The New York Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1875, Page 4

‘4 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESD PROSPECT PARK PAIR GROUNDS. |< igre | First Day of the Third Annual | Running Meeting. EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE AND FINE SPOR. Mir. George Langstaff's Coronet, Freebooter and Countess the Winners. Tho third annual running meeting at the Prospect Park Fair Grounds opened brilliantly yesterday. Such favorable accessories as beautiful weather large attend ance and sport of gn exciting character were vouchsafed it, Very far these went to stamp the occasion with that interest and success which are always gratifying to the” managers of a racing association. Only limited encour- agement in the past has been extended to similar re- Anions here—a fact provoking much remark, as every pue knows that in this vicinity a creditable racing meeting invariably produces pleasant comments and the desire of thousands is to be present. There were good reasons, perhaps, why the running contests at Prospect Park last year and that of the year before re teived but little attention from the turf community. The shief of these was the indifferent field of horses com peting for the purses hung up; but greater than this were the meagre accominodations offered to reach the Park with economy and in anytt like decent time. Phis to the residents of New York was a serious draw back. Though within ancagy distance of the metropo: lig, it required a long, tedious and at times insufferably dusty ride to reach the track and much greater annoy - Mees to return, A journey by the horse cars to the Park always soured the visitors compelled to make it, to that the enthusiasm of the early morning would in- variably be dispelled before the sport of the day com- menced, And if the tiresome horse cars were desired w be avoided a carriage ride involved an outlay of many dollars, Much of this has been enanged, and yesterday's crowds decidedly indorsed the accommodations now ex isting to reach the grounds. The innovation smacks of rapid transit, 1t is the introduction of a steam route trom Greenwood to Coney Island, passing the gates of the Park, which brings it within that economic distance which its location and beauty deserve. Now a fide of httle over forty-five minutes from Hamilton ferry takes you within the enclosure. Horse cars transport you to Greenwood by a short route, and with a close con- nection ten minutes thereafter will suffice for the rest of the journey. The ride is not unpleasant. It is de- tidedly rural Farm houses are on every hand, and around them fields of waving corn and extensive veg: etable gardeiis, while now and then cottages of archi- tectural beauty, and occasionally of some pretension to size, mark the way and render the ride attractive. ‘Another reason why Prospect Park shad more patrons yesterday than ever before at the opening of a running meeting is that better fields of horses were engaged to tontest in the several events. Heretofore very in- different thoroughbreds appeared ou the track, and it 1s too well known to repeat here that, whatever the at- tractions of a track are, it will avail nothing if horses of some reputation are not present and appear. The turf-loving public 1s not easily deceived, and it demands ‘the worth of its money at all times. Creditable per- formances marked yesterday's races, When the bell Summoned the jumpers to the track the gathering was very fair in numbers and in quality. The balcony of the nandsome and commodious club house was iilled with elegant ladies, who preferred the jaunt to the track in their own car. riages rather than in the quicker way by the steam cars, and on the grand stand there was also a hberal sprinkling of the fair sex. The loud buzz which proceeded from these as the horses faced the starter, and the murmurs of satisfaction or disappoint- ment over the result of each contest, were not the least of the interesting incidents of the day. Around the pool stands the usual excitement pre- vailed. It is approaching that season of the year when the betting fraternity take deep interest in all turf events, as it will not be many months before the snow fies, “and every possible chance of augmenting their winnings "is eagerly embraced before period of the year. The opening event yester: ave rise to much speculation, Three of the orses were so well thought of by the assem- Dlage they brought nearly even terme to the pools, and so carnest was the desire to invest that there ‘was & good deal of fun incident to whatis generally very serious business. Altogether the pool stands and their surroundings were not devoid of interest. ‘Some excitement other than the betting attended the hurdle race. It was that not unusual occurrence in these events as in steeplechasing, where the danger of a horse falling or rider thrown gives zest to the enjoy- mishaps are expected in these races, and the spectators yesterday were not disappointed. ' The rider of Mr. Hitchcock’s chestnut filly Busy Bee was unseated at the first hurdie, and luckily escaping injury, greater interest than perhaps would have marked its decision was thus given it, particularly by the ladies present. And when the rideriess horse made the journey with the others and took the leaps with them there was considerable excitement. This in sident, added to the character of the struggle, made aurdie race the feature of the day, except, perhaps, that the three eveuts were captured by horses belonging to the same owner. Such a wholesale sweep seldom oc- curs. There wasn’t a single hitch in the arrangements, and Captain Connor deserves commendation for the ex- ‘vellent manner in which he filled the position of starter. Atan early hour the last race had been decided, and with the same comfort that the crowd had reached the Park they found their way to the ferries. All in all, the openig day of the running meeting of this associ- ation gives promise of continued good sport, and as the Attractions of to-morrow, the second day, and of Sat- urday, the wind up of the mecting, are of ‘an excellent sharacter, the attendance must be very satisfactory. THE RACING. ‘The track was in most excellent condition for fair time, as the record made below exhibits. The weather, too, was favorable for racing, and a fine day’s sport was anticipated by all who attended the Park. Three races were on the ecard, the first being a hurdle race of two miles, with eight flights; the second, a dash of three- quarters of a mile, between two-year-olds, and the third Was mile heats, Six horses were entered for the first event, five of which came to the post These were A. H. Torrence’s day horse @foonstone, by Asteroid, dam Alabama, aged, carrying 158 Ibs; Jo. Donahue’s bay geld- ing Cariboo, by Lexington, dam Alice Jones, 6 years old, 151 Ibs; George Langstaff’s bay gelding Coronet, by Jonesboro, dam Garland, 5 years old, 151 ‘bs; M. Byrnes’ chestnut filly, by Censor, dam un- tuown, 4 years oid, 145 Ibs., and L. A. Hitcheock’s chest- aut filly Busy Bee, by War Dance, dam Laura Spillman, § yeura old, 145 lbs. Moonstone sold for first choice in the lust pool, Coronet for second choice, Cariboo third tm favor, The race was very interesting, and was wou by Coronet by a short head, Moonstone second, Cariboo third, Busy Bee threw her rider before running 100 yards, which ended her chances for either of the prizes. Coronet