The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1875, Page 5

BACK FILES EXPEDITION. A’Short Scout in Search of a Missing Mail. SCENERY OF THE HILLS. Miners on the Tramp in the Regions ef the Hills, DISCOURAGED AND DISAPPOINTED. Stories About the Land of Precious Pebbles. EXPERIENCES OF MINERS. CLMARWATER SPRINGS, July 18, 1875, The constant inflow of miners has brought to Damp Harney, during the past three weeks, yamors without number of an alarming character, First, by one of the mail parties returning from Fort Laramie, it was learned that the commissary building, constructed of logs, at Camp No, 11, had been burned and that the stores which had been left there in consequence of a lack of transperta- tion when the troops moved forward nad been deliberately déstroyed or stole There were Various opinions of this event, The first impres- sion in the mind was that it was the work ofa hostile band of Indians, Butsuch a- theory was ipated by supsequent reports, which leit no G@oubt that a party of miners nad robbed and then Bttempted to burn the building, Probabiy they. were somewhat actuated by enmity toward the government, engendered by Captain ‘Walker’s outrage upon men of their ilk near Gor- don Uity. Some of the property which was left at Camp No. 11 was aiterward recognized by an un- Interested person at one of the miuers’ haunts in this valley. Thereafter stories of hostile Indians swarming in the outskirts of the Hills were every fay invented by the miners and put into circula- on, The southeastern portion of the Black Arts was said to be full of Sioux and Cneyennes and the South Fork of the Cheyenne was, according to rumor, simply lined with the dark masses of war- tiors. Trails were said to be thick along the val leys south of French Creek and also the remnants ofrecent camp fires, Finally, Lieutenant Foster, who Was conducting @ survey ofa stream, crossca by the road to Camp No. 11, westward of Camp Harney about twenty-two miles, sent a despatch to Colonel Dodge on July 10, stating trat he had found Indian signs to be very numerous, and, having reached the South Cheyenne River, had beheld in the west great masses of smoke which he attributed to prairie fires. THE MAIL PARTY, which departed hence on June 24 for Fort Lara- mie, was confidently expecsed to reaen this camp on its return on July 7 or 8 Its fatlure to arrive, when associated with the frequent rumors of an ominous kind, which were constantly brought to the ears of the commander, caused him to feel ex- ceedingly anxious about the safety of the escort, which was composed of only eighty men of Com- pany I, Second cavalry, in charge of a non-com- Missioned oMcer, On the 10th Colonel Dodge de- termined to send a force in search of them. Cap- tain Geraid Russell's company of the Third cay- alry was selected for the service. Provided with rations and forage the night before sufficient to supply the men and animals for ten days, the de- tachment began its march on Sunday morning at five o’clock im the direction of Camp No, 11. Tne orders given to Captain Russell were to find the mati at all bagards, even i he should be compelled to go to Fort Laramie, and therealter to examine the banks of the Soutn ork of the Cheyonne in searoh of traces of the In- @tans and jor the cause of the huge smoke seen by Lieutenant Foster. If the eompany had marched southward for more than six days it would bave been compelled to go to Fort Laramie for supplies, It was fully anticipatea that Cap- tain Russell would encounter a hostile party holding tne mail escort in check, or else that the latter had been deprived of their horses by tue Indians and were finishing their journey on foot, Uther expianations of the delay of the mail were easily imaginabie, but tne mind, with a strange nest, prefers to give credit to possibilities which fill t% with excitement. So, when we left Camp Harney at dawn ib was with a grim hope of being soon possessed of a new experience of tis omwré life of the-West; 01 Seeing the Lodian at his own system of war- fare. To pretend that an indifference to danger accompanied tats feeliug would be extremely hypvcritical, Inasmuch as the danger was to me al unlawillar apparition, ib seemed possessed, I confess, of larger spectre-like aimensions, INDIAN COUNTRY SCENERY. The scenery between Camp Uaroey and Camp No. 11, along the shorter and direct trall, was new to me and very charming. It is # varied hil country, marked by canyons with steep sides, leasaut lictie dells and rolling plateaux. From he latter, looking southward and westward, the eye can rest on a mighty expanse Of plain, in the midst of which the Black Hills is @ rugged island, }o simile can renger vivia in the reader’s eye the ®rana aspect of the great sea of land, viewed from an elevation Jar avove tt, as that which likens it te the ocean. Distance Jeuds vagueness tu the outlines of the land, bienas its hues and the shadows of the clouds until you Beem to be gazing on the sea, witnits majestically rolling waves ceaselessit moving Uader tae sul and the yapory shade which covers it with a thousund tints and varying aspests, On the Plains the cioud and the quivering of the heated almesphere give an appearance to the suriace of restless billows. Tne mirage is @ coumou appa- Tition to the traveller, elevating low hilly, which are many miles away, above the horizon so that they seem quite ueur and distinct. The sheen of the air olten causes glistening sheets of ter to appear as they do in the Desert of Sanara to the thirsty visio, only to vanish On Closer ap- proach. Looking down jrom a pia‘eau in the Black Hills, about 6,000 feet above the sea, the charms of distance and the deceptive atmosphere, moving clouds and blazing sunlight biend their eifects into a magnificent panorama, Tmay add that the caravans of miners, stretcn- in across the plains northward, complete tie compantson. The Wnite-canvased wagons which contain ali their earthly goous, moving to the patient pace of mule and ox have well been named the “schooners” of the prairie. A DESERTED OAMP. We bivouacked om Sunday night ina canyon where heads the Red Farth Creek, named by Lieutenant Foster on account of the color of the soil composing 1t8 banks. Diana’s influence must be sootuing, lor we slept soundly under the meon- light. ‘Ihe next day we rested on the East Fork pf tne Beaver, a mile dDelow Uamp No. 11. The ap pearance of the iste park just without the Iilis, whicu we found so beautifully clothed in green on the ad ol June, is now very desolate. 