the Winds under the | Americen Fall, callmg it “the Shadow of the Rock, Aniong the late arrivals are Sir Harkley Paget, | of London, Eng.; Kobert Butler Duncan, of Live: pool; J. Friepuet, Lyons, Frauce; Aifred Kice, ssy., Liverpool; 0, E. Bartlett and famuy, Sagua la Grande, Cuba. i The following New Yorkers are registered here:—Mr. and Mrs, Underwood, oi Fiftn avenu Mulnor Rovers Sulitvan, Captain H. L. Townsen 4, A. Browne and iamily, Peter Rose, H. L. ‘tow send und wife, Mr. and Mrs. Cornell, samuel Koot, |. P. Hope, Paymaster Burtis, United stat Navy; A. Hl. Welch and wile, Mra. K. CU, Root, Mrs. Ainzent, W. 8. Dewar. THE GREAT HERALD ENTERPRISE. The arrival Of the HEKALD lightning express tram is anxiously looked Jor by ail tne visitors | nere, asic brings toe HERALD in time tor dinne: and the way in which the papers are sold sno how the HERALD enterprise is appreciated. | Bets have vee made on the time ot the train's arrival, and atter the sceptical nad lost three times BO one Could be found willing to wager that the Hk&ALD Would be late. Mr, 5. S. Southworth, | editor of tae Niagura Falls Daily Register, cvme | up from New York on the MeRALD lightning tram | jast Sunday, and bas given a very graphic account | of the trip. The hote! men now say that the | ! Sunday HERALD is One Of the luxuries of the sea- son, aod «it adds to tue attractions of the dinner table immensely, LONG BRANCH. | Lona BRANCH, N.J., July 23, 1875. “The Branch!’ begins to wear the cheeriul ag pect of @ populous and prosperous summer sel- | tlement, It is no longer as it was during tne | races, with the hotels uninhabited from noon to | five P, M.; but even alter the departare of the last morning trains for town, every piazza, from the East End tothe West End, gives evidence, it not of an overflowing house, that it has a yooa rep- resentation of the solid men and supstantial ma- trons of Gotham, and of the city of Brotherly Love, and of the intervening thritty towns of Jersey. There are no extraordinary atiracuons here just now, such as horse races or college regattas, or | hational conventions of bankers, like that which at Saratoza has been wiving the American noo ple some information touching the stupendous political power of our national banks. Nor bave we bere any thing like the conierence oi cotton growers which, atthe Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs, hi been discussing the cotton question upon the basis of an annual product of the raw Material equal to $250,000,000 of money. PRESIDENT GRANT pimself has eeased to ¢raw the politicians from the North, or the South, or the East or the West to the seasice. Whaiever may be the real intent and meaning of bis third term leer 14 1s accepted by the republicans as setting the third torm ques- tion. ‘Io the average oMce-seeker, therefore, the President holds the position ofa nabob, who has made his will, divided his estate, distributed his presents and retired from business, He 1s closing Up bis accounts, posting his books and does not appear to care a button as to whether Washburne or Conkling or Morton or Blaine or Butler, shall be Nis successor, though his countenance darkens at the bare mention of the presumption of Heory Wilson im assuming the right to teach the aamin- the country. Otherwise, in regard to the succes- sion, General Grant as to the succession has noth- ing ay. As “the silent man,” indeed, he has become so well and so widely kuown that stran- Gers have ceased to trouble hm, ana only his most intimate friends and neighvors presume to call upon him without previous notice or special per- mission, And so tt 1s that NS IMPERIAL FAMILY, Ike the rest of the cottagers of Long Branch, hold the position of private citizens, and not of Pablic servanis, as at the White House. The claims of General Grant, and of the several mem- bers of his family, personally ana officially con- sidered, are thus fully recognized at Long Branch, and he 1s less disturbed by inquisttive callers than George W. Childs or Thomas Murphy, or any of his surrounding neighoors. At the same time “the king’s name is # tower of strength” to the community, and Long Branch, as our summer capital, bas secured an oficial prestige among vur Jashionable resorts which otherwise 1+ would not possess. But the | PRESSURE OF THE “HARD TIMES” is still felt on ail sides. The extra or contingent expenditures of visitors in hacks, horses, buats, juieps und brandy smashes, billiards, &c., will bear no comparison with those expenditures of the year 1873, nor even With those of 1874, woica were # heavy curtailment of ali extras from the shock of the panic of the previous Bapreriber. Economy prevails, and from the bar to the boot black and the coat brusner there 18 a discourage ing reduction ol receipts. ‘he little fancy stores, with their superfluous knicknacks, suifer irom the tightness 1m the money market, and tue ven- ders of confectionery contend that General Grant's policy