was a good hurdier aud st chaser early in the spring of the year, but after the Baltimore races he was taken With a disease resembling distemper, trom Which he is just now recovering. He is a powerful capital jamper, with # rare turn of speed. He tevembles his sire in many ways, and 1s very likely to be just as yood a steeplechase and hurdle horse. The second race was a dash of three-quarters of a mile, for two-year olds, for a purse of $200, For tt there were four starters, rising Jo, Dou 's buy filly Mollie Carew, by > sett, dam Chignon; George Langstail’s bay cvit wouer, by Keutucky, dam imported Felucca; M. Byrnes’ chestnut ¢, oy Hamburg, dam by Breckenridge; and colt Woodland, by Brown Dick, cock's ba dum Woodvine. Freebooter was a great favorite, selling for more than all the others together in the pools, He Non a very easy race, Mollie Carew being second and Woodbine a good third, The winner. was rece} dir. » he having owned hat geutien horses that have beeu alinost gi Belmont, will, like ather people The third race was mile beats, and had for starters Beorge Lauyeuil’s vay wily Coun by Kentucky, fam Lady Iiessington, 4 years ol y Wyndham, by Hampton old, L.A. Hitchcock's brown H., by second Dauiel Boone, dam Mi pid, and Julia Coffee's brown horse Lt dam La Vicume, 6 years old E98 eat favorite, selling ‘in the pools for three to the field. “in the pools, after the first leat, which wae wou by Countess, she was left out of the bet- ang, aud then I, F. Carver’ was favorite at two to one wer Wyndbam and Lutetia H. Countess won the race p three straight beats, H. F. Carver second, Wyndham isa Winner in bis Urst rac wee aud Scratch, wake lots of money tor Lutetia am filly shird. The following are the detaiis:— THE FIRST RACK, A two miles, over vigit; purse, $400; $300 to the fires, $79 to the second aud $25 vo tie Luird Lorse. STARTERS Jeorge Langstaif’s b. b Coronet, by Jou ‘land, Bye boro, darn Gari rs old, 164 tbs. (Midgeley)........... 1) playing wae the score at the begmning A. H. Torrence’s b. li, Moonstone, by Asteroid, dam of the ninth faniag Waa 6to 6. Ig this inning, how- Al a 168 Ibs, (Murphy).......--+.....46 2 ever, the Hoboken Glub disputed a decision of the um- fo. Donabue's b. bi, Cariboo, Ly Lexingtou, dam pire and left the field, The game was therefore decided ‘Alice Jones, 6 years old, 164 Vom (Maney)... & | In favor of the Alaska Club by a score of 9 0 O [ to dam Laura Spilman, 4 years old, 146 Ibs, A. Lak fand,....... seees Time, 3:56, THY BETTING, third, Coronet fourth, the Censor filly fifth, Busy Bee as she went over the first hurdle struck the rails and soon afterward threw her mder, Al Lakeland, and then run after the other horses, keepimg company with them for three-quarters of mile, Going to the second hurdle, which was stationed bout 100° yards be- youd the quarter pole, Cariboo was leading, the Censor ond, Coronet third, Moonstone fourth, As the passed the halt Coronet led four mad, two lengths ahead of Moonsto tourth, she having dropped suddenl; t vend, Atthe third hurdle, the half and hs, Cariboo one, Who Was three filly. The horses rac homestreteh, jumped the fourth hurdle Cariboo had’ a trifle the “best of it; byt as he ped he swerved — considerably to the right, Coronet second, Moonstone — close up. Coronet) then took the lead and was first at the stand by half a length, Cariboo second, Moonstone third, the filly far behind, As the horses passed over the fifth hurdie Coronet, on the inside, Jumped the hurdle, but Cariboo took the section of the hurdle that was down aud had no ) stone two lengths behind, the Bliy practically out of the Running around the u er turn the horses alternated several times with the lead, and as they the sixth hurdle Moonstone led by ond, a length and a balf horses then ran their best ping to de, Moon- howing a disposition to sulk At the seventh hurdle Moonstone led one , Coronet second, a length in front of Cariboo, nning from there to the three-quarter pole, Coronet showed in front, Moonstone second, Cariboo two shind, When the horses jumped the eighth pustone and Coronet were head and head, and z me on under Whip and spur until ‘they massed under the wire, it being very doubtful to the spectators which was tke winner, ‘They, how- were soon enlightened by the announcement that et was first, Moonstone sevond, Cariboo third; the latter being about two lengths behind the leaders, The Censor fly was a quarter of a mile behind, Time, 3:56, THE SECOND RACK. nse $200; $150 to first, to the second; for two-year-olds; three-quarters of a mile; the winner of any Stake at Jerome Park, Long Bratich or Saratoga Tibs, extra STARTERS. George Langstaf’s bac. Freebooter, by Kentucky, dam imp. Felucca (Donahue) aig Jo Donahue’s b. f, Mollie Carew, by Narragansett, dam Chignon (Reynolds)...... cdcguanh 2 W. R. Babeock’s b. ¢. Woodland, by Brown Dick, Gam Woodbine (Slade). ...... eh 3 M. Byrne's ch. e. King Bee, by Hamburg, dam by Breckenridge (Fuzgerald). \.eees sevens aha Time, L:194g. Tuk herring. Freebooter. 200 250 200 380 Mollie Car 70 30 45 7 Woodla 10 100 40 King Bee FS gu 80 paid $3 20, THE RACK. Mollie Carew and Freebooter jumped away side and side, Woodland third, Kiug Bee fourth, The start was good, but the two last named were slow in moving olf. Mollie Carew and Freebooter ran locked together to the hult-mile pole, Freebooter just having his head in tront at that point, Mollie Carew’ second, eight lengths in ad- vance of Woodland, the latter three lengths ahead of King Bee, Freebooter and Mollie Carew sailed around the lower turn aud into the homestretch, when Free- booter came away aud won the race by three lengths, Moliie Carew sceond, three lengebs in advance of Wood- laud, King Bee a bad fourth. ‘Time, 1:19.44. THE THIRD RACK. Purse $400; $300 to the first; $100 to the second; mile heats, for all ages. The Paris Mutuel STARTERS, George Langstaff’s b. m. Countess, by dan Lady Blessington, 4 years old (Donahue) i John Coffee's Bik. h. FB, ‘by ‘Lightning, dain La Victime, 5 years old, 114 Ibs. (Webb)... E, Suthile’s b, g. Wyndham, by Hampton Court, dam Echo, 4 years old (McKee)... 3 L.A. Hitchcock's br. £ Lutetia H., Daniel Boone, dam Meanness, 105 Ibs. Kentucky, 105 Ibs, by Second (Hai Field . The Paris Mutuels. pal $6 15 on the second. 4a. heat and al 4 10 on the first THE RACE. First Heat.