1 believe that deserted camps usually appear so. ‘The grass bas been ard destroyed by the animals and the heat, the plains are utterly dried into dust, vegetation and all, and the Hills giower down sombrely, the very pines drooping 1n faint dejec- uon, On the next morning tne rain fell steadily until after boon, The heat then became intense, and we were glad to rest jor two hours before re- suming the march, On Wednesuay morning, Aller crossing three fords of the Soutn Cheyenne, which was very much swollen, the command un- der Captain Weastls was met on the north side of Sunset ford, returning trom Fort Laramie, ac- companied by the matl party lor whom such anxiety had been felt. The explanation of their delay Was very simple. Captain Wesstls, leavin Gamp Harney on the 29th of Jw with @ train 0: empty Wagons and discharged soldiers, had ar- Tived at Fort Laramie a few days later than tney, y were ordered by General Bradley to wait Captain Wessils’ return and then to accompany him back, AN UNFRUILFUL MISSION. The mission of tne scout terminating thus in- gloriousiy, Captain Russell immediately turned, and our return waa by rapid marching, Captain Wessils following slowiy. ‘I'ne matl waa sent into camp on Thursday night with a picked escort of ten men. To-m@rrow morning we will reach Camp Harney abont eight o'clock. MINERS ON TRAMP. On the march irom Camp Harney to the South Cheyonue we encountered uo less than 260 miners wending their way to the gold flelds. ‘The first party, numbering thirty-five men, with about & dozen wagons and seven laden pack muies, was accompanied by the notorious “Culonel’? Car- penter, Who, If his victims speak truly in their threats, may look forward to an experience ot nen law before he has seen tho Black ills long. The miners were accompanied by very pileturesque outfits, bat tuey all seemed resoluce = men. When told that sole persons were returming to Civilization | Imtend to pay over $21 per week, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET, 5 Newark for cutters in our place, ana we kept guara at the door to warn our members that tne Shop was on strike, A lot of greeuhorns arrived, full of Giscouragement a gold product they aske Tlenced in mining and expressed a sanguine « termination of making the Black Hulls yield and some were engaged, but in the whole lot their treasures by the skill which 'y possessed | there was only one real cutter. We do not ine as veteran miners. Of the three companies | tend to offer violence to any one; but which we met subsequently one contaimed tweive men, with seven Wagons, and another 130 men, | with twenty Wagons, and the last sixty men, with seventeen wagons, drawn by oxen, who nad been on the march two months irom Sioux City, MINING CAMPS. We found near the banks of the South Cheyenne @smail fire in the grass, caused by the camp fires we shall keep adoubie watch around the door all day to-morrow (Monday), and ‘M all cutters applying for work. We can afiord to wait, in order to get our rights, and the bosses will see that we are In earnest. Mr. Burt, Sr., in reply to the reporter's inqat- ries, stated that the hard times and duiness of trade had compeilea him to make a reduction tn of a miming party wirich we had met, and con- | the wages. Ile thought $21 per week was suf- cluded that Licutenant Foster's vision must have | ficient for the best men, and in these present deceived bim, times, when so many are idle, it should be ly accepted, He had spoken to the men kindl, and BETURN OF JENNEY'S EXPLORING PaRTY— | oMered them 4 fair salary, but they had refused, and heceuld get plenty of men th their pare. Tie felt sorry for the men, but he was compelled to act as he did, and fully expected that in such mes as Lhese they would accept nis offer, THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB, PROSPECTS FOR MINERS—A SPLENDID COUN- ‘TRY—STOLINS ABOUT THE LAND OF PRECIOUS PEBBLES—GOLD, BUT IN WHAT QUANTITIES? — MINERS’ EXPERIENCES, OAMP HARney, July 18, 1875. Mr. W. P. Jenney returned ten days ago from his exploration in the north, with two of his party. Tbe remainder arrived in camp on tho next day, Mr. Jenney has been surprised to find the guich of Spring Oreek richer in deposits of gold than Custer’s Guich or French Oreck Valley. Miners, for weeks previous to his examination, had been returning dally from prospecting tours im the north, and had reported several streams toward that point of the compass along which gold was found—if we trust to their veracity—in very coarse particles. Mr, Jenney stated that he had taken out in the gulch five cents from a pan, and ‘it was his opimion that mining there would prove prefitable to a limited number of persons, The country along Spring Creek he pronounced magnificent. The grass and timber were very fine. He also visited Rapid Creek, and was delighted with the valley and canyons through whicn it flows. It will be remem- bered that the trail of this expedition, extending southeasterly from Camp No. 13, in Floral Valley, crosses both of those streams. On one of them gold was found on our way to this camp. OFF AGAIN, Mr. Jenney after remaining here a few days again went over to Spring Creek, accompanied by two companies of infantry and asmall detach- ment of cavalry. Colonel Dodge, with troops I aud C of the Second eavairy, will leave this camp The New York Yacht Club will rendezvous at Glen Cove on Wednesday afternoon next, prepar- atory to starting upon the annnal cruise to the eastward. This event, the ehief of the yacnting reunions of the year, promises to be of more than ordinary Mterest, There seems to prevall among the owners the impression that the fect will be a very fair representation of the club’s strength, and so all are doing their utmost to complete re- pairs in good season. A meeting of the captains Whit be held on board the flagship Alarm at half past seven o'clock that evening, when the pro- gramme of ports to be visited, so lar as prac- ticabie, will be decided upon. Nothing of a definite character, of Course, can be said in reference to the possible conclusions of this conference, but