The New York Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1876, Page 8

AFRICAN TRADE. Progress of M. Largeau’s Ex- pedition to Ghadames. Hopes of Opening Up Busi- ness Direct with France. ] THE KAIMAKAM'S WELCOME, ——e New Year's Day—Grand Panorama of Ghourd and Plain. A Treaty in Stones—Description of a Desert City. Gmapamxs, Jan. 11, 1876. Amid the numerous interruptions of the Khars and bhe constant gibbering of our semi-Arabian servants | will attempt to complete the copying of my diary, giv- | ing the details of the last twelve days of our journey to this place, There is so much to be seen here, the phases: of life are 80 novel and peculiar, that it would almost re- quire a volume to treat them atthe requisite length, and | Ishall, therefore, omit any description of them at this time. Our leading idea is to induce these wealthy merchants—who receive the ivory, the ostrich feath- ers, the hides, incense and truits of tho Soudan—to send their goods across to Algetia direct, instead of, as now, to Tripoli, where they are taken and shipped to England by the Hebrew brokers who have of the a com: Our first inter- . promise well plete monopoly whole trade views with the ror Kal for the accomplishment of this object, but these peo- ple are not always guided by the good sense which ho Jems to display. ‘The leading merchants are of an en- erprising turn of mind, but nervous toa degree and oxtromely distrust{ul of strangers. They do not like the idea of experimenting. If some one could prove jo them on the spot the immense benefit they would derive by sending their ivory and gold to Algiers tt Would be easy cnough to get along, But they hate to wait for resulia, Hence the difficulty of persuading them to abandon their old routine, Still we hope for | full success, But to return to my diary, As you will kee, the narrative is continued from December 23, with | which my letter of yesterday closed :— | THY WIGH SAND MILLAR Deczmnen 24—The desert rests in peace. One hour alter our arture we passed the foot ot the Forked Ghourd, then inclined to the fouth-southeust, Having kept direct to the south trom Keressof, we continued our journey, rounding the , hourds and entering again into valley’ varying from 20 to 20,000 feet in width, which are doited here with tiny mounds of twelve or tifteen feet in whieh the camels scale without ditfeulty, Thi weather was very fresh, aimost o The sky wat lirely overcast, and for the first time since our dey ture from El Olied the sun has been hidden the greater part of the day, In the afternoon some thick clouds coming from the southeast discuarged rain, The sands of the valley, swept ap by the wind, give the ghourds the novel aspect of snow capped mountains. By the light of the now inirequent rays of the sun the sides of the summit glisten so that they might be mistaken tor real g) . At ball-past four o'clock we “brought rot amid ING RAIN STORM, where we ‘uwuited the return of two scouts ed out in advance of as in norning in order to tain if the road was clear. saw no trace of any enemies. Au hour later we were rejoined by two other scouts, who bad re d behind. They lad seen nothing to excite attention, but the spot is so risky and Qucertain that the khebir mimends us ali to speak only in undertones, esert the least sound trivels to a considerable distance, so that it may readtiy be tmagined what impor- Jaccident assumes. A lew stones thrown down, the trunk of an azel falling on summit of’ a hillock, seem to have as much offect as the falling of huge rocks im our mountains or burly trees on our pli Haoun says that if the ghourds in this ould speak they would tell us of horrible conflicts aud murderous bat- tes, and that it has often been necessary to ue up the mouths of the camels to prevent them from beliowiuy, | lest marauders should be drawn upon their track. Last night—a night without either moon or stars—wuile taking my Lurn op guard, almost overpowered with the fatigues of the day and constantly straggling to keep awake, I could not avoid thinking of the fights which had occurred in this place. Though awake'l dreamed, | lance the least topograplii Crouching down in the sand, m band, [had to | force mysel{ to see and hear, My eyes searched amid the shades of night for the Agures of our enemies of the desert, and in the wind which murmared among | the brushwood I heard, as it were, continual noises as the distant echoes of the tintamarre oj war. But the chilly atmosphere soon brought me back to reality. I arose abd went to le in veother part of the thicket, where I patiently awaited the expiration of my term of Bentry duty. JOURNALISTIC JOKES. The two