of contraction is ramming the country. The | extra suppers and champagne parties after the | Saturday evening hops are comparatively few and | Jar between, and even the penning houses com- | plain that tne suri has ceased to be the fashion, | There appears to be more through travel on the | New Jersey Southern betweeo Philadejphia and | New York on ousiness than of way passengers for | piesnnte and recreation, Aud the freighting | business on this road in both directions “is light, thougn there are great expectations entertained of an improved fail trade, and particularly from the increased prices of breadstufls and pro- Visions of all kinds in Europe. THE HOTLL ARRIVALS | Dow number from 600 to 600 per day, ex- cluding the business men of the city who come gown in the evening and go up in the morning. ‘he daily departures, in the aggregate, with the baggage are perhaps two hundred. At noon to- | day ine fixed and transient population of Long | Branch may be six thousand, Jt 1s hardly more, but it 1s dally increasiug and extending to the nas been no prociamation of a general redaction of hotel prices, as at Saratoga, because we have | here no A. 'f, Stewart im this matter to lead tne Way; and yet the head of a tamily who desires a week or two at Long Branch may, by @ special ar- rangement at any of tnese hotels, be accommo- dated ‘at prices Lo suit tae times.” BXCURSIONS, The excursion parties to “Tne Brancn” this son of soldiers, free Masons, Odd Fellows, benevolent and religions societies, &c., have | hardly yet set in. August is the mouth for them and for clambakes, military encampments and grand taucy dress balis. And in all these things, together with the second summer cam- old-fashioned “rush” jor this coming August 13 | expected. The hotel men, moreover, calculate 'o run the season this time fartner into Septem- ber than usual, irom the returning tide o! travel trom Europe ana irom Southern customers cum | mg to New York on business, and from the gener. ally improved prospect of good crops and good prices throughout the country. THE MORNING GOSSIP AMONG THE LADIBS, Entrances; the latest depariares and arrivals; the news in the morning papers; the latest points im the fashions; the health of Neilie Grantaud the baby; the Beeche consequences to Beecrer, to Tiiton and “Eliza- beth,” and to Plymouth church and brother Bowen; the refreshing showers 01 last night, and the improved conaition of tne roads fora ae- lightiul alternoon drive into the back country or down to Ocean Grove and Asbury Park; the latest murders and burglaries; pirtns, marriages and deaths in New York, and the. latest reports of bridal parties at Niagara; the runiors, touch- ing tne probable marriage beiore long of Gov- ernor ilden, and tbe Custom House my tery connected with those Fitch-Sherman diamonds from that wonderfully rich and generous Khédive of Keypt, aad so on till the re- turn ol the evening trains, with papa ana Uncle John and Cousin Charies and all the rest of them with the evening papers and the latest news from town, . ¢ GORGEOUS DRESSES AND DIAMONDS appesr to be going out of fasnion, and in the com- bined simplicity ana elegance which prevatl in the getting up of our ieading ladies of tasnion there 18 an aumirable improvement upon the stunning styles which marked the reign of shoddy, petroleum and the old Tawmany Ring and the royat tigers of the Americus Ciluv, And | | 80, if there appears to be at this ume a larger proportion of beautiful women at Long Branch than we have haa here during any other season jor Many years, the fact may be justly attributed largely to tne becoming fashions ol this seasou. WATERING PLACE NOTES. Good places for Presbyterian camp meetings— Hot Solpvur Springs, The qualifications of Point Clear, Mobile Bay, as & watering place are summarized by a corre: spondent as follows: “Accommodation, so 8 bathing and fishing, excellent; cvol breezes, no musquitoes, good attendance and tiptop grub. It 1s very easy for tne summer pleasure seeker to go much iurther and jare much worse,” Moses H. Grinnell, of New York, is at the States, | Saratoga. Sinclair Tousey and wife, of New York, are at the Grand Union, Soare S. H. Cornell and fam- ily, W. N. Martinez and Colonel 8 D. Bruce. D, Cohler and family, of New York, are at the Cottage Home, Niagara Falls, ©. H, Addyman, of England, is at the Claren, don. . About six hundred persons passed over Mar tha’s Vineyard Raliroad on the 2ist inst. 7 yard, writes:—“The past week has witnessed a material aadition to our summer gue: succeeding boat adds to tie multitude. Sunday the Sea View was crowded to overflowing, and tne same may, perhaps, be sata of the other notels larger number to the Vineyard than it nas ever | known vefore.”” George H. Pendleton, of Cincinnati, has rentea ‘RS Harbor View Uotiage, on tne bay at Newport. “he Count and Uoun de la Rochefoucault, of Paris, have rented Vu; new cottage, Bath road, Newhort, for the