The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1875, Page 3

THE GRAND COUNCIL Pomp and Circumstance of the Red Man in His Strength. NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARMS IN’ HAND, An Outbreak of Wild Indians Pre- vented by a Friendly Chief. PROBABLE FAILURE OF THE TREATY Vacillating Course of the Honorable Commission. Additional Troops Ordered to Red Cloud Agency. A SAVAGE DANCE. Rep Cioup Aarxoy, Nebraska, Via Lakamix, Sept. 26, 1875. Some of the Sioux are breaking camp this morning preparatory toasun dance, They will move south, The Missouri River Indians talk of going home, being tired of the procrastination and delay. In the opinion of many the danger of an outbreak in the Council to- day was very great, After the Commissioners reached the big cottonwood tree on the river bottom the Indians began coming in, as on Tuesday, in line of battle and singing, all being armed with breech-loading guns. The Brules came first, Spotted Tail on horseback, all ,Bttired in best, painted and with feathers in the hair, presented a splendid sight, They rode their best ponies, Their dress was varied and rich in colors, and their arms glistened brilliantly in the sun, Soon after the Indians from Standing Rock Agency ap- peared, A part tied their horses in the bushes and advanced on foot, squatting in a circle before the Commissioners, Others remained mounted and armed. The Minneconjoux and Uncpapas advanced in ranks and asked permission of the Commissioners to remain on their ponies, the first public intimation that some of the Indians feared trouble. Little Big Man, the dreaded chief of the North, master of a band of wild Indians, arrived in a state of perfect nudity, mounted on a noble gray charger, and followed by his evil looking warriors, all armed with rifles, Last night Little Big Man had a council with Spotted Tail and quarrellod with him. Ever since his coming here with Ahis 200 lodges he has endeavored to create a feeling hos- tile to the ‘treaty. He was thickly painted and his Jong black hair straggled into his face, He is very muscular, but his stature small, UNFASINESS AMONG THE INDIANS. After his arrival there was uneasiness among all the Indians, Sitting Bull’s guard of fifty men of Ogallalas, which has been stationed at the Council ground by orders of Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses, was og the alert, The Ogallala chiefs and warriors, advancing in long, black lines of horsemen, rising one after another over the brow of Western Hill, presented an imposing array and seemed innumerable. Red Cloud was among them, They joined the circle, a majority sitting on their horses, but Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses and bis father, with several other chiefs, sat on the ground, The Cheyennes and Arrapahoes arrived last, THE SCENE. The scene was impressive. The Indians formed a dense mass, All, except a few Yancktons, are armed, their guns in the right hand, the butt rest- ing on the thigh, ready for action, White Robe and Little Eagle were entirely nqged, The two companies of cavalry were formed in rear of the Tepee, both facing and flanking the Indians. The Commissioners sat under a shelter too small to hide all the Indians, No less than 2,000 were in the circle. A TOSTILE scHEME, The Cheyennes and some young men of the resident bands have formed a scheme for breaking up the Coun- ciland making trouble. Two hundred of them were assed outside the circle. OPENING THE COUNCIL. Tho gathering of the bands consumed anhour. When all were assembled Spotted Tail advanced and shook hands with the Commissiopers. He was dressed in war costume, with red and green blankets, a richly colored jacket, with bead embroidery, and leggings, striped with red and gold. A crier loudly announced the opening of the Council, After about one hundred chiefs had shaken hands with theCommission Red Cloud and Spotted Tail advanced from the two sides of the circle, meeting and shaking hands. Red Cloud paused before he readhed the centre and Spotted Tail wenttohim, Then they sat down to counsel, Two Strike and Little Wound with them. Sword, Old-Man- Afraid-of-His-Horses and a majority of the principal chiefs soon joined them, anda private powwow fol- lowed, lasting for a half-hour, the multitude looking on, @ quiet movement going on all the time. A THREATENED OUTBREAK. Some young men of the Cheyennes and Ogallalas had crossed the ford of the river and silently slipped in the ‘beshes at the rear of the Council. Some remained mounted and others lay on the ground. Young-Man- Afraid-of-His-Horses watched this military movement and saw the trap. The troops were ordered to stand to horse, All the white men were completely surrounded. Little Big Man, with about fifty of his warriors, was all this time circling around the crowd, their guns in the right hand. The officers consulted with the Commis- sioners, and meanwhile Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses gave orders to the head warrior, who quietly took a hundred Ogallalas and marshalled them in the rear of the troops, driving off the armed bucks who were hid- den there, The Indian soldiers then formed in line and stood on guard until the dispersion was accom. plished. The cavalry had in the interim moved back to gain room for manauvring. momentarily expected, The outbreak was RED DOG BARKS. Red Dog harangued the assembly, accused the Com- mission of being in @ hurry to make the treaty and asked for time. He said it did not look good for both whites and Indians to come into the Council armed. White Bull made a long and pointed speech in favor of completing the treaty immediately, He said his people would start for home after two suns, AN ADJOURNMENT, ! The Council dispersed for the day, with the under- Standing that it should meet again on Saturday, RVIDRNCK OF DANGER, Asan evidence ofthe danger of an outbreak the In- dians bave warned the half breeds to look out for their salety, and they all left the Council to-day, The feeling, however, |s not so much against the whites as between he bands op account sf jealonsies, The Commission NEW YORK HERALD, {8 somewhat apprehensive. Senator Allison says there will probably be no treaty. The Missouri River Indians favor leasing the Black Hills; but they wish soon start for home. They will move camp to-morrow for fear of being detained by the other Indians. SEARTS OF THE INDIANS BAD. * Three runners from the Iudian camps have come in to-night, and bring news that the hearts of the Indians are very bad. BEFORE THE COUNCIL—A SAVAGE DANCE. Rup Croup Inpian AGENCY, NeBRASKA, Sept. 15, 1875, Brigadier General A. H. Terry, a member of the Treaty