there is little Goubt of the squadron weighing | anchor early on Thursday and proceeding to New London, Remaining there until the next morning, & start will be made for Newport, where, contrary to custom, the stay will be short, as the squadron intend returning to that beautisal har- bor, Saturday afternoon or evening Martha Vineyard will be reached and the yachts be at an- chor there until Monday. From this piace the main portion of the ficet will continue iurther eastward, possibly reaching the Isles of Snoals and Portland. Those that will not accompany the squadron from the Vineyard will ran to Nan- tucket and there remain until the yachts are again expected at Newport, when they will rejoin vhem. faces will then be sailed both fer scnoon- ers and sioops for valuable prizes in each class, or at ieast such is the presentintention. Tho follow- ing yachts are expected to rendezvous at Glen to-morrow to join them, Captain William H. Haw- | Cove: ie ley, a8 senior officer, remaining in command of | yang rgayacety 2 sos the four companies of cavalry which will be left | Alarm.... 1. Kingsland. behind, 101s probable that they will move north- | Nowawk a an Rady an ward in the course of ten days, First Lieutenant H, ‘Thomas, Joseph Lawson, Third cavalry, will to-morrow Pe Ei start for Fort Laramie, in commandyjof an escort V. fh Langley. Colgate. Lester Wallack. Burd Grubb, ‘Wiliam &, Iselin, H. A. Kent, pfhilman, Dickerson, of fifteen men, carrying the maul. A CONSTANT EXCITEMENT in regard fo the country north of this gulch has been in existence since the day that Camp Har- ney Was established, Miners have been engagea in examining the valleys and the ledges of quartz, and, while some would retarn very reticent of the knowledge which they had gained, others woula let drop hints of huge discoveries, and thus leave the rest tothe fertile resources of the imagina- tion, The bounds of the northern district have remained very vague In the minds of those who have sought enlightenment irom these miners. Some of them have brought back meugre speci- exander Taylor, Jr, Robert Center, ide dy Al 8. y sis. ‘ 8. Beecher. Beside these the Resolute, Foam and others will join the squadron at Newport. fnere are also mens of gold. ‘Tne location where prospecting | expected ut Glen Cove three or four steam operations hitve been carried on lies szattered all | Yac hts. the way from the point where Custer’s trail | , Fleet Captain Bend will re found on the flagship crosses Spring Creek to the eastern rim of the | Alarm during the entire cruise, M1 a ny a An), Bf Gustle Ureck. yr cman ei Rao ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB. VISIONARY, But it has been a peculiarity of the experience of this expedition that tke sparkle of the gold, like the Willo’ the Wisp, is bright afar olf, and When }t 1s gradually approached 1s suddenty found to have vanished. A hundrea@ and fiity miles away from the Black Hills it 18 devoutly believed that the valleys are strewn with prectous stones— emeralds, topaz, agate, red tourmaline, rubies and divmends, The only species found here 1s the garnet, too small in size for use asa gem. While now there is a grand rush from other gulches to Spring and Rapid creeks, no one would be surprised In & week to find both deserted. Above the camp oa Spring Creek miners report an utter dearth of gol, The spot from which it has been taken in such encouraging quantities may prove only what in miners’ pariance 1s termed a “pocket.” ANNUAL CRUISE TO THE EASTWARD—THE REN- DEZVOUS AT GLEN COVR—DIVINE SERVICE ON THE FLAGSHIP, GLEN Cove, August 1, 1875. The monotony of this sober-sided summer resort was again broken into yesterday by the arrival of the Atlantic Yacttt Club, bound to the eastwara on acruise. The Brooklyn fleet that rendez- voused here on the 224 ult. created but little ex- citement, nor did the arrival of the Atiantics, though there was much curiosity manifested by the “beachers” as to the merits of the several pleasure craft. Leaving Gowanus Bay about noon yesterday most of them found an anchorage here before nightfall. Buttew of the yachtsmen came ashore, preferring the comfort of their boats to the equivocal welcome that awaited them at the hotel, This morning, bright and early, how- ever, Commodore Thayer invited all tne ladies at the Pavilion to attend divine service on the ‘iriton, ana there was a hearty response. The Rev. Dr. Steele, of Lyno, Mass., conducted the services, preaching a sermon pecutiarly appitea- ble to the occasion. The binnacie was improvised as a pulpit. ‘There was a pleasant absence of any revelry on boara the yacnts during the day. Since service was held but few boats have been ashore, and everything is quiet, which does the squad- ron inuch credit. Six schooners and two sloops arrived up to @ late hour last nignt, while this numoer has been increased to ten this afternoon by the addition of the schooner Peerless and WHAT IS THOUGHT OF rr. There 1s no dvubt that when the “pay streak” in any of these valleys is found it will ylelda lenteous prot tothe worker. But it will soon eexhausied, and the labor of ascertaining 1ts location, of disposing of the refase soil thrown up inmining and of digging una building siuices will probably be fully worth the aggregate amount of gold which can be extracted. This is tne opin- fon of weil informed and experienced men who have surveyed the best diggings yet opened. They may, however, be mistaken. The miners at the “Bear Hole,” in Custer’s Gulen, after laboring for three weeks have a sluice now In operation from which five men in one day took thirty-one penny- weights of gold, or about $57. It such stccess could continue fortunes could easily be realized by thousands in the Black Mills; but the character of the deposits forbids such a hope. A MINER'S EXPERIENCE. A miner named Thompson arrived in camp to- day, accompanied by & hal-breed Sioux and two indians. He had left Rea Cloud Agency two | sioop Christine. The feet now consists of the ful- weeks ago with is companions, gone northward | jowing sixty or seventy miles, testing the soll SCHOONERS, in the gulcbes, and, aided by the native know- Name. ener, ledge of the indians, had been able to find the | Triton. Commodore G. A. Thayer. Most promising localities. They met on their ee Vice copnoace te A Fish. ision. way southward hundreds of miners going to- George 1. 