season, Le Baron du Jardin, Secretary of the Belgian Legation, has rented George Vernon’s cottage, ‘tne Days, of New York, are at the Palisades Mountaiu House, So are the Donnelis, the Lu- lings, the Saxtons, the Westervelts, the Nashes. the Gardners, Norman White, W. Appleton, aud Baron C. Kk. Ostensacken, ot AMT rhe Piummers, the Sivanes, the Wliliamses, the Belaens, the Brysuns, tae Morguos, the Volgates, the Tilts and the Bards are among (he New York families at Nyack on the Hadson. Bisuop Beckwith, of Georgia, is at the States, Surutoga. Catlin’s Cave, situated about half a mile below . the American Fail, received its name trom Mr. Catlin, Who discovered tt In 1825. ‘The cave ts jormed by deposits of caicareous Luts, irom the drippings Of lime water springs, it is seidon visited vecaiss of the difficulty with waicn tt Is reacheu; but by those who are thorvugaly inter- ested in the staay of geology i will be found a Pleasant place to spend a few nours,--Viagara #alis Reguster, Among the recent arrivals at Niagara Falls are J. D. Peet, of New Orleans; dJunoston, of Livers ool; Willam Tvoie, of London; W, srenstide, of Mr, ana Mrs. Sianey }). Miller, of ‘eXas; Dela- waie; Mr. and Mrs. Johu Ross, of Brooklyn; Le Frieumon Wiliam H, Lister, b. Ayres a part; |. Brown and Me: New Misses Paver- Of St, Louis; Jorsey City; Grim, o1 San F: ‘Tumbleston and Philadeinaia, istration and the republican party their duty to | back boarding houses and private covtages. There | paign vi fast horses at Monmouth Park, a genuine | trial, and its | A corresp ndent at Oak Biuds, Martha's Vine: | and each | In the ciy, August will undoubtedly bring a | Newport. ‘Baron St. Anna, Minister from Portugal, te rented ye Magee-Barciay cottage, Clay street, | Newport. ‘yhurlow Weed ts atthe Prospect Park Hotel, Catskills. | NOLAN ON THE RACK. The Troubles of a Lobbyist Who Has a Bad Memory. PROFITABLE LOBBYING. He Refuses to Divulge the Names of the Men with Whom He Divided. Yesterday's session of the Legislative Commit. tee on Emigration was by far the most interesting that bas yet taken piace, For the greater part of the day Mr. Michael Nolan, Deputy Assistant Dis- trict Attorney of New York, was on the stand, and his examination was the spiciest and most day. This ts the gentleman who ts alleged to have received from the steamship agents avout $60,00) for loobying through the Legislatare of 1871 the bil reducing the head money on immigranys arriving here (rom $250 to $150per head. Hels & middle-sized, rather siim young man of thirty, with a periectly smootn face, and was, yesterday, the most excitable, uncomfortable, nervous wit- ness that probably was ever scen in the witness chair. The examination was avery close one in Tegard to the money and the distribution of it, and the more he tried to evade the answer the more per- sistent were the committee tn driving him into a corner. While he spoke Mr. Nolan changed his position @ hundred times in an hour, played on fly, and, in 'act, it seemed a8 though he was per- | fectly beside himself with nervousness and anxi- ety. With all tbat, he tried to assame an air of jaunty indifference, answering in a deflant tone and every now and then bursting into laughter; but this made his li-concealed exhibition of un- | easiness still more painful. He contradicted him- | self on the most vital potots half a dozen times, and had to ilsten to some very harsn language irom Mr, Alvord, who once went ao far as to swear at him, and from Mr. McGuire, The fact that Tweed, Frear and other members of the oid ; King come ‘ain Into prominence in the testl- | mony lends It addition. interest, The committee assembled as usual at half-past ten, in the office of the Commissioners of Emigra- on, Speaker McGuire tn the chair, ONE OF THE MEN WHO WERE BLED. Mr. William HM. Guion, of the Williams & Guion line, Was the first witness, He testified that he | Was introduced to Mr. Nolan by Mr. Willams, Who said that he (Nolan) desired twenty-five cents ahead for every emigrant that came by their line; Mr, Nolan was paid jor bis endeavors to nave the head money on the emigrants re- duced; witness did not know of any other per- son than Nolan employed to lobby at Albany for the reduction of the head money; when Mr, Will- lams was absent in Texas in 1874 witness at- tended the steamship conference in the interest | of the firm; the witness produced a statement to April 19, 1872, the Liverpool ana Great West- ern Steamship Company had paid Mr. Nolan the sum of $6,557 75 for 26,231 emigrants. These pay- ments were all made by checks, ENTER COLONEL MICHAEL NOLAN. Colonel Michael! Nolan testifled that he was a Deputy Assistant District Attorney; had been ac- quainted with Patrick H. Jones since 1862; had been a law partner with him; the law business for the Commissioners of Emigration was con- qgucted by their firm, and witness prosecuted | cases Of Vagrancy, bastardy and the ticket swin- dling agents; became