Commission, arrived here to-day, accompanied by General Luther P. Bradley, Commandant of the Black Hills District, and Captain Hewitt, Aide-de-Camp, and escorted by Company M, of the Second cavalry, under Captain John Mix General Bradley, soon after reaching Camp Robinson, wrote an order directing Major Mills, stationed at Camp Sheridan, near the Spotted Tail Agency, to moye his company of cavalry to this point. The order is understood to be meant as asafeguard against possible treachery by the Indians General Bradley, however, says that it is “merely to add to the ceremony of the Council.” A PALSE ALARM. “Boots and saddles” were sounded at the post to-day in consequence of a false alarm. A teamster came riding in with all possible speed, and announced that he had been attacked by Indians a short distance from the post, and had immediately mounted his led horse, left his wagon and team, and so escaped. Captain Eagan was ordered out at the head of his company; but before he proceeded to the place indicated he met some Indians who gave a plausible explanation of what had occurred by saying that the shots which they fired were notaimed atthe teamster and that they meant no harm, The story was credited and the cavalry re- turned to the post. General Bradley, however, has undoubtedly taken a wise course. Atleast two regi- ments of soldiers ought to be stationed at the Council. If the young men are dissatisfied with the attitude of the Commissioners an outbreak of war is not at all improbable, The burning of the agency buildings and the massacre of all the white men hereabouts would be among the first acts of the savages. Tho small force of military at Camp Robinson, numbering less than 500, would be utterly inadequate to cope with 30,000 well armed Indians, It would be an opportunity of in- augurating in what the Sioux would deem a glorious manner the red man’s general war, so long pending and so long prophesied. ‘THE COMMISSIONERS WAVERING, The Commissioners show at the outset of their nego- tiation a lamentable tendency to vacillation. When they first reached the agencies on the White River and passed on northward to visit those on the Missouri they gave the Indians, whether intentionally or other- wise, atevery point where they found them the im- pression that Shadron Creek had been appointed the place for the holding of the Council. They returned to this agency to begin the great talk in the first week of September; but, as soon as they were here, announced to the Indians, who had come from adistance to the ‘White River and camped on streams adjoining Shadron Creek, that the Council would assemble thirty miles nearer to the Red Cloud Agency. Ata talk with the Indians from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River agencies, held here on Saturday, the Commission in- formea the chiefs that a place had been selected by them on Little Clay Creek, near the Crow Buttes, to meet the Indians; and that they would not change their selection, To-day, however, Spotted Tail having brought his peoplo as fur as Ash Creek, called upon the Commissioners and made a speech to them full of his usual eloquence, setting forth the just- ness of his wish that the Council should not be held further from his agency than from this. Red Dog re- plied to him in support of the selection already mado by the Commission. The latter answered Spotted Tail by agrecing to submit the question of the location of the Council to him and Red Cloud and four of their chiefs. Great delay might have been avoided ere now had one course or the other been pursued by the Com. mission—either to have adhered to their own choice or to have accepted that of the Indians. The Commission will date the beginning of the Coun- cil on next Friday, the 17th, and if all is not then in readiness they will,adjourn to another day. General Terry expresses a wish to shorten its duration as much as possible, The other members have the same dispo- sition, but certainly do not understand very well the proper methods of diplomacy to employ with Indian chiefs, : A GRAND DANCE, There was some commotion in Red Cloud’s village this morning. It is situated beyond a hill north of the agency, on a bend of the White River. Preparations were making for the grand Omaha dance, which was to be given in honor of the Commissioners. Yesterday was the appointed time for the ceremony; but a slight dash of rain dampened the ardor of the bucks, so that they deferred their coming until to-day. The, great drum, heard afar off, gave early warning of their ap- proach, and when they appeared on the brow of the hill, with the big medicine man and the head warrior of the society of Omanas at their head, with the banner of feathers held aloft and lances with human scalps at- tached pricking the air, the sight was imposing. The Omahas were on foot; but a great throng of braves, squaws and boys, all mounted, followed them, some- times joining in the guttural music, keeping time to the heavy stroke of the huge drum and sometimes shout- ing with all the strength of their lungs. The costumes of the dedicated braves have already been often de- scribed; but as there is sometimes a variation in their performance I may mention again some portion of it, The body of brilliantly decorated warriors halted in tront of the stockade and the gates were thrown open. ‘They marched slowly in, with rythm of step and sol- emn intonation. The first impression on the mind is that the ceremonial is of diabolical significance, Many of the figures look like devils just loosened from their infernal cages; others are purely grotesque, One of them apparently has the duties of aclown to perform. He does so with success. A circle was formed in the centre of the stockade, with a wide opening toward the house occupied by the Commissioners, near which sat the medicine man upon his horse. He wore a huge war bonnet, decorated with long eagle feathers, and bore in his hand the banner of the Omahas, a long ‘medicine stick,” fringed also with feathérs. His body was nearly naked and painted a dull yellow. On the opposite side of the gircle was a small inner ring, formed by the sicians sitting around the drum, Outside the circle at this point sat three or four young squaws, who sung treble in some pf the re- frains, On the left was stationed the head warrior, sit- ting stolidly upon a parti-colored pony. He wore a war bonnet similar to that of the medicine man, and carried in his hand a bright and gleaming sword. Moc-pea- lutah (Red Cloud) sat on the left of the circle of musi- cians, During all the ceremony, except whon he joined in a part of the dance, he sat with his head on his hand, his long, heavy