hours having expired | went to the door of the tent and awoke the companion who was to relieve me. On thi ly have a Htile | fun. Wheu it ist perchant”? of Cha- teandun to follow mo 1 go in, and pulling off his hood shout in his ear, “Away, the! and otherwise most illustrious representative’ of Freneh commerce aud behold the 300 camels who desire to contide | to us the care of the Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles!” To the officer of marme 1 yell, “Lieutenant, to the quarter deck! { have sufliciently coniempiat us, and eit you wish to count the coursing out to the northeast. Otherwise nothing ne alm, Notalight in sight, save the meteors ‘heads to larboard.”” To cur explorer I ery out, * cur (this 18 the name he sr) e Wo his first guide when he explored Ighargha have ceriainly all been hung, Not one remains to ance a jig. Now it is for-you to act the | cavalier by you »” And then I go to sleep, | ‘Wrapped from head to foot in my . and dream Of mounting guard during the ‘siege of Paris. Who would then Lave told me that, tour years later, I should be keeping au armed vigil in the desert? ‘My eom- pauions avenge thems kes by arousing me with the most fos. Atone time itis a despatch wh of the press in Fra h arrives to announce the hberty and that I may go and ‘take my turn.” Ag 4n authorization tur me to go aud hold aconterence on order and “morality.” Its | ared that Lo the tribune and bold forth to wi nat the tyranny of govern- ts in this counter, things buat b Alt him. letely. re’ he yells; “now, ¥ Suspect the merchant of of putting him ap to this, for he is turious D cause he to guard the “merchandise of the mem- bers of the Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles.” TU WORK OF THR DAY, A clear sky aud shining sun compen- us to some extent or the darkness and coldness of the past night, It is like a lovely summer's day in Europe, though in the wilds of Savara. It is almost mpossible to set out any morning before erght o'clock, ind sometimes it 1s hali-past eight before we can start. From the lirst moment of dawn, and the day seldom degins to Ureak until seven o'clock, our cameliers dunt up ther animals, which generally wander six Quudred or seven Lundred yards away trom the camp, Immediately they are brougut in the work of loading ns. watch all these preparauions while sous, Finally the tellis, or Sacks, are strapped olf we go. The halt for breakiast, to enable pidly empty a tu of preserves and permit the ers to cat a few dates, seldom exceeds half an hour, We usually balt for the night at ball-past four o'clock, so as not to be surprised by the dark- ness, Which always comes very quickly ‘after sunset, We bave thus an average march of vight hours a day. It ts very diflicult to give au account of the distances we make, as we seldom travel in a ditect line, and bottoms of the val- ontinually crossing Nils ds that unite the ghourds, Tarely over an even surfac leys boing very rough we are Jocks or sealing t We calculate, however, that the average distance travelled seven leagues. Such a stretch among these ghourds of tho Sahara is equal to twelve or fifteen leagues across our plains, for, in addition to the constant ascents and descents, the journey is ren- dered still more trying by the drifting sand into whien you sink so often to the knees This business of exploring is very severe. I nover saw such indolatiga- bie travelers as OUR MES, They never mount their camels on which, like us, they could rest themselves from time to time across the tellia, The frequent discussions they notd betweou themselves as to Lhe redivision ot the hi Jeads to the concluston that they lear to fa camels a good deal more th they tear to selves. They keep always on foot, urging on their beasts, and never complain of fatigue, as though it were utterly unknown to them. They are splendid compantons, always joyful and always singing. They are also most excellent hunters, knd it would be ex. tremely difficult to find avy feliows so capable of detect. ing traces of manor beast at a great distance. No wack escapes their notte They always know whieh path to foliow and which to avoid, When they start in pursuit of gazeltes, which they bust without bounds, they throw off their cloaks and doa a hunting Wt of the ebdjor of sand; suits such as no eivilized a. ever dreamt of. Thus arrayed, and with their stung across their shoulders, they scent tho azelles in the distance, and, creeping slowly up to the ‘select a victim, which tey generally killata range sf about 109 yards, though sometimes they are able to Spprosch them within forty yards. It is a raro thing for them to miss their