The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1875, Page 6

THE OSAGE INDIANS. Indian Agent Gibson Investigated by Commissioners. SPEECH OF JOSEPH PAW-NE-NO-PASHE, Appeal of the Indians to Great Father Grant. TAMMANY TRICKS IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY. Sr, Locis, Mo., Sept. 4, The Commissioners who recently investigated the chgrges against Indian Agent Gibson, of the Osage In- dians, arrived here to-day from Lawrence, Kansas, en route to Washington. They say they had two open councils with the Indians, lasting three days, and gave them an opportunity to make all their statements without being prompted or intimidated by any person. The Commissioners then sat as a court of inquiry, and some forty white men and Indians were examined un- der oath regarding the maticrs under investigation. The Indians were divided into two parties—one in fa- wor of and tho other against Gibson—and both sides | were allowed to bring their reserve. , W. Blair, of Kansas, aud Colonel Bell, of the Cherokee Nation, uctéd as counsel for one side, and the Paw-ne-no-pashe, an Osage Indian, and Chetopa, the Chief Counsellor of the nation, for the other, The court continued twelve days, and evidence covering 300 pages of foolseap was taken, The Commissioners will remain here until Tuesday next to review the evidence and make up their report, but decline to give any intimation what their decision will be. They complain of great injustice done them by false and perverted statements. sent over the country through the press, These statements are witnesses without said to have been made by Kansas City and Leaven- | worth reporters who only attended court two days, while that body sat twelve, and therefore heard but a small part of the evidence, and none of that given on Bibson’s side, SPERCH OF JOSEPH PAW-NE-NO-PASUE. The following is the speech of Joseph Paw-ne-no- pashe, Governor of the Osages, delivered before the | ‘Commissioners :— In May last the Osages sent a petition to the Great Father, asking him to send them a new agent and ask- | ing that uo more of their money be placed in the hands of Major Gibson, and that he should be forced to account ali the money that had been given to him for the | After this petition had been | efit of this people. Bert to our Great Father Agent Gibson himself pre- pared a petition in his own favor, and had B great number of names signed to it; some few ure Indians who had @ right to sign’ it, but the greater part were men, women and children’ who have nothing to do with our public affairs, and who did not know what was in the petition they were signing. Some signed through fear, others tor rewards that were baa This paper the agent carried with him to ‘ashington. When the Osayes heard of this paper NEW YORK Mat Father. We want you to ask him to look at a Wi and see if our chief men—the men that the | Osages have selected to represent them—bave ever | | asked to have this agent or his people kept among us. | He will tind that they have come without our asking; | that they have never been asked to stay, but have often been asked to go away, But there is one thing the Great Father will find in all our treaties, petitions and letters, and bas heard from all our delegations, and that | is that we want our Cathole missionaries and Catho- lic schools, Why don't he send them to us? He is not like our agent; he is a brave man aud honest and just, It must be “because he is deceived and does | not know what we do want, You tell him what I say, | and he will send us our old missionaries and we can have our schools again as we had them in Kansas, Ask | him if itis honest for the United States to make t | Orages do all they agree to do in the treaty and then | itself refuse to do what it was bound to do by the same treaty, Say that the Governor of the Osages says there | is no good in asking the Osages to adopt the habits of the white an when the Osages see that even the great chiefs of the white man do not keep thew word wil CREEDMOOR. i cums CONTEST FOR THE BULL'S EYE BADGE— CANFIELD, OF THE AMERICAN TEAM, THE WINNER—COMPETITION FOR PLACES ON THE | NEXT INTERNATIONAL TEAM. ‘The third competition for the Cranch Bull's Eye | Badge came off yesterday at Creedmoor, The match is | wpecuhar one {n this, that nothing but bull's eyes count, The distances are 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, fif- | teen shots at each range. This gives ample scope for the | fairest trial of skill, and only a marksman who can sus- | taim the severe ordeal of fifteen rounds at these, ex. | treme ranges may hope for success, The record yes- | terday was remarkably fine, Mr. Canfield, who won | the badge, made twenty-three bull's eyes, and Mr, Far- | well scored twenty. In the two former matches this | prize was won by Mr. L, Geiger on eighteen bull’s eyes | Apart from the large percentage of bull’s eyes made, | Mr, Canfleld’s score—188 out of a possible 225 points— | must be classed with the best shooting ever done | atCreedmoor, The highest score thus far recorded at | the above ranges, out of 225 points, is that of Mr. Me- | Kenna, of the Irish international team, who, in come peting for his place, accomplished the phenomenal score of 208 points at the pew target. Two hundred and five | and 203 points were also made in the competitions for | places on the Irish team; aud we remember that on one | occasion Colonel Bodine made 203, Colonel Gildersleeve 198 and Major Fulton about the same as Gildersiceve. ‘The weather yesterday was extremely wart, but mot | badly adapted to ritle shooting. The sky was unclouded, the light perhaps & little too bright, and a steady twenty-kuot breeze swept diagonally across the range from southwest to bortheast, Shooting commenced bi eleven o'clock at the 800 yards range and the mate! | closed at half-past four, ‘The following are the details of the shooting :— i ‘hey prepared another petition in the latter part of | June, begging the Great Father to keep their money out | of the hands of Agent Gibson, and asking him not to | believe anything he said of them or their affairs, but to | have him temoved from their country and to have his | uccounts properly examined. The Osages say that they are glad that the Great Father has at last heard their words, and that he has sent you here to look into their affairs and to Jearn and report to him the truth, so that he can know ‘what our troubles are und how to do us justice. Itwould | take us many days wo tell you all about the troubles we | have had with this agent, for nearly every one in this nation has something to say. You do not want to hear | * these long stories; but we will tell you some of the rea- | eb ee y sons we have for asking that no more of our money be | a0: 40 08.6 given, to this agent, and why we ask that he be sent | 1000-04230 6 way at once and a new and good agent sent 10 us, 0 Number of bull’s eyes. hat we can properly investigate his accounts. | , GIBSON A MISCHIRY MAKER, | bee e eR | ‘ The Osages have always been governed by a principal os Se See 3 chief, other chiefs, councillors and head men. These | 1,000—0 00204 bd men ire selected by the Osages to govern them, and they Number of bull’s ey Pond we always obeyed them. These leading men hold AnanOM. councils and decide the business of the nation, and all | 800-0 04233385834460 who belong to the nation have looked up to their coun- Ose eee sees er ee ee ' tile and obeyed them. No agent has ever mterfered 100-900 0:62:39 2:0 5 808 23-1103 with the authority of our chiefs, disturbed their coun- sels, or orgunized new bands or tried to appoint chiefs or councitlors, until this man came here to act as our agent. But he has troubled us in all these things, Little by little