hair drooping over his cheeks and his face peculiarly sad. He wore none of the decorations of the order. Two little boys, brightly dressed, sat next to Red Cloud. They danced with the dancers, THE CEREMONY. It would bo but a repetition of terms to attempt a full description of the ceremony. At first the exertions of the braves were very moderate and they seemed very slowly to imbibe the necessary enthusiasm and frenzy, but gradually their movements became livelier, An assistant of the medicine man, who was apparently master of ceremonies, walked around the circle, uttering incantations or reciting deeds in a loud, metallic voice, Then one by one the braves rose from | the circle and began a slow dance to the stroke of the bigdrum andthe chanting of a chorus by all those seated. Parts were rendered quite beautiful by the sudden accession of the female voices. The deep, gut- tural bass also produced melody, impressive as it was dissimilar from that of the cultured order, ‘The corners of the open space in the stockade were crowded with Indian spectators, mounted and on foot, During the pauses in the dance some of the toothless old women, crouching in’ groups in the shade of the building, would set up a quivering refrain too piercing ‘and unearthly: to be agreeable, A MOTHER DEDICATES HER Hoy, A tall Indian mother, of shapely form and regular features, appeared at the opening of the ring, bearing in her arms her infant. Sho had wrapped about her and covering her head along crimson shawl, and on her feet were blue moccasins, small and of pretty work- manship, The master of ceremonies conversed with her a few minutes in an undertone, and thon, leading her into the circle, made a short speech. The drum Was loudly beat, and a melody was chanted of more | cheerful import than thoge preceding it, Then tho | braves arose and danced again, The squaws withdrew, and a horse was brought forward to be dedicated to the use of the infant Agallala, who bad just been adopted from its mother’s arms into the society of the Omahas. ‘The medicine man touched the steed with a wand and he was led away. More dancing and intoning ensued. The chief warrior was led into the arena by the master of ceremonies, and recited a long list of his achieve- ments, in which he had shown his bravery and cruelty to his enemjes. Dancing tollowed and continued until the spectacle began to grow monotonous. ‘The most hideous looking of the painted braves was the clown. His body was adark yellow and the lower half of his face a deep green, Behind he wore a tail of huge feathers, which were spread out fan-shaped, and some of them decorated with blue and red ribbons. ‘This portion of his embellishment looked as if it should properly belong to the American bird of freedom. His nade legs were grotesquely covered with figures of new moons, eagle beaks and tulons, He exaggerated the gestures of the dancers with a degree of humor un- looked for in an Indian, He was a living caricature, ‘When the Commissioners were wearied of the specta- cle they presented to the medicine man an order upon the trader for presents, and the Oma departed. ‘They afterward visited the trader’s store and several white men’s loages, and marched home to their village at dusk to the sound of the dram. This evening there is considerable festive excitement in the tepecs near the agency, and songs and the sound of the drum are heard intermittently. . Last evening Spotted Tail again called upon the Com- misioners and told them that he, accompanied by Two Strike and No Flesh, had called upon Red Cloud, Red Dog and Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses in the after- noon at that village, and had tried to arrive at some agreement with them as to the place of the Council. He proposed to the Ogallal@ chiefs that it be held a short distance west of the Old Spotted Tail Agency, ten miles from this point, They declined to listen to any such proposition, Red Cloud said that if the Councit took place on the prairie he wanted it to be on Horse Creek; otherwise, he wanted it held in the stockade at the agency. Spotted Tail informed the Commissioners that he desired them to confer with Red Cloud and Red Dog and try to induce them to become more reason- able. He said that if it was impossible for his Indians to come to the views of the Ogallala chiefs there ought to be two separate councils. Spotted Tail concluded by saying that he could meet the Commission whorever they wished, A NEW SELECTION OF PLACE. Tho expedient of referring the question toa committeo of six chiefs having failed, the Commissioners, at ten o’clock last evening, decided to once more assume the reins and to choose the council seat themselves, They ignored their former selection of a spot near the Crow Buttes and rode out this morning in a different direc- tion to find what they sought. It will be remembered that somo of the Sioux war- riors have expressed a superstitious fear of holding a council in the vicinity of the Crow Buttes, They de- nominate them “war buttes,” and seem to think them capable of an unlucky influence upon the fortunes of the Dakotahs, Twenty years ago they roamed far south of the North Platte River, and did not come further north than the Cohile in their hunts, The Absaroki or Crows then possessed the northern portion of the coun- try west of the Missouri and east of the Rocky Moun- tains, apd were neighbors and enemies of the Sioux, as they still are, although driven by the latter into the Big Horn Mountains, which they now rightfully hold, On one occasion they came down upon the herds of the Sioux “like a wolf onthe fold,” ana captured much of their stock, but were flercely attacked by over- whelming numbers of the enemy and sustained for a long time a losing fight. They saw that if an escape was not effected they were all doomed to bite the dust. Night came and they retreated from the plain border- ing the White River toward the tall bluffs on the south, and climbed up the sloping side to the summit of the larger of the Crow Buttes, also known as Dancer's Hill. Itisa small space a few hundred yards in ex- tent; but here for a time their blecding and exhausted band held an advantage and fought with desperation. But the Sioux had the pass by which they bad gone up the hill and guarded it closely. They could not retreat by the way they had come. On the setond night, how- ever, when their food was exhausted, they cut up their buffalo robes and tied strips of them firmly together. Each man lowered himself safely down the perpendicu- lar side of the butte, on the north, which had been left unwatched by the Sioux. They left on the summit one of their dogs, which kept