—Countess was away first, B. F. Carver second, Lutetia H. third, Wyndham fourth—the latter being inclined to sulk: Countess led half a length around the upper tan, B. F. Carver second, two lengths in front of Lutetia H., Wyndham fourth,’ close up to the latter. At the quarter pole Countess led one length, B. F. Carver second, one length in advance of Wyndham, the latter about the same distance ahead of Latetia H. Wyndbain soon afterward took second pice and forced Countess down the backstretch, the Jatter being but half a length in the lead at the half-mile pole Wynd- ham second, two lengths in front of B. F. Carver, who was six lengths in advance of Lutetia H. “Countess was haifa length ahead of Wyndham along the lower stretch, and passed the three-quarter pole with about that advantage, Windham second, B. F, Carver two lengths further off, Lutetia bringing up the rear several lengths behind. When the horses entered the home stretch B. F. Carver made a desperate effort to overtake Countess, when Wyndham was taken in hand. Count- e ve home an easy winner by three lengths, B. F. Carver second, five lengths in advance ot Wyndham, the latter five head of Lutetia H. Time, 1:46. ‘Second Heat,—Wyndham was first away, Countess second, B, F, Carver third, Lutetia H. fourth, Going around the upper turn Countess went to the front and led one length at the quarter pole, B. F. Carver second, a neck in front of Wyndham, who was three-quarters of a length in advance of Lutetia H. On the back stretch Countess opened the gap to two lengths, but B. F, Carver closed up the daylight at | the _half- mile pole, and the filly passed that point leading one length under a pull, Carver # neck in front of Wyndham, the latter three lengths in ad vance of Lutetia H.' At the three-quarter pole Countess wo lengths, Wyndham second, a neck ahead of Car- ver, the latter eight lengths ahead of Lutetia H, Coun- tess came on leisurely, pricking her ears all the way up the homestretch, and won the heat and race by four lengths in 1:46, B, ReCarver second, a neck in front of Wyndham; Lutetia H. distanced. And this closed the first day at Prospect Park Fair Grounds. ‘ LEXINGTON RACES. HAZEN WINS THE FIRST AND VAGRANT THE SEC- OND RACE. Lxxixotoy, Ky., Sept. 7, 1875. The following are the summaries of the races over the Kentucky Association Course to-day :— First Racr,—Purse $350; $200 to first horse and $50 pad; mile heats, Tnomas’ ch f. Hazen. » Be ie Gilman & Bros.’ br, ¢. Glenable, o 122 Robinson, Morgan & Co.’s b. ¢, Millionnaire. 3 3dr J. A. Grinstead’s g. g. Light Coin 4 dis. Williams & Owings’ b. c. Fair Play 5 dis. Time, 1 "$25 each, p. p., $350 out of the stakes; Colt stakes for two-year-o added; second colt to receive § thr 8. J. Nichols’ b. g. Vagrant J.B. Randall & Co.'s b, ¢, The Nipper Williams & Owings’ b,c, Melnotte. The following horses not placed Kee chards? ch, ¢. Bazar. &. J. Megibben’s ch. g. Goldsburg. D, Swigert’s b. ¢, Berlin, D. Swigert’s b. ¢, Bombay, D. Swigert’s b. c. Madrid, by Lexington. ‘Time, 1:18, THE BOSTONS AGAIN BEAT THE ATLANTICS, These two clubs pin game on the Union afternoon, when the Boston champions again won with ease by the appended score:— nostos. ATLANTIC. RABP. AE. RABP. A, Wright, 220 1 woe OS 8 6 Barnes, 1 0 dy, 1b. 0 O16 O Leonard, Lf 0 1 6.1202 O' Rourke,c. 1 2.002 6 MeVey, 1b 2 %. 0012 Beals, r. © Pabor.Lf..1 2 2 0 White, 3 2 Knowdell, e689 Sehafer, 3b. 1 3 2 0 O'Neil, p oo12 Manuing, p. 1 0 0 1 2 Martin,cf1 11021 Clubs. th, Gth. Tth, 8th, th, Bowton 141 2 S16 0 1 1.00001 OS ‘ minutes, First base by errors—Boston, 6; Atiandic, 6 Runs earned—Boston, 7; Atlantic, 0. This afternoon the Mutual and Boston clubs will play their tenth and last game together on the Union Grounds. Nelson, of the Mutuals, has been retired, and Hicham, inte of the Chicago Club, has been engaged as second baseman for the remainder of the season. Whitney, 1 stop of the Amateur Live Oaks, of Lynn, Mass., has been engaged by the manager of the Boston Club for next season’s nine, HOBOKEN VS, ALASKA. A game boken and ed their second championship | ounds, Williamsburg, yesterday | was ‘day afternoon by the Ho- as on the Elysian Fields, The ole ie ea IC am taknows, & Youre || PIGEON SHOOTING AT NEWPORT. L. A. Hitchcock's ch, f Busy Bee, by War Dance, : Newport, R. L, Sept., 7, 1875. A match for $600 was shot for at Narragansett Club to-day with the following result: — 4.4 Chronet, 2 50 65. | _ E. W. Davis, 29 yards :—1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 0, 1, Cariboc a. So eo MIRE RAL hs.6 CREA 2d 2S Moonst Sa WLLL ELELLLLLLL Ee heh be in | Cena 7™ nh B 16; P. Grand:—0, 1, 1, 1, 0 1, | THR RACK. | oh bh hee | Cariboo was first away, Busy Bee second, Moonstone | > | byt class, furnished by Ira A. Paine, A CARD FROM IRA A. PAINE. Nuwrorr, Sept. 4, 1875. To rux Eviror oy THe HeRaLp;— 1 do not propose to discuss the recent letter of Cap- tain A. H. Bogardus, which you published, in reference to pigeon shooting. I will simply state that his propo: sition to shoot a match at Fleetwood on Wednesday next is absurd, because he well knows it is impossible to procure two hundred good birds by that time, Every geuticman interested in the sport Knows this also, Let him accept my proposition or declare that he 1s afraid to meet a good man with good birds for a reasonable stake, If Mr, Bogardus refuses to meet me at Balti- more the gentlemen of this country will regard him in the same light as the gentlemen of England now regard lim with reference to Mr. Wallace. might not_meet the best meu in England, but Ido dare Mr, Bogardus to meet me. IRA A. PAINE. CREEDMOOR. THE INFANTRY OF THE FIRST DIVISION, NATION- AL GUARD, CONTENDING FOR THE MAN'S BADGE. The following named regiments, from the First, Sec” ond and Third Infantry brigades of the First division of the National Guard, were out yesterday at Creed- moor, to shoot at 200 and 500 yards for the Marks- man’s Badge:— THR FIRST BRIGADE. The Twelfth regiment, forty-five officers and men, under Captain Burns, Adjutant Murphy acting as instructor of rifle practice; Twenty-second regiment, sixty men, commanded by Captain Styles, Major Loomis as inspector of rifle practice; Sixty-ninth regiment, five men, under Captain Carten; Seventy-first regiment, twenty-seven men, Lieutenant Hoffman in command, and Captain Orser inspector of rifle prac- tice; Seventy-ninth regiment, twenty-eight men, Cap. tain Clark in charge, Captain Ross inspector of rifle practice. THE SECOND BRIGADE. ‘The Fifth regiment, twenty-two men, Captain Kross in charge, and Captain Bruer inspector of rifle prac- tice; Eleventh regiment, sixteen men, under Lieutel ant Lurch, with Captain Brimdis as rifle 1 spector; Eighty-fourth regiment, twenty-two men, Captain McCready in command, and Captain Ackerman instructor of rifle practice; Ninety-sixth regiment, twelve men, under Captain Rodenberg, who also acted ‘a8 inspector of rifle practice. THE THIRD BRIGADE. The Seventh regiment, forty-five men, at the orders of Captain C. F. Roobins, regimental inspector of rifle practice; Eighth regiment, eighty-five men, commanded by Captain Barker, inspector of rifle practice, The Ninth and Fifty-titth regiments having ppleted their scores on Monday bad no detachments on the field, ‘rhe men who made twenty-live points out of a possible fifty became entitled to the distinguishing badge as marksmen. The Fifth regiment had five men who qualified as marksmen; the Eighth, thirty-three; the Eleventh, twelve; the Twelfth, twenty-nine; the’ Sev- enty-first, eleven; the Seventy-ninth, twenty; the Eighty-fourth, nine, and the Ninety-sixth six men. The inspectors of rifle practice from the First and Second divisions were out shooting. Major General Shaler, General Woodward, Adjutant. General Town- send, Gonerals Vilmar and Varian, Colonel Wingate, Lieutenant Colonel C. B, Mitchell, Colonel Valentine and other well known officers were out on duty. THE WATKINS REGATTA, THE CONDITION OF THE WATER UNFAVORABLE, AND THE RACES POSTPONED. ‘Waris, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1875. There has been a strong westerly wind blowing all day, and the water was so rough that the races are postponed until to-morrow morning. The town has been filling very fast, and the hotels are getting out their cots, as bedrooms are all full. The exciting event of the regatta will be the professional single sculls, Gil Ward is going to pull instead of Ellis, and will have to meet John Biglin, Kilsby and Powell of