game, and up to the present our and sevoral of the drivers have always succeeded | bagging the gazelle selected trom a flock. Some- times they have brought down two when sent out specially to provide us with fresh meat, PILOTS OF THE WILDERNESS, ides they havo agitt that positively astounds geome almost necessary to have been reared and bramble, a guide will often suffer both | bunger id thirst im order to go direct to & point and find a landmark im the } ing. | Poine bas never denied and | to Keep a sharp | some antelopes, clunbing ghourd alver ghourd without | escape under cover of the darkness, | The torms of certal NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, inthe Sabara to properly appreciate them, In the Alps or the Pyrenees, in roads relatively frequented, where the tracks are beaten or where simply a sapling, @ brook or cabin serves as « landmark they could fad their way with equal ease, Butin the Erg, over asur- face of wore than 100 square leagues, where the color of the sand even scarcely differs one mile from another, where all the bills bave much the same form, where the ridges aro as much alike as the waves of the ocean, bursting out ito the same crested foam, and, finally, where they never se@ any vegetation but low thicket form of ahilloradrift of sand, The dangers to lite | which accompany this develop in them a physical and moral quality altogether unknown to us. At night, simply by looking at the stars they can teil their route better than the traveller who takes his line direct from the compass, In the darkest night these guides will Jead you across the desert without hesitation oF mis- take. These kbebirs of the desert are truly the fuest pilots in the world. A POSER FOR THE NATURALISTS, Every day I see two varieties of birds of different plumage tying around us The one is about the size k, with white wings, white and curved bill, The tirely gray, about the size of a sparrow, apd reminds one by its mode of Bight of the charming little wagiail of France. Once im a while we see a raven, which fits from bill to diil as if the desert was his regular habitation, We also see daily numbers of ga- zelies, Autelopes perfectiy infest the pills These quadrupeds live upon the scanty plants of the Sabara, Ihave previously spoken of the fenek, a little fox, which lives on rats, hzards, insects and flowers during their season, &¢ Bat the question is, where do these animals drink? The camel can go eight da; without drinking, even in the height of sumo thanks to the reservoir which nature bas placed in bi stomach, and in that souson when herbs are scarce he con go alinost’ # month without green brows- The Arab horse also is 80 trained that he will only drink once m_ two days while in the desert. 1 will ete a more astonish. jug circumstance still—viz., that our cameler, El Freyem, has not tasted adrop ot liquid since he left Beressol, @ period of three days, and he quietly assures me that he “may perhaps take a drink to-night,” But where do the birds, gazcllex and antelopes drink ? The oldest hunters assure me that they do not drink because there 18 no water for them. Ought I not, thereiore, to be content with this declaration, which hen Ali himself deciares he is satisfied of its correctness? By no means, I think I must leave the question open tor discussion in the Henan, as perhaps come light may thus be thrown upon tt, Mra alternoon we entered a tortuous valley whieh | the Arabs call Caban er-Rakhia, which means a de: jon where the gravel sinks into the fissures, This | designation is quite apt. We have now rounded the Capo of Surprises, but | a Jong way off irom the Forked Ghourd ye have ok out, At eight o'slock this ev lng we learn tuat our guide aud & camelier who had started ona hunt in the afternoon have not yet re tur Fearing that they would not find our camp ta tire on the summit ot hill, when the two men returued and stated that y had scouted over a tr an two leagues in pursuit of | | | | | | being able to approach them near enough to get an et- fective shot. Haoun Was quite furious because having wounded one badly the beast nevertheless managed to DHROKS OF A SIMOOM. | To-lay we crossed a straight passage | -Assel, or Honey Detile, Why call Simply, says the guide, because o nonce took a comb of honey in it; an appeljutior Uiat did not cost the Arabs much strain of mmaginatio: Our explorer recalls an incident which occurred dur- ing the passage through this place the ye.r betore last | when returning from Ghadames. They were over- tuken by a terrific simoom, Enveloped by and us if floating in the waves of burning sand, they had to halt halt suflocated until three