acquainted with Mr. Huot, of the National, and Mr. Nicholson, of the Inman met these gentlemen once, and that was in 1870; witness had no dealings with the Commission after General Jones ceased his business dealings with them; General Jones ceased to be law ad- viser for the Commission in 1869, when witness also ceased to act for them; wit- ness afterwitd acted in a legal capacity for the steamship companies in sup- pressing the system of ticket swindling. He ‘was also engagea by Mr. Nicholson, of the inman line, Jor the other Compautes to pass more strin- ent laws for the suppression of ticket swingl ng; jt was in March, 187 mained there five d: “hd witness remembered nay- lg the bill, and having 1t presented in the Assem- biy bya man whom te could pot revollect. it was referred to the Committee on Commerce and Nav- ligation, belore whom he appeared and made an argument; did not remember who introdaced the bill mn the House; tought it was an acquain- vance; could not remember Uf it was @ New York member; witness came from St. Lawrence county, but did not think 1t was amember from that county who introduced the bill. HOW HE DID RIS WORK, Witness laid belore the committee the rezolu- tions of the Emigration Commissioners asking jor the reduction, and also made an argument of an hour’s length before them, the strongest point | of which was that custom oad almost avolisned | the nead mouey on emigrants in tue other cities, | His compensation was fixed vefore tix by the steamship companies; if the Dill passed ne was | to receive the compensation ne did receive, ana {f it did not he was not to receive acent, Witness thoaght tuat when im Albany he spoke to Mr, tiusted about tne bill, There waa no arrange- ment im writing between the steamship com- panies and bimsel! aoout his remuneration. He got this * money for his services; 1b was a | large ‘compensation and a lucky hit; but he | would not render any account of the moneys he received for his services im that matter to this commitcee or 10 the Legisiature; ne wished it distinctly understood that he paid no portion for the lovbying of Ue vill or its advancement; there were no relatives of his in that Legislature; witness would oe very glad to take anotner contract like he had with tue | panies. | Q Was not this bill smuggled through the Asscmbiy? A. (sharply)-What do you mean, sir, Q. Was it not rushed through the Assembly ? 4. do not know, sir; buc 1 did not make any efforts to nave it rusned or smuggled through that body. Witness talked with some persons in New York aboul the passage of the bil; he could not remem- ber who tuey Were, but he never paid them any | money for their advice; he never got any money | for his services irom the steamship companies until alter the Dill was signed by the Governor, tne witness Was pressed hard by the committee | to tell ROW much le sctuailly received for getting | tue bill passed, but declared he could nov teil, | Tnen came the spicy part of the examination. MAGICAL EFIEOT OF NOLAN’S PRESENCE, | Mr. Alvord—Are you so largely in bastness that | you can’t remember whut you received ? |" Mr, Nolan—the whole tiansaction bad passed | out of my mind, | Mr. Waehber—How much did you receive under | the secon@ arrangement, $10,000 or $5,000 ? Mr. Nolan—Kive thousand dollars. |. Mr Alvord—Was the bul to again Increase the head tax 1eported adversely beiore or after you got to Albany ? Mr. Nuiau—After (got there. Mr. Alvord—How long alter you got there was the dill reported udveisely? wr. Nolan (after being driven very hard)—Two or three days; 1 can’t remember exactly how long. Me: Alvord—I think if I received $5,000 I a remember all the stages o1 it. (Laughter.) TI have never had much experience in that sort of thing— not to that extent—but I think I would, (Laugn- re) tie Waehner—in 1872 you think you only re- steamship com- ceived $5,000— that was all? Mr. Nolan—Yvs, sir. Mr. Waehner—in 1873 you were not consulted in this matter? have not been in Albany Mr. Nolan—No, st about this since 18 ‘The witness suid pis partner in 1871 was Edward J. Wilson, of No, 10 Pine street, subsequently of tue firm of Rice, Wiison & Junes. The utter part- nership Ceased When General Jones became it~ master, General Jones aa no pecuniary interest In tals MAtter Whatever, nor did Wilson, who was then Nolan’s partner, receive any share of the profits, except $3,500, which be put into the firm a8 ao Offset to the inck of law ousiness vrougnt by him (Witness), owing to his ili health, te de- nied that Mr, O'Gorman had any connection with the mater, NOLAN AS A “REFORMER? Mr. MeGuire—in what capacity aid you consider yourself witn regard to the companies ? Mr. Nolan—As thetr counsel, ur, McGuire—Yow simply appeared before the committee Aud made an urgument against the in- crease? dtr, Nolan—That’s all, Mr. MoGuire—And that produced the effect ? Mr. Nolan (:augoing)—Idouvt if the argument did. Mr, McGuire—What did produce the