8 4 Pe . Maxwe ward Spring Creek, and intending to try their | Peerless. pes Tuck In the new fled. ‘Tue population of Cus- | wlatic Wik Cocke, ter’s Gulch is being depleted by this hegira, SLOOPS, but it daily receives accessions, as every party Rear Com. William Cooper. which enters the hills irom the sonthweat «©. Fowler, encamps at least one night on French Creek. Fifty miners now enter the hills every day without a doubt, and in a few weeks more don. jtains was held on the flag- ship late this afternoon, when it was decided to the white men will be so numerous | leave for Morris Cove early in the morniug. Re- here that 10 will be the Indian who will fear to set | Matning there until = Tuesday, they will oot in his own hunting ground. ‘The avoidance | run to Greenport, there to stay until by the Indians of the vicinity of the expeaitionis | tired of tnat delightful harbor. The squadron will proceed as far as Newport and there probabiy disban The Katser Walbelm, Recreation, Libbie #., and other yachts now to S eustward will doubtless join it at New Lon- rather remarkabic, The first who have been in camp are those who arrived to-day, The recent scout by Captain Russell to the South Cheyenne River demonstrated positively that there are no bands in that direction ana that none haye lately traversed the trails made by Colonel Dodge's com. mand, A thousand alarming rumors have thus been annihilated, THE WHITR MAN AND THE INDIANS. The news received trom Fort Laramie and Red Cloud Agency has caused an expectation of a visit from the Indian Commissioners, but they have not yet arrived. Mr, Thompson imformed me that they were to have started for tne Slack Hulls the day after he set out with his Indian guides, Jackson, aformer trader at Rea Vioud, stated they were prevented from starting by the influence of Spotted Tatl, who desired tw proceed further with the negotiations. Whatever may be the result of the bickering and bargaining resorted to with the Indians, it is now assured taat tae Black Hills are the waite man’s, Circumstance, by whom humanity 1s said to be enslaved, bas tuken the task of determining the question out of the hands of the government, and, as was inevitable, has rendered the sneddy diplomacy with the nimbie savage which is pro- gressing superfluous. THE SHOECUTTERS ON oD. The schoolship St, Mary’s, on an extended cruise in the Sound, anchored here last evening. Many of the ladies of the Pavilion went on board during the day and were greatly pleased with the atten- tion paid them by the ollicers. At present there are but 100 boys on board. This 1s to be her sta- tion and base of supplies during the summer, BAY REGATTA, LIST OF ENTRIES FOR THE YACHT RACE OF 1875. NewsvunrG Bay, N. Y., July 31, 1875. The entries for the annual yacht regatta in Newburg Bay for the year 1875, which takes place on Wednesday next, August 4, already number twenty-eight, and others are expected to enter. Atong those that are to compete for the elegant prizes offered are some of the Meetest yachts en {he river, and, wind and weather favoring, some fine sport 1s expected. The tollowing are the en- STRIKE. TROUBLE AHEAD—THE ST. CRISPINS AROUSED. ‘The shoecutters’ strike in Burt’s shoe manufac- tory, No. 93 Thomas street, has created some ex- citement in the traae. According to the story told to a HERALD reporter yesterday by one of the cutters, their regular wages have been $4 per day or $24 per week. Tols sum has been paid regu- larly since the strike 1n 1870 and 1871. “A week ago last Monday the boss called us up to him,” said the striker, “and told as that he had somes | thing to say which was not piecasant. The basi- | ness had not been good for some time and his sales were $87,090 less than the spring before, ana the firm only got four per cent tor their money. He was therefore compelled to make a reduction of twelve and a half per cent on all nands, and would lixe to have an answer the next day. We told nim eur lodge of S51. Crispins met the next evening and that we could not give him an answer until Wednesday, He said that would do. We held & meeting among ourselves and appointed committee to wait on Mr. Burt, who answered that he did not We then agreed upon a sliding scale of wages as follows:—French | kid cutters, $24; leather cutters, $21, ana trim- ming cutters, $18. Mr. Burt thought that tais are * rangement was fair, but said he would see us a Tor.eno, Onto, July 51, 1875. again later In the day. In the afternoon he in- | The next regatta o1 the Northwestern Amateur formed us that he bad decided upon paying $21 for | Rowing Association takes place on the Maumee the best work. He thought this was suficient tor | River, opposite this place, on Wednesday and bi cal i peg he hegre fag Bi al otners as he | Thursday, August 4 and 5. ‘This association ts day instead of nite aud two hours extra on sacure | Composed of the boating clubs in the principal lake and inland cities of the Northwest, number- day. In order to make some sort ofa compromise | ing, in all, some fiity organizations, some of them CLASS—OVER TWENTY-FIVE FEET IN LENGTH. »D ensinien, Feet, 28.0) 09 Owner, h_M, Strong, Ulster Park. “FIVE FREY -H. A. Glassford, Albany Robert K. Story, Staten isiand . F, Taylor, New York. | THE TOLEDO REGATTA. GRAND MEETING OF THE BOATING CLUBS OF THE NORTHWEST—A DOZEN RACES AND MANY ENTRIES, we worked extra on Saturday, and also on Mon- ‘Tuesday. At our last me % aay eee acresd to stick ra one with a very large membership composed of the nal price and hours; so oo Wednesday | leading young business and professional men, we packed up our Kids and asked for the money 2 ye been held at various places, and due us, put we could not get i anti saturaay, | Reeattas have p . tie organization has fnally tacitly settied down upon Toledo, the saumee River at this point be- ing sufficiently Wise to give an unobstructed course jor two miles, and the current being sing- ish and scarcely perceptible, From the nature Ol the siream it 13 not je 0 Tow & Now our men never average over £18 per week, there is so much time iost, aud $18 La not very much for nine hours’ work. All the ocher bosses and men in the cliy are watcning the effect of our strike, or lockout, as We call It; but no other firm