o'clock 1m the afternoon, devoured by thirst and unable to distinguish any, ob- ject bwo tect abead of them, ‘Ihey had to rise up each Moment so us NOt to be covered compleiely: by the lying waves of sand, The next day, woen they were ubie to look around, five out of the caravan of fifteen camels had disappeared. A council was held. Had ba stainpeded them, or had they simply lost themacives during the tempest? Two drivers finally | Drought the animals back, having found them away ) back on the road, about ball the distance traveliod the day before. Just beiore break of day they rejoined | the caravan, halt dead with huoger and thirst. This | forced delay frightened the travellers, who were afraid that they Would run short of water, as several bottics had been accidentally burst during the storm, and | they had to travel during each pightin order to reach | Decrwpen 26, jeksem-el Deilie¥ the welis of D,odid beture their stock shoula be com- pletely exhausied. ‘ihus, you see, the least delay in the desert may become eetion of hfe and death. ANOTHER FR A little before dusk we feelings of astonishment, the approach of two unknown faces, followed by ‘two camels. These were Souala,.o1 El- | Oued, returning from Ghadamés, whither they bad been with haiks and cloaks, They informed us that | the road was perfectly quiet, and that the robbers who had been: seen near Ghadamés, where they had the | audacity to go lor provisions, bad disappeared in the direction of their ewn country, We profit by this meeting to send news to our friends, and { hope the | Henap will have heard trom us by this source, tor a seal plays & woudertul rdle im Algiers, and it is re- spected to the ulmogst,no master who carries the missive it guards, Indeed, whoever bears a sealed letter is respected, and the pouchta, or carrier, is often taken for an important personage. Cnbappily the consider- ation stops here, tor no Arab ever thinks of learning to rea anything bat a few verses of the Koran. Our seals are such tremendous fellows that there ts lite dunbt ot their sate arrival, We are now im longitude 5 deg. 40 min. east, latitude 31 deg, 51 min, north, ABLE BILLS OF ETERNAL SAND. + Decem is hax been a splendia day, I had another coup de soleil, Between midday aud two in the atternoon the heat is always most mtense, and as we never have the siightest shade, no matter how high the ghourds, we lave always to endure a temperature ol 35 Lo 40 deg, (96 to 104 Fahrenheit). Nevertheless, it seems that we have been favored with a most agree- able and lovely “winter.” ‘The trade winds predominate most in winter im the Sahara. The winds solidity the sand im the direction irom which they blow, from northeast to southwest, Some geographers have made the grave error of stat- | ing that the hilis shift Ata very aistamt epoch, on | account of disiniesrations ¢ansed by volcanic commo- | tions and atmospheric influences, the Hamada, this immense red plateau commencing at the oasis of Ghadamés, the extent of which ig equal to the whole | region of the hills, rained its sands all over that part called the Erg, and not even stopping there when not | opposed by obstacles, The bases of the hills are per- | fectly mobile, The sirocco and the simoom may change the shapes to a sight extent; but the lulls, like the primitive rocks and earth on which they stand, are never moved. The oldest guides now living and all their predecessors have always used the same hills tor landmarks d the same roads, if you uided by tite them auring thi the prevailing | Stars during t night. | wind 18 southeast, the guebli of the Arab, which we z = s ¢ g 5 £ 5 = 3 = 3 7 only know by the name of sioom and sitocco, The shifting sands simply crest the hulls without changing | their form, and to-day, though the Hamada fs but a skeieton, it will remain as it is for centuries, unless pforeseen irruptions ensue; but no change whatever the physiognomy of this ‘desolated country takes piace. A LON LEGEND. Dxcrasen 28—The valleys become more and moro | encumbered. We remark several ghourds whose sides, from being exposed to the northesst wind, are | | pointed nearly to the feet, and the valley surfaces sus taining them seem to be merged into the peak. Wo passed by the joot of a ghourd called Ex-Seid (the son); 80 called because a ition was once discovered in this place and trapped as he was pursuing gazelles, a ‘This is what is said, and it is true, perhaps, bat it ts vot necessary to conclude from that that lions venture into the Sahara of ther own accord. “The lion of the desert and other roaring animais’’ is one of those good old pleasantries which is celebrated over and