be has been troubling the affuirs of our nation more and more. Yeur after year he gives us trouble, and each time he docs some new thing that is intended to divide our councils, make our chiefs aud head men have ili will against each other, und to make the Osage people have contempt for their Jeading men and to have respect only for Agent Gibson, He has got the six bands of the nation divided into eleven, and has himself made new chieis and council- lors. ‘He advised the half-breeds to draw their part of the national money and to separate themselves from the Osage people, und said he could have it done for them if they would ask it; but they refused to do this. Then the agent had it reported to the Osages that the half-breeds were trying to draw their money and go away. This created great trouble between the Osages and the haif-breeds. A CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY. The Osages have ciected me their Governor; but the agent told me and smd publicly that he would not rec- Dgnise me as their Governor, and that he intended to make another man Governor in my place, and_ told the people that he was the true Governor and that thoy ust not obey me > bas done all this and much more to bring our affairs and leading men into contempt, and to bring about bad feeling and contusion and ill will among the Osages and with the half-breeds, This is not guod for my people. ‘This man is the worst. enemy | the Osages have ever had in their country. He wants | himself to have all the power in the nation and will not | allow any one to be free. He has refused to allow usand has tried to prevent us from sending petitions to our | Great Father. In oue case # half breed was at work at | the agency, when he signed a petition asking for our | old Catholic mission. When the agent found it out he | told the man that he would discharge him, and that he must go away from the ayency at once, He thus turned him out of his house, and the man and his family came hear freezing to death before they could travel toa hut \hirty miles irom the agency. He has done many other things that show him to bea bad man who does not want to do business honestly and openly for the Osages, so that we can all see and understand what has been done with our money, so that we can learn to take care of our own affairs, and know what we have to ex- pect each year before it comes. THY BLANK VOUCHER BUSINESS. I will tell you some of his actions, When he is going to pay out any of our money to men he has hired he takes the men sign vouchers in blank. If they ask for the vouchers to be filled up so that they may see what they are signing, he refuses to have it done, and felis them he will not pay them until the voucher in blank is signed. Some ten have waited many days to have their vouchers filled up, but it was refused, and at last they had to sign the blank before they could get \heir pay. A CHECK RAISER. When he pays his hired men by check on the bank the check in almost every case is for more money than ig actually due, After the man indorses the check he is paia the exact amount that is due him and the bal- ance would be kept by the man who would cash the check. He has sent a false voucher to Washington for Tations furnished to the Little Osages. In the winter Defore last the agent airec' ander Byett issue tions to the Little Osag He therm bout $150 worth, and was paid for it Dut the agent made him sign a voucher for $350 before he would give him his pay. The agent was authorized to puy euch bead of a fatnily $2 4 {vot who would dig a well, The Indians did not dig any wells, and the agent hired white men to do the work. Vouchers and ebecks were made out in the names of the Indians for whom the wells were dug und signed by them, and the white men who did the work were paid $1 75 per foot, CANAL RING TACTICS He posted a notice at Hickory Station, on a Wednes- day iu the jast of March of this year, that he would r ceive sealed bide until the following Monday for break- ing 3,000 acres of prairie, There was no time for men to learn about this business, and the contract was let to Mr. Kupora, of Independence, Kansas, The agent was | to furnish all the plows, fifty yoke of work oxen and fifty yoke of steers. Mr, Kupers sub-let to other men et $1 26 per acre, and to some of the men he gave $5 a joke for breaking the steers. We believe that Mr. upers gets over $3 an acre for plowing and $10 yoke for breaking the steers; but our agent won't let Us eve this account of Kupers’, But you can see it at Washington. WANTS SOME BACK PAY. I point out these cases that you may know that Gib- fon 18 not the man to be agent for the Osages, und the Feason that we dislike him and why we ask that he be Bent away at once. I have not told you all that he has done that is bad, for we cannot find it all out until we get @ good agent; but then we will find it out, and we want our Great Father to make this agent pay back to us the money lie has unjustly taken from our nation. A RELIGIOUS DIFFICULTY We want you to take our petition of 28th June, 187: Deck with you, and hand it to our Great Father and tell him we mean what we say in that petition. Teil him that we have agreed in allour trbatics since 1548 that we should have Catholic schools and Catholic mission- aries, aud that he will not find in avy of them that we have asked for Quaker missionaries or Quak: ools, and why should we? We never saw Quakers until this agent came here, and | know that we have Bo cause to love them much after what we have seen of this agent and the people he brought with him. By our treatics he will see that the United States wernment never gave us money for schools, I the Jnited States gave the Oxages money fur these schools could ly establish the schools that they choose, jot be wise todo it, for we will not use the Osages give all the money that sup- end unlair to give them Number of bull’s eyes.........++. | One was on board. Each HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. llc tht Qe CC CL A A CA A, THE NEWSBOYS’ EXCURSION. PLEASANT DAY AND SAIL TO ORIENTAL GROVE—SCENES AND INCIDENTS. The sixth picnic of the season under the auspices of the Free Excursion Fund for Poor Children was given yesterday to the newsboys of the city, the trip being to Oriental Grove, Long Island, The number of boys who participated in the pleasures of the day was 1,346, and that they thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment pro- vided for them was manifest by the way they acted. It is not often that the hard-working newsboy indulges in a holiday, for time is too precious to be thrown away by him, For the past four years, however, they have been enabled, threugh their free picnics, to enjoy at least one day of relaxation from work and the pleasure of a voyage on the water, They can also enjoy a rambie in the grove, a salt water swim and the other good things provided for their entertainment and refreshment with- out expense to themselves. They suffer but little pecuniary loss, for they are landed in the city again in the afternoon im time to procure their stocks of the latest editions of the evening papers, In fact the order is, on this special picnic, an early start and an early re- turn. a THE START. The boys yesterday morning assembled in front of the City Hall, at half-past seven, and were formed into column, ten abreast, on the plaza, by the manager, assisted by Captain Leary, of the Twenty-sixth pre- cinet, and 4 full detail of officers of his command. The column was headed by the Governor's Island Band, and with banners and flags flying a start was effected at eight o'clock for pier 39 East River, where the barge Republic was waiting to receive its living freight. The Hznaxp office, up Broadway to Canal