wants to make a reduction, On saturday Burs advertised im this city and act straightaway course of three miles; hence all | eNeastitee teraemsee cet see TIE LAND OF THE PIOLEMIES. | up the three miles. Six races will be rowed on each day, and a very large number of erews have been entered, five States bordering on the lakes | being represented. YACHTING IN IRELAND, THE ROYAL IRISH YACHT CLUB REGATTA—SAIL- ING FOR THE LARGER PRIZES. {Dodlin (July 21) correspondence of London Telegraph.) Under most favorabie conditions, at least as far a8 spectators were concerned, the regatta of the Royal Irish Yacnt Club commenced to-day at Kingstown. The weather was delightiully warm and Ory, the rays of the @un just tempered by a siightly clouded aky, but yaehtsmen would have preferred @ little more wind, The piers were crowded with thousands of spectators, and rhe Varioas yacht clubs entertamed a large and dis- tnguished company in their houses, VHS PRINCIPAL EVENT of the day was the match for £120—a time race, open to ail yachts belonging to members of a reya or foreign yacht club; first yacht, £30; second prize, first yacht of a different rig, £40, At hati-past ten A, M. the lollowing vessels got under way:—The Omira, Luira, Olga, Gwendolin, Latona, Cythera, Corisande, Voi au Vent, Bygerta, Cuckoo, Chanticleer, Veron.ca, Fiona, Lona, Neva and Arethusa, Governmental Activity of) the Khedive. } | Railway Construction and African Exploration. AMERICAN AID IN THE CIVILIZATION OF EGYPT. | The Mixed Courts of International Jurisdic- tion—Installation of the Judges. ALEXANDRIA, July 2, 1875. While awaiting tidings from the heart of Atrica from your own special explorer, the intrepid Stanley, the worthy successor of Livingstone, it | THE START ‘Was a very even one, but the vessels were a long ane clearing out of harbor owing to the lighé ind, may gratify your wide world readers to learn | what 1s going on in New Exypt, whose very mam- mies might burst their cerements in wonder at the transformations that are taking piace, and whien bid fair to surpass the pristine glories of this wonderful land. ‘Tne strides that have been made by the present Khedtve in the direction ot civilization, improvement and annexation nave | been truly wendertul, yet he seems not to bave grown weary uor pulled off his seven-league boots yet; but on the contrary is quickening the pace and accomplishing a peaceful revolution in his own ana the adjacent countries. To aid in this task he has called in our own progressive countrymen, and Americans seem his prime favorites and assistants in this mighty work. More than twenty Americans are now in the service of the Khedive, several of wnom, tn con- junction with Colonel Goruon, the successor of sir Samuel Laker, are pushing explorations suc- cessfully through the Nile basin into tne very heart of Alrica, while at Alexandria and Cairo Generals Loring and Stone (noth raised to the rank of Pachas) give their valuable aid to the military and educational improvement of the country. The latest reports of the proceedings of the American contingent, coming down to the be- ginning of June, are as follows:— THE FIFTY SOVERFIGNS PRIZE. Ateleven A. M. followed the start for the fifty sovereigns prize, presented by the Dublin and Wicklow Ratlway, for yacnis of forty tons and under, ‘There entered for it the Britannia, Nore man, Bloodhound, Myosotis, FOR THE VORTY-FIVE SOVEREL( 4 At half-pust eleven tue forty- sovereigns prize, for yachts not exceeding twenty tons, was competed tor by the Shulab, Sunshine, Quickstep, Thyra, Ivanhoe, Vauessa, Hinda, Queen, Glide, Fairlic, Ldegouda, Ripple and Avoset, A race tor A PRIZE OF TWENTY SOVEREIGNS, for which the following ten tonners and under entered, Was started at twelve noon:—fhe Quet Lancer, Eiaine, Merie, Lal; ady Alice and Nata and at one there ensued a contest for A PRIZK OF TEN SOVERKIGNS between the foliowing Liliputian yachts, none excecding seven tons:—The Wyvern, Dream, Tor- ment, Wee Pet, Myrrha and Lady Isavel, Shoud the wind not freshen itis taought that several of the matches must be abandoned, A heavy mst at sea soon obscured the vessels, To-aay the home and home match between the Manhattan and Staten Island clubs will be played at Staten Island, play to commence at eleven o’elock, ‘the Manhattan team will be Hosford, Ronaidson, Cammell, Greig, McDougal, Gilbert, Heywood, A. Gilber! Kersley, Hooper and O’Lonergun; and the Menten lenders Pritt pre- biel aimed bagandptebaisisd sent Stepnens, Lusk, Davis, George Alien, While the Khe.Jive is actively pushing his ex- Brewster, Lee, Adams, Moore, Romily, P, Alien and Rogers. The first match was won by tne Manhattan and the second by the Stater Island, Each club will play well to-day to win, THE POOR CHILDREN'S EXCUR. SIONS Plorations inte che intertor of the Nile basin the railway to the Soudan is being constructed under the direction of the English engineer Fowler, tne ovject of which 18 to communicate directly with the whole of tnat vast country which the rapids in the Nile above the second cataract had hitherto kept sealed up. The length of the ratiway will be 300 miles, and when completed much of the produce now coming by way of Zanzibar will be diverted to Egypt, in anticipation of which Engiand 1s now making great eflorts through the Sultan of Zanzi- bar, who has been brought to London, to prevent | & consummation so disastrous to British interests, EXPLORATION REPORTS FROM AFRICA. The reports from the American officers, who are on a different line irom that taken by Stanley, are very sauisiactory. From a@ high official in the Khedive’s service I have obtained the following Getalls of the latest movements Colonel Pardy, an American, in the Khedive’s ser- vice, of Darfour Facher, now an Egyptian province, The following additional contributions to the Poor Children’s Free Excursion Fund have been re« ceived by Edward King, Treasurer, No. 73 Broad- way:— art, Norwaik, Conn irwin, No name. J, and A. ( Was encamped im its environs with nis force in | Momeni good condition. He reports the country as healthy as well as ferifle, and the climate dry ana cool. Grass and pasturage very abundant. He also re- ports that cattle are very abundant and thrive well, OXEN CAN BE BOUGHT FOR TEN FRANCS PER HEAD, while horses and camels are also numerous. One | native proprietor owns 20,000 head of cattle, As the road leading to the Nile 1s good, with water in abundance, as well as grass, there is no aim- culty in bringing cattle over-the 590 miles, When the Khedive bas completed ms railway to the Up- per Nue its produce will tell wondertully on the prosperity of Egypt. Hence bis natural anxiety to push that line of commanication to completion, especially that portion of 1t which leads sround the cataracts and WHERE THE NILE IS NOT NAVIGABLE, the whole distance in tuat direction being about 800 miles. Colston with Prout is now at Obeid, the capital of Kordolan, ana the route leading thence to Debbe has been found easy, witn suil- cient water, Professor Mitchell 1s still pursuing his investigations into the ancient Hgyptian mines back of Kemmert, and has found several with shaits, and implements to grind gold out, | used by the old Egyptians; the richest he has | jound yields £3 to the ton. | ‘The ratls on the road to Soudan have already been laid twenty-five Kilometres in length, and the difficulties are less than anticipated. INDUSTRY IN AN ISLE OF GREECE, Another oi the Kiedive’s American oMcers, Colonel Ward, is exploring a smail island on tne | hot | Coast of Greece, belonging to tue Khediye, on | which he bas tound good ., MARBLE QUARRIES, formerly worked uud stil gvog,’ with abundant Umber. and js stili pursaing his investigations into the silver and zinc mines also existing there, | RIGHT AHKAD, At home the railway Co Kosetta, along the coast line, 1s being rapidly pushed. In fact the Kuedive seems to have taken the American motto of “yo atead” as his own THE INTERNATIONAL COURTS OF MIXED JURISDICTION OPENED. We bave had @ busy week here, the Khedive and all his tugh oficials naving come down trom Cairo jor the purpose of ypeumg the new Intern. tional Courts, or mixed tr@anals, an tue ioreign Powers (except France) having given in their ad- hesion to the scheme, and named their judges, whom the Khedive has accepted. 1t was, théreiore, decided at Once tO open these couris without waiting on the non-concurre of France, and with the understanding that their active duues | were not to commence until October next. Ace | coraingly, on the morning of te 28th uit, atthe | Palace oi Ras-el-Fin, tue formal inauguration took place, and proved @ most imposing cerembuy, THE TRIBUNAL. The Khedive, surrounded vy his oflcers of State and tn the presence of all the (lite of the Alexan- Previously acknowledged Expenses first excursion. Expenses second excursion. Balance on hand.......... $1,016 82 ‘The third picnic will be given on Saturday next, August 7, when the children of the Fourteenth ward Will go ‘o Oriental Grove, on the Sound, and have a whole day of pleasure. Whepever tae funds in the hands of the Treasurer will permit excursions are to be given oltener than once a week, and, to enable the trustees to do this, con- tributions to the Free Excursion Pand are earn- estly solicited, Subscriptions may be sent to Mr. Edward King, the Treasurer, No. 73 Broadway, or to any of tne trustees, Tue following correspondence ts given as a mat- ter o{ interest to those supporting the excarsion movement: Tay New Yorx Soctrty ror tam ? PREVENTION OF CxveLTY To CHLDREN, Nuw Youx, July 28, i875, "§ To tax Boarp or Trustees Poor Cuttvnen’s' Frew Ex cunsion Fon: Gxxtixwex—I am dire cted to inform you of this soci- ety’s sympathy In the truly great and noble work in which you are engaged. It in any way we can aid you, by the detailing one of our officers or otherwise to assist your manager, be good enough to advise us. With great Tespect, yours truly, ¥, FELLOWS JENKINS. Secretary. 73 Broapway, New You, July 30, L E. Feciows JENKINS, Secretary :-= i Dean Sir—In behalf of the Vrustees of the Poor Chil- Free Excursion Fund I beg you to cow Y our thanks for their very kind sympathy in our endeavors to procure for ofthe poor one happy day in the country at ti season of the year. ine encouragement you gi great value to us, and while not at present in n of addittonal force ‘to take care of the children we shail not Jail Co take advantage of your offer should the neces- suly arise. Lum, very respectiully, LDWAKD KING, Treasurer. The Fand Trustees sincerely nope that their efforts will be supported by those wro appreciate the full importance of the excursious, as a means Oo: benefiting the thousands or cnilarenin thia great city, who otherwise would not leave its hot and dirty pavements even for a day, THEOVORK ROOSEVELT, No. 94 Maiden lane, CHARLES H, MARSHALL, No. 38 Burling slip, WM. BUTLER DUNCAN, No, 11 Pine street, GEORGE W. McLEAN, Stock Exchange, WARD KING, No. 73 Broadway, W Youk, duly 31, 1875. Trustees, NEW CITY BUILDINGS, STAGNATION OF BUSINESS AMONG BUILDERS— RECORD FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, For nearly thirty years there has never been such a stagnation of business among builders at the present time. Tnrough the courtesy of Mr, Walter W. Adams, Superintendent ot bie rote: Soe received and recog- uilding Depar: “ . | nized the newly appointed judges, who were pre- | bey! Ee & Department, One of our re- | senved to him by Cuerit Pacha, minister of Justic porters has been enabled to obtain some | ana of Commerce (one of the most enlightened | idea of what has been going on during | »f Buyptian statesmen). Tne juages wore a dis- Unctive uniform, which has been devised for them, differing according to their functions, The Judges of the High Court of Appeai—six Euro- peans and four nati ‘Tulikar Pacha acung as Presideut—wear the straigit-collured Stamboul | coat and red fez cap Or turooushes; over the shoulder passes a a green scars, with a gold shield as iarge as a man’s hand fastened to it. rhe judges of the lower courts Wear the same cos- tume, except that their scarfs are red and their shields of silver and god, In the matier o1 UNIFORMS the Egyptian goverument is somewhat fanci- dul, both as regards tis military and civil em- ployés, aud thei “oldese creditors woula fail to. recognize the hew European “ligats of the law” in their trappings. These external badges, how- ever, are matters of prime necessity in tue Bust, where the “clothes philosopher” of Chelsea would fina his pot theory verified, Alter the reception of the judges the Khedive, ae toward them, addressed