over | again in prose and verse. ‘The president of the animal republic hever crosses the mountains on the other side of the desert. Besides, how coutd be hive in the desert | without water? We also passed near another landmark, the Ghourd Rouba-Chaambia, aiter the name of a woman, who, on her way to Ghadamés, inquired “What do you call it?” | ‘On hearing that it had no name, she gave her guide a plantation of dates on condition that he would call it aiter Here, then, ‘8 another appellation that cost the Arabs but little effort of imagination. MIRACK The weatuer is cold and rainy, Tem- perature s1X avove zero. The ghourd we are now pass- Ing is about 600 feet high. ‘This afternoon we saw alt ourcamelers jeave their animals and run to place brambles on a petty mound already covered with the dried boughs of trees. is Was a nizera, which Fre- calls the story of a miracle, Indeed, the whole desert is fertile of mira Once upon a imea man of the tribe of Rebaia came to this place. The man was weil enough, but his sick camel was unable to stir further. The ian invoked the name of a contemporaneous character, Who at this time was supposed to be moro saintly than any oue else, and immediately the camel shook its hump and rose up periectly cured. ‘AS With ux, such religious doctrines here need encour- aging. It is always good to foster them even if it be also necessury to awaken the piety, buried by the faith- ful, by means of “surprises."? This marabuut accepted | readily enough the miracle which fell to hun, hike manna tn the desert (in France these ate exceilent | things for edilying the cloister folk; here they are fine for entert g the Zaoulas), and in order to perpetu- his memory they have erected a monument on the | spot where it took place, Bat in the desert, where th nomadic tribes have the greatest diflicuity im digg Wells, the progress of architectare bas not yet been fit, toe manes of the holy man must be contented with © monument formed by nature, by asimple mound of | surmounted by dmed boughs of alenda They go now. theretore, to astonish us by the perpetuation of this miracle, en memoir, if these marabouts could only draw us a little fresh water, Bah] what nohsense, A FLOOD. Deceanen 30 —The nighthas beenawtul, We were in- lor three consecutive hours, aud penetrating rain which in, and continued durmg the re- nt.’ We considered ourselves more the tempest from tho than to undergo the tortures ofa simoom with its is of sand. It was impossible to close oar eyes during the night for the wind, which blew with great | violence, lashed the rain agaihst our tent with such fury thatit penetrated the canvas, Our undercioth- | img, our cloaks, our bed covering, everything wis | soaked, A little water might not have hurt us much, but it should be understood that a flood is too much of a good thing, even in the desert At daybreak the aspect’ of (he encampment was lamentable, We saw our miserable looking canrel- fers sitting “wll of aheap’’ around the dead fires which ithad been impossible to relight, Benumbed, cold, shrivelied, they sat like mummies in their heavy Decemner 29. | just finished a heavy breakfast. | mind, but you feel powerless to retain and reproduce |. | deep gull; | formed as that these were the remains of a massacre win | tompied to stampede a caravan of loaded camels, cloaks, They do not complain—Mektoub! I think, however, they would have preterred an insulation to this inundation, accustomed they are to being burned rather than drowned, After many efforts Ali, who seems to be destitute of sentunent, su 2 lighting a fire and mechanically boiled a kaowa whith | = ollered by our explorer to all the carvaan to warm them. We started out, longing for sunshine. The uniform seolor of the roads had changed. The high bills assumed | a deep yellow tint, with long straight lines where the rain had guttered down, were no other traces ot water, The deep, thirsty sand had swallowed all | like a sponge. At last the sun out, and the | bersol the caravan became warmer and more comfortable, If the raim inconvenienced us it had also | the excellent eflect of hardening the sand, and thus rendered our march more sure and rapid, We wended round the ghourds, passing by escarpments which re- minded me of our asceut of Mount Auré. The ghourds are now becoming small again, and che ravines be- tween them are tull of dangers for the camels, whose badly adjusted loads expose them to sudden death by | an untimely tumble down the Cay. ices. The roads are traversed hero more. by gazelles than by men. THE LAST DaY OF 1875, Drceunen 31.