street, thence to Market street and the dock. All along the line of march large crowds were gathered on the sidewalks, who lustily cheered the little paper merchants as they marched by, while, whenever a factory was reached, the girls and boys employed rushed tw the windows and waved their handkerchiefs and caps, These salutes were readily responded to by the young processiomsts with round after round of hurrahs, On nearing the dock the boys were formed into columns by fours, and passed in that order along the large, covered wharf at pier 39 East River—owned by the Maine Steamship Company and offered freely for the use of the littie excursionists by Mr, Ames—to the barge, each boy receiving as he went over the gangplank the usual breakfast ticket, ‘The lines were cast off from the wharf at alittle after nine o’clock aud the voyage was begun. Shortly after getting into mid-stream and when opposite the floating docks an incident occurred which showed the thoroughly careless nature of the boys and their DARE-DEVIL SPIRIT, which was that three of them jumped overboard from the upper deck and swam for the shore like so many ‘water rats, without even taking off their clothes, The incident exhibited also the perfect discipline main- tained by the manager. No panic or excitement en- | sued. The steamer was stopped, the boat which is | always towing astern of the barge with a boatman on | | the watch was at once cast loose and chase given for the young imps, who were overtaken and returned on board the barge, No further attempts of the kind were | made, THE SAIL up the river and Sound to the grove was thoroughly ap- preciated by the boys, the time being whiled away after | Dreaktast inthe singing of songs to accompaniments by ys band, marching around the decks, romping, | c. &e. ORIENTAL GROVE was made shortly before noon, when, as each boy passed ashore, he was given a large double roil | sundwich. Arugh for the beach was then made, and, | almost before the time could be counted, over a thou: | sand little naked forms were seen splashing in the | water, which at once became converted into a sea of white foam, Some of the more darmg swam out to the head of the dock, which they climbed like so many cats, seckiug the loftiest spiles to mount fora dive. Some even carried their daring, in spite of the most constant watch- ing, so far as toclimb to the hurricane deck of the barge, and from there to jump down into the water, turning somersets as they descended. In fact, it seemed al- most us though the water with a majority of the young | urchins was an element in which they partly lived, so Joath were they to leave it. Punch and Judy, by Professor Daisy, and natural | | magic, by Protessor Logrenia, were exhibited several | times, to the intense sausfaction of the boys, who showed their appreciation of the performance by ap- | plauding each und every point made. The reeall was | sounded at two o’clock, and within half an hour every boy on re-embarking. was | given another sandwich and a mug of lemonade, which | Were disposed of with an appetite sharpened by the | swim and the ramble in the grove. i ON THE HOMEWARD TRIP singing and marching were the order again, and the fun | was kept up until the barge was made fast ut the pier at | ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL MATCH, It will be remembered that in April last a challenge to shoot a match at Creedmoor this fall passed between the Amatuer Rifle Club, of New York, and the Victoria, Rifle Club, of the Dominion of Canada, but negotiations counected with the contest remained’ in abeyance du ing the American team’s absence in Ireland.” Arrange- ments have been completed to shoot this new inwr- national match on the 25th of this month. It is hoped that the Amateur Club will be able to place in the field & team sufficiently strong to meet the Canadians with- out asking any member of the American team proper to enter the contest. To this end a number of gentle- men were invited to participate in three com- petitions for places on the new American team, hese preparatory matches to take place at Creedmoor on the 4th, Sth and 11th inst. It was further resolved by Atnateur Club that marksmen competing in the Dull’s eye badye match yesterday might reckon their scores us forming the first competition tor places on the American side of the approaching trial of skill with the Victoria Rities, It was exyected that many more con- testants than the small number out yesterday would lave put in an appearance, there being bat nine entries for the bull's eye badge. The second competition for places on the team which is now being organized will take place on Wednesday next, | THE RIFLE IN THE DOMINION. ANNUAL PRIZE MEETING OF THE ONTARIO RIFLE ASSOCIATION—RESULT OF THE FOUR DAYS SHOOTING—LIST OF THE WINNERS OF THE PRIZES. ! } | Toronto, Ont, Sept. 4, 1875. | ‘The annual prize meeting of the Omtario Rifle Asso- | ciation commenced here on the Garrison Common on | Tuesday last, at one o’clock, and finished this day (Sat- | urday) at a little past the same hour. Considering the | fair amount of prizes given and the presence of several | of the Canadian Wimbledon team, {t is a matter of sur- | prise that the attendance throughout has been so very | meagre, the general public, and more especially the ladies, being quite conspicuous by their absence. The spectators, in fact, have been most limited in number and composed only of those immediately interested in the results and the necessary executives requisite to carry out the programme. | THE RIGBY AND METPORD RIFLES, | The rifles used throughout the matches have all been | muzzle-loaders—chiefly the Metford, with here and there a Rigby. So far as inquiry elicited, the only rea- son alleged for the preference of the muzzle to the breech Joader—such as Remington's—is that the former clean themselves better on repetition and are therefore more suitable than the latter. Nothing was said about convenience and despatch in actual warfare, and, say what you will, each nation seems a devotee to ite own pet weapon. There have been eight matches in all. the results of which will be found to be given under their respective headings, The weather all along has been st variable, from the insufferable leat of uninter- rupted stillness to the small gale which blew to-day, compelling the marksmen to allow twenty to thirty feet | in the range of 1,000 yards. THE WINNERS. Match No, 1, for all comers—First prize $25, Sergeant Lewis, score und prize $20, Private Cotton, score 86, Third’ prize $10, nt Pierson, score 36, These scores out out of a possible 40, Match P afliliated assgelations, aggregate Sergeant Spifrs, score 36, Second re 35, Third prize $10, ) prize ond prize $50, Thirteenth battalion, Hamilton, score 445, Third prize $25, Queen's Own Ritles, Toronto, score 433. Company's first prize $50, Guards, Ottawa, score 233. Second prize $40, First’ Royals,’ Toronto, score 231, Third prize $30, Thirteenth battalion, Ham: ilton, score 226. Match No, 4, Sir Peter Tait’s Cup, for teams—Gov- ernor General's Foot Guards, score 283, beating eight other teanis. No. 5, the district match—First prize, jae $200, with £100 in money; won by Team, representing East Kingston, Ont Match No,'6, for Nursery stakes—First prize $15, with cup, Major White, score 26, Second prize $10, Captain Bailey, score 26, Third prize $5, Captain Thomas, score 26. These scores wore out of a possible 30. Match No, 7, for cavalry—No competitors, atch No, 8, for small bores at 900 yards, out of a possible scure of 60—First prize $30, G, Murison, score ie) ond prize $25, W. Cruet, score 63, Third prize $20, G. Desher, score 58, At 1,000 yards, out of a possible score of 30—First prize $20, Major Gibson, score 