The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1876, Page 9

THE COURTS. [CONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE.] } 4 jcrican trade dollars. McGuire, burglary; Same vs. Patrick H. Weldon, ‘quate el ver (dimes and bf, dimes) burglary; Same vs. George Marsh and John E. Shep: rd, burglary; Same vs. Peter Bohmeyer, burglary; me va, William Steinkopp, forgery; vs, John Fitzpatrick, robbery; Same vs. Robert Carroll, rob- very; Same ve. George Johnson, felonious it and batiery; Same vs. Daniel Foley, grand larceny; Same vs. Edward Fay, grand larceny; Same vs, Mary Kelly, bei jarceny; Same ves. William Johnson and Dav’ jarris, petit larceny; Same vs. Henry McKeon, petit larceny; Same vs. John Welsh, robbery. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, Events of the Week—The Course of the Stock Market. OUR EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Continued Ease in Money—A Decline in Gold— Government Bonds Better and Inyest- ment Securities Generally Firm. Watt Srreer, Scnpay, March 42, 1876. ‘The past week has been a kaleidoscopic one, and its reflections, though changeable enough, have not been entirely satisfactory to either bulls or bears. Enthusi- astic supporters of Lake Shore and Erie came wofully to grief when they extended their confidence fo West- ern Union and Pacific Mail, General dealers who re. garded the market as either a sure purchase or a sure sale discovered that it was easier to putin athumb than to pull out a plum, and conse- quently closed up the week a little better off than thoy began {t ‘There was about as much lost 4s won on a general speculation in the prime favorites, and the only gleaners of the fleld were the constant Ruths whofollowed the great reapers in the wath made by the Granger and a few other invest- ment stocks, ‘There has been a new hand at the bellows in Erie, and possibly in Lake Shore; but the principal hammer- ing has been done by Jay Gould, who has attacked Western Union wits the biceps of a Cyclops and has | »eaten Pacilic Mail entirely out of shape. Yet, sbort us he may be and successiul as he appears, it is ques- Nonable whether he is happy. There exists the in- cubus of Union Pacific, which must rest as uoeasily on his mind as docs the indigestible truffle beneath the diaphragm of a gastronome. Long of some stocks and short of others, the notorious mime ot the Stock Ex- change has twp parts to play. He is like Garrick in the picture, hesitaung between tragedy and comedy, or, like Captain Macheath in the *Beggar’s Opera,” with the authoritative assertion— How happy could I be with eith Were the other dear charmer awa} Ibis quite certaim that his mamorata in the gutse of Union Pacific cannot be shifted off his hands at pres- ent prices, and she has no fascination for either pur- chasers or money lenders under present protection, Yet despite these facts Union Pacific is thought well of by many dealers, and would unquestionably rule At present or even better prices, and actively at that, were it removed from the influence which now con- trols it. A general dissemination of shares and a knowledge that free trade in the stock was established, would gofarto restore both confidence and active dealings. While Gould appears to be all wrong with the last named fancy he seemsto be equally all right with Western Union and Pacific Mail The opposition offered bythe Atlwtic and Pacific Company and the passage of the dividend have seriously affected not only the price of the former stock, but its ability for future payments, Stockholders are restive and dissatisfied, They ask what assurance there is that the statement just made is more correct than that rendered last October, when no mention was made of a floating deb. They inquire what proportion of the charges carried to construction account are properly so placed, and they are equally inquisitive about other matters in the management of the company. We quote the above as thoy reflect the talk of the street, knowing at the same time that disappointed Stockholders are as fierce as raging hhons, while ‘well paid ones are gentle as “‘sucking doves. ’’ THE SALES OF THE WEEK aggregated 1,750, 500 shares, which were distributed among several of the most active securities as fol- lows:—Western Union, 262,750; Lake Shore, 326,476; Pacific Mail, 231,000; Erie, 159,800; St, Paul, common, 28,000; preferred, 19,000; Ohio and Mississippi, 23,400; Michigan Central, 25,000, and Northwest, common, 114,200. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES OF THR WEEK. ‘The following table shows the extreme fluctuations for the week in the leading shares:— Highest, Lowest, New York Central. 16% 1b Harlem. 13 22 66 4 443g p 65% 4 Rook Island ...... 00006 Lg nox Milwaukee and St. Paul. 45.5 42 Milwaukee and St, Paul preferred 8345 79% Pittsburg... PALS 96 95 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western... 118% is New Jersey Central, seoess LOT 106% Michigan Central. 4 604, Ulinos Central 10245 Union Pacitic, 66% and L 4s and St pt by Haanibal and St. Joseph preterr 28 Ohio and Mississippi 20% Missouri Pacitic. 13 Panal 135 U OT Atlantic and i 18)¢ Pacitic Ma: 23% 18% Quickeilver 11% 1k Adams Express,. 107 105 44 American Express, 3 62% United States Expt Wh Bh CLOSING PRICES—SATURDAY, 3 P M. Pacific Mail... 153 a 18% Mal & StP pt. West in Tel... a 67) ¥ Cx y. . oF AMA Fac Tel 18 135 3 ju priya an “SM * ar Land a Shy Mar La M pf. Adame bx... 01 Missouri Pac.. 13" KXPORTS AND IMPORTS, The foreign commerce of the port for the week was ® follows:—General merchandise imports, including Wry goods, $5,408,845; produce exports, $6,226,840, ‘he total imports of merchandise at the port since 1g ‘anuary 1, this year, were $65,680,047, against $74,043,760 for the corresponding period in 1875, and $80,601,748 in 1874. The total exports of produce since fanuary 1, this year, were $47,317,059, against $44,603,396 in 1875, and $52,750,510 in 1874 The total exports of specie since January 1, this year, were $9,626,494, against $14,220,072 in 1875, and $6,106,998 wm 1874 ‘THE MONEY MARKET, Money has shown great ease during tho week, the ates being ag Jew as 2 per cent at times, and not higher ‘than 33¢ per cent, Cail loans were freely supplied on this basis, and the offerings of capital were in excess of the demand. Prime business paper bas been taken at 446 and 6 percent. Foreign exchange toward the close was atrifie firmer. The following shows the value in gold of $100 greenbacks (Treasury notes, including fractional currency and national bank notes) at twelve o'clock yesterday, and at the same hour of the days named :— March 6. ‘The speculation in this department was heavy and resting and attended with a steady decline from 114% to 11434, with closing figures at 114%. The fol- jowing are the GOLD FLUCTUATIONS FOR THE WEEK, The busio~ss will be conti ye | Canal ve, ly NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1876.-W1ITH SUPPLEMENT. GOLD COINS AXD HULLION, The following were the latest quotations in gold for coing and bullion: — ey ‘American silver (balf and quar. d6ls.) Nominal Nominal Mexican dollars, old style 9045 O13 Mexican dollars, new sty 9045 915g English silver. 4.80 4.86 | Five franes. WO 93 Thalers... 69 m1 English sovereigns, 486 4.90 Twenty francs... 