up acontinued barking that deceived the enemy into the faith that they were still there. The surviving Crows got back to their own country. The disappointment of the Sioux was great. They have never forgotten it and ascribe it to the ill- luck of the place. The Commission chose a spot on the banks of the White River, about six miles east of this agency and two miles from the mouth of Little White Earth Creek, NEW ARRIVALS, This morning a score of chiefs, of the Upper Yanck- tonais tribe of Sioux, who, with their families, had just arrived here from the Standing Rock Agency, presented their respects to the Commissioners and shook hands with all the white persons present. The principal of them aro Mad Bear, Red Wolf, Bare Ribs, Red Horse, Yellow Rabe, Cross Bear, Big Knees and Big Head, The Commissioners expressed pleasure at seeing them and said that they would send word to all the Indians to-day that the Council would begin on the White River on Saturday. The levee was then ended. HINTS ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS. ‘This Council will probably be officially baptized, either as the “Crow Butte,” or the “White River’ Council, The question has not yet been settled, Either name would be sufficiently proper. None of the Commissioners will yet express definitely an opinion upon the terms which they hope to make with the Indians. Senator Allison, the chairman, is in favor of giving only the value of the land comprised in the Black Hills, as a wild and unsettled country, less the cost to the government of surveys, necessary for fixing boundaries and area, He says that after a certain sum has been given the’ Indians, immediately after the purchase, an annuity of from $120,000 to $200,000 may be paid to them for the period of thirty years. He also speaks of making some provision for the education of their children and the future enoouragement of civilized pursuits. This isa mere outline of his views, but at present he will not ‘divulge his ideas more fully. General A. H. Terry is disposed to conclude the negotiation with as much business-like brevity as possible, | Speaking comparatively of the difficulties of the present treaty making and of that of 1868, he considered the latter greater. The Indians were then in a great ferment, the Unton Pacific Railroad was building, and the public had but shortly before been horrified by the Fort Phil Kearney massa- cre, The reader will remember that Red Cloud, Red Dog and Red Leaf, three of the pet chiefs to participate in this Council, were leaders in that terrible work. Gen- eral Terry said there was hazard in the Commission trusting themselves utterly to the good faith of the Indians, but did not apprehend any treachery on their part. He, however, thought it wise to go to the Counci! atthe beginning with a guard of 100 soldiers, so that the Indians would become used to their presence, and, if danger arose, the force coutd be increased without caus- ing trouble, The difficulty in having troops in the neighborhoord of the Council tepee would be the pro- tests of the Indians, on the ground that the Commis- sioners doubted their good faith, and also that they would fear to act their own desires in the face of what might seem the coersive presence of the military. There was a danger that sullen dissatistaction might result, defeating the object of the Council, and, per- haps, precipitating war upon the government. General Terry thought that the five companies of troops at Camp Robinson were sufficient to save the lives of the Commissioners in case of an outbreak. This opinion, however, is not shared by niany. Although General ‘Terry is a military authority, he, doubtless, in his ex, pressions, is anxious to depreciate all causes of appro- hension. If the danger were ever so apparent the army 18 80 small that it could not spare enough soldiers to meet the emergency. American Horse, when recently visiting the Commis- sioners, desired of them the honor to be permitted to organize his young men into a guard for the chiefs. As their consent would invite, by exciting tho jealousy of other bands, the very clashing which ought to be avoided, it was withheld, TOUCHES OV THR HUMAN. Mr, Ashley, who isa politician of Nebraska, seems to be impressed with the impossibility of moulding the Indian into anything other than what he is—an unre- deomed savage, Mr, Comings has a benevolent heart and devotes to the interests and the probable future of the Sioux nation much profound and conscientious study, | He says he will not consent to pay the Indians an exor- bitant orice for their lands, Mr, Beauvais, of French MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. birth and an old Indian trader, perfectly versed in the Dakotah tongue, fecls a fatherly sympathy for the chil- dren of the plain, and perhaps some natural instincts mingle with the impulses of a generous soul. He bas lived @ long time in intimate relatiorship with the In- dians, aud probably comprehends their character,iwants and necessities better than any one else in the Com- mission, excepting Mr. Hinman. His kindly pity and consideration for them is often shown. When a beg- ging Indian intrudes himself in the Council room, at the agency, where his presence is obnoxious, he will save the feelings of his inferior fellow creature by not permitting any one else to dismiss him. He will take him aside, invent a plausible excuse and acquaint him with it delicately, doubtless sending him away with only @ large conceit of his own importance, Mr. Beauvais dpposes making any proposal to the council, but favors waiting for the Indians to make up their minds and name the price. He condemns the weak course thus far pursued by the Commission. Mr, Hinman theorizes upon the advancement of the North American race, He believes in compelling the Indian to labor for his livelihood, issuing him supplies in proportion to his industry. He says that in selling the Black Hills the Dakotuhs are selling all that now re- mains to them, and as a friend to the Indian he evi- dently feels like encouraging them in demanding a price equal to their value. General Lawrence will be liberal in his ideas of the compensation due the Indians for relinquishing their hunting grounds, ‘THE FIRST STEP of the Commission in the beginning of the council will be to lay before the chiefs, as representing the govern- ment, their proposition for the purchase of the desired territory. In it they will name a price. The Indians will then hold their private debates before further public counseling. This evening the Commission have held a late session, but did not reach any harmonious conclusion, A division in their views is