24. Second prize $20, Captain Mason, score 22, Third prize $16, Captain Gib- son, score 21, | MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. | Park Lodge, No, 516, Free and Accepted Masons, will hold a “lodge of sorrow’ at Lyric Hall, Sixth avenue, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets, on Wednesday evening, September 8, at eight o'clock. ‘The fraterwity will be addressed by Past District Deputy | Grand Master Jerome Buck, Past Grand High Priest of C, Cassidy, Worshipiul Martin # The choir will be composed of Giese Giuv,"” | were furnished ject of holding | German citwens, who finally have decided to revive the | home custom and thereby keep alive the simple spirit | Vorite amusements. | charge of Mr. Thi | the | red iu the | 1,000 feet, the foot of Dover street, During the afternoon all hands vith the great treat of the day—viz., a large plate of ice cream and a “big’’ slice of sponge | cake. To watch the faces of the boys as they were eat- | ing their cream was a picture that no pen can describe, but there was a keenness of relish displayed that was truly a most interesting sight to behold, as was, in fact, the thoroughness with which the boys seemed to enjoy the whole trip. ‘The home pier was reached at five o’clock, where every boy that desired them was promptly supplied with his full complement of evening newspapers, tick- ets for which had been sold to them on the barge during | the day. , Contrary to the ugual custom there was no procession back to the original place of starting, for the processionists, in a majority of instances, departed on their “routes” with their stocks, directly they could get clear of the barge. The cost of the day for all ex- penses was a trifle over $700. The provisions con- | sumed were 7,500 rolls, the boys bemg bigger than usual, requiring an increased ration; 2,000 cakes, 500 quarts of milk, 320 quarts ice creat, 1,000 pounds ice, 1tub butter, half a barrel sugar, 175 pounds beef, 94 pounds bam, 65 pounds tongue’ and other stores.” A considerable quantity of cake, being left over, was sent to the newsboys’ lodging houses for their Sunday dessert, THE PLATTIDEUTSCHES VOLKS-FEST. THE COMING CARNIVAL OF NORTH GERMANS AT UNION HILL. The coming week will be made memorable to thou- sands of the sons of the German Fatherland in our midst by the inauguration of festivals similar to those common in Northern Germany in the fall of the year. For ages it has beeu customary with the low German people, after the gathering of the harvest, to sally in Yast numbers from their homes in field or village or forest, and congregate upon festival ground amid the booming of cannon, the music of many a rustic band and general jubilation over the successful termination of the principal farm labors of the year. The sub- route chosen and followed was down Park row to the | | philosophy and chemistry, and the Board commend to WEST POINT ACADEMY. | Report of the Board of Visitors on the Condi- | tion of the Institution, | REFORM OF ABUSES DEMANDED. ‘The Board of Visitors who were present at the June examination at West Point have made their report to the Secretary of War, After speaking in a general way of the value of the Academy as a national institution, the report goes into details as follows :— In such an institution as the West Point Academy a conservative Jae ie ntlenenessin. Il-advised experi- ments are out of place and changes of a serious character should not be made without deliberation and consulta- tion, At the same time it should be borne in mind that great advances have been made during the last few able teachers, generous endowments, admirable labora- tories, costly instruments of experiment and observa- tion, aud extensive collections in the various branches of natural history, have been established in different parts of the country, ‘The United States Military Academy should not be be- hind the best in any respect. wer the ex! ence of the world has shown to be of value in such an insutution should be promptly adopted. The officers and teachers should have ample opportunity to mai tain relations of friendly intercourse with the officers and teachers of kindred establishments ; and the govern- ment should provide the pecuniary means which will enable the academy, in all the progressive branches of the land, Mathematics,—The Board were favorably impressed by the scholarship displayed in these examinations, known pre-eminence, and the departments of applied are likewise very good, Engineering.—The Board are of the opinion that the | subject of “military engineering and the seience of wur’’ is of so much importance as to require the undi- vided attention of a professor, who should have the time and the opportunity to keep acquainted with the progress of his department in this and in other countries, They are also of opinion, in view of the Jarge number of persons who are trained at West Port for civil life, or who are likely to be engaged in the ser- Vice of the government as civil engineers, Uat greater | prominence in the course of Instruction should be given to civil engineering. It should be remembered that army engineers are employed upon the survey | ot the lakes, the improvement of interior rivers and the construction of public works in different parts of the country. The Board accordingly recommend that the proiessorsbip of en- gincering be divided, and that “civil engineering” be given to one chair and “military science and the art of war” to another, ‘The day has already come when bet- ter rooms ure requisite tor the department of natural the authorities the preparation of plans for such a structure or structures us will meet the requirements of these important sciences, Geology, &c.—It seems to the Board also that, in con- sideration of the number of army oillivers who are sent to the frontier and to regions comparatively unex- plored, more attention should be given to the sciences ‘of geology, mineralogy and natural history, It is quite _ douvtiul Whether more time can be allowed to these studies in the appomted curriculum, but the generous and skilful building up of collections in natural history ‘and geology would awaken in many of the cadets an in- | terest in these studies, and would cuable many of the ollicers connected with the academy to prosecute their studies in this direction, Drawing.—It seems to the Board desirable that more | attention should be paid to the various departments of What is sometimes called instrumental drawing, includ- ing topographical, architectural and mechamical draw- ing. Elementary freehand drawing is likewise itpor- tant; but it seems to the Board that the time given to landscapes und to oil and water colors should be di- inimished if not entirely devoted to other subjects, Law.—The examination in this study was creditable alike to the teacher and the class, The instructions have Ot been restricted Lo a text book, but have been carried ou by means of informal lectures and exercises, in which recent and interesting decisions on questions pertaining to the action of the army and to international law were | brought forward for consideration, The Board are of opnuon that the instructions of this chair are of the highest importance, and that the professorship should pe permanent. Engiish.—The Board recommend that the study of Englst be pursued at intervals through the entire cours® Upon 4 Plan similar to that now adopted in several of the best colleges of the country, and accord- ‘ingly they Te€Ommend that a professor of English be appointed t9 lve instruction m the history, structure and use of the English language and in its literature. er would doubtless devise a series of dis- exercises in writing and in the training of the | Every cadet should certainly have sufficient n to make hii exact and ready in reports, orders and official siate- voice. practice with his the preparation o} ments, French and Spanish.