3.88 392 Spanish doubloons. +» 16.00 16.40 lexican doubloons. 15.60 16.70 Silver bars (999 fine) Lb 16 Fine gold bars. by to 4 prem. Bonds. Government bonds in the early days of the week were depressed in sympathy with London quotations, which were affected by sales on the part of German bankers, and an unsettled feeling connected with further legis- lation. Later, however, they recovered, and are again firm, with an upward tendency on both sides of the Atlantic, Railroad bonds were in good request by investors, and generally advanced in accord with the better prices im the corresponding stocks. This is partly ac- counted for by increased earnings on many of the rail- ways, and by a slightly improved undertone in com- mercial circles, The incidents of the stock market, and the main causes which led to sharp fluctuations, have been al- ready referred to and are too familiar to require repeti- tion. DOMESTIC MARKETS. Ganveston, March 11, 1876, Cotton dull; middling, 123;c.; low’ middling,” 113;0.; feed ordinary, 0c. Net receipts, 1,008 bales; gross, 1.07 xports—To ‘Great Britain, 1,073; coustwise, 364," Sules, 900," Stock, 47,782. i Nuw Orteans, March 11, 1876, Yow mid- Cotton active and strong: middling, Nin: 124, ordinary, 9% x] 0 io the Continent, 5.372. 1 Mositx, Mareh 11, 1876, Cotton strong; middling, 12%. ; low middling. 1135 11%. good ordi Exports—Coastwise, 238, pales, B inary, 1U\yc @ lve. Net receipts, 761 bales. “ules, 2,000. Stock, 53,615, DAVANNAH, March 11, 1876, Cotton firm; middling, 12%e.; low middling, 1le.; good ordinary, U%6. Net receipts, 482 bales; gross, S62, Kx- ports coustwise, 85. Saies, 83. Stock, 41,702, Cuaruxstox, March 11, 1876. Cotton quiet and firm; middling, 12%¢. a 128,¢.; low middling Le. ; good ordinary, 10%ge. a 10ge. Net receipts, 438 Vales, Sules, G00, Stock, 26,516. MIXGTON, N. ©., March 11, 1878. Spirits turpentine quiet at $43;c," Rosin steady at $1 4214 981 40 for strained, Tur firm at $1 65. Oswngo, March 11, 1876. Flour unchanged ; 1,500 bbls. Wheat di white State at $1 47; No.1 Milwaukee club extra white Michigan at $1 56. Corn qui for mixed Western. Barley nominal; held at $1; No. 2 bay at $1 05; No. 1 meal—bolted, $20; unbolted, $25 per ton. Mi $17 4819; shipstaifs, $19 a $20; ton, Burra.o, March 11, 1876. Receipts—Flour, 6,100 bbls. ; wheut, 31,00) bushels: corn, 000 do. ; oats, 21,00 Jo. ; rye, Shipments- | Flour, 6,000 bbls. ; wheat, 56,000 bushels; corn, 22, di oats, "21,000 do. ; rye, 2,800 do, Flour quiet, stead: es ‘of 600 bbls. Whe: Baugented. Corn firm; new le. higher; 5 cars sold on track at S7c. Oats retailing at 39e, a 40c. from wagons. Rye Inactive. sales of 1,500 | Cunada on private terms. Pork q Lard quie ‘ Highwi doing. ToLevo, Murch 11, 1871 6. Flour stendy, with a moderate demanu." Wheat firm; fiir rund; No. 2 white Wabash, $1 2244; amber Michigan, Si z4iy; April, $1.25; May, $1 27ig; No. ¥do., $1 02; red winter, $124; No. 3 i; do. Dayton and Mic an, BL 4; reject .85é. Coen dull; high mixed, 470. ; Aipril held'at 4sige. ; May held at o08jc., 40%gc. bid: low do. held at 460., 46e. bid; no grade, Dayton and Michigan, 3 muged, 40c. Onis dull; No. 2 Michigan, 33} Glover sood fir ; fare dom ind at $4 95. Hox, ceipts—100 bbls. flour, 9,000 bushels whi corn, 3,000 do. outs,’ Shipments—600 bbI bushels wheat, 47, 000 do. oats. Cuicago, March 11, 1876. Wheat in fair demand and c. wOSKe., spot; Mac, ‘Apri D v May No. J do,, Be. w Ste. jected, 7zige. ‘Coru firm, fair demand; No, 2 mixed, 4%e° ‘u dde., spots 48%4c. bid, April: 46%. May. Oats nominally | tnchauged. Marley quiet, unchanged. "Rye steady and firm. Dressed hogs—Demand light, holders frm at $9 10. Pork steady and firm at spot; $22 4 0, aay, Lard generally uuchay Flour du!l, unchanged, r;_No.'2 spring, Yeiig $1 O35 a St Od: ay. Bulk meats dull | r ribs und clear ai gc Witskey, Receipts—Corn, 40,000’ bushels; oats, 21,000 do,; barley, 4,000 do.; rye, 400 do. Shipments— Flour, 7,000 bbls. ; wheat, 14,000 bushels. ; corn, 40,000 do, ; ‘oats, 9,000 do, ; barley, 4,000 do. ; rye, 800 do. PRINT CLOTHS MARKET. Provipesce, R. L., March 11, Printing cloths market closed flat at 4c. decline, and extra 64x64 being quoted at B%jc. & de, ten days, with little inquiry. HAVANA MARKET. Havana, March 11 Demand fair; prices have advanced: tore , No, 12 Dutch standard, aGY reals; molasses gold; muscovado oy tae ret do., os 11 to 14, In reuls; do,, in hhds., 7 « 74 reals. Stock in warehouse at Havana and Matanzas, 213.500 boxes and 37,000 hhds. ; aK, boxes, rece .* 37,000 boxes and 12,000 hhds.; ex. rts 1,000 boxes wand 7,000 bhds., including ), LUO be hhds. to United 81 Molassei quie 4 polarization 3% 0.444 reals per k ask reals offered. Bacon, $28 a FLY 50 per bbl. for American. intal for American swear cu r quintal 11 75 aB1d 60 per v in tins, 8 reals per Flo Hams, do., in. ‘ins, Bas 10 a Onious, $12 per bbl. tor A: : Lumber nominal. Shoske. bos, 484 4.8% reals? shooks, su x, Hy 4 834 reals; shooks, » at 10 0°18 reales shooks, molasses hh : for the Uni: . SS ; perhhd. of m bani gs) of vabe re ) aes Exchange steady. BRAZIL MARKETS. Rio Jaxeino, March 11, 1876. Coffee market animated; prices firm; good Lrsts, 6,700 a 5,850 reis per ten kilogrammes. ‘Exchange on London, 25, Santos, March 11, 1876, Coffee quiet; prices maintained; superior Santos, 5,400 05,750 rels per ten kilogrammes, wt Havana $3 50; nited 5 hd. of molasses, UGUST BELMONT & CO. Baukers, 19 and 21 Nassau st. o ailable in all parts of the world, lors? Credits, ai through the Messrs, DE ROTHSCHILD and thelr correspondents, Also Commercial Credits und Telegraphic Transfers of Money on Cutifornia and Europe, issue Tri Poli Mort) and oth of all kinds effected with best cor HABRICH & CO,, 117 Broadway; Ae te ee hk CONDUCTED ON TH) Endowment [ icies. securities; Insuray liability pla jeges at lowest Btocks bought on 3 per cent margin. 72 page book, full Information, with Review, and quatatlone, sent any addre JOHN HICKLING & by “Gunkers and Brokers, 72 Broadway, New York. DVICE AND INFORMATION FOR PERSONS DE- sirous of speculating in stocks; investments of sums from $100 upward may be safely made and a large percentage do- rived. For full particulars address TUMBRIDGE & CO., Bunkers and Brokers, No. 2 Wall st., New Yor, RY AMOUNT TRUST 7 x 7 Foxns. 30 LOAN ON FIRST wage, cit, rookiyn: le; xpem: Oremanes Cy oF UO AVITT & WOLCOTT, 10 Pin on™ AUDITOR'S OFFICE, CINCINNATI, FEB. 28, 1876,—Redemption of city’ Cincinnati bonds.—The city of Cincinnati issued ou Uctober 1, 1809, Seventy (7u) city 3 Bonds of the deuomination of one (1) thousand dollars each, for workhouse purposes (lettered ¥3), bear at the rate of seven (7) per cent per annam, any time after six) years from date of | city. In necordance wit cil, d Feb. 10, 1876, 1 hereby notify the owners or holders of or all of the issue of bonds that the city of innati will redeem the said bonds the American: Exehan; tional Bank, in New York city, on April 1, hereon will cease ou that day. W. HUFFMAN, City Auditor. STATE FUNDS TO LOAN—ON NEW YORK AND Property, at six and seven percent, Address Brooulyn ESTATE, Herald oft 3 ry UL ‘AP.