effect ? Mr. Nolan—Wel, | suppose it was the g opposition of the press amd that it was ge deemed impolitic Co increase the nead tax. Mr. McGuire—Iin that year you were at work in eS ae of returm ? Yr r. Nolan (langaing)—Yes; reform was my par- touiae hobby. ee) Ye8s hg mr. MeGuire—Mr. O'Gorman, the Chairman of the lgration Commission, there also in the loverest of reform—did you tell him thas an ox- exciting that has taken place here jor many @ | the table a8 though it were a piano, panted heay- | lune, during his business transactions; he only | ne went to Albany and re- | | | Named them each—Jerome Buck, “Larry” O’Brien, from his office showing that from Aprii 28, 1871, té er |, Money either toany one inside or outside the Penditure of $60,000 or $60,000 was necessary iv the work of reiorm? Mr. Nolau—No, sir--oh, it was’nt $60,000—tf you Say $40,000 you come a great deal nearer tt. Mr. McGuire—You have been considerabiy an- noyed vy this matter? Mr. Nolan—Yes, sir, this matter has been ap- peated to ever since 1872, and b lways been a source of annoyance to m | Mr. McGutre—Well, then, {t has always been in your mind? Mr. Nolan—Yes, sir. | Mr. McGuire—Then how do you come to be so forgetiui about it? NOLAN’S PECULIAR HEAD. | Mr. Nolan—I don’t \pink I aro, except about de- | tau nd my head isn’t good avout “eiails, Mr. MeGuire—Is it only jauity about details in | this Matter, or also about other matiers ? | Mr. Nolan (laughing and very frankly)—Well, sir. | believe it’s worse about this than about any others. (Laugnter.) | Mr, Waehner—The list of steamship compani who paid you money inciudes the Ancuor line does it not? | Mr. Nolan—Yes, sir, | Mr. Vosburgn—You say that the amount paid in | 1871 and 1872 oniy about $40,000, but the sta- tistles show that according to the numver of emt- grants It must Aave been $¢0 000? Mr. Nolan—Ah, it wasn’t that.much;I never got $60,000, | Mr. McGuire—Where di1 you keep your bank ac- | count ? Mr. Nolan—l decline to tell that, Mr. MeGuire—On what grouna ? Mr. Nolan—Because it 18 my private concern ; the proper sudject of this inquiry is woeper any money bas been paid to any member of the Legis- lature and not where I had 1. Mr. McGuire—I hope that you will reconsider this determination, as the committee would be very unwilling to take measures taat may be very unpleasant to you, Mr, Nolan—t{ think V’m right and Vl stick to it, NOLAN’S BAD MEMORY. Mr. Alvord—Didn’t you deposit that money in | | the Unwn Trust Couipany ? Mr. Nolan—Yes, sir, some of it, Mr. Alvord—Where did you deposit the other part of 1t? Mr, Nolan—I decline to answer. | sir, Alvord (in a stentorian tone)—Now, sir, do you know Mr. Gleason’ how long have you known bin ? Mr. Nolan—[ have known him since 1862, He Went outin the same regiment—— Mr, Alvord—Never mind about the regiment, I don't want any of your glorification. I want to koow how long you have kuown him ? Mr. Nolan—since 1862. Mr. Alvord—Gleason was a member of the As- sembly in 1871. Now, did you have any conversa- tion with him about this bill r Mr. Nolan—I don’t remember having any. Mr, Alvord—Was not he the man who intro- Guced your bill in the Assembly ? Mr, Notan—1 don’t remember, Mr, Alvord—Was Mr, Casserly in the habit of writing editorials in the newspapers advocating the reduction of the head money ? Mr. Nolan—I don’t know. J know that he is fond of writing letters to the papers. Mr. Alvord—Do you know Mr, Ruad ? Mr. Nolan—Yes, sir. Mr. Alvord—Do you recollect whether he was the member who introduced your bill ? Mr. Nolan—No, sir. Mr. Alvord—Wnen did you first make the ac- qualntance of tbe steamship agents? Mr, No!an—In 1870, through my prosecution of the emigrant swindlers. NULAN’S MEMORY GETS WORSE AND WORSE. Mr. Alvord (sull very loudly)—ar. Nolan, do you know wuo was the Chairman of the Assembi: Committee on Commerce which repurted tne bill | reducing the tax? Mr. Nolan—No, sir. Mr. Alvord—Do you know Richard Flanagan ? Mr. Nolan—Alderman Flanagan ? | never spoke to him until six months ago. . Mr. Alvora—Don’t you know that he was chair- man Of the committee ? Mr. Nolan—No, sir. Mr. Alvord then asked him if he knew who the other members of the committee were, and then W. W. Cook, George Lontreii—put he dented ail | Knowledge that they had been members of tne committee, although he admitted tnat he knew some of them now. He proiessed the same dense ignorance regarding the committee of 1872, but er sayiaog twice that he dia nos know Alberger was on it, he sald, “Yes, 1 think he was chairman Of ite Mr. Alvord—Did you ever pay Gleason anything Jor his nelp? NEVER PAID ANY HUMAN BEING. Mr. Nolan (in an emphatic tone)—i never paid anybody a penny; not to any human being. Mr. Alvorda—And with tne exception of your board bill you did not disburse a penny? Mr. Nolan—Not a penny. Here Mr. Alvord rested, being tired out for the i moment. Mr. McGuire relieved him, Mr. McGuire—Do you generally find friends ready to heip