them as fol: uWws— the past six months in the way ef erecting new butidings throughout the city, It will be seen that bat very few frame buildings are being put ap, while tron fronts are steadily on the increase, brown stone and brick taking tne lead. Most of the buildings that have been and are being fin- ished in the upper portion of the city are what are known as second class and tenement houses, There are very few first class dwellings being erected. The reason is that they cannot com- mand the rents, It is claimed that there are over 10,000 builders, masons, bricklayers, carpenters and laborers outof employment at the present time. Since the Ist of January about 500 build ings have been pnt up, a vast decrease compared with jast year—tally one-half less than the usual number, The following shows the number of puidings erected in each month :— ADDRFSS OF THE KIRDIVE. Wood, 4s ig a Total Grstimmen—By consent ot His Majesty the Sultan, my i. 4 $3 | august sovereign, and through the kind co-operation of io % | the soreign Powers, £ am able this day to nang ; 3 43 | great judicial retorm and to instal these new. tribun | my M7 | dam happy to ave assombied around me so many | Bie iam 95 | eminent and honorable magistr | 4 Li #7 | in sali conddenee J place the & | v at 82 | All interests will find in your wisdom fw | Total. Sadods pee T oo wt your decisions shall WE ony the Fespect and obedience. be memorable, tor it marks Ui new era of civilization God I am persuaded that the suture of our new grand work is assured. The Khedive then retired, followed by his Mivisters and the members of his l’rivy Councu, | Who addressed to him toetr feiicitations, Shoridy After the presenvation of the magistrates, Cherif Since the Ist of July the following new hulldings have been started:—A brick building at No, 541 ath avenue, two second cias brick Oullaings at Nos. 47 and 49 Harrison street, three tenement houses on the southwest corner ol 1318t street and Fourth avenue, @ second class dwelling on lilal street, four brown stone trout dwellings on the Bowilevard, corner of Kast Eighty-second street, a brick dwelling, with French flats, No, 69 Sixth avenue, five brick buildings on 108th street, east ol Kleventh avenue, a new dwelling on 100th street, near Sceond avenue, ten first class awell- ings on Erghtieth street, east of Lexingion ave- nue, aframoe building on 168th street and the old Pacha, in the name of the judges, addressed the Khedivo as follow THR JUDGES’ ADDRESS TO THE KHEDIVK. | Boston road, With two side butidings, one being | a mighty work of progress ha pertected. | alded to the Union Theological Seminary No. 9 | Your tiehness to accent th jest expression University place. Jt is the general impression Erehtage on Ce ft the [ries Jor, a. confidence | that Ut low buildings wil be erected this fall, hasty t vier aie dhiconditing to ete hands one Cengage ose view! of Ins own highe ot renderime equa THE LONG ISLAND POULTRY AS. | justice in nis nam rim divested himselt| of one of them | OCIAT: Proud ot this t SOCIATION. spired My the civiizing pe x new kyyptian The second meeting of the Long Island Poultry aecompllsh ita ty \raee Gamerte © Association was held at Suffolk station, on the | Mdamuable elfuris 1 wise hot | Long Isiand Railroad, on Friday, and was largely ertoated bo gy Soeur Resi clad tees is so | Attended. It was voted unanimously to hold the | faraiter coniriouwe one of te gtortest Dulvarer oe | first amnual exoibitien in the city of Brooklyn, in | your reign. A GRAND RECEPTION, the Brooklyn 1a Following this ceremonial was the reception of during the first week in December, | te her home on 115th street, near Fiith avenne, a all the government ofMeials, as well as ef the Nvaneial and commercial notabiiities of tne ures pean colony, and whose spokesman, M. Ant Mmades, addressed their congratulations Khedive in a short speech, testiying the i reform, to which t : that tion in this judic! Vly and With mutch ‘eeltng, ever since his accession to the throne he had con. secrated ail lus efforts to the development of progress in Eaypt and to the prosperity of the count and he Waa convineed that this jadictal reform would benefit all, both native and Euro. pean, how soriuing one and the same fatnily. TUE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION, To this succeeded the reception ot the diplo- matic corps, and the ceremony terminated. The an members of the Migh Court of Appeal eat Britain—dohn Scott, Advocate, » United States—Vietor Barringer, @x-Ate rola. Counsetlor, Gormany—D, Lapenna, Aue Counsellor, Por Lty— cone, Counselior. vouut Meregna of Mulhouse, With whom are joined :— Tulfikar Pacha, Aod Allan, Bey Satd, Kad Bey and All Bey liza. It wil! be seen that the mixea tripunal is com- posed of SIX FORE NERS AND FOUR NATIVES, (when France comes in there will ph), thug giving the control to the joreign element—a ra mark of coniiy ruler Mix (as these nce on the part of an absolute g 3, buoals for the trial of all ¢: iris CO not embrace crim: | the Jurisdiction over Waich is still witu eac tonality) haye also been established at Alc aria, Cuiro, Ismailia (on the Suez Canc), alsa composed of forelgne:s and natives, as trrounala of the first instance, with appeal to the High Court, at Alex : wh ody LANGUAGE AND THE CODE are French, with some modifications in the latter case, aud the speeches made at the reception were in the same language. Yet the nation | whose tongue ana laws bave been adopted 1s the only one that suiks and refuses to join in this great measure of deliverance from tae Babel of ween separate consular functions hitherto aillug In Bzypt. A GREAT GOOD ACCOMPLISHED, While the step 18 a good one for the Khedive ta take, relieving nim from endless reclamations and responsiblitty, it 18 alxo a blessing to all the hon est merchants, bankers and traders of Exypi, in. suring syeedy and mexpensive setrement of all causes to Which they are parties, heaceiorth to be Juaged by regular tribugais on the basis of a set~ tied code, THE AMERICAN JUDGES are Victor ringer, of North Carolina, formerly Attorney General of that state, who 1s a member of the Court of Appeals, and Judge Batcheller (a married nan), Who ts Judge of one of the courts of “first instance Both gentlemen have made a most favorable Impression on the