—A 5,000 PAID UP LIP POLIC je the owner needs the money ; « grent bargain. In- quire at 178 Court st., Brooklyn. few York elt ty. Prigelpals desiring t OR INVEST apply en Hed CAN tae Beneatay, MONEY, To. LOAN AP SIX PEK CENT. —SrECIAT. funds of $5,000 to $25,000, on Ni York and Brook); n ONSTAKE & STILLWELL. 100 Brosd- ee 1876, and that the interest t improved Property. way, room 2, PONEY LOANED PROMPTLY ON MORTGAGE— iu sums to sult, for long periods, without bonus, po 145 Broadway. MoE 72 LOANTIN sous io. surr, ON Prest this city and Brooklyn, iB SUOVE & CU., 1,238 Broadway. Mi RUPUS K. MHARG, 195 Broad lon very State. “FOUN S& PIERCE, NO. 6 PINE WT, HAS $, J $10,000 and 815, $5. improved Real Esta HYATT, Most? 70. LOAN, Oi BUY MORTGAGES ON CITY adjacent property. to lon on New York SP etotnist RUST ide F ‘DS AG) eee a jot swan becaneet 40 Se ROWEN & CO, 22 Pino at. (i, FOR A TERM OF YEARS, AT 7 improved Jersey ety; Gret mortgage; tox 2b0 Hernid office, OF, ‘ASHED, $26,600; PROP- NTED—A MORTGAGE erty worth more that lo the mortyuee, Address ¥OU. 1 ¥ 4 MANS, FANTED 82,00 POR ONE YEAR, SECURED BY W personal property worth $10,000; liberal bonus, Au- dress OVIDE DUVRE, 200 Brondway, New York, COPARTNERSHIPS, i Se JAME: AyEW YORK, MARCH 4, 1870 —THE PIRM IERETO- name of Deneh & Kresse is u rin HOMAS DENCH. C. KKEsses. a by F. Eee, a 384 u we bea amt | T REASONABLE RATES.—MONEY ON LIFE AND | a | so thal Channels | ter of the tunnel, | 1 | mers and the multitude of miners’ SINESS OPPORTUNITIES, MERICAN AGENCY IN LONDON WILL PUSH sales of any reilly good urticle; frat class references Address EUROPE, box 5,315 Post office. N EXPERIENCED MAN IN FINE SHOE TRADE nd cutting wishes an active partner, with about 2,000, vo establish fine custom busiuess reterence given and required. Address A. B., Herald Mice. Wd D—WITH $1,000, IN ONE OF THE ving variety theat! in this cit; M stand the closest investigation ‘articulars of LLOYD, 29 Broadway. NY PARTY HAVING 3,000 CASH MAY JOIN equally with advertiser in a pleasant business, which hus netted $300 per day. Address MEN jeruid Up- town Branch office. YENTENNIAL,—A — PHILADELPHIA MERCHANT will take charge of articles on exhibition; had experi- ence with exhivitions: speaks English, French and German. Segrens PERMANENTLY, 1,340 South 13th st., Philadel- phia, C Fant OLONIZATION, “GO WEST,” &0 —THE FINEST OP- portunity ever presented tn the East to join w com- already organized, to settle on some of the richest of New Mexico, where the climate ana natural resourses ‘of the country are ‘unexceptionable, For full particulars send for pamphlet tu agent of New Mexico Stock und Agri- cultural Association, Park H York. YOOD BUSINESS OPPORTCNITY. A tirst class, well established Furnace, Range, Stove, ‘Tinware aud Kitchen Furnishing Business In Elizabeth, N° J.; special agency of Richardson, Boynton & Co.'s. store in best location; showy and commodious and g cellar; large dwelling above: property be bought or je advantageously; full manufactured stock on hand; Fetiring to 8 farm only reason for. selling: | Apply to JOHN HILTON, corner of Broad and Washington sts, Elizabeth. or to A. F, HIGGINS, 50 Wall st, 3 ARTNER WANTED—WITH $15,000 TO $20. tO enlarge the manufacture ot patent Folding Beds, With Mattresses, in six different articles of Furniture; no required; the patent is @ practical ecabinet- ished over 20 years in this city. Address Id office. " = e ED—AN ENERGETIO MAN, WITH $15,000 TO $25.00) cash capital, to take the European ‘wcency, separately or Jointly with the manufacturers, for four d ffer: ent styles of sewing machines, two of them having already beon well introduced and largely sold in Europe; principal 0 ve located in London; an unusual opportunity to the right man to engage in « very profitable busi- ness: machines will be Jurnished at bottom prices, Address box 3,226 Post office, Boston, Mass, LOO x: THLY SALARY AND I protits paid man by responsible firm: duti charge of putting up, goods, collections, Ae, ; must 500 ens, whieh will Add: .& CO., BOX 4,19" be scoured by bond wud mortgage. 1 00K WANTED—TO Res? IN in Post office. INTRODUCE TO THE trade and exhibit at the Centennial, two ln- clative and attractive patents; will share protits. Address Mrs. G., Herald office, 2, 000- PRCULATORS AND BUSINESS MEN . + tomething worthy your atteution ; Household Invention; something entirely new, retails at 81; profit 300 per cont, ix acknowledged to be the best thing ean clear $3,000 in six mnths; those meaning busi- should not fail to investigate. Inquire for LAMB, 6 Park Hotel. ( ‘CASH WILL PURCHASE TEREST OOO i's permanent, legitimate ‘business, which will pay the investor at least $10,000 the first year; none need answ answer; box 5,483 Pos a ‘i THE GREAT TUNNEL BORE. of references given and required, Address t oftice. APPROACHING COMPLETION OF THE EXCAVATION AT BERGEN HILL—ANOTHER RAPID TRANSIT PROBLEM SOLVED—DESCRIPTION OF THE TUNNEL, The great tunnel of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad under Bergen Hill at Jersey City is rapidly ap- proaching completion. Ground was proken in Septem- ber, 1873, but the right of way throughout was not se- cured for a year afterward. The importance of this new route tothe travelling public may be judged from the fact that under the existing accommodations prop- | erty has depreciated {rom thirty to forty per cent along the line owing to the frequent delays The increase of j traffic on the Eric Railway has been so great that at cer- tain hours of the day the Delaware and Lackawanna trains are subjected to vexatious delays atthe Erie tun nel, which 1s not sufficient for the business of the two roads, From the day when the celebrated ‘frog’ war was ‘inaugurated at the west end of the tunnel to the present time there have been endless disputes between the two companies regarding the right of way. The | ‘ew tunnel will not only afford speedy accommodation, but will shorten the distance from Hoboken to the Hackensack meadows two-thirds of a mile. The pres- ent route has a very abrapt curve at eithor end of tho | Erie tunnel, whereas the new route will bea direct line from the depet in Hoboken a distance of three miles, ‘This will effect a saving in time of ten minutes, besides avoiding the wear and tear incident to’curves, ‘As the line starts from the Hoboken ferry, only a lew fect above tide water mark, it has been necessary, in or- der tv cross the Er.c road at the west end of the tunnel, vo carry the new line up a grade of fiftcen feet to the | The summit of this grade is at the west end of | the new tunnel, where it crosses the Erie 300 feet from | the entrance to the tunnel of the latter and at an angle | of ubout sixty degrees, The line will cross three streets | nile. da branch of the Erie Railway east of Bergen Hill and two streets and two railroads west of the bill, all which must be bridged. ‘at the east end, this work ‘The piers of one bridge bad bot been coinpleted more than a few wecks when halfthe immense pile of masonry | disappeared. The same is the case with the broken rock taken from the excavation and used for the em- bankment. In many places it sunk more rapidly than it could be Milled up at top, and as it sunk the softearth | on either side was forced upward to a height of nine feet above the former level and a distance of- 100 feet. from the embankment. Earth filling would