Pittsbury. To-morrow, after the junior single and the pair oar, there will be the senior single seulls, for which J Riley, Neptunes; Robinson, Union Springs, and Francis, of Corneil, will compete. Several of the scullers that row in the junior single will also start, The four-oar have the Siars, of Rochester; Union Springs, of Union Springs; Watkins, of Watkins, and Senecas,’ of Seneca Falls, The six oared race will have three starters, Cor- nell University, Cornell Ereshmen and Watkins, ATALANTA VS. ARGONAUTA, The four-oared shell raco for the amateur cham- pionship of America, between the crews of the Ata- lanta Boat Club, of this city, and the Argonauta Rowing Association, of Bergen Point, N, J., will take place this afternoon on the Kill von Kull, The dis- tance is three miles straight away, and will be rowed with the tide, Both clubs will be represented by the same four that appeared in the regattas at Sara- toga and Troy, the New York oarsmen using their old boat, while the “Argys” have a new Fearon, which they like extremely. The steamer Northtield, chartered by the Argonautas for the accommodation of their friends, will leave pier 18 North River at 3:15 P, M., sharp, and will accompany the racing shells ov the course. YACHTING NOTE. ‘The fall regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club, of Boston, will be sailed on Monday, 13th inst., from Swampscott Bay. The prizes will be:—For the first class schooners, $125; for the second class, $75; for first class sloops, 75, and for second class sloops, $50, A prize of $75 will also be given the first yacht home, whether schooner or sloop, without time allowance, provided she has not taken the regular prize in her class, No prize will be awarded in either class unless two boats start. THE GERMAN “HARVESL HOME.” PLATIDEUTSCH VOLKSFEST AT UNION HILL, N. J.—LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF A MONU- MENT TO FRITZ REUTER. The Schuetzen Park, at Union Hill, N. J., was yes- terday visited by vast crowds participating m the second day of the great festival of the North German | societies, which was inaugurated with so formidable a procession in this city on Monday. The procession on that day having been very slow in its progress through the city and late in reaching the festival grounds, most of the amusements and exercises on the progratame on the first day were postponed until yesterday, and the numerous places of interest scattered through- out the park, booths and tents of every kind, bowling alleys, shooting galleries, coffee tents, restaurants and lager beer stands, were througed by visitors and amase- ment seekers, A variety of games and pastimes had been provided | for the entertainment of the visitors, including races, | tableaux, comic parades, miniature theatricals, magic | perforimancesand gymnastic exercises, while the vari- ‘ous dancing platforms until a jate hour at night were | continually crowded with the disciples of ferpsichorean ju sr ‘The main feature of yesterdays festivities was whe | jayimg, with due and solemn ceremonies, of the cor- her stone for a monument to the late Fritz Reuter, the popular German poet and uovelist, who was one | of the first writers to bring mto use for literary pur- ninent nether Saxon idiom commonly known . or Platideutsch, a language which < The members | poses the as “Low bears ck | of the iu to the rrifie practice an tinued until the close of the festival, prizes will be awarded to the successful contest- ants, amounting in value to about $2,000. | Last evening, when the day's festivities were wound up by a summer night’s festival, the park was brill- jantly illuminated by Vast numbers of Chinese lanterns and calcium lights, while a wsional display of tire: works added to the brillianey of the scene, As already stated, the procession on Monday was composed of eight ‘divisions, aud ineludéd forty-four sucietios and organizations, (Wo divisions being exclusively occupied prgunizations from 1 aug New Jersey. | “division,” whic A great nuisance | and should ‘have lispensed was the eighth, ~— closing = ups the procession, and representing = “Commerce and — Industry,” Jt was composed of a conglomeration of advertising trucks and wagons, including grocers’ and bakers wagons, butchers’ carts and other vehicles, with rather distasteful display of placards and signs adver- Using tailors, brewers, cigar manufacvurers, horse- Shoers, Krocers and tea shops, and it is strange that such a nuisance should h en allowed to block and obstruct, during the busiest portion of the day, for more than an hour, some of the most crowded thorough- fares of the cit; The inquest on the body of Henry Carroll, who was drowned with Jennie Anderson off the Elysian Fields; at Hoboken, was finished last evening, Notwith- standing the alle upset of the t by the deck hand of the tug, the jury rendered u verdict of ‘accidental drowning.” MARKS-, THE RED CLOUD AGENCY, Fifth Letter on Indian Frauds by William Welsh. SOME STRONG FACTS FOR DELANO How the Government Agents Con- duct Their Business. Mr. William Welsh has written the following to Pro- fessor Marsh on Indian affairs, It will be seen that be treats the subject in the same authoritative manner that has marked all of his letters touching the frauds existing in that branch of the government service :— Puttapetrmia, Sept. 4, 1875. Professor 0, C, Marsi:— My Dear Sin—In giving the promised sketch of the history of the Red Cloud agency, about which there is now a romantic interest that should be turned to prac- tical account, a glance at the Indians who are now congregated on it, near the junction of Wyoming, Dakota and Nebraska, will aid in an intelligent understanding — of the difficulty =~ of ——s procuring = agents. with sufficient head and heart and pluck for such a reserva- tion. These Indians are the Qgallala Sioux, with the northern bands of Cheyennes and Arapahoes, The fourteen tribes of Sioux Indians, or Dakotas, as they term themselves, are well known for fierceness when on the war path, A still better quality has, however, been lately developed in the Santee Sioux, of Nebraska, and the Yankton and Yuuktonais Sioux, of Dakota, who, being favorably cireumstanced, have made rapid progress in civilization and in Christianity, The Chey- eunes and Arapahoes not being well known, I will give authentic information in regard to them by the following quotations from a report made to the President January 7, 1868, by duly authorized commis- sioners, comprising Lieutenant General W. T. Sherman and Brevet Major Generals Harney, Terry and Auger, with four eminent civilians, This official report says:— “Before 1861 the Cheyennes and Arapahoes had been driven from the mountain regions down upon the waters of the Arkansas, and were becoming sullen and discontented because of this violation of thar rights. The third article of the treaty of 1851 contained the following language:—‘The United States bind themselves to protect the aforesaid Indian nations against the commission of all depredations by the peo- ple of the United States after the ratification of this treaty.’ The Indians, however ignorant, did not be- lieve that the obligations of this treaty had been com- plied with. If the lands of the white man are taken, civilization justifies hin in resisting the invaders, Civ- lization does more than this: it brands him as a cow- ard and a slave if he submits to the wrong. Here civil- ization made its contract and guaranteed the rights of the weaker party. Itdid not stand by the guarantee, ‘The treaty was broken, but not by the savage. If the savage resists, civilization, with the ten command- ments in one hand and the sword in the other, de- mands his immediate extermination.’ Then follows an account of the treacherous massacre of many of these Indians, concluding with this paragraph ;—‘“The particulars of this massacre are too well known to be repeated here, with all its heart-rending scenes, It is enough t6 say that it scarcely has its parallel in the RECORDS OF INDIAN BARBARITY, Fleeing women, holding up their hands and praying for mercy, @ere brutally shot down; infants were killed and sealped in derision, men were tortured and mutilated ina manner that would put to shame the savage ingenuity of interior Africa, No one will be astonished that a war ensued which cost the government $30,000,000, and carried conflagration and death to the bord settle- ments.” “On the Ist day of November, 1868, this commission convened the hostile tribes at Medi- cine Lodge; the larger body of the hostile Cheyennes remained at a distance of forty miles. These latter In- dians were evidently suspicious of the motives which had prompted us to visit them, Since the preceding April they had committed many depredations, They had been unceasingly on the war path, engaged in in- discriminate murder and plunder, They knew that our troops had but recently been hunting them over the plains, killing them wherever they could find them. They could not, therefore, appreciate this sudden change of policy. For two weeks they kept them- selves at a distance, sending in small par- ties to discover, if possible, our true inten- tioms, Before the arrival of the Cheyennes we concluded treaties with the Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches, and after their arrival we concluded a joint treaty with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, all of which we herewith submit and earnestly recommend for rati(- cation.” After the foregoing description of the Indians who were to be collected at the Red Cloud reservation, it can readily be understood that there would be much difficulty in procuring a suitable agent on a salary of $1,500 a year to reside where life would be hazarded, every comfort abandoned, surrounded by demoralizing influences, with few, if any, congenial associates, the cost of living far greater than in our large cities, and with the necessity of exercising hospitality to visitors and to sick Indians, Before a suitable agent could be found the Hon, Columbus Delano proposed that the nomination for this agency should remain with the government, as General Logan, then a member of the House of Representatives, had asked for the privilege of nominating THE RED CLOUD AGENT, and there were at that time special political reasons for complying with his request. This desire of the gov- ernment was, of course, complied with, as the Church Missionary Society had most reluctantly agreed to supervise the Red Cloud Agency and nominate an agent before tne Indians were prepared for schools and mission, It is hardly to be conceived that so astute and experienced a politician as the Hon, Columbus Delano could have supposed thut $1,500 a year, to be so hardly earned, was ail the patronage expected for eminent services ren- dered by General Logan, The Missionary Society «lis- missed all thought of this reservation until Mr. Delano experiment having been unsatisfactory to him and scandalous to the departinent. The agent was removed by Mr. Delano, but not until evil practices had been in- troduced that were not easily eradicated. Feeling the weight of responsibility to be great the Church mis- sionary associations surrendered the Sisseton agency near lac Travers so as to release Dr. WwW. Daniels, its agent, that he might be transterred to the Red Cloud Agency. He had a jarge and successful experience with the Sioux and had ited himsell to the affection and to the full contd f Bishop Whip- ple and of the Indians, The Doctor ited me belore he went to the Red Cloud Agency, and I ain satistied that he went there with the purest motives and with the firmest determination to do bis duty, The following ex- tracts from letters written to me by Dr. Daniels show the character of the Indians under his control:—“In regard to Red Cloud he is just such ‘a triend of 2 j the whites as Little Crow “was, who, you will remember, was the ‘leader in’ the’ Minnesota massacre.’ Tne worst Indians camp with Red Cloud, and his friends are those who have been on the warpath the lost summer. He would not allow the agency to be moved to White River after he had told the government that he wanted no other place and wished to move there at one KEEP PRACE. ond visit to Washington, York Dr, Daniels said that “ne y his new agevey built and the schools start talk 1s for peace j among his people.” nues the Doctor writes:—"One of them was until last tall the worst Indian in the couutry, He wre up tie track of the Union Vacitic Railroad two years ago, ran te train off, shot the engineer, put the fi an in the fire-box | and sealped the conductor, Kind treatment to his Drother when in trouble last épring, with presents, won the friendship of both of them, ®His brother spent a and when he came After Red here all winter, more than ¢ came North before, I can see that there is a great ge for the better | among these Indians since | came here, Several of the worst oF them have become friends in word, and two | of them co-workers for the advancement of their people, who render me help in spite of bemg thr ened with death if*they do not stop.” Betore he sented toact, Dr. Daniels was assured by me that our agents were to be freed from all political intl ences, and that the Interior Departinant would not, without conference with the Board of Missions, send any person to that reservation, wild Indians Were in a very disorganized siate and dificult to control, This assurance was not only based 1 thought, guuranteed by the tollowing inckten tionary Society to a distant reservation on the M kouri, We learned that the physician was profane a obscene in language, but the military agent was un to procure Lisremoval, a8 the doctor had strong poll cal backing. again asked that it should resume the care of it, the | upon the original compact with Secretary Cox, bat, as Gn the first overt act of an injurious char. AY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. acter we dismissea nim, and he immediately appeated to the Interior Department, feeling confident that he would be rein: |. His confidence was natural, for he had the sympathy of the Indian office and the sup- port of 4 Senator, owing to the political influence of the doctor’s family. Above all he had performed the following service to J. W. Bosler, who, with the other members of ‘THE INDIAN RING then controlled the Interior Departinent as fully as it now does, The service was this:—During the absence of the agent the dector represented him and gave Bosler vouchers for beef, flour, bacon, sugar, cotlee, &e., for $5,590 20 more than the contract price of the merchan- dise delivered, Thus be averaged 450 oxen, at 1,290 pounds each, without weighing any of them, and, as soon as the agent returned, he found the actual weight to be 984 pounds each, Major Randall, the military agent, immediately sent a