you without compensation in such matters? Mr. Nolan (laughing)—Yes;I heve always had disinterested iriends. { He stated what ali he rememberea was that he drew up the bill and gave tt to tue committee to be introduced, and (nat be thougat he appeared be:ore them and spoke an hour, However, he would noc swear to the lass statement. Mr. Waenner—1luen you won’t swear that you made an argument before the committee? Mr. Nolan—i’ll swear that Ll believe I did; I be- lieve 1 was ao hour before them, tar. Waebner—Von’t you know that Mr. Alexan- der Frear, of New York, introduced the bill ior you? Mr. Nolan—Well (after a long pause), no; I remember; he moved its passage, but I don’s Know that he introdacea tne biil. Mr. Waehner—Did you uotask Mr. Dennis Burns to vote jor it and assist you? Mr. Nolan—i never had a word of conversation With him about tha matter, Mr. Waehner—Don’t you know that on april 6 Mr. Frear lutroduced tie bul and that on a mo- | tion of Mr. Burns it was SPEAKER M’GUIRE MAKES A POINT, Mr. McGuire—So toat you never appeared be- fore tbe committee at all? Mr. Nolan gave no answer, but panted heavily. Mr. McGuire—Aud only three minutes passed from the 1troduction of the bill to its passage? (fo the stenographer.) You can add that. Mr. Waehner- Did you speak to Tweed ta 1871? Mr. Nolau—I never spoke to him in my lile until recently, When he came to the vistrict Attorney's ofmice as @ prisoner, Mr. Waenner—Don’t you know that Tweed was the chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Senate, to Wuom the bill was referred? Mr. Nolan—No, sur. Mr. Waebner—Didn’t you speak to Senator Creamer in 1871? Mr, Nolan—I believe 1 did, Mr, Waehner—Waat did you tell him? Mr. Nolan—I don’t rememper; | suppose 1 called his attention to the resolution o: the Board of Emigration. Mr. Waeaner—Did you have conversation with any Senator about it? Mr, Nolan—No, sir. Mr. Waehner—Did you speak to A. D, Barber | about it? mr, Nolan (io & tone of tremendous amaze- meat)—On, no, sir. WHAT TWEED DID. ehner (reading irom the Legislative At appeurs that the bill, as it came to the Senate on April 6, was read three times, at once referred to the Committee on Municipal Affairs, of wRich Tweed was ¢! man, and on the same day Tweea reported ihe pill, recom- mending its passage witnout any ses commitiee haymg taken piace. Ou was reported compieie by the “Grindin; mittee” of mi and on the 1: the Senate. Mr. MeGuire—Gentlemen of the press, I hope You Will not State that this “reiorm’’ bill was en- ineered by Alexander Frear in the Huuse and by ‘Tweed ia the Senate. it migut throw discredit upon the “re:orm” movement. (Lauguter.) A conversation ensued between the mempers of | the comuittee apout the remarkably quick pas: sage O1 the bill, and Mr. McGuire remarked ser' ously, “It's quite evident that it was a measure | of the Ring. It’s all nonsense to speak abuut your services as counsel” He tnen said to the w ness, think you ought to answer tue questio: about your oank account. The committee determined to have your answers, ana | think we have a3 much backoone as you have.”’ Mr. Nolan-—That’s ali rignt. Pi take my chances. QUICK TRANSIT IN ALBANY. Mr, Alvora—i beg she reporters to notice that the bill Was introduced im the Assembly on the 6th and sent to the Governor on the 12tn. | Mr. Nolaun—D’a like to that l never spoke to any memver of the Le; ture of 1871, privately, revious so the pas: ‘Of the pill with the possi. le exception of Senator Crezmer, and that I never agreed to pay acent of the money to any one connected with the Legisiature. Mr. Aivord—Or any one outside it? . Mr. Nolan—No, sir; | won't swoar that, Mr. Alvord—You refuse to state that? Mr, Nolan— Yes, sir— (going on)—~—and that tf any ulterior measures effected the ‘of the | bill—meesures by Mr, Freer or Mr, Twoed—it was Without my having @ word o1 conversation wita either of them. ALYORD MAKES A POINT. Mr. Aivord—Now, Mr. Nolan, did you not say to me before that you never paid a penny of the vom- , of Which Tweed was chatrman, it Was unanimously passed vy i Legisiature, to no human being? Mr. Nolan—t decline to answer that question. Mr. Alvord—Now, did yoo or did you not appear beiore a committee in the year 1871 ? Mr. Nolan—1 say I cannot tell except by remem- brance. Mr, Alvord (violently)—Dama your remem- brance, we Want to nave your positiveness, ‘Mr. Nolan—WWell, you can’’ have my positive- ness. He subsequentiy said he appeared before a com- mittee in 1570, in the Deiavan House, and, woen reswed hard, Nhe said 16 Was toe Vommittes on Suatoary before Whom te appeared at tne Dela- yan House in 1870, Mr. Aiverd said:—"! won't Say you lie, Dut | Was & member of that commitice and I know We never met there, Mr, McGuire—As @ pubdite officer do you regard this an hoaoraole transaction, to put tnis large amount of money into your pucket when you ren- dered no service ? Noan—I decline to answer that (in an under- tone). This 18 @ base, ebomimavie slander ! Mr. Mowul is you WhO make tne slander by refusing to answer, | give you ful satisfaction. Mr, Nolan, who was groatly excited, sald Mf Wished to make @ statemenr, NOLAN’S STATEMENT, Mr. Nolan—If any influences operated upon the Ring in passing thts vill 1 bad potning to do with them. The steamship companies were re anxious about procuring my services than | was in offering them—not because laid not think) would be successiul, but because 1 was averse te avytning luke lobbying, When | was appointed tc the Deputy District Attorneysnip | caused the proper explanations to be made to Mr. Phelps, sc that none of the stigma of tos annual siander should attach to bim because of my appointment, Mr, Alvord—Now, did you not tell me beiere brs you never paid anybody a cent except Mr, ytlson ? Mr, Nolan—That did notaliude to the disburse Ment oi the money after it went into my pockets, Iwon’t say anything about that. mship com " Mr. Alvord—You say that the panies sought you before you sought them. N ‘he steammsnip agents all testified that you nog them. Do you want us to believe you before we believe tnoss gentiemen ¢ Mr, Nolan—Weil, you can take your choice, That is not for me to say. Mr. Alvord—vermic ine to ask you, Mr. Nolan, whether you believe that the omeial record of tae legislative proceedings has been purposely falsi- fled 10 make you our a liar ? Mr. Nolan—On, no, sir; | don’t believe that. Mr. Alvord—fnen wby do you speak of a slam ? ler? Mr. Nolan gave no reply. NOLAN AS A DECLINER, Mr. Alvord—Now, sir, did Mr. O’Gorman hat any pecuniary interest in tnis bill? Mr. Nolan (laughing)—On, no, sir; never, Mr. Alvord—Did Mr. Bernard Casserly? Mr. Noian (after a pause)—No, sir. Mr. Aivord—Dia Mr. Daniel Casserly ? Mr. Nolan—No, sir. Mr, Alvord—Did Mr. Rudd ? Mr. Nolan—No, sir. Mr. Alvord—Did any member of the then Board of Emigration? Mr. Nolan—I decline to answer. Mr. Alvord—Did Freer? Mr. Noian—I decline to answer, Mr. Alvord—Did General Patrick H, Jones, Mr. Nolan—I decline to answer, Mr, Alvord—Did Tweed? Mr. Nolan—| decline to answer. Mr, Alvord—Did Mr. Nicholson or Mr, Barr? Mr. Nolan—No, sir; I don’t know them !rom the man in tie moon. Mr. Alvord—Did Addison G, Rice? Mr. Nolan—I decline to answer, Mr, Alvora—Did A. D. Barber? Mr, Nolan—I decline to answer, Mr. Alvord—Now, why do you say tn Mr, O'Gors man’s case *No,” and leave the others in douog and suspicion by declining to say * No??? Mr. Nolan—Well, sir, Ill put them all into the same category. Mr. Alvord—Oh, no; you can’t do that now, Mr. Waebner (interruptiog)—Wnho made tI janation to District Attorney Pheips thas have alluded to? Mr. Nolan—Mr. Horace Russell, the Assistant District Attorney, with whou 1 grewup. ME Phelps reposed tmplett confidence in Mr, Russell, as the latter does in me. Mr. Alvord—I will ask you this question, “How much remained in your pocket as the legitimate resQlt of your services 1”? Mr. Nolan declined tu answer, NOLAN?’S GREAT INJUSTICE, Mr. Alvord—Now. Mr. Nolan, by the manner in which yon exonerated Mr O'Gorman, while you left others in the dark, you have compelled us to call Mr. Husted, Mr, Freer and the others betore the committee. Watle I beheve tnat Mr. Freer jp os | was a member of the ring | do not believe that he ever aivided any money with you. It 18 due ta them that we call them to let them clear their Skirts of this Much. ‘The committee then retired tnto executive ses sion to take action on the refusal of the witness to answer the questions relaung to his bank at. count and other queries, and returned in a@ fe’ moments simply announciag that Mr. Nolan’s a! tenuauce would be required next Monday at haif past ten o’clock. te defiantly said that he would take legal advice as to whether be sould appear, and Mr, Alvord delivered a severe philippic, say- ing that the truth must come out; taat he (Ale vord) Would be in the Legislature all bis life and pursue Nolan untilit did. The jatter laughed at this heartily, butcoaed up his coat and walked out. THE HARLEM STENCH. AN OFFER TO CURE IT UNNOTICED, To THE EPITOR OF THE HERALD:— Herewith I send youa copy of a proposal for disinfecting tne Harlem flats. I sens a copy te the Mayor of New York; I sent a copy to the Board of Health of New York; I sent acopy to the Com- missioner ot Public Works, ali by the same mail, as you will see by the enclosed copy, I alsa | visited the Hariem flats on Thursdey of last week, Isee by your impression of this day the report | given by a member of your staff, wich is subs” stantially the same as that taken by me eight days before. ‘there docs not seem to be any im- provement in the condition of tne fats durimg those cight days, no:witnstandiog all the mone. expended in a useless effort to siop the smeil from the foul stuff on the flats. Toe drain now making near tae frame house at Nioety he street and Third avenue 1s of no value whatevers it will not nor can it tike of the fitny water from