have been superio: filling 18 scarce, while sto pleutitul on the rou! But for the continued sinking of the stone filling the embankment and bridges would have been compieted. and the road ready for operation within two months, Six weeks more will suffice to complete the tunnel, THE TUNNEL. The length of the great bure is 4,209 feet, exclusive of tlie portals at either end, which make it 4,270 feet from arch to arch. To give greater security against accidents from falling rock 2,000 feet of archiug will be ected from the west end aud 75 feet from the east en This work, while entailing a heavy additional expen: became necessary from the caving of shalt Saturday week. McAndrew, the contructor of the tunnel, apprehended | five weeks ago that the ‘‘weak vein’? at (his place would soon yield, and he caused all work at that place | to be stopped. Three frame houses stood on the brink of the shaft, which 18 eighty feet in depth, and their escape (rom destruction was almost miraculous. They | were removed on Sunday, and the excitement was | so great that the place was visited by 6,000persons, A | juad of police was detailed to keep back the crowd. The caving of this shait at this time is considered for- tunite, for greater precautions will now be adopted. A heavy shaft will be erected from the bed of the tunnel, | and the arching below will be proportionately strong, | and covered with asphalt to protect it from the spring | of water leaking {rom the reservoir, which 1# only 1U0 feet distant trom the tunnel at No. 6 salt and rans parallel to iva distance of 200 fect. The ved of the tunnel is sixty-five fect below the bed of the reservoir, | }0 damage to the water supply 18 apprehended. — will be provided to curry off leaks to the gut. The arches will consist of five courses of brick resting on a heavy wall of masonry | ten feet anda half in height, and the space bewween the tup of the arch and the rock will be filled in with | concrete, ‘The beight of the arch is twenty feet and | the width twenty-seven feet, A Henaxo reporter made a survey of the tunnel on | Saturday last, entering atthe west end, ° The iand slide | referred to cccurred 400 feet trom the western eu- trance. In spite of the immense pile of earth that fell through the space was completely re- opened. With the exception of the leak trom the | reservoir the tunnel is remarkably dry and presents in some places a tirin bed of rock. Three hundred men, constituting the day gang or “shift,” were at work, and what with the clinking of 100 sledge ham- mps burning dimly, the chill current of air and the strangeness of | the cavernous surroundings from the busy scene in | the cheerful world of day above, the curious visitor will experience a feeling of great relief when he again emerges into day, (ne feature in the construction of | this work cannot be too lighly commended—its | improved system of ventilation, There ure shaits, ,| ch of these shatts, with a tower rising toa heignt live feet above the surface the bill, will contribute to the puriiication of the atm Four weeks ago the tunnel was imapect @railroad | men from Pennsylvania, Mas jusetts, Michigan and the West and its ventilating system was pronounced | superior to that of any other tunnel in the country, while the rapidity with which the excavation was car- ried on was declared to be marvellous, THE COST OF THR WouK. The cost of constructing the new tuunel and the im- provements on either side from the terry to the Hack- | ensack meadows will be about $1,500,000, while the | 6 inst expense for real estate, right of way, | &c, wii be nearly $1,000,000 more, One | of the great improvements now in ress | prog ts the bridge over the Hackensack River, which will be | 600 feet in Jength. The draw of this bridge will be 200 feet in length. A canal or dock ts being constructed at the depot in Hoboken, which will be 600 feet long and 90 feet wide, and will be so arranged that vesseis can he In the dock and be Joaded irom the tracks on either side. The nember of men employed by Mr. McAndrew, the contractor of the tunnel, froin its inception to the resent time, varied from 600 to yen Taking ali de- if 8 into account the new road will be in tall operation betore the centennial anniversary. Mr. Samuel Sloan, President of the railroad, and Mr. Moses Taylor, who personally superintend the work, expect to bave it completed the first week in June, FIRE RECORD. A slight fire occurred yesterday mor of Turn Hall, No 66 Exst Fourth street nal; Cause, unknown, Ateight o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out jn an avoceupied room on the second floor of the four tu the attic ; damage, womi- story brick burlding, No. 623 Tenth avenue, Damage | Frederick Fleury was arrested ou suspicion of | dated March 3, 1873, commissioned a muster and placed trifling having set the building on fire, At halt 4 three on Sunday morning, a fre broke out in the house of Conrad Lout, at Fore: enue, Eu: Williamsburg, which threatened at one time to destroy the whole avenue, as there ts not even a public pr in the piace, or any facilities whatever to supply w: in ease of au omergency of this Kind. Had it poy been for tho valuable serviees rendered by Mr. Frederick Licht, whe. supplied water from his brewery, the conse- quences would bave been very serious, The lire is be- hheved vo have been tho work of incendiaries, | ‘THE FLOoDs IN EUROPE. THE DANUBE IN OVERFLOW—FIRST SIGNALS OF THE DANGER OF AN INUNDATION—ICE AND WATER COME DOWN IN RUINOUS GRANDEUR. {Vienna (Feb. 19) i a, an of the London ime, } The expectations entertained about the Danube “regulation” proving an efficacious remedy against in- undations, which the lower lying portions of Vienna are threatened with almost every year when the snow begins to melt and the ice to move, have been falsified already, the first year after the opening of the new river bed, and since yesterday the lower portions of the three most exposed suburbs— LEOPOLDSTADT, ROSSAU AND ERDBERG— as well as the whole alluvial districts below Vienna aro flooded just as they have been periodically before the unless they have the cash; no brokers need | Owing to the marshy char- | r of the soil and the great depth of mud, especially | presents great difficulties, | in the opinion of the engineers, but earth ; | | lappily no lives were lost, as Mr. Joha | Danube regulation, THK WEATHER IN WINTER, But it must be said that the winter has been one of extraordinary severity. Since 1838-89 no winter hke this is remembered, both for the lowness of the tem- perature and the extraordinary quantity of snow which fell. From the middle of December until.a few days ago the thermometer, except a few days about the mid dle of January, never ranged above freezing point, and for weeks was 10-12 degrees Reaumur, or 20-25 degrees Fahrenheit under it In the intervals between these fits came snow/alls of twelve and fifteen inches in one night, which, lying on each other, represented at least a depth of three feet on an average, causing periodical interruptions in the — com: munications, and foreshadowing the danger which might be appreheoded when all these musses were beginning to melt, The ice had become fixed in the river and above all down streams beyond the range of the river “regulation,” where the river expands and divides among the igiunds, the shatlow channels had become so choked that in some places barricades of 1ce were formed reaching down to the bottom. All de- dended upon whether THR THAW would set in first above or below, and whether it would set in gradually or suddenly. And all the chances have been adverse, Atter a larger snowfall than any before, and a short frost alter it, four days ago the thaw, helped by drizzlivg rain, came from the west and gradually extended eastward, bringing down the mow waters bélore those lower down had time to low off, RUSH OF WATER AND ICK, At about nine A, M. yesterday the rush of water and ice coming from above rarsed the ice in the river and mado it move, and the movement in the beginning was regular enough; but by and by the masses of ice and ‘Water coming from above, encountering the massive ico barrier below, began more and more to choke up the channels, and the waters drivea back began to rise in an alarming manner, THK ALARM, At ten A. M. three cannon shots announced to the town there was danger, and iminediately tho measures were taken which had'been provided for such a case. | The shops were shut in the exposed districts, the open- ings in the cellars and other underground localities blocked; the police took up the positions assigned to it; the military were contiaed in the barracks; the boats were made ready, and the flying stages erected in the streets. People rushed by thousands to th Danube Canal, THE WIEN. ‘The Wien, usually a putrid hittlo streamler, had | grown into an impetuous mountain torrent, which its | banks, some fifty feet high, could scarcely contain, | ‘Phe ingenious contrivance of the iron block ship at the entrance of the Danube Canal, which was to prevent the ice from coming down by that channel, proved an | adie delusion, The force of ice and water had raised it, and underneath it the ice made its way as before on such occasions into the canal, On the new river bed the stream, with its cargo of ice flelds, came down in in all its grandeur. THE INUNDATION LEVEL, 1,400 feet wide, had been long covered over, besides the 1,L00 feet width of the river bed proper, and yet the waters were rising visibly. At the bridges the ice fields towered up until they almost reached the road- ! way. Everywhere the ice was strewed with the débris ' of bridges, boats and. trees, which {t had curried off higher up. Slower ana slower the ice moved, while fe waters gradually rose up to the verge of the new uk. THR DANGER INCREASING, At half past eleven the second signal of six cannon shot indicated that the danger was increasing, aud | there was a generul flight toward the town among the | spectators who had gove down to the new river bed | and who feared to be cut off by the inundation of the lower district behind. TERRIBLE SCENES IN THE COUNTRY. ‘The accounts from outside, instead of allaying, were only culculated to increase the alarm, In the vailey of the Inn and at Pipau the water had reached an extraor- dinary height, threatening further mischiet, At Kraus the ice bad settled betore the railway bridge, and the river had lett its bed, flooding the surrounding country. From below the news came thatthe ice had completely blocked the channels and that the water ‘was covering the adjoining lower ground toward siemer- ing. The new central cemetery was flooded, ‘THE NEW GRAVES aro filled with water, many of the graves have sunk in, and the corpses recently buried were floated out. Th burials im the new cemetery had to be stopped in con- | sequence, and the old cemeteries taken tu again tem- | porarily. RISING TO RUIN IN THE EYES OF ROYALTY. At a quarter to o'clock P. M. the last signal of nine cannon shots was given as a sign that the dang: of inundation was imminent. Shortly after The Majesties went in person to the threatened districts, Gradually as the waters rose in the river and canals, the cellars first, and soon after the streets in the three past six o’cloc! |. there was a@ short relief, tor the | waters had carried off a aike below; but soon after the water began to rise again, and With it the anxiety to what might follow when the water and ice being eaped up upstream would come down to-day. When night set in the threatened districts were abandoned. ‘The schools bad already been closed in the alternoon. The prisoners of the district prisons of the Levpold- stadt had to be conveyed away; so had the tire brig- ade of the Brigittenau, while in the bathing establish- ments In the Prater some twenty persons, women and children, were cut off, AT PRAGUE, From Prague are reports that all the lower fe ot of the town adjoining the Moldau on both anks are under water, Daring the p still rose, and the inundation tool and lower down, on the Beraun, the Elbe and its ailluents, many villages aro flooded and bridges | carried away. STORM AND LOSSES IN THE SOUTH OF SPAIN. [Cadiz (Feb, 11) correspondence of the London Times.) At twelve P. M. on the night of the 9th inst, a per- fect hurricane swept over tho usually calm aud quict | city and bay of Cadiz and some of the neighboring sea- ports, causing an Iminense amount of damage to the | owners of houses, manufactories and small craft, The time had been gusty and changeable, the wind veermg bout from one quarter to the other, with occasional nowers of Warm rain, No one, the hurricane that burst upon or shortly after midnight, Some eighty small craft, varying from ten tons, with somo twenty or — thirty e1 vessels, are always lying at anchor in the Bay of Cadiz the seventy J At midnight on the 9th and morning of the 10th the | Tain began to fall in torrents, the wind rose to a fitful | gale, and the thunder was deafening; the whole town was illuminated by lightning flashes’ in such close suc- cession as lo make a periect blaze. Suddenly a perfect hurricane of wind broke upon the bay. Forty boats were daven from their moorings aud cupsized, dritting avout in all directions. Fourteen filled, sank to the bottom and are lost; a dozen or ‘more Were driven against the muelle, or quay, aud battered about. STRANGE PHENOMENA. Strange as it may appear, itis, notwithstanding, true that this hurricane only Jasted for from three (0 | tive minutes io its full force, Then came a tertitic hasi- storm; one hailstone picked up, having fallen through the #kylight Of a house, was of the size of an ordinary hen’s egg, another weighed two and a half ounces, For three years the South of Spain bas known nothing but drought—drought that has vorne its fatal fruit and culminated this year in the partial failure of cereal, vine and olive crops; the ruintall during the present winter is So far above the average that it promises to make good the past deficiency, FLOODS AND LOSSES IN GERMANY. [Berlin (Feb, 24) correspondence of London News.) In consequence of thé thaw which has set in, the ice has broken up and the rivers are everywhere swollen. Tne provinces of Saxouy and Silesia are affected with special severity in this respect, and the Elbe has broken through several dams and dik near Madgeburg, Kalbe and Wittenberg. The land for miles round is under water, and half the county of Barby is inun- dated, Great aistress is apprehended. railway (igh from the latter piace to