corrected voucher to the In- dian office, with # notice of the particulars and extent of the fraud, The voucher had, of course, been paid, a Bosler prides himself upon’ being able to yet his vouchers, however questionable, through all the de- partments, 80 that he can receive the money the very pon of their presentation, No reclamation has ever yet been made, although the particulars of this transac- tion were brought out before the Congressional Com- mittee and can be seen in their report and in the pamphlet entitled the “summing up of Evidence,” &c. These frauds by Dr. Roberts, for the benetit of J. W. Bosler, were specially brought to the notice of Secretary Delano, to restrain him trom contirming the nomination of the Doctor to the Grand River Indian Agency. I dwell at thig time on the circumstances con- nected with the granting of this voucher because Dr, Daniels and Dr. Saville bave several times been absent from their reservations on government business or by authority of the Luterior Deparunent, and this is @ favorite mode with the cattle ring for procuring fri dulent vouchers from some irresponsible acting agent, nts wive bonds, bat the employés do not; therefore bold frauds are usually committed when the agent is absent from the reservation, and, as in this cuse, it i8 not usual to make reclumation, even if the agent, immediately on bis return, nouties the Indian Department of the fraud, SUPPRESSING REPORTS, The correspondence that I will presently introduce will show bow an improper character was thrust: upon two of our agents Without conference with them, or with the nominating body; how politicul intluences were brought to bear upon the Red Cloud Reservation, and how Agent Daniels first veeame disheartened, The improper character is the now somewhat notori- ous cl D. J, MeCann, of whom the late conti- dential rk of Board of Indian Commissioners, who had official cognizance of his accounts, made the following statement:—“It is a singular fact connected with the Indian service that no report adverse to the interests of ring agents or contractors has ever been acted on, except to appoint a commission, which inya- riably reported in favor of the ring and against the un- favorable report; and all unfavorable reports have been suppressed, No better example ean be furnished than McCann's transportation wtract for 1873, 1874, 1875 In 1873-74 it was found that McCann charged ent for carrying goods 132 miles, the actual Y. . Subsequently, under a new contract, made necessary “by the removal of the Red Cloud Agency, he was allowed pay for a distance of 213 miles, while the department had the evidence of McCann’s wagon master, sub-contractors and a Red Cloud employé, showing the distance to be much less, The loss by that single operation was $44,000, und Mr, Delano knew the facts personally, for he got.them directly from ime through the Chief Clerk of the Indian Office, as weli as ofticially from the Board of Indian Commissioners, The same distance was paid for the succeeding year, at acorresponding loss to the public purse, McCann's coutract tor the current fiscal year should be just cause for impeachment’ against the contracting ofiicer of the Interior Department. The contract was let to him from Omaha, thus throwing out the lowest bidder for wagon transportation from Cheyenne to Red Cloud Agency, which was the kind of transportation advertised for, By law, the Union Pa- cific Railroad is compelled to carry government goods without cash payment, the corporation being indebted to the United states, beens and the public interest demanded that this law should be carried out, and all government freight carried for the government as far ag possible on that road, By making McCann contractor the government is cheated out of the cash paid him for transportation from Omaha to Cheyenne. And the law was violated in not giving the contract to the lowest bidder, This is the correspondennce referred to:— cORRESPOD Derrantaky’ INDIAN Avrarns, Mareh 1%, 1572) Sim—The hearer, D. J q.y Visits Fort Laramie and the Red Cloud’ Agency in couttection with the transporta- tion of supplies to the Whetstone Agency under his contract With the government, It hx been suswested i hy the Senators and the Representatives in ( Neprusku, that Mr, MeCann may be of use to you in effort. 10. effect the long desired result ph the Red Cloud Indians upon their own proper Vation, at a distance from tho line of white settlen and military T have communicated this sugges: tion to the Hon, Secretary of the Interior, and both this oftice and the department are agreed in believing that should stion be under consideration ut the time of Mr. mn’s visit, he may be of considerable use to you In this connection. Mr. MeCann knows these Indians well, and is fell and favorably known to them, His influence with Red Cloud and other principal chiefs, is long acquaintance with the lunmediute eguntry. all quality him to take part in such a deliberation, With this view F introduce him to you, To J. W. Daxets, Indian Agent. Rep Chovp Acxncy, April 10, 1872, Mr. Winrtaw Watsnt — Deak Sit—I send you a copy of a letter from the Intian Department, which will show you what influences are at work. Mr. MeCann arrived here ou the 6th inst. He ix a perfect stranger to these Indians, and they are ull strangers {ohim. He does not know Red ‘Cloud from any otl dian, nor hus he any knowledge oi the country; in fact, he is just as much ras & man can’ be mark of Red you un id his presence is looked ‘son by the Indi our ‘Great. Father think Your agent and General Sm ire dead, or that they have not given us his words t was here for and I had the y saw the nist pressed themselves stro is letter reflects upon my course of action; therefore | would respectfully request that kome other person be selected to take my place among these Indians. I have tried to do my duty fuithfully, and was happy in the thought that [had accomplished something to advance the objects of government so much desired. When I came hers not @ man wonld listen to the removal of the fagency from the Platte River; to-day there are twenty-seven chiefs and head men (that represent over, 800, lodges) out of thirty-five that are in favor of moving north on to their reservation. They would shart if Lwas ready. General Smith bas done much (0 issih and I think isno less sensible to this mi rebuke. One of the ebivts, Red Dog, who lost a son a short time ago, said to me y futher, your kindness to me in my atfiiction has put me in the right road, ‘The white man is my friend; Tam his, this time I shall live with him; I Shall do as he wi Thope many others have been made to understand the goodness of the government, I write this and send t ur information, and do not wish it kno me from me, at least itil Lleave if . DANIELS. The foregoing letter was not used at the time because of the restriction placed upon it by the writer, but his resignation and removal now frees it from all’ reatric- tion. ‘this place. Very respecttully, your hax IN SUBSEQUENT LETTERS from Dr. Daniels, he complained that large herds of cattle were forced upon him, when the cattle should have been delivered as led im accordance with the contract, The Doctor became dissatisfied and it was with great difficulty that he could be induced to remain, although the Missionary Assuciation gave him ud: ditional compensation” for medical — missionary services. The deliveries of