developing, and from infor- mation received from some of the members it is not improbable that there will be a permanent disagree- ment, and that if a treaty is consummated it will be signed by only a majority. The difference is under- stood to consist in the extent of concession to be made the Indians in regard to the amount of moncy to be paid forthe Biack Hills. The Commussioners appre- hend that an exorbitant price will be demanded of them, Some of them—the minority—will accept this at Just. ‘Their motives might prove of special interest if analyzed, The other portion will stand firm upon’a reasonable proposition, intended to be made at the beginning to the Chief of the Council, Tedious counter- Propositions are expected from the Indians, and the effort to make a treaty may finally fail. General Bradley, commanding the Black Hills mili- tary district, and Colonel Steele, Delegate from Wyoming in Congress, will be present at the Council. The Hon, Mr. Lee, son of Lord Lee, of England, is also here, THE NATIONAL GAME, pe saber ‘THE GREAT ANNUAL AMATEUR CONTEST. Every person interested in base ball matters remem- bers well that fino game between the picked tens of New York and Brooklyn which took place one year ago on the Union Grounds, and which resulted in favor of the ten from this city by the score of 4 to 0, and all such persons wish most earnestly that another such game may be played this year and every year here- after. These wishes are likely to be gratified certainly in regard to this year, as on Wednesday next a ten representing each of the above-mentioned cities will play a ten-innings game on the Union Grounds, Although last year’s game was remarkable for the excellent play, the game on next Wednesday promises to be even a better exhibition of the skill and judg- ment necessary in our national game, as both teams are stronger in playing quahty, and are more evenly matched, In last year’s game the fielding powers ot the teams were about equal, but the New Yorkers out- batted their opponents. This year Brooklyn has been careful to select good batters, as well as fielders, and will present the strongest batting team that city has ever produced. This match will be particularly interest- ing from the fuct that, from the twenty men who are to participate in it, ten are to be selected to represent the two cities in a matcn with a ten picked from Philadelphia and Germantown in a game to be played before the end of the season. Mr, Cammeyer proposes to offer four prizes for the best batting and fielding on either side, He ap- pointed Mr. J. W. McDonnell, of the Flyaways, of this city, and E. B. Brasher, of the Nameless, of Brooklyn, to superintend the awarding of these prizes. They de- cided to appoint a committee of three to decide to whom the prizes shall be given, and chose as such com- mittee Messrs. F, A. O'Donnel, of the Flyaway Club; J. R, Carpenter and M, J. Dillon, of the Confidence Club, of New Rochelle. Subjoined are the names and positions of the players who will participate in the contest and a review of the comparative merits of the men. It will be seen that none of the Chelsea nine will assist Brooklyn in tho match, This is owing, not to want of invitation, but to the disinclination of two or three members of that club taking part in a game on the Union Grounds. New York. Position. Brooklyn. Powers... Crosby. Fallon... Malone. Isherwood. Grierson, Loughlin. -Smith, Pursell. Treacey . Hankinson. Hayes. Shandiey.. Sullivan .............--Right field. Of the catchers, Powers, of the Olympic, of Manhat- tanville, is the better. He is cool and clear headed at all times, and his play when close behind the bat being equal to that of any professional, Crosby, of the Name- less, however, has made a reputation on Prospect Park this season. ‘In one game, while catching fur Malone, he put out twenty men out of the twenty- seven, The catchers are about even in their batting, In the pitchers Brooklyn has a decided advantage. Malone, of the Nameless, with his tricky, “head-work’ delivery, has, with one exception, pre- vented any club against which he has pitched this sea- son from making over eight clear hits off him, Fallon, of the Flyaways, made a big reputation in the 4to 0 game last year, and has lived on it ever since. Both pitchers are good batters. New York has a good man in Isherwood, who played first baso in the crack Ar- Iington nine, of this city, up to the time of its disband. ing, about 'a month ago, He captures every ball thrown anywhere near him, and is a heavy hitter. Griersou, of the Nameless, is a comparatively new player in the position, but his plucky catch- ing of the underhand’ throwing of Valentine, who delivers the swiftest bull to the bat of any mun who pitches, warrants his friends in be- lieving that he will prove equal to any emergency. Ho isa safe batter. Of the second basemen, Loughlin, ot the Flyaways, is the best in the amateur arena, and is as good ‘ge majority of the professionals He is, moreover, a good batter. He will probably be elected captain of the New York ten, and a better one could not be got. Smith, of the Amity Club, plays the position assigned ‘him finely, and is a very hard hitter. Brooklyn has the better third baseman, Kennedy, of the Reliance, being very quick and sure in picking up grounders, and a yery accurate thrower, while Parsell, of the Stazen Island Club, is unsteady in his play. Kennedy is a fine batter, and Pursell is not above the average. Treacy is a magnificent short stop. He is agile as a cat and a wonderful thrower, but Red- mayne is not far behind him, Both are excellent bat- ters. “The rest of the players are about even in fielding ability, all being first class, but the Brooklynites are the best hitters, though the’ New Yorkers aro all above the average, ‘Both outfields are remarkably sure catchers, and they will show somo prety work next Wednesday. THE NEWARK FORGERY CASE. In the caso of Ebenezer Francis, Jr., a well known amateur billiard player of Newark, who was tried be- fore the Newark courts on the grave charge of having forged a check for nearly $500, using the name of the firm of which his father is the sonior member, the jury were unable to agree after being out nearly a day and a half, and were discharged. It is stated that they stood seven for acquittal to five for conviction. Upon being tisked yesterday whether the case would be tried again, a court officer Said:—‘That is for the prosecutor to say. Cunningham was tried the next week after tis dese trial, when the jury disagreed, and was convicted.” From this it 1s inferred that the case is likely to be re- |. tried. THE HALIFAX HORROR. Nova Scotia