iier- lin, sank in ent, which had been rendered solt by the flood, and it could not be extricated, No lives were lost, THe visteLa, The Vistula has overiiowed its banks near Pless, in Silesia, and inundated the country for miles, and great numbers of the inhabitants have had to seek safety in aight. THE BOGUS NAVAL OFFICER. To Tux Evirox ov tak Hexauy;— In connection with the case of ‘‘Lientenant’’ Howard F. Moffatt, United States Navy, lately arrested in little girls, permit me to say that he was appointed an acting master on the 12th of November, 1864, mustered November 9, 1869, and by special act of Congress, | on the retired list, which rank and place he bow oc- cupies. * ‘n justice to the nen who wear the same uniform as the one this mun has dixgraced, itis to be hoped Moffatt wil! be speedily vrought vo trial before a court martial, aud-the navy be rid of his presence, The fact of lua having “been On a spree since January Jast,"’ matead of betag an extenaation of his oflence rt ww aD aggravation of it, aud should of twelf bring the offender to trial, Respecttully, Lie TENANS, United States Navy, exposed py tog he an to fill wih water, Toward half- | night the | greater pro- | however, auticipated ety at | or | to thirty | Last night, at@ short distance trom Magdeburg, a | Brooklyn, on @ charge of abducting and abusing two | out of the service January 1, 1869; appointed mate | GERMANY. The Allied Imperialist Warning to the Princes of Servia and Montenegro. Russian Policy Toward Prince Charles of Roumania. BISMARCK’S EYES EASTWARD. The Arnim Family Likely to Retire from the Service of Prussia. Berux, Feo, 22, 1876. The reply of the Sublime Porte to Count Andrassy’s reform programme, forwarded from Constatinople more than a week ago, arrived this morning and was imme- diately communicated to tho*imperial government by the Ottoman Ambassador, Aristarchi Bey. The Turkish note, somewhat delayed on the way im consequence of the great inundations disturbing trafic, 1s said to be almost identical with @ rough draught of Count An- drassy's, laid before the Sublime Porte by the Austro- Hungarian Ambassador at Constantinople, Count Zichy, with the insinuation that it contained exactly what the Northern Powers would expect in the Turkish reply. In order to render the suppression of the revolt in Turkey easier the Austro-liungarian government has ordered a strict watch to be kepton the frontier, and the Governor General of Dalmatia, Baron Rodich, ac- cused of sympathizing with the insurgents, bas been recalled to Vienna. All jugitives from Turkey on Aus- trian soil will be summoned to return to their home as amnesty. The not inconsiderable subsidies granted them from the Austrian government will then also be withdrawn, To preventan extension of the insurrec- tion the Northern empires have again issued a serious WARNING TO THR PRINCES OF MONTENEGRO and Servia to refrain trom further support of the insur- gents. No doubts can really be entertained of Go | many, Russia and Austria earnestly trying to restore peace and order in the Herzegovina, As the East¢ra question is not yet ripe for a forcible solution, and accord does not reign among them respecting a division, of the European part of Turkey, they attempt to avoid every cause that might bring about a goneral war. Germany, boing the least interested of all European States on the tern question, is principally endeay- oring to preserve @ good understanding between Russia and Austria, Bismarck is materially supported in this by the change taken place in the policy of Russia these last ten years, The St. Petersburg Cabinet is chiefly occupied in an extension and consolidation of its power in Central Asia, and only in the second line aims at the possession of Constantinople—of no longer such vital importance to Russia as formerly. It 13, however, as a matter of course, not indifferent to her who obtains possession of the Bosphorus, the entrance to the Black Sea. As an eventual division, therefore, of Turney, Ru would either insist on a NEUTRALIZATION OP CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE DARDA> NELLES or assume tho supremacy herself. We consider, how- ever, this event tolerably distant, It must also be | reflected that the different Christian tribes living on the Balkban peninsula in war and discord among themselves can offer no guarantee for forming an orderly State and defending it against foreign invasion, ‘The Turks, being in a minority on the Balkan penin- sula, have an undeniable talent for government, and will, by the help of some reforms and concessions, be able to restore peace and prosperity to the beavily-tried country. Even Roumania, comparatively speaking the most orderly of all the Turkish vassal States, is composed of such demagogic elements that anarchy and overthrow of her present form of govern- ment would not cause much surprise. These restless | | i | eloments are only kept in subjection by a powerful | mihtary force. Itwas the other day asserted that wielded tool in the hands of Bismarck, was resolved to refuse the annual tribute to the Sublime Porte and had assured the protection of Russia by cession of the much coveted mouth of the Danube in Bessarabia, We are ena- bled, by reason of most trustworthy Information, cave- gorically to contradict these reports, which arose ston, M. P., travelling in the East, aud partly from a demand of the Sublime Porte whether the Roumanian | government might anticipate a payment of the tribute refused by Prince Charles. The German government has by agreement with Russia and Austria urgently rec- ommended the Bucharest Cabinet to avoid all compli- cations with the Sublime Porte. Prince Charles and his ministers have responded to this wish by a circular { note, in which they have assured the Powers guarantee- ing the Treaty of Paris that they will conscientiously ob- serve all conventional duties entered into by them with the Ottoman government. ‘THE ARNIM CASE, I was in a position some days ago to forward you | the decision of the High Court of State respecting a charge of treason brought against Count Harry Arnim, for violation of the ninety-second article of the Penal | Code by publication of the pamphlet, ‘Pro Nihilo,” | tall twenty-four hours before the same was known to any other paper. ‘The resolution of the Cvurt is gen- erally considered harsh and unecessary. Count Arnim is a ruined man, who should have been quietly abandoned to his sad but not innocent fate, The hatred of his enemics pursuing him when incapable | almost of resistance, will render him a political martyr ina fair way to regain the sympathies of tho world, which were somewhat withdrawn from him after the revelations of the first trial. The summons to appear before the Court has till now remained unanswered by the Count. His physicians, who seem to be very anxious about his health, have forbidden his return to | Germany even to nurse his son, suffering from ao | severe attack of pleurisy. A change for the better bas taken place in young Arnim-Schiagenthar, but it is | consumption, an hereditary disease in the Arrim | family. Io order to aseure Count Harry Arnim’s free | entrance to Germany in case of a visit to his son his | mother-in-law, Countess Arnim-Boylzenburg, the widow of the