cattle at this reserva. tion appeared to be excessive, causing the Board of Indian Commissioners to — question the correctuess of the vouchers. It seemed to me im- possible that the best Indian agent I had ever seen could yield to temptations by cattle contractors, even when Backed by the lnterior Department, Under this belief I lavored his appointment as Indian inspector, and did not allow myself to harbor a doubt until he made the report of the Spotted Tail agency, referred toin a former letter, by whieh Mr, Delano felt war- ranied in rejecting all that Colonel Keinble and Captain , his special com joners, had revealed of specific frauds in cattle, A days after Dr. Daniels for the Spotted Tuil reservation the his report was anticipated by the Indian King at Washi and communicated contidence tu me, but I disteheved it totally until his fabulous port revealed its truth, 1 then made a searching inv tigation, with the help of ollicers from Fort Laramie, of traders’ with whom the Doctor had intimaey, and with some of the former employés on the reservation, They all concurred in testitying that the cattle con- tractors had received vouchers for furjnore beef than they had dehvered, There was, howe@er, no evidence that the agent had enriched himself beyond some resents that he ought not to have accepted. | have not seen the Doctor since, But from the | questionings of a mutual frend I infer that he | wot sick at heart beewuse imterfered with, and | because he was not relheved when he desired it, aud | that then the employés misled him. For « loag time | he was without platiorm scales, and it was were for him always to count and weigh the cattle, 1 am far from feeling unkindly toward him, but 1 do censure imost severely those who, iusteal of staying up the hands of agents, are honoring and strengthening their tempters, It ix very easy for religionists, who are | hedged round with moral usages and conventional | proprictics, to condemm a man who is cut off trom all | public Christian privileges and breathes a demor- | alizing atmosphere, and, when 80 situated, yields to that which had hitherto been an invariable usage. No man knows the power of temptation save he who has been, at the moment of his greatest weakness, brought under its most plausible and powerful infu. ences. . 1LOOBE B ville, of Sioux City, who is not a communicant y church, was selected after the most thorough investigation ‘of his past history and of acter, Ihave reason to believe tat he © ag honorably as his predecessor, his intluence upon the Indians under his tended to promote their civilization, Th his carcer just and Ue « with him, an they have stoppe er since, They ure Che! ennes, many of Whom, with tbe Arapahocs, have been | specially as tho | When [first took an agent, the nominee of the Mis- | | signed in ex: upper hand, for Dr, Daniels had become s alter his resignation and beto: I au readily understand Uh y have g » Dr. Saville ¢ before the Indian Gon tatives it ay cattle cont wittee of the House of I or by giving hima voucher im anticipa- livery, and, according to the report given in the New York Tribune of his recent examination, he afterward allowed Mr, Bosier to sign some of his vouchers for him, The tact of vouchers having been T think, bes 95 of your statei 1 have deliveries of cattle at the Red stone agencies; but 1 find the estimated for w year for both ‘those reservations to be talished in of pounds, while during the first five and a half months of Dr. Ville’s adininistration vouchet had been given tor being 10,171,916 pounds, more than the allowance for the whole year. Dr, | Saville resigned some time since, and another agent was nominated by the Missionary Aswociation, but I learn that the Seeretary of the Interior deems it best to delay action until the report of the mvestigat- ing committee is received. Although your strictures upon Dr, Saville are, in the main, corroct, yet I Wuink yeu would haye bad more sympathy with him pr j hat Dr. Saville accor later F He He ae een d ine | gardeners Vending produce in the above quarter make had to bape known his good qualities and the temptations wi ich agents beyond the pale of civilization have been exposed, with the real or seeming sanction of the Interior Department, The fearful sin of tamper. ing with agents, either directly or through favorite pntractors, cannot be properly considered by any nissiod that Secretary Delano may raise, and by no other commission unless it is assisted by a compe- tent prosecuting attorney, who has full authority te employ detectives, take depositions and cross-question witnesses. Even that one fraudulent voucher, signed during the absence of an agent, still remaining without lamation, although the same contractor been paid millons of dollars since, is enough to condemn the heads of the Interior Department and of the Indian Office and to throw upon them the responsi+ bility of all the wrong-doing THAT STILL AOUNDS, It may well be asked why, urtder such circumstances, the missionary organization of the Episcopal Church continues to “nommmate Indian agents, T can only answer for myself, as T have no means of conferring with my colleagues, First, Tam confident that there will be a change for the better, and that the reign of the Indian Ring is drawing to a close. Second, the Ring, backed by the Interior Department, does not interfere materially with our agencies at which the Church is conducting her missionary operations, This extends to all the Sioux agencies except that for Red Cloud, as missions have just been established on the Spotted Tail reservation, ‘Third, the Church may well apprehend something worse, if a change is now made, for military agents were im some cases excessively convivial; in others, very profane; and on one reserva- tion that the Church took charge of an agent, in other respects unexceptionable, Was £0 lustful as to encourage employes in the same vice, Notwithstanding all these disadvantages, our missions haye prospered and aceom- plished more good than could reasonably have been ex- pected, There has becn a great change for the better on the Spotted ‘fail reservation, and the improvement of Red Cloud’s Ogallalas is very marked, As for the Chey- ennes and Arapahoes, whose flercest passions had been aroused by treacherous murders of several of their chiefs: and of many of their people, the development of the better traits of their character has been truly astonishing. Two years since deputations of both the Northern and of the Southern Cheyennes and Arapwhoes visited Philadelphia. ‘The latter were under the care of the Society of Friends, and the interview between Pow- der Face, their prominent chief, and the venerable ‘Thomas Wistar, of this city, was Very touching. They kissed and embraced, showing that shoe believed in @ common brotherhood. . The Northern bands were un- der my care, and [ endeavored to show them the merciiul disposition of the great masses of our people, hey were powerfully iutluenced by a reception at the Academy of Music, where 3,000 well dressed children ces, of the laboring classes sung for them, where the orphans of Girard College gave them in- strumental music, where the inmates of the Institution for the Blind read without eyes and worked a sewing machine skilfully, and where all the inmates of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb were present to show the scope and influ- ence of the sign