—The Board are of the opinion | that the professorships of Freneh and Spanish might be united and made a professorship of modern languages, | With such instructorships attached to it as may be con- sidered requisite. It is hardly probable that the suggestion will be car- | ried out, although the Secretary of War will, as usual, ask its adoption by the next Congress, However, if it should be carried out the present professor of French | could not be appointed, as he is not thoroughly ac- quainted with the Spanish language, DISCIPLINE AND GENERAL POLICE. The disciplineWf the cadets is fully maintained at the high standard essential to the institution and which has been its characteristic feature for many years. The po- sition of the cadet, as defined in the practice of the academy rather than by any positive law or regulation, is somewhat anomalous, For certain purposes he is an “enlisted man,”’ and occasion is thus Given to such ofti- cers as choose to do it to treat hia in all social respects as acommon soldier, This is, undoubtedly, a narrow and detective view. The cadet ix a prospective officer, and his education is wholly intended to tit him for the duties of an officer, and it is neither just to him nor | proiitable to the service to limit him durimg bis train- ing to the social position enforced by military etiquette upon the common soldier. As a future’ officer he is en- titled to those influences which tend to make him a | gentleman, and not least among these is the influence of cultivated and retined society. The Board are of opinion that theso influences can be extended to a very considerable degree without any prejudice to th rigid discipline. The existing routine offers no p for general good conduct, and might be so extended as to make the privilege of ass tion with the officers | and their families at the posta reward for honorable conduct and an evidence of trustworthiness, Such | privilege would necessarily be conditioned upon good | | conduct, and its withdrawal should follow upon failure | of the cadet to preserve the reputation upon Which it is, dependent, DieT—tHk PURVEVORSIP. All of the expenses of the mess hull and of provie | similar high carnival in this country has long been agitated by the North of olden times. These festivals are to be held in various quarters of the country, but that which 1% is proposed to hold in the Union Hill Schuetzen Park will probably be the grandest of all, It will commence to-morrow morning and be continued until Friday evening. Many thousands of persons are expected to visit the grounds, From Baltimore, Philadelphia aud numerous cities of the West several persons have already arrived at Hobo- ken for the purpose of witnessing the first grand Plattdeutsches Volks-Fest ever the United States, Immense tents Deen erected and a model farmbouse constructed, and 150 men ranged behind counters will dispense the ice viands of Fatherland, as well as emoked eels, pretzels and foaming pots of amber lager, fresh and cool. The tents and the dense foliage will be sufficient , to shield the multitude from rain or sunshine, All | kinds of games will be in order—rope-walking, ring- riding, playing at the merry-go-round, &e,, being fa- | The iwusical arrangements are in lore Weber, At night tireworks | will be displayed amid the glare of hundreds of Chinese | lanterns and a ring of calcium lights encircling a | balloon at a height uwbove the purk. All the | festivities peculiar to kindred affairs in Germany are to be renewed, The formal opening of the festival avill take place with a procession of about 5,000 men from New York and the vicinity, who, after parading through tropolis, will proceed in military. style vo the Sehuetzen grounds. The whole affair is to be under the Management of Georg and a strorg force of ‘ the revellers, Special | je with car and ferry com- Hities of Tuesday's d by the erection of # monu- the celebrated Low German panies to ine proceedings will be went wo Frits Reuter, writer, THE MISSISSIPPI JETTIES, ‘The Board of Engineers met again yesterday and re- sumed the consideration of the plans of Captam Eada, for improving the South Pass of the Mississippi! They recommended some modification of the shape or loca- tion of th t jetty, toward the sea end, and coneur- bet b the jetties of y also expr the opinion that it is ange the ends of the jetties thas the elly shall overlap the lead of the west Th desirable to #0 ai head of the east Jetty at least 200 feet, ND DROWNED. Shortly before eight o'clock yesterday morniug George Wardell, one of the deck hands employed on the fishing smack, Dove of Bay Ridge, L. 1, discovered the body of a man floating in the North River, off pier 26, aud towed it to shore, It proved to be that of a man ubout sixty years ol age, five feet eight inches ip height, smooth face, and dressed in a black voat and vest, tap Jean pantaloons, cheek shirt, plaid under-sbirt, black necktie and Jow shoes, In his pockets were found 40 cents, abandkerchiel, akey, aod areceipt in the name of Richard Mildren, of East Bradley, Penu., for one bundle and chest seat to Mra. Elizabetu Mildren, of Cornwall, Englond, vie New York. The body was removed to the FOU | cooking without adequate inspection. | perishable should be pu | » | admitted that the service and att | sions, supplies and cooking, including salary of pur- | veyor, labors upon the garden, wages of cooks, seul- | hons' ‘attendants aud waiters, are paid by assessments upon the cadets, varying somewhat from month to month, but averaging from $19 to $20 per mouth. All purchases are made by the purveyor, Who is a civilian | named by the superintendent, aud his accounts are examined and audited every two months. The diet is suffieient in amount and in’ variety, but the quality of | some of the articles purchased is far from satisfactory In the judgment of the Board a close and rigid sys of inspection, by officers of experience, of all purchas and supplies “should be enforced, ‘The meats for the cadets are supplied by contract made by the purveyor at the uniform rate of seventeen cents per pound for all kinds, and should never be accepted or used for All other articles of a perishable natufe and which deteriorate rapidly should be treated in the same manner, Articles not hased at first hand whenever and of the best quality, which quality ined by inspection, The sum of $20 each cadet should secure an abundance ety for practicable, per month tro of food of the best quality, and in sufficient vari all reasonable wants, and also fully vover all expenses of skilful preparation and of service and attendance, provided the duty of the purveyor is conscientiously performed by an active, energetic and competent man, and checked and verified by thorough and uniform in: spection. This rate is decidedly higher, so far as tho Bourd can learn, than at any similar institution in the country; and it is only because of the isolated and ©: ceptional situation of West Point that the Board admit so high a charge for this item of expenditure, Under the present purveyor the Bourd are of opinion that the cadet does not receive what he is entitled to forthe amount charged him. It is @ question for con- sideration by the proper authorities whether the system is not defective, and whether it would not | be decidedly better to place the battalic cadets on & different footing by assigning to oflicers detailed from the proper stall corps of the army the duty now per- formed by civilians at the he cadets, It is jdance on the cadets’ mess table is insufficient, One waiter to forty-four cudets is u force inadequate to place the food upon the table with sufficient promptness and rapidity to secure | that it shall be in @ healthful and eatable condition, Without seeking in any respect to introduce habits ap- prowching luxury in the cadets, the Board are of opin jon that @ suflicient for aiters should be em ployed to serve the food f to the tates rapidly and without loss ciully in the se vere weather of the winter, ubstitutia @ staff officer for the purvey ure the ne sary funds for this and othe able improvements. SWIMMING SCHOOL, Both in a sanitary pomtof view and as an essential part of military education the Board recommend the | establishment of a swimming school and the erection | of the proper buildings for that purpose The Hudson River at West Point is a dangerous stream for begin ners, full of eddies and counter-currents, caused by the boldness of ity | md the manner in which the ts into the stream. OMMISSARY—THAT “SHENT PER SHENT.’