newspapers publish the statements of the commission appointed to examine the" charges of outrage made against the captain and crew of the brig Mary Jones, on which two daughters of the Rev, Mr, Sunderland, of Shelburne, were drowned. One com- missioner entirely exonerates tho captain and crew, and the other calmly says that in the statements of the rvivors there is gFound for suspicion thet che cap tain and crew acted cowardly. There seems to be no evidence of outrage. The father of the girls seemed to be satisted as to the testimony, The affair will re- main a dead mystery. A CLOSE SHAVE, A boy of African descent, named Church Wells, while attempting to catch a train on the Long Island Railroad, . ; a day or two ago, slipped and fell platforin and the cars, and lay hugging the ground until the cars pawsed over him. He escaped with a few bruises, THE FALL RIVER STRIKE. en A Political Economist on the Trouble with American Manufacturing Interest. LAND JOBBING AND OVER-PRODUCTION The Expensive Ornaments Which Eat Up the Profits of Our Factories. The Employers’ Folly and Opera- tives’ Suffering. A VISIT TO THE TENEMENTS. Starvation Preferred to Signing the Manufacturers’ Agreement. Fat River, Mass., Sept, 24, 1875. “Our whole trouble is over-production, reckless Speculation,” said Henry Sevey, of No, 42 Main street, to me to-day. ‘A million pieces of prints have beon withdrawn from the market, two-thirds of the usual consumption, and yet prices have not advanced, I tell you, the manufacturers are seeking to cast upon the vperatives the misery that should fall upon themselves, and if they don’t be careful there will be serious trou- ble, Here we have forty-two mills, capable of pro- ducing 380,000,000 yards of cloth a year, when the entire consumption of the country is only about 475,000,000, You may call it what you pleaso—they have simply overdone the market, They have built mills for the purpose of jobbing in real estate, I will give one instance, Three speculators came here and pur- chased property to the amount of $12,000 Prints were paying then, Near their property was a lot of land of several acres. They got up a company and immediately sold the $12,000 worth of property to the company, they retaining positions as agent, treas- urer and clerk respectively. The land was said to be worth $120,000, but it bas never realized one per cent yet. Then they began to build alittle, and have borrowed of the banks nearly $250,000, the banks, of course, trusting to chances to get their moncy again, But if all the property were sold to-morrow I know who would be horrified—the banks and the men who nave put their money into the concern. This is only one of a dozen cases, THE WORKS MORTGAGED, “All the works are heavily mortgaged, because, in truth, the speculators have gone beyond all reason. They have put up all these mills with narrow looms; consequently they are unable to produce the wider and better class of goods. To alter the ma- chinery would be equal to bankruptcy to many of the concerns now. Blame the operative, cut down his wages until he is able to get but two meals aday for ten hours’ work; yes, but you can’t make him responsible for the frauds practised, Tho total cost of the labor per yard is about a cent and an eighth, Give the labor for nothing, and yet the manu- facturers could make nothing if they were to keep all the mills in full operation. They have not, within two or.three years, worked the mills to their full capacity, and they know it. It has been a game of hide and seek with the help and the outside public, which I will show presently. The game has been to acquire land, far and wide, put up a mill and then run up ficti- tious values, get up corporations or companies, sell at enormous advances, pocket the difference and then re- main as working agents, treasurers, superin- tendents, at fat salaries, bring in relatives as dummies or overseers, and make out that they have done great things for the town and for industry. It is true they have given work or partial work to a number of people, but they have really brought many of them here under false pretences. If I say to an old countryman, ‘Come over bere and I'll give you full work and full pay;’ and when I have him und his knowledge in my power to turn round and say, “I can only give you half a week's work and half pay,’ or, what is worse, ‘a week’s work for half a week's ‘pay,} you may fuirly call ita fraud. American operatives, whose habits are more expensive, are worso off than the imported laborer. “Now I will show you what thirty-three out of the forty-two mills can produce annually and what help they claim to have employed, aud you will then sce whether my ideas of over-production—that is, taking our proportion—are correct or not. I will prefuce it by saying they work 1,256,508 spindles, 29,86 looms, and panrpes use 138,725 bales of raw cotton, Now for the table :— THE PRODUCTION. Annual Production Hands _ Monthly Company. in Yards. Employed. Pay Sheet. American Linen Co..,. 21,000,000 Al $27,000 Annauan Co. . 2,150,000 3,500 Barnard Co 9,000,000 13,000 Border City Milis. 20,000,000 25,000 Chace Mills. . 12,000,000 15,000 Crescent Mills. 5,000,000 13,000 Davol Mills. 5,000,000 12,500 Durtee Mills..........- 23,000,000 33,000 Fall River Manufactory. 7,250,000 9,000 Fall River Print Works. 3,750,000 5,500 Flint Mills. 12,000,000 14,000 Granite Mills. 22,500,000 25,000, 5,500,000 13,000 3,750,000 5,500 15,000,000 20,000 23,000,000 30,000 6,250,000 9,000, 3,000,000 6,000 1,225,000 4,000 8,250,000 350 10,500 10,000,000 875 13,000 7,000,000 415 15,000 12,000,000 450 16,000 3,750,000 115 5,500 10,000,000 400 13,500 10,500,000 475 14,500 10,000,000 3875 12,000 10,000,000 3r 12,000 11,000,000 450 15,000 10,250,000 425 14,500 12,000,000 490 16,000 Wampanoag. 8,250,000 325 10,000 Weetamoe... 9,750,000 425 10,500 . Totals.........+..