resident Amert+ Cans and the foreign population and promise well and worthy to represent American Interests 1a crypt. in conjunction with consul General rasley, of Whose character, capacity and de- portment too much could not ‘be said in praise, MURDER FOR MONEY. A DISPUTE OVER CHANGE IN A BARROOM Is CUY SHORT BY A KNIFE, Amurder was committed at one o'clock yester- day morning at No. 66 Greenwich street. Autone Nordstrom, a Swede, lived with his family at thas place, and also kept there a bar and a sailors’ boarding house. He was a powerfuily built man, and bore the reputation among those who knew him best of being exccedingly quarrelsome. On Saturday night some dozen or more Swedes were in Nordstrom's barroom playiag cards and drink- ing beer. Nordstrom also engaged in card piay- ing, which was continued until about one 0” in the morning, when the entire party was In. vited to the bar to take a farewell orink by one ot its members named John Bengtsson. A bill was laid on the counter, and the proprietor (Nordstrom) handed back @ few cents change. Bengtsson said he had put down a ten dollar bill and demandea cnauge for that amount, Nordstrom held that tha note he received was a one dollar bill and resused to give more change than he had already given. Severe language was now indulged in and vila epithets were soon flying about, The party of lookers-on who had just quenched their thirst of tne bar joined in the dispute and BECAME BITTER PARTISANS of one or the other of the principals. Presently a knife blade flashed in the gaslight, Nordstrom and Bergtason closed in & desperate struggle whic ended ia the latter, Who 1s quite @ small man, being thrown out the door, and in the jormer ree ceiving TWO GHASTLY WOUNDS, his through one of whicn fe edbed away in just twenty minutes, An ofii- cer of the Twenty-sevepth precinct, secing a disturbance ran to the locality juss asthe powerful Nordstrom threw his murderer through tne doorway. Nordstrom called to him to arrest Bengtsson, saying, ‘That man has got a knife; he has stabbed me.” Lengts- som started to Tun, but was soon caught by the officer, the recking Knite stillin bts firmly clinched hand, As the oflicer expressed 11, **fne biood on the ugly weapon was stl warm at the time of the arrest.” Nordstrom went out on the sireet just after the stabbing and fouowed after Beag ston some forty or tifty feet, the blood meanwhile streaming (rom his wounds, Seeing that ie was RAPIDLY GROWING WEAK, he retraced his steps, and, as he again entered his door, to the floor from exhaustion. Ho Was placed On @ sola and a doctor sent ior, bub before aid could arrive he was dead. Yesterday afternoon Coroner Woltman, accom. panied by Deputy Coroner Dr. Causuman, vistied the por the tragedy, and empaneiied a jury to view the body and to Subseqoptiy att at an ine quest into the case. Dr. Cushman made a post- mortem ‘examination of the niurdered man’s Jound that the wound (an incised one) eft groin Was two inches long, its direction rd ang upward, to the extear of wx and a half inches, The semorat artery and vein were severed. Greatly to the surprise of the doctor he founa the wound, notwitnstanding depth, did not extend into the abdomt Death was edt oy external hemorrhage. The writer visited Beagtsson in nis cell at the Station house yesterday, Dut iailed to learn any- thing from iim in regard to the stabbing. Lo Stoutly denied all knowledge of tne affair, He has avery ugly wound on the side of his head, just back of the rigut temple. This he says he received at the hands of a couple ot roughs who tried to rob him the night beiore. He has been in this country about two yeara, but bas lived in New York city about two week: having Worked On @ farm in Oneida county from the time io landed until abont the 15th of July, | He looks like a peaceanie, well disposed man, and would never be thought, judging irom his jouks aione, capable of murdering a feliow being. ‘The inquest m the ease will be held to-morrow at the Coroner's oflice, ATTEMPT AT WIFE MURDER About eleven o’clock yesterday forenoon OMicer Batrd, oi the Taird precinct, had bis attention ate tracted by the cries of a woman for heip proceed~ ing from tenement house No, 102 Third street, South Brooklyn. On entering the place he found @ man and a woman engaged in a Violent quarrel and the jatter bleeding irom a severe wound tn the leit arm. She charged the man with having stabbed her with his penknife. The oMcer arrester. the assailant, Whose bame is Wiliam Clark, an engineer by occupation and apparentiy a respect- able man, His wile, Mrs, Matiida Clark, Was ree moved to the Long lsiand College Hospital, woere the wound was dressed. Tue prisoner, Who wil be examined beiore Justice Deimar to-day, uns dertook to punish her for drinking too mu jiquor. ASSAULTED WITH A HANDSAW, Hugh McCloskey, forty-eight years of age, wag arcested at an early hour yesterday morning, charged with feloaiously assaulting Edwara and Jumes Fitzpatrick with & handsaw, Lt seems that the accused, who Is a stonecutter, lives in apart. ments at No, 307 Flushing avenue, ana is addicted todrink, On Saturday night he threatened to hill his wife, a hardworking woman, and knowing the violence of is disposition, two boarders, the Fitzpatricks hamed above, interiered, Tne des- perate man resented their merctfai interposition in beat! of his wife by rushing upon them with @ handsaw. He cul a gasa three inches loug in the scalp of Edward and nearly severed the, lef. ear of James Fitzpatrick, Patroimen Rickard and Smith came upon the scene at this juncture aod arrested tlugh, Who was subsequentiy comuuttted for examination before Justice Reilly to-day, The | injured men, though suffermg much pain, are in no daager. A BRUTAL ASSAULT. Atalate hour on Saturday nignt Mr. Willlam Stout, aged iorty-flve years, was accompanying Mise £ vara flar, When near tre young lady Tesigence t were accosted by a party of drunken rowdies, who insulted Miss Har ani sep upon her escort, staborng tim im the head ta Taree places, ruitins then ran away. Me Stout's Lajuries sre not considered dangerous, DROWNING CASUALTY. Arthur il. Weah, aged itfteen years, by occupy tion a clerk, residing at No. 181 Bast Lidth etre was drowned erday aiternoon w bath im the liver. His boay was recovered tukeu charge of by nis relatives