? Until very rev years to charge the cadets a profit of the cost of all articles purchased to to them from the store, Experie has long sine ystrated that this was far too high a percentay ‘The charge was originally intended to cover the cost of superintending and clerk hire and the expenses of ad ministration of the store, but the accumulated fund has become large enough to 4 for the erection of a tre. | proof store, at u cust of hi 1,000, « stenra laundry and a | stook of n per cent upon mand supplied Years in scientitic education, New institutions, with | eich. After a while Dr. Newmark came up. The Science, to go forward as efficiently as any institution in | The department of pure mathematics maintains its well | | clothing in the dressing room, but upon this occasion, | different from that manifested on previous occasions, | and continued swimming toward the smelting works. | first. . from apoplexy. Ri om for many | fenders, and the whole amount Mathematics, including philosophy and engineering, | te consequence of too much exertion in foreing air superintendent has reduced the rate to four per cent, which is a much nearer approach to justice, THE Ho The committee recommend an addition to the hotel, 0 as to furnish adequate accommodations for the Board ey salione oilicers of the army and the parents of jets, RALSTON’S DROWNING. A young broker, who was swiinming near Ralston, when the latter first went into the water, says:— I saw Mr. Ralston about half-past three o'clock com- ing outof one of the dressing rooms, after he bad taken a shower bath. He looked as cheertul as me: saw nothing unusual in his manner or appearat He entered the water and swam toward an old boat lying about 300 yards in front of the Smelting Works, He is the best swimmer in town. In about fifteen minutes alter he entered the water—he was about hall way be- the #1 eleing. works and the boat—all at once pmed to throw himself over on his side and dive ce or twice, when he was seen no more, The bath- house keeper went to his assistance immediately in a boat. I then entered to dress myself, which I did as quickly as possible. After dressing Iran along the beach and jumped over the fence belonging to the smelting works, and when I arrived on the other side of the works T’ found three or four men rolling Mr, Ralston on a barrel, A great deal of water came out of Doctor and | tried to stimulate artifical bueathing, 1 knelt down and blew into his mouth, # quantity of mucus issuing thereupon trom his nose, The Doctor ejected the air from his body by pressing on his stomach, We inued this for about an hour anda quarter, Meanwhile others were rubbing his hands and feet and limbs with salt and Sand, to irritate the skin, Artificial respiration was also produced by elevating and lowering the arins constantly, The first half hour suc- cess seemed to crown our work, his body getting warm- er and his face recovering some of its natural color, We kopt this treatment up until a French physician ar- rived, who examined him and pronounced him beyond hope, We then ceased our efforts to resuscitate him. My lps and lungs began smarting, and ax [ heard several in the crowd say that Mr. Ralston had taken poison I began to fear that | had been inoculated. 1 then went to Churner, the druggist, Bush street, who said that my symptoms of pain were juto Mr. Ralston’s lungs. ‘Two other boys were bathing at the same time that 1 was, Alfred Funley, a boy, is the person who last saw Mr. Ralston in life’and conscious, The boy was himself entering the water atthe time for a bath, and Mr. Ralston asked him whether the water was cold, Fanley remarked, “No, not very cold; it won't be very cold after you get into it”? /Mr. Ralston plunged in and 8 out a considerable distance, and the boy kept him company, About 100 yards olf shore the boy thought be had proceeded far enough, and, himself turn- ing, shouted to Mr. Ralston to return also, Mr, Rals- ton did not heed the warning, but kept right on, seem- ing to luxuriate inthe recreation, and the boy saw him round the steamer Bullion and pass it, The steamer Was at anchor directly to the north of the lead works, STATEMENT OP THE WIFE OP THE KEEPER OF THE BATU- novsE. Mr, Ralston was in the habit of visiting our bath house at irregular intervals during the last three months, He always reached the bathhouse at about half-past six in the morning. Last Monday he did not arrive until about mine o'clock A. M., which was also the last time he visited the baths until to-day, He never visited the baths in the afternoon. He always rode out on a large black horse. ‘To-day he reached the baths at about hulf-past three P, M., and was perspiring freely, having evidently walked over the high sand hill | back of the smelting works. He went into the dressing room and disroved. His general habit was to leave his after he had disrobed and donned his bathing costume, he brought his clothing to my house and handed it to me with the remark that they contained valuables and to take good care of them, He was in his usual good humor, and joked with me and those present, His appearance was in nowise He entered the water and swam about three hundred yards im a straight line north from the bathhouse, then turned at right angles and swam about the same distance towards the sinciting works, He then turned from the smelting works he ; but I thought he was only ig, which was u favorite pastime of his, But cing that he did not rise { calied imy husband, who immediately went to his relief, but the engineer at | the smelting works succeeded ‘in reaching the body | HOW THE REPORT OF POISONING AROS Acareiul scrutiny of all the refutes the supposition which at first obtained credence that | Mr. Ralston either attempted or contemplated sui- | cide, On the day of the bank failure Mr, Ralston was | us collected and iree from nervousness as it is possible tw imagine any man to be, and he conversed with the reporters quietly and in a perfectly self-posseased tone. He had evidently made up his mind that the crisis mast be faced jn a manly way, and, with much to unnerve him, he carried himself through the ordeal | of communicating the bank’s shattered position with a fortitude truly admirable, Yesterday Mr, Ralston Was at the bank giving all the assistance in his power to aid the investigation that is progressin ¥ a little flurried and worn out with exci had passed the night restlessly, but_ w: rate and courteous in his conversation, and was not averse to | granting audience to visitors, many of whom called at | the bank during the mormng.’ There was nothing in his | manner to warrant the siighest suspicion that the | thought of self-destruction had crossed his mind; and | in the fact that he went to North Beach, as was his cus- — tom, in the afternoon for a bath, there is no rational pund to suppose that he went there otherwise than with the object of enjoying a swim and refreshing him- self, No stroug swimmer, such as Mr. Ralston was, would dream of suicide in this fashion. The probabili- ties ure, as the physic that he was seized with an apoplectic fit, and, losing consciousness, floated with the ude mertly until he was picked up. It is possi- bie that the drowning may have becn «ue to cramps; | but of this the indications are not so apparent as those which su: est apoplexy. Frederic inboni, who reported the occurrence to Richards at the bathhouse, toakes the following state- ment, Which seems to contirm the opinion of the physicians :—I was ont at North Beach taking my daily buth, I saw a man swimming out from the bathhouse, and swimming very strong! He would raise his head out of the water at intervals and shake it to get rid of the water, us a strong swimmer docs, When he got opposite a boat that was floating outside in the water [ saw him jerk his head up and down very quickly, and then [heard a man say, “fhat man is drowning.” I ran to the keeper ofthe bath and told him so, and he said, “Great God! that is William ©. Ralston!” I said, “You get the oars while I shove the boat mto the water."’ The boat was too small for two ,men to go in, so the bathkeeper went alone. Before he got to the body another man had picked it up and was taking it to the end of the North Point wharf when I hailed him, and said, “Bring that man here; he will die before you get hit to the wharf.” He shid, “He is dead already.” I said, “Never mind, bring him here.’ He did so. When the body was landed I Degan to try and restore it according to directions that Thad read,'to be followed in such cases. The heart Deat strongly, and he had a good pulse, We tried for some time, about ten or fifteen minutes, and then his face got blue, and we knew he was dead. | The story that Mr. Ralston had poisoned himself evidently had sts origin in the following circumstance :— ear the spot Where Mr. Ralston put on his bathing dress a boy picked up a bottle containing a dark mix ture. The bottle was examined by a reporter, and was found to contain a cough mixture, Mr. Riebards him- self had thrown itaway, but the incident served asa foundation for the report that Mr. Ralston, before going into bathe, had drank of some lotion’ from a vial, and then going in to bathe hud succumbed to | its effects, THE PHYSICIANS INTERVIEWED. On the evening of the drowning a Call reporter waited upon Dr, Valentive Newmark, who was the first physi- cian at Raiston’s side after was taken from the water, He said:—“T found him helpless, sir, and did everything | to revive him, without avail.” Revowrke—Did he show any signs of life? Puysictas—Noue whatever, Rerorree—What, in your judgment, caused his death ¢ Puysictay—All his symptoms were those of death I y rorTkk—Did he show no signs of having taken Puysictax—I could detect no manifestation of death from that cau: Revorrer—Well, do you think drowning was the cause of his death? | hascome to my house rey Pavsictay—It is possible that he drowned, but not probable, I learned from those who saw him when he Wentin and when he was taken from the bay that he er went under the water, He wus breathing, too, n taken out; hence it is probable that lite could have been restored if there had only been asphyxia to contend with. Revorren—Was there any froth about the mouth, or | other outward signs of internal straggle? ed cl4N—There was a littie froth about the mouth and nos Revorren—Mited with blood, was it? Puysiciax blood; simply’ mue: Jixvonrer—What induces you to believe that he died of apoplexy? ivsiciAN—Well, he had all the symptoms of apo- plectic death, and none of the symptoms of death trom on or drowning, Reroxrek—Would going suddenly into the water hasten apoplexy to one whose mental agitation predis- posed bin to an attack ¢ Paysictay—Yes; the sudden immersing of the lower extremities and body would cause au instant rash of Diood tot wid, and so hasten a shock if oue's predis. ws that Way. ontEk—How long had the body been out of the | when you first saw it? . Vaysiciax—Avout twenty minutes or so, There were gathered about the body some thirty or forty persons. , Dr. Maccart, a French physician, also. residing on Powell street,’ was next visited by the Cald reporter. Kevorrin wuss taki Were you at Mr, Ralston's side when he 1 Out OL the Water this evening? “rr Was, sir, and did all in my power to re- | im. kkvokTER—What did you do and what did you ob- vey Puysiciay—t niployed all artificial means to restore respiration, su Pressing ou his chest, T aw nO symptoms of poison, oe with Dr, Newmark, that dir, Ralston died of apoplexy. Mit. RALSTON’S INEURANCE. The late Mr. Ralston had a large amount of tusurance ou bis lite, stated by insurance imen to aggregate over 00,000, During the war, when gold was selling at 0, Mr. Ralston vent $16,000 in gold to New York on lis own account, which he sold tor $37,600 in legal tnvested im paid (g00ds om hand of about $15,000, The present | up pulicics ou Lis life, in favor of bis Wile and children, | Westervelt brought this letter over to New York and mailed it. | to find out th | hia Lite, Since that time he has taken a number of extra risks, swelling the amount, as before stated, to near er The principal portion of it—$75,000—was taken by the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the balance dis- etween the Equitable, Home and other tupanies, These liens will not be paid by the companies without a severe legal straggle, and it may be years before the family obtain any benefit from it. A stipulation in ull policies provides that a policy, the holder of which commits suede, is null and void by such an act, THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE, of which Mr. Raiston was part owner, was closed last * evening out of respect to the memory of the deceased. Mrs, Lingard, who was to receive a benefit, graciously withdrew her right, and Mr, Barton Hill announced that the play was postponed, MR. RALSTON’S WILL, Mr. Ralston is said to have made bis will yesterday in favor of the creditors of the Bank of California, leaving them all his property, personal and real, Yi Jay morning Mrs. Ralston was with Mra. Fry in excellent spirits, and told her that Mr, Ralston had lain awake until two o'clock that morning conversing with her about their future prospects, He requested herto take out of the house whatever souvenirs or family relies she need intended to hahd over begin the battle of lite anew, CHARLEY ROSS. AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH SUPERIN- TENDENT WALLING—MRS. MOSHER DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE CHILD IS—HER ANXIETY TO ¥IND HIM—MR, AND MRS. WESTERVELT'S IGNORANCE—THE PROBABLY DARREN RESULT OF WESTERVELY’S TRIAL. * Puitapetrnia, Sept. 4, 1875, Police Superintendent Walling, of New York, prob- ably knows more about the Charley Ross mystery than any other police official, It was in the latter part of July, 1874, the month of the abduction, that he first had his suspicion drawn to Mosher and Douglass ag being the probable guilty ones, and from that time until their sudden death at Bay Ridge, at the close of that year, he and his subordinates were looking for them, ‘The police have been censured in the most unmeasured terms for their want of success, The public must have @ scapegoat m a case of this kind, and abuse of the detectives is therefore alwayg cheap and fashionable, That ghey were in some meas. ure blamable for lack of vigilance 1s true, but it may fairly be questioned whether it is not our whole de tective system, rather than the individuals who com- pose it, that deserves such