—An incident, common enough to lose the greater part of | & merping A camel had gone to away beyond sight of the camp, among the hills and was only brought aiter three long hours of searching. Our journey 16 feartully rough. On crossing over the bage of a hill | one of the camels tripped and went tumbling down | into the ravine; but the beast and his load were soon got | ‘up again without much dumage toeither. We came upon | several bills of a triangular shape, reminding as of the | Egyptian pyramids In the absence of the ghourds you might imagine yoursell m th plans of Gisch, This afternoon the thermometer in- dicated 40 degs, (104 Fahrenheit) For the frst time since our departure 1 teit a brief pain, | which I attributed to fatigue and the too sudden reac- | tion produced by the cold of the night and the warmth | of the day. Each of my companions felt ae I did, but | not so our explorer, who walked on continually, hav- | ing already changed his cloth shoes three times. We camped this evening again in a valley encircled with hilis of an imposing altitude. Our tent was pitched facing a ghourd called Khadem (a negress), after a poor slave who had died here while being taken by her mas- ter from Ghadameés to the Sout, A surprise, for which | the indiscretion of All had but poorly’ prepared, awaited us this evening. Our khebir, the camelic! and the other Souala attached to the car timated to us that they would gleep later t the morrow, as it was the first day of the year 1876. “Phey know,” said Ali, ‘that the beginning of the | year is beid asa fete day by the French, and they do not desire to march to-morrow. The boities are still well swelled out, the camels filled themselves during the tempest the otber might, and they, therefore, wish to keep Now Year’s Day,” CRLEMRATING NEW YBAR’S DAY, Janvary 1, 1876.—With the rst rays of dawn the whole caravan, Ali at their head, came to wish us | “health and happiness.” The salamalecs, uccompanied | with soua soua, bono bezzef, m'leha and other ejacula- | tions of this kind, did not end until a general kaoua bad been absorbed, RETROSPECTION, But permit me first to break in upon these rejoic- ings, in order to give you a description of a picture | which hud never before been possivie to us—to-wit, the View of tho desert from the lop of a ghourd. We had Being under the im- | prossion-that wo had sacriticed sufficient victuals to tne solemnity of the day, I stretched myself upon the sana, inhaling leisurely the smoke from my pipe and allowing my mind to travel afar of to my absent Jamily, who were, perhaps, very uneasy, and suying to | mysell:—“Behuid this famous desert, this land of | thirst and death, thought to be so consuming, where | each ravine suggests rob! and butchery, where cach crevico calis up a suspicion and euch thicket a horned viper, where each night you imagine you hear the ravings of ferocious beasts, where the simooms | disturb tho weather-beaten traveller! So far I havo been frozen almost every night. The whistling shots of the hunters have alone ‘broken the silence of the des- ert. Ali has,indced found a scorpion for me, but when | shall I see a horned viper? As to the roaring, I | have simply ht bellowing camels, My appetite | alone is icrocious. And to make the laugh complete | inundation comes instead of asimoom. This is a | general reversal of things, ‘The desert must be afraid | u am about to tation, And then | to think that our families are gr They believe us hungereg, thirsty; or, at least, they imagine us to ve sick, They go on drinking and drinking to our health, What a good dinner we shall bave to-night!” | “So, so, Sybarite; what are you doing there? Get | up. You have acquired the bad habit of sleeping alter tueding,”” ‘These were my companions. ‘And now,” they continued, “if you wish, we will offer you A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE DESKET from the top of the Negress.”” The proposition was Mumediately accepted, and we started, tT top of the hill after about half an hour’s c! halted, as much terrified as fascinated by the grandeur of the panorama around us. brush could paint such a lovely scene; what pen could | describe itt Impressions crowd rapidly upon tho | them. It is an indeseribabie chaos. [0 18.a real pro- | ture of desulation. The tops of the ghourds peep up at varying heights by thousands arousd us, hat spectacle could be more aflecting than these yellow mountains, hare even to the lowest inch of their Soeat Une glance, however, Is sufficient over this ble, immense extent. Strange avd paintul im- seize upon you; the imagination yields at the ied aspects of the terrible picture of desolation, ‘The effect changes also with the light. The immense | tracts