former Preiier, addressed a PETITION TO THR EMPRROR to defer to an indefinite period the nine months’ um- prisonment to which the ex-Ambassador had been con- demned. His Majesty has laid the petition for con- sideration before the Berlin District Court, which will 1m by the Arnim family to the Emperor no answer has yet been given, As the Chief Prosident of Sile: | Count Arnim-Boylzenburg, one of the highest state otlicials, and Barons Von Arnun-Brandenstein and Von Arniin-Criewen bave attached tholr signatures, it is Delieved His Majesty will not leave it unregarded, In | case of w refusal of the pardon—accurding to good authority—all members of the Arnim family, mary of whom occupy the highest posts, wilh send im their | resignations. The Emperor's delay with reference to | the petition for pardon scetns principally to be caused | | by ihe new charge laid against the Count, the issue of | | which His Majesty probably will await before he con- siders @ pardon admissible, Legal circles are also look- ing forward im suspense to the verdict in the new trial. not being of a nature demanding secrecy counection with the welfare of the Gorman Empire. Furthermore, it will be dificult to prove whether Count Arnim was conscious of their publica- tion endangering bis country’s wellare. Count Arnim Dimyeif is said to look forward with great composure to a“ y ge brought against him really lead: | to public proceedings Count Arnim intends, by means of his counsel, to refute several attacks on his honor contained iu the report of Bismarck to the Emperor of | the year 1874, lately published. The Count bas col- jected ample materiais showing that the British government approved of his eventual appointment as Ambassador in 1873, and did not, as Bismarck wrote to the Emperor, reiect his nomimation because ‘no one could beneve & word that Count Arnim said” In r inverrogatory of Count Araim on the sutyect, mn Seeretary of State for Foreign Affufrs, Karl Granville, the latter wrote, as | myself saw from an autograph letter of his:—“Without wishing to mix myself up in your dispute witn Prince Bismarck I willingly admit of not being aware of ever having said any(hing disapprovingly ot you."’ Gladstone is suid to have expressed himeel! in a similar manger, THK EMIGRATION LAWS. ‘The telegram arriving here shortly before the close of the Reichstag with the coment that the Com- | anittee tor Foreign Afluirs of the House of Reps Lives Were opposed to denunciation of the uaturaliga treaty between the United Statew and Germany, has raised the question im parliamentary circles as to what attitude Germany will assume on the expiration of the ‘roaty, on tho With of May, 187% im generale prov soon as the Sublime Porte has proclaimed the promised | Prince Charles of Roumunia, described as an, easily | | partly {rom some hasty statements of Mr. Butler Jobn- | nevertheless feared the malady will degencrate into | report on it, To another petition for tull pardon sent | Jongation or @ revision or tne treaty in order mor@ clearly to define some of its expressions is advocased. A very smal! and active minority under Dr, Friederich Kapp are agitating for a repeal and a complete re- estaclishinent of the satus quo ante May 9, 1868, | Kapp, supported by Professor Vou Marsitz in Erlangen, has already opened a campaign in the press against thé treaty, the conclusion of which he designates as a dis grace to Germany: In tho Preuastsche Jakrbicher, ong ‘of the best monthly periodicals, edited vy the celebrated historian, Von Freidschke, and Deputy Dr. Wehren- | plenning, he writes thus:—“This treaty was for | America the result of many y negotiation: carried on with great energy and still greater skill, ao splendid triumph of her diplomacy which, instead of deserving rey hes for not buving attained enough, was entitled to the warmest thanks from her people. For Germany the treaty signifies am easy, even thoughtless, surrender of a lawtully eb and undisputable principle, without demanding or receiving any equivalent; even more, | it was and still i¢@ prize set by the new German Em- pire on the emigration of her sons liable to couscrip. tion to tne United States."’ The imperial government | will scarcely allow themselves to be influenced in their | decisions by the agitutions of Dr. Kapp, &c Bis | marck, who has constantly striven to entertain frionaly | intercourse with the United States, and is perfectly | aware of the great benefits conferred by the treat both countries, bas lately made the Washington Cabi- het avery important concession by an order decree- ing that all naturalized Americans who, according to the treaty of May 9, 1868, r two renal residence im Germauy, are liavle again to amilitary service first to be asked whether they intend taking up permanent abode in Germany or again returning to the United st In the latter case their departure will not be prevented, TUK BERLIN SRaSON is now approaching \isend, On Shrove Tuesday the last ball will be given at Court. Daring Lent—more strictly observed than in former years—no Court festivities will take place, The proseat season has been a very brilliant one; nearly every day was devoted to dinners, entertainments or bulls, Which seemed to vie with each other in splendor and luxury, Since the last war thé Court at Berlin js much tore sumptuous in appearance, manifesting a great display of art in festive arrange- ments, ‘he Empress, a | of Goethe, has doue much in this regard, and she ts admiravly supported by the Crown Priucess, who excels in the art of paint- ing and sculpture. One great drawback in the festivi-+ thes at Berlin 18 the inefficiency of ventilation, The finest houses and palaces were all built many yeara ago, long before the luxury of pure, clear air was ap preciated, Society in Berlin has also so considerably increased that the want of appropriate suits of apart. ments is considerably felt, Even the halls in the Royal Castle are not spacious enough to contain all th sometimes exceeding a thousand, without paly convenience, The only exception to this of annoying circumstance is the palace of Prince C and the Austrian Embassy, both of later date and in a splendid position, Especially the embassy is magnitl- cent. The entertainments of the Austrian Ambassa- dor, Count Carolyi, who understands, by friendly atten- tions, making his guests feel quite at home, are dis- tinguished by their tone of ease and enjoyment, xes- terday’s ball at the Italian Ambassador’s, the Grst one gree im his new dignity, was also # great success, ‘heir Imperial Majesties and the whole Court were pros- ent. ‘The ball took place on the same evening with a dinner at the American Legation, in honor of Wash- ington’s Birthday, afer which the Mintster and Mrs. Baucrott Davis held a reception, to which Bumerous Americans residing in Berlin received invitations, Abbot also gave a soirée in honor of the day, at which the celebrated African traveller, Dr,’ Nachti; waa the hero of the evening. Mr, Fay, the son-in-law of Dr. Abbot, American ex-Minister in Berne, was also present. Among other visitors we remarked the core respondent of the 7imes, Dr. Abel und Dr, Jogeph P, ‘Thompson, staying some time in Germany tor the edu. cation of his children. Dr, Thompson has lately un dertaken