wholesale denunciation, WHAT SUPERINTENDENT WALLING SAYS, ‘The Superintendent left for New York last evening, having finished his evidence in the trial of Westervelt yesterday afternoon, Before his departure the Hxratp correspondent had a long talk with him in regard to the kidnapping of the child and how far Westervelt was concerneyl in it as an accessory either before or after the act. “I have no objection to talk about the case now,” said he, “but before I had given my testimony in court I steadily refused to say a word.” This was literally true, for since his arrival in this city he had been besieged by about a hundred local reporters, to whom his invariable reply was, ‘I don’t know.” MES, MOSHER’S STATEMENT. “The Herato’s interview with Mrs, Mosher,” sald the Chief, “I believe to be true, It is just as she always talked to me, But a better reason for thinking so IT have in the fuct that Mr. Ross's visit to her a day or two before is alluded to. Now, nobody knew of this except herself, Mr. Ross and the police. But if the article gives any one the idea that she knows where Charley Ross is it isa mistake, She cannot say with any certainty that the child will be restored to its pa- rents, for she does not know where he is. You may be perfectly certain (with emphasis) that if Mrs. Mosher knew where Charley Ross was we would have known, and the child would have been immediately restored te its parents.” ‘The writer said that the popular belief was that she knew more than she would tell, and asked ff any injus- tice had been done to her in so believing. MES, MOSHER AIDING THE POLICE, “It is certainly bad,” he replied. ‘I am sure that | Mrs. Mosher is very anxious for the return of the child. T have been in constant communication with her. She edly. She has come ta see me at my residence in the middie of the night, ery- ing and distressed, and said, ‘Mr. Walling, I oannot p from thinking of that child. T cannot’but think it might be one of my own and that I might be in its poor other's place.’ She told me that if ever she gets the | slightest hint as to where it is concealed, if it 1s alive, she will come to tell me of it no matter what time of day or night it may be, She has begged me to let her know the instant we find it, saying that she cannot rest until it is Reo She is willing to help us in every way, aud I am sufe she knows nothing of its place of con- cealment,”” ‘Doss abe think it is alive?” “Yes, she thinks itis, as a great many oth do; but she knows nothing about it. "she pein knows her husband would noe have killed it.”” , HIS OPINION OF WESTERVELT, “Mr. Walling, you had abundant opportunity to stud; Westervelt’s character, What do “you think of him ve he or does he know where Charley Ross was hid- den!” “I do not believe that Westervelt ever knew where Charley Ross was Further than this, I don’t think that Mrs. Mosher ever did, or that even Douglass knew, her was not a man to trust anybody. Douglass had given him away once, and I don’t think Mosher would trust him again. Mosher himself took care of the child and kept the secret of its hiding place to him- self.” “As to Westervelt’s character, I“think him tobe @ cunning fellow, but not very strong. He would not have nerve enough to assist. Mosher in the kidnapping, and was afraid of him, He would not give Mosher up, partly because he was his brother-in-law, partly be: cause of his fear of him, and perhaps,” iticantly, “for other reasons, He did finally profess willingness to catch Douglass for us; but I don’t believe he was willing to do that either,’ He wanted the reward, but was either afraid to work for itor thought he could make more from the men.” “Did he give you much information of value when you were looking for Mosher and Douglass 9” CARKYING WATER ON HOTH SHOULDERS. », Lnever found his information of any use It was always too late, Iam satisfied that whenever he did tell us anything he had either warned them before- hand or knew it came too late to_ harm them. For instance, he knew where Mosher and Douglass lived ‘in Philadelphia just before the abduction, and where the horse “and wagon were hired, and yet he did not tell me until months after, although he was professing todo all he could te heip' me. Of his three days’ visit to Rondout, with Douglass and Mosher, he never told me atall. He did tell me once that the men had a clipper-built boat, and when I inquired I found they had sold it, Everything he gave me was too late to ‘be of use, He was in com- municat with the men, but was very anxious that he himself should not be watched, Whenever he told me the men frequented certain places and I had them watched they iinmediately stopped coming. They often came to Stromberg’s salaoon, on Mott street, 1 und out and Thad that place watched, Westervelt recognized the officer, was very indignant, and Mosher aud Douglass never came there again.” MRS, WESTERVELT, “How about Mrs. Westervelt?”” “She knows nothing whatever about the child and never did. They cannot convict her as an accessory, whatever they may do to her husband, She came over here to be tried voluntarily, by my advice. She came to me to ask me about it, I told Westervelt te come over when he came to me last April I advised him that it would look better for him to go voluntarily than to wait for a warrant of requisition,” THE RESULT OP WESTRRVELT'S TRIAL, “Do you think Westervelt will be convicted ?? “f suppose they might convict him as an accessory after the fact, I believe itis called, for concealing in- formation. They certainly cannot find him guilty as a conspirator to abduct the child, nor do I see how his trial will throw any light on the child’s fate, There are several points that the District Attorney did not bring out in taking my testimony, One was about THE LETTER OF JUNK 26, 1874. This was the ,letter Bill Mosher wrote to the woman at the Rondout Lighthouse, enclosing a bill for a boat he repaired for her, It Was written by Mosher in Vhiladelphia on the 26th of June, but dated in New York on the 26th, where an answer was to be sent, Mosher enclosing an addressed envelope, had written his assumed name of ‘Wilham Hen rick: This letter I obtained. It was valuable ag jy that it was written by the same Hand that wrote anot us letters to Mr. Ross. The handwriting was precisely the same, I remember one peculiarity m particular, “In the small ‘Us’ in the let tr the writer, instead of tinishing them at the bottom by a stroke to the right, had turned them under to ft, All the ‘vs’ in. the Ross letters had this sam showing couclusiv peculiarity. I sent this letter over to Philadelphia; but it was among other things that the District At torney did not question me about.” In concluding the conversation, the Chief expressed again his opinion, with emphusis, that Mrs, Mosher does not know Where the child is, and that the trial of Westervelt will not result in convicting him us one of the abductors. . ‘The great object which the District Attorney and the merchants aud citizens who compose what may be called a Charley Ross committee have in view in trying this man Westervelt is not so much tw punis fate of the stolen child: and to as they very generally think that it dows, ‘ling’s opinion “that the trial will not result in this disclosure 1s important, and the more so from the fact that it is corroboraied by the views of other police viticials in this eity, who baye devoted Hime aud thought to the cas A WONDERFUL ESCAPE, While Jacob Schillerman, a sailor, was working at the Mssthead of a steamer at the Ragle Dock yesterday he Jost his balance and was falling, with a certainty & meet instant death, when he caught ata rope, and, seizing it with a death grasp, slid down softl deck. His baud was terribly burned, bu the saved