wuage. The languages of the Ara- pahoes and Cheyennes are dissimilar and very meagre, therefore they use signs freely, It was an astonishin; revelation to all of us that the sign nanhge of the de: mute and of these Indians was almost identical, en- ‘abling them to confer freely upon every subject with which these wild men who had never before seen civili- zation were familiar. The good work is progressing; Jet us thengfore be hopeful, Yours, sincerely, WILLIAM WELSH, THE MISSISSIPPI'S MOUTHS. CAPTAIN EADS AND THE JETTY SYSTEM FOR THE RIVER BAR. The Advisory Board or Commission of Engineers on the Mississippi Bar Improvement assembled again yes- terday, and spent several hours in earnest and thorough consideration of the important questions before them, The locating of Captain Eads’ jetties and their width apart having been already acted upon by the Board, sustaining, with very slight deviation, the lines previ- ously determined upon by Captain Eads, the discussion was upon the order and methods of construction, with a view to the earliest possible opening of a channel of at least twenty feet for the benefit of naviga- tion, With regard to the priority of construction of dif- ferent parts of the work, the Board, on motion of Sir Charles A. Hartley, unanimously recommend that the seats of both jetties, and of the spur or dike connecting the west jetty with the right bank of the land’s end, be protected with mattresses throughout their entire length; that, first of all, the foundation of the east jetty be sécured out to a depth of thirty feet and of the west jetty to twenty feet, This is done in order that the scour caused by the progress of the jetties shall not so cut away the bottom on which they are to rest in such manner as to delay their construction or ren- der it more costly, The Board further recom- mend that the east jetty be built up to the surface of the water before raising the west jetty to the same level, axd that the details of the construction of the pier heads or extreme sea ends of the jetties be left for con- sideration till the Board can meet at the South Pass this full. After an attentive examination of the plans of con- struction, consisting of a combination of willow mat- tresses and stone, now in execution by Captain Eads, the Board find it to be a modification of methods long in use in Holland and elsewhere, and, therefore, not a new and untried experiment. 1t is essentially the same ‘as that applied in the old jetties at the mouth of the Oder, and alzo in the recent jetties at the new mouth of the Maus River, the latter being so satisfactorv as to draw from the lower legislative body of Holland the declara- tion that “their complete success has removed all doubts as to the possibility of making piers-at sea om any coast.” It is, moreover, the Board dgclare, essen- tially the same method as that adopted by the recent Commission of Engineers, organized under the act of Congress of June 23, 1874, and which commission, after examining the mouths of jettied rivers in Europe, de- cided in favor of applying the jetty system at the mouth of the Mississippi, instead of making a ship canal from the river near Fort St. Philip to Breton Sound. In regard to Bayou Grande, which leaves South Pass about half way between its head and its mouth, and which, according to the recent survey of Lieutenant Mariniin, of the United States Coast Survey, carries off a little over one-fitth of the water entering the head of the Pass, the Board advise that nothing be done at pres- entuntil the effect of the works at the bar with the present volume of water going out at the mouth of the ass shall be developed, ‘After the foregoing action the Board proceeded ta consider what works will be necessary at the head of South Pass, id had this subject under discussio1 when the hour of adjournment arrived, It will, ne doubt, be taken up again to-day. ‘There were present yesterday Sir Charles A. Hartley, General Barnard, General Alexander, H. H. Whitcombe, 't. E. Sickles and Colonel W. Milnor Roberts, It is ex- pected that the Board will meet at Port Eads, the new town at the mouth of South Pass, early in November, for final action on the engineering problems involved in the large and important work in which Captain Eads and his associa' are engaged. So far as the Board have acted, they seem fo have recognized the wisdom and propriety of the plans ‘and metuods determined on by Captain Eads, and which he had frankly submitted to them for examination and criticism, in order that there should be no possibility that the public interests or his own should guffer from imperfect or ill-advised works. ‘The high professional reputation of the gentlemen come posing the Board gives great value to their decisions, BOARD ' OF WAR ON THE UNLICENSED LIQUOR DEALERS DE- CLARED, ‘The full Board of Police Commissioners met yester- day, Mr. Matsell presiding. A statement from Sergeants Murray and Picket, of the Fifteenth precinct, was received, detailing their move- ments fn pursuit of the Langan murderer and submitting a bill for expenses incurred, Referred to the Committee on Finance, ‘A resolution was adopted directing the inspectors te inquire into the capabilities of such roundsmen as are at present acting sergeants in their respective dis tricts, On motion the Superintendent was directed to furnish a sufficient police force at the American Institute annual fuir'to preserve the peace and maintain order, ‘The following resolutions were adopted :— Resolved, That the Board of Excise be and ix hereby re- spectfully Fequested to furnish the Board of Police at as enrly a date xs possible a list of the places and names parties now licensed, and also those that may hereafter from time to time be licensed by said Board of Excise for the sa of spirituous liquors, wine, ale or beer, with the date of the i ion 0 Hed Vi C. © *Wecolved, further, That the Superintendent of Poltee, the Board of Exel ch olve upon re forch with ice force POLICE, e of this city for tl BOARD OF HEALTH. The Board of Health met yesterday, President Chand ler in the chair. ‘ ‘A petition was received from a number of property owners in East Sixty-third street, praying that the route thorough that street be changed for driving cattle trom the west side stock yards to the east side slaughter house, the petitioners claiming that the aforesaid cattle driving has become an unbearable nuisance, Referred to the Sanitary Supermtondent for report, ‘A communication Was received from ‘citizens doing business in New Chureh street, between Cortlandt an lion streets, setting forth that the market men and a practice of throwing refuse vegetable matter in the neighboring gutters, to the detriment of the public health, and requesting the immediate suppression of the practice, On motion the matter was referred to the Departinent of Police for the necessary action, he following resolution was adopte Resolved, That the Sanitary Superintendent be and is heres by instructed to cause the arrest of person found viow lating the ordinauce of this Bourd by dumping or aecumu- luting manure or stable straw within the city limits on or after September 22, 1875, WHY SHE EMIGRATED. The wife of John Belter, of Union Hull, has moved away from his residence, She took $100 in money and alarge quantity of clothing with her. Ivis reported that the busvand’s pu i ulted in her dim Coullture and led to her change 01 rosidence, 4)