a yery meritorious work. In commemora- tion of the hundredth anniversary of the indepen- dence heis giving a series of lectures on the history of the United States. The tirst lecture took place last Monday, before a distinguished audience. Dr, Thomp- sou developed in a masterly way the reasons and mo- tives of the American Reyoluvon, which was, he ex- plained, not a revolation in the European sense, but a restoration or reconstruction of political soctety; aa independence not sought by the colonies, but forced upon them, The endeavors of Dr, Thompson to make Germans more acquainted with the history of the United States deserves full recognition, AMERICAN LITERATURE IN GERMANY. The number of Germans who, because they are un- able to read American books in the original, maipta’ that there are none such is steadily decreasing belore the | provtable efforts of German publishers to make those books known in German. There are at this time turee | different publishers who are making specialties of as many series of translations from American literature. One of these at Leipsic is issuing the “American Hu- motists” 1 a series of volumes, Which includes Mark ‘Twain, Bret Harte and others, A second publisher in the saine city is giving out The American Novelists, , | including Aldrich, Henry James, Jr, ; Howetson an other members of the younger school, In this claas of | books the boldness consists, of course, in the attempt to | translate tne dialect—the “Americanism: which are | quite essehtial—and once this dilliculty is surmounted | the success of the eaterprise seems assured. With Dr. Auerbach at Stuttgart it is otherwise. He has under= | taken to make bis countrymen acquainted with the more serious, scholariy and thoaghttul productions im modern American literature, books which are less diffi- ; cult of translation, aud which, even if the most faultiess reproductions, appeal to a smaller and more erit not to say more captious, circle of readers, ¢, for instance, the volume ‘Democracy and Moni n France,” by Professor Adams, ot Michigan | University; Bayard’ Taylor's “History of Germany,” | Dr. Fravklin’s **Aa‘obiography,’’ and the entire series | of historical works by Francis Parkman. It happens that these writers, except, of course, Dr. Franklin, are cial friends of Germany, and’ Dr. Auerbach can ily be blamed for that, as it 18 the fuct, and does not whield them from the more profound aud philo~ | critics, a# you wil seo by an example. If ‘ican author who by his peculiarly & | | deal 4 Such | i | | | aguressive chi jonship of everything German de- | serves well of Germany it is Bayard Taylor, He paid | the country the highest of all compliments in marrying | one of its daughters, and she is the translator of his | history into but in the Weser Zeitung 1 read &@ review of his bovk which ends with | Siugularly warm and generous welcome to the | new Empire. The rhetoric is, indeed, some- what exuberant, and the Weser Zeitung cahnly | dismisses it with the remark;—‘Too govd, perhaps, | tor America, but uot good enough for Germany.” Could the force of snobbery go further? In giving bis | works to the German public the publisher has pro- | cured such editorial eid as seemed necessary. Te Parkman Dr. Friedrich Kapp writes « long biogr cal and critical introduction. The edition of Franklia the same capable writer accompanies b; aghaely, i troduction, while Berthold Auerbach, the father of the publisher and a warm friend to America, writes au ad~ | mnirable pretace. [am glad to cali attention to the | enterprise of Dr. Auerbach, because it merits the warm | acknowledgments of every American. Mr. Herbert | Tuttle, who seems to have made Berlin bik residence, | is preparing a series of sketches of German statesmen for Messrs. Putnam, The work, when completed, will doubtess be written in a conscientious and eriti manner, as 18 all Mr. Tuttle's work, DISCOVERY IN A JAIL It will be remembered that during last October @ | conspiracy by a gang of desperate prisoners to escape | from the Hudson County Jail at Jersey City was fru» | trated. Razors, knives, stecl saws, loaded revolvers, | jimmies, daggers and dirk knives were found in the | cells of several prisoners, and the bars in some cella | were partially sawed, The plan was to make a simul- taneous dash from the lower tier, overpower and, if | necessary, kill the watchman who held in his band the | key of the main door leading to the hall, and no furthes | obstacle remained to prevent their escape trom the building, To facilitate tue execution of the plot a female “pal” of one of the conspirators was to give the | signal by coughing when the main entrance door was beng opened to allow her depart, The notorious highwayman Watson was the leading spirit of the moverceat. Yesterday forenoon the attention of Jailer Ryorson was called by 4 prisoner me hard substance inside @ mattress, On exam ine steel saw, eight inches long and an inch wit stoned at the ends by screws to a curved steel rod having a wooden bandle like a chisel, was found, | It was ultogetber a peculiar implement, the saws bell detached from the frame as they became worn out ai others substituted. A further search was made, and io the cell occupied by one of the bank robbers wedges, chisels and burglars’ implements were found io | crevices of the wall. The conspiracy would in all probability bave succeeded had not one of the gang given information to the jailer a fow hours before the tine fixed for carrying out the plot. CRIME JIN BROOKLYN. Samuel Stephenson, aged thirty-eight years, who has no home, was drinking in a liquor saloon om Emmet street on Saturday night, when he suddenly poured the contents of a paper of Paris green intoa glass of whiskey, aud attempted to ewallow the deadly potion, when the bartender knocked the bow! trom hig hand, defeating the suicidal intent, Stephenson waa locked up in the Vaa Brunt street station house. Coeilia Cafferty, a child of six years, was found staggering on Hudson avenue by @ policeman om Satur- day night, carrying an empty bottle, It transpired that the child bad been sent to the store for spirits by her mother, and after purchasing the stuff she drank it, Edward Brown, of No, 139 Thirty-nmth street, wae arrosted on Saturday night for striking bw father-in- Jaw, Jobo Abrahams, on the head with a brick. Joxeph Stern, of No, 49 Walker sree y ‘he arrest of a workman Hwngergths ec Rich, of ) r street, on charge of onacesion of $300 worth ot calhmere coats which iven him to make, Mary Flynn, a domestic in the employ ot Gilbert H. Badeau, of No, 1,354 Pacific street, was arrested om Saturday on charge of removing $200 worth of furni- ture from his residence tn his absence. A portion of the property was recovered, Daniel Hammill, ot Graham avenue, near Walker had his pocket picked of a watch and chain, val $250, while lying asleep on the sidewalk om Saturday night. ACCIDENT TO A TUGBOAT, Yesterday morning the tugboat H. F, Hamill left Riker'’s Island, with three schooners in tow, for thia city. Atapout eleven o’cieck, and when Jn the neigh- vorhooa of Blackwell's Island, an explosion took in ber steam funnel, and the vessel was from sight 1m 8 mass of eacaping steam, She pressure of Oty pounds sieam im ber boilers, | "waa injured,