+++888,125,000 15,000 $461,000 WHERE'S THE MARKET, “In addition to these we may add for other mills very considerably, making the yards say 380,000,000, the hands 18,000, the pay sheet about $500,000. Now they are making our class of goods in Rhode Island, at Lowell, and are { onkoe (8 erecting mills in the South, in Georgia and Virginia, so that at least one-half the supply will come from these places. What 1s to be- come of our productions ? It is all very well to talk of other channels for goods) Why don't they find them for the 100,000 pieces now on hand in the warehouses here? At’ forty-five yards to the pisce you have on stock 4,500,000 yards. Ask the mill owners why they don't sell it, and they'll say, ‘We can wait for a market; beside, we don’t kuow how long we may remain closed, Tut and nonsense! Open the market and see how soon the prints would disappear. WHAT IS MADE—WHAT 18 USED, “Cotton manufacturing has progressed beyond the development of the country, or you would not have seen the operatives returning to England, France and Germany last year. “There are now devoted to spinning and weaving in this country 9,415,383 spindles, 186,975 looms, using 1,222,913 bales of cotton. ‘These produce in print goods, sheetings, shirting, &c., 1,205,000,000 yards a year, or say 29 yards tor Ades man, woman and child in the country, estimating the population at 45,000,000. Can our bay, pene absorb this? Our exports and imports show that we are on the wrong side, and that before we can compete Livtgcrantns with our neighbors our entire system must be changed. We exported cotton manu- factures in 1860 to the amount of $11,000,000, gold; in 1874, with all our vast outlay, we exported ‘but $5,000,000 worth of similar goods.’ TAKE AWAY THE DUMMIES, “But what remedies do tt propose ?”’ I asked. “The remedy lies with the manufacturers. Let them reduce their staffs of dummies. $3,000 or $10,000 a year, there $2,000 or $8,000, each with his ‘subs’ Taries. re is an agent uperintendent at and supernume- The fleas have smaller fleas to bite 'em, And smaller ones bite these—so on ad trfinitum, “In each of the five divisions ina mill there is an overseer and second and third underseers, Neither of these are of the slightest value. One manager, a fore- man and intelligent under-foreman, as in the English mills, could manage and buy and sell and manufacture at a cost equal to one-third of the present cost to co1 rations, It is a bad system to put a man at the head of @ business he knows nothing about, and who tfusts to his ‘supers’ to do all the work, furnish all the knowl!- edge and keep up the bullying’ and driving. The foreign manufacturers do things differently, They will not ive a man eight spindles to attend to if be can geta larger proportion of work out of six. They will not put one weaver where two should be used, as we do in Fall River. They are more careful in manipulating yarns and cloths, They use up the waste in rough clotn. The manager is @ practical, controlling, central authority, to whom economy is an object, because these are the economies that reduce the cost of production and ena- bie mill owners to sel) cheap, good articles while still paying the necessary help a fair compensation, 10 to nob the ene an eaneeee Line “Tt is not the help, but the drones, that must be cul down before we shall be able to sompele wiih conor countries. The Blackburn and Burnley (Englaud) mas. ler pays more for bis labor than our Mauuacturers, ‘Take their weaving schedules, which are the same as our own s— ENGLISH WEAVING SCHROCLE. Forty-seven yards, 28 inch, 16x16, 328 yarn, 138, 9d, Fifty seven yards, 27 inch, 16x16, 32s, 17s. 7d. Fifty yards, 44 inch, 16x16, 32, &c., 8b. 80218, 4d_ “Reckoning the piece at forty-five yards, 28 inch, 16x16, and taking the rag dollar at 3s. Sd. Enghsty money, the price in American currency should be thirty cents acut, while our people insist that twenty-four cents is the best they can pay. It seems that it now costs $7706 for every 100 cuts, which contain 368 pounds 12 ounces of twist and 268 pounds 12 ounces of 368 weft. Allowing for everything outside of tho ‘gentlemen’ who walk the mills as ornaments, we ff it at $64.95 per 100, or showing that $12 is on every 100 cuts to unproductive hands. While this re- mains we can’t compete with the mills of Lancashire, and but for our tariff English goods of our make would flood the market as their fancy goods do, as you can see by every female’s dress in the street, Our mills have been mismanaged, wasteful; too much machinery has been entrusted to one operative, re- ducing the quantity and quality of the goods that it is capable of producing; corporations have locked up their capital in unproductive real estate; short-sighted speculation has burdened legitimate concerns with debts, and schemes have carried away the real capital, which accounts readily for the loss of dividends,’? AMONG THE OPERATIVES IN THE CORPORATION TENEMENTS—HOW THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY LIVE ON—ABUSE OF CAPITALISTS—THE FEELING REGARDING THE NEW ‘‘AGREE- MENT.” Faut River, Mass., Sept, 25, 1875. Evidently the manufacturers here have raised up ® nest of hornets by their new “agreement,” or by what may rather be called their new declaration of princi- ples. It is not difficult to deal with the operative when. he isat work and in good humor, but he is a difflcult being to drive when he is hard up and hungry. For two or three years past he has not been weil treated in Fall River. He has suffered from the fluctuations of thé markets, more so than the employer, because, pro rdta, every reduction has fallen more heavily upon him, His house rent and his provisions cost him as much when he earns $10 a week as when he can make $12 He must wear the same quality of clothing, poor though it may be, in bad or prosperous times. He has for the most part a family averaging from three to eight, so that at the bes, as I have previously shown, he has but @ poor chance to save much even when his wages reach $12 or $13 a week. LIFE AT THE CORPORATION TRNEMENTS, It occurred to me yesterday to call upon some ot these male and female spinners, weavers and carders at their tenements. I was desirous of ascertaining how far the statements for and against their mode of life were true, The manutacturers have prided them- selves on the assumption that the operatives were better off here than in other mill districts; that the providing of separate tenements for each family tended to create a home feeling; that, while the crowding system at Lowell has a tendency ta lead young persons to immorality, here the fact of m man having his family in @ house with the single: boarders induced him to maintain a certain respecta- bility. They also claimed that under their system single women could board and lodge for $3 50 per week, young men for $5 60, with comfortable families, cheaper and better than they could possibly obtain else- where. But they do not say that young men and young women live together in tenements where there are no such restraining influences as the respectable heads of families exert, and herein they are, to a certain extent, either deceived or deceivers. A SPECIMEN, I entered a tenement on Six-and-a-half street, belong- ing, I believe, to the Troy Mills, There were six rooms in the house, three on the first, three on the second floor, 80 urranged that the two rear rooms were as. though originally there had been but two rooms of