the flats. Tne only good to resuit from this piece of work is the employment it will give the iaborers that are at work making it. There is very good reason to fear tnat 1t may cust those men toeir lives. ‘This 18a matter that toe Board o1 Healch savuld look to, I wilt suggest thatthe members of the different boards, wha canuot agree as to the mode Oo! properly and pete manently disiatecting those flats, should be sent | to Work on tuat drain for eight hours one of these fine, hot days, 1 ain sure such eignt hours’ work would induce them to agree to ave the work done permanently without toe aid of the threa feet ol earth, They certainly should give better value for tue pay they are receiving than expend. ing the money of tne taxpayers on worthiess Jobs, such us those in progress on the Hariem ats, Lhave made a very fair proposal to the different boards to disinfect those fats permanentiy ang tor all time. Gan I nos ges a trial? BROOKLYN, July 22, 18 JOHN CALLANAN, THE SCORNED PROPOSAL. To His HoNoR THE Mayor OF NEW YORK CrTyi—" I propose to disinfect the Harlem flats, permae nently, from the surface to the subsoil. To satisfy you that I can do 80 | propose to show you by a trial, that will cost very It\tle, on one hundred square feet of the most offensive part of the flats, and the trial willbe made in a few hoars. I will give’ my services gratis if I do nog My process: will not. cost one-fifth of the expense of covering the fata with three feet of earto, aud I will complete the work im ten days. A covering o; tar earth will certatuly not disinfect tue Hari ts. 1 nave (ue honor to remain, yours, respectfully, JOHN CALLANAN, No. 79 MAIN STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y. THE TUG OUTRAGE, DAMAGING LETTEKS ABOUT THE ALLEGED VICTIM—IS HER STORY A FICTION? The following are the letters received by Super intendent Walling with reference to the character and credibility of Mrs. Merritt, alias Averill, alias, Laura Dutton, the victim of the alleged outrage’ STEAM | on the steam tug Mike Norton, the details of which have already been publisned:— DrrantMent of Metroro.itan Pottcr, Orvic® OF MAYOR AND SUPERINTENDENT, Wasuinaton, July 23, 1875, a W. Wactine, Superintendent of Police, New ork’ Dean sin—Acknowledging the receipt of yours of th ist inst. in regard to @ woman giving the name Louisa Merritt, | have to state thatshe 1s, without doubt | the same woman who was committed to th ‘Tum tor the insane here (St. Elizabeih’s) some two years since under the name of Louisa Waldron, the name which she then assumed. she has seyeral aliases, and any statement she may make 1s not to be relied ‘upon unless sup; ed by other evidence of its trucnfal ness, She ts rT of Darcotics when- ever she can obtain them. @ chid here or one that sho clalms 4s hers in an asylum for chiluren where it Will be d for. She escaped from tho asy iw the insane here about the time she names. She d belong hery and is not wanted at the asylum. ber at a hotet whea she fi Where she attempted to p) or dratte on banks were she had no deposits nor never had any. Dr. Niuhow, of the asylum, ihinks she is the woturious. Olive Dutton, who gained some notoriety through the Newspapers some years ago, but Idoubt her 1enuty ag Qhive Dutton. Very respecttully, A. 0. RIU )ARD». Mayor and Superinteddent, Portce Derantwent, Orrice o Tite samen ‘lice — , jALTIMORE, July 23, 1475, Wartaxa, Superintendeator Poles —Kielgwed 1 send you @ slip from the Balth of this morning, and, from the circumstances’ t se and the name’ given by the laay in q T am satistied that the same woman been about timore for some weeks and leit here about ten since. Lalso iearn that sue Was tor some time about Washingtow roe Lassure you thatshe iw a first clasm fraud. and, [ think, a very bad wotan, and certainly unworthy of belie, [have no doubt she’ will play the insanity dodge if she gets in a tight place; but she w hot rnsan On the contrary, she smart. she has evidently been assoctated with bi tricks ti] jars and countertetters, and kuows ir dodges well. She knows ex-Chict Detective Young, of your city, and most of your detective torve. She is # Rative oi cither New York or Sew Jersey. She was sent to our almshouse while here, and succeeded ia swindiing some Indies out of a quantity of clothing. If winake her outl should ve glad to hear from si regard her as 4 mysterious and dangerous woman. from what lean learn of her I have no doubt she threw hersolt in the way of the men wnom you rested for the purpose of extorting money trom for she Is a curious epgrimen at J.T, GRAY, Marshal. “CHURCH PIGNIO. A grand picnic for tne beneft of the Cathole Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Boulevard an¢ Nivety-seventh street, will be held next Wednes day, at Lion Park, 108th street and Eighth a hg Where tue members of the congregation Father Galligau’s iriends will have ao Lp apd oa | to enjoy & day's id nim in a ing some of th maiuing church,