which the sun covers without leaving any shade appear, im their yellow nudity, hike "moun: tains Which had been swept by fire. On the opposite side, where the shadow falls, the chaos of the hills is even more striking. It is hike a grand Ocean stirred to its depths, whose enormous waves have been stayed and petrified as they leaped up. Nothing ts lacking to thts marine comparison. The troughs of the waves are represented by the depress- ions, ad the hills which unite ghourd vo ghourd ap- | pear as the undulations of the sea, upon which chmb | the branches of the balfa, the seaweed of this water. | less ocean. Sometimes the eye plunges in a kind of | gigantic funnels, whose sides are rounded | and united, dug out by the whirlwinds of the si- moom, the bottoms of which are bored, decomposed and pertectly barren, Again, the sun shining into the depths of one of these funnels gives it the appear- | ance of silver, leading one to believe lie is looking into | lake with @ reflecting suriace. It isa bed of bare | ebalk which gives this deceiving tilusion, A | deathhke silence reig immense, desolated | te might have thrust | | the damned. And when the oom raised the sands, | chapging all this chuos into a fiery iurnace, they | might fancy they heard the sobbing and sighing of | those who seemed once io have lived. In the presence of her entrancing sight 1 was reminded of “Les Orien- tales:"— ois! Where has Victor Hugo seen gbourds? Further to the south, between the wells of Hassi-Bothin and Ghadames, Largeau said he had the year previous crossed masses of sand whose average height was 1,500 feet, aud that some others had even attained the height of 3,000 feet, From this side the hills seemed to be of | & more recent formation. LEGRSD gives to this country a phystognomy altogether differ- ent from that it has now, Our guide, who bas attained | his sixtieth year, relates how his grandfather used to travel years ago from Ouargla to Ghi in eight | days; that it was then a lovely plan, slightly studded | with small hilis covered with Vegetation and supplied with wells at very short distances apart. This guide gays the hills grow continually and that they increase in volume every year. Now it takes twenty days to | travel the distance and the road 1 not fit for hunters to | travel. If we believe these stories, we may ask when | these immense, desolated spaces ‘will become again what they once were? Now ali isdeath. When will lite return ? . THE FEAST recommenced on our return to camp. Our Souafa ha inaugurated a shooting match, and the noise of the sport disturbed the silence of the wilderness for afew minutes, Ali himselt was at the fire making prepara- tions tor dinner. He stirred up his assistants and started other fires, During the evening a formidable cousscoussi, Which overran the guessia (an immense dish dug out of the trunk of a tree), was served out to allin the camp. Some rice and the hind quarter of a | gazelle hetped the erami of our convives, who hevertheless found room tor some dessert, consisting of | dates, figs and dried raisins, the whole of which they washed down with generous gulps: of kaoua. | Meanwhile the Souafa remained sober. all men | | Of the desert, they eat but very Ii @ gen thing, but when they settle down toa feast they devour everything with gluttony. During the journey [ have olten seen them satisiied with a single dale anda mouthful of water, When they sit down to a good dish of cousscousst they make it disappear in double quick time, no matter how much it may contain. The Arabs, like Turks, are entirely unaccustome@ to decency at | ta! They ail eat with their fingers and are never | disgueted with halt putrefied morsels that you may {trow down from your plate, for they grasp and eat them with avidity.” The last pieces ate always seize with et also, which they scrape out of the guessaa with their long fingers, and thus often render washing ont almost a work of supererogation. According to the custom, which is to send the repast to the invited withs out taking part, we had an excevent dinner made under the tent, consisting of our best canned goods and a juicy loin of gazelle, We declared to AN that he had covered himseif with culinary glory. He regretted that he was unable to blush (I have already told you that he is almost as black as a sweep), and accepted with good grace, in spite of the Prophet, a large tumbler ofa | aelicious tum punch, the material for which had been held in reserve for ‘grand occasions." The ewe then came to us immediately afterward and stated that, according to the proposition of old Rotaia, all the Sonafa bad decided that the ghourd facing the | tent should bear the assumed name ofour explorer, | “ELNacer.”” Largean thanked the orave fellows, and we all went to sleep with the conviction that we had done excellent honor to the first day of the new year | STA KEMAINS OF A MASSACRE. JaNcaRy 2.