the same width as the front room. The frame of the place ‘was so cracked that you could see through itin two places, one in front aud one on the left hand side as you enter, Aslentered, the stench was sickening. Tho front room was twelve feet by fourteen; the two rear rooms slightly over half these ‘dimensions, as the stair- case that led to the second floor took off some three feet of the lower front room, The ceiling was but six feet from the floor, and as dirty as the floor on which I stood. There was a large stove in the room, exceedingly rusty in some parts and y in others. No carpet on the floor. A low, wooden kitchen table was standing beneath the front. window, covered with dirty cups and dishes and afew scraps of black bread. On two chairs, at the side of the staircase, stood a huge washtub, half filled with linen. In the bedroom, to the right, was a low, wooden settle- bed, part of the bedclothes’ being draggled on the bare floor. A piece of looking glass, in the shape of a triangle, was standing on a mantel piece, This constituted the furniture of the apartment. In the bed- room, to the left, an old oaken, square bedstead, about three-quarter size, was the only luxury observable, A stout-looking I woman sat in froné of the uncleared breakfast table in the act of nursing a well grown child. With her sata young woman. Three ragged little chil- dren ran into the room to show the mother some pieces of cake which had been given to them by some kind neighbor, “Oh, and it’s a poor place you've come to,” said the woman, as she hastily put the child into the lap of her companion. “The man is away now, aS you see, have to live here as best I can by washing. ’Tis a poor life, but I manage to keep my four babies from the overseers.” At this she carefully divided the pieces of cake to the dirty-faced boy and two girls, who had neither shoes nor garments that even the arabs of the Five Points ‘would care to don. ¢ ~ SWhat is your name?” T asked, ‘Kitty Shannon,” said she, after some hesitation. “How much do you pay @month for your apart. ments?” “We pay seven dollars.’ “Do you all sleep in those two rooms ?’” “Yes, certainly; we have no other place,’? said she, ‘as though | had imagined she was luxurious enough to expect anything better. “What can your husband earn a month ?”” “When he is working he can earn from thirty-five to thirty-eight dollars.” “What do you get now?” “Faith, itis a difficult thing to say. But for some kind crachers that help us with food I think we'd often get nothing. You see, when I take home my washing L get little dishes for the children.” “[ mean how much money do you earn now,” I re- peated. “None at all since the mill stopped except the few dollars I make by my washing.” “How, then, do you pay your rent?’ “With the money I make, of course, If I didn’t pay I'd be put ito the street mighty quick.” Seeing that I could ascertain the financial condition I said to her, “I suppose you saved @ little during good times, eh??? “The devil a cent, sir, assure you. It took all we made to live dacently, “What do you think it costs for you to live now?” “It can't cost more than $4 @ Week, for that’s all L get, and have paid a month’s rent out of this,” Here was a case of a woman capable of paying $7 a month and sustaining a family of four in her husband’ absence (who was looking for work elsewhere) on an income of $16, SPECIMEN NO. 2. I next went to the Union tenements on Seventh and Fighth streets, and some of the upper floors were sim- ply wretched.’ In many of these the staitcases leading, to the second story are on the outside, and so made that a small connecting gallery or landing is con- structed to make the one staircase do for two houses. Beneath this staircase of the house 1 entered was a pile of putrid garbage, A dark-visaged woman, with thick matted hair, resembling an Indian, stopped ne om the landing and demanded to know my business. “You'll tind my mon there,” said she, pointing to a dirty pine door, ‘The man, a queer looking, dark haired individual, was sitting on the floor with a boot on his knees, which he ‘was endeavoring to mend with all the science of a Cris- pin. “I have called to see if you are ready to go to work on Monday,”’ I said, as I put a small notebook into my pocket, At this le rose and said with all the keen- ness of Silas Wegg, “I suppose you've no objecshuns to my seeins the docimunt?’’ His dialect was more pleasant than his general manner, for he scowled threateningly as | closed y coat “Noa! if I can see un I'll never sign un, that’s sure.’ T explained that I had no document; but bad merely called to ask the question. He then sat down again and. took a grim looking caton his knees, which he patted gently as he inquired suspiciously. “Wud yer go to work oonder sooch condishuns?”” 1 told him { could not well make up my mind about that; ‘but how are you living now?” I inquired, “Livin’? Me an’ the ole ooman live on oor leetle cosh in the savins bank, but ave oonly $30 left, and when that’s gone we mun go and beg. Ave never doone a wrong in my loife, an’ am not a-goin’ tobe driven to’t at my torme 0’ loife. When beat get Ben Wilkins to cree! an’ bow fora livin’ ivil be on the hoighway and not inamill. But ae tell yer what ae wud do; aed loike to poot a few o’ them dommed build’ in’s to the torch,” and he pointed si ifcantly in the direction of the City Hall. Four an’ twenty year ago ae left Burnley, in Eng- land, aw’ coome to this coontry. Ave worked will me hands ever since (and he held up his long, sinewy fingers). Am fifty year old, an’ ave brought oop a family, Noo am Worse ‘off than many a convict who has been twenty year in ison, if they'll let mo earn $10 a week to work; if they doan’t Ben’ll his bread, that's what he'll do;’’ and as he said this he slapped the cat violently on the back, much to the terror of the animal. As Mrs, Ben now made her appearance, I did not feel like pur- basin the subject further, and so wo talked of tho weather and the price ot butchers’ meat uatil I caw a favorable opportunity to withdraw. I might give a dozen other instances; of the young people who are improvident and who huddle together live or six in a tenement; of the aged who canuot keep themselves clean; of the Cr nme | sanitary arrange- ments; of the harshness of the overseers of the poor, who dispense ouly with grunts, But I think I havo shown sufficient 10 couvince any reasonable mind that as a rule the operatives bere work hard, live extremely plain, are orderly and economical as far as they can be, and that she claims of the corporations pow made are | only additiona, abuses heaped apou an industrious aud’ | useful class of citizens,