—This afternoon, in crossing the bottom of ollow, We saw some human bones bieach the sand—two shin bones, the bones of two thighs and two skulls, one of which, partly buried, revealed a “Mahomet” tuit of beautiful curis. The cametiors in- by Chiamba of a tribe belonging to the environs of Ghadamés, the Sinaoni, who were slain several years . of One occasion when Chaambda’s followers at- 4 TREATY ON STONE, A little further on w ame sinall henpe of h stor on pex of a gat or large roe in the ua idale of a wide, barren and unfrequented plain, There heaps of stone signily the conclusion of A treaty of peace, mado between the Ghadamese aad & | Ment, but it bas been | dressed it under cover, will forward it to you. | Cost of any al | of providing APRIL 14, 1876,—TRIPLE. tribe of the Sonf, the Robala, to which our cameliers Delong, as before stated. is ane Nae ot stones are tissee placed in position by the men ol Rebala, the sinallest by the of Ghadamés, This is a treaty by cuncluded during the “Stone Age."” Itis true that it ‘was not drawn up and signed on everlai - none the less that, and hosts of diplomats, with all ther resources and Seals, could accomp! nothing more, This treaty of peace concinded by the Souafa at that time gives us an idea of the past and present independence of character a by the nomadic population of the Algerian bara, YRENCH TRRRITORY. The stones, which at dret gave me but little idea of marking any limit whatever, now lead me to think of ‘Ube limit of French territory in the Sahara Where does France's domi! The Germans, who, alas ! know the frontier too well, give France the whole of that part of the desert comprised between the seventeenth and twenty-cighth degrees of east longi- tude (meridian of the Iron Island) and the parallel of Ghadameés, thirty degrees; that is to say the whole of | the country overrun by the Chaamba am Soe who wipter to hunt in the country of the Touat, ‘ousreg and Ghadamés, The Tunisian Sabara is limited to the province of Djerid, which extends slightly be sages he valley of the same name to Mouat Netosa. The whole of the region of the Erg is, there- fore, compri im French territory. Ghadamése even, who have never gone beyond the line between 0 ever’ North the Soudan and Tripoli, start from Rhat, darin to venture in the Erg, place their limit some two or three days’ journey between their city and the French line. We are, therefore, now in ter ry owned by France, A TRIUMPHAL BNTRY, Jaxvary 5,—We were about with the first rays of dawn, literally frozen, I< was the coldest night wo have experienced, With fingers aa stilt as the nails on we commenced dressing appropriately for an entry into Ghadawes. While I was endeavoring to con- vince our explorer that he had led me to the North Pole instead of the Sabara the sun appeared and dit- fused a genial warmth, a welcome successor to the freezing rigors of the night, At two o’clock this after- noon, und, aiter a short test for lunch, wo beheld be- fore us the waving palms of the old Cydume, The chiet of the cameliers had gone on in advance to announce our approach. Soon we saw a cortege advancing to meet us, This was the Kamal- kam, or Governor, followed by the principal officers of his court and the Jeading of the city. In orde: to honor us the more he dismounted some distance ol and advanced to meet us On foot, bowing occasionally, Ho saluted us by trst lente t his right hand rapidly to the band of his turban and then across bis breast, ater which he shook us warmly by the hands; He seemed pecially pleased to see Large«u again, and promisod, after his engagements with the djemaa, to come back again. * DESCRIPTION OF 4 DESERT CITY. Si-Mohammed-bou-Aicha, Governor of Ghadamés, is a tall, patriarchal-looking man, of about sixty years of age. 6 silken garments and vhe rich costumes of the khars augur well for the wealth of their city, After having sauntered along some clay ramparts in front of tho place, and casting a few hasty glances at a tribe of Touareg encamped outside the wails, we entered the town through the lower gate, which is defended by a crenated battlement. The ramor of our arrival had ad far and and everybody ran to seo the French travellers, Salamalecs rained down on us, Pase- ing through a straight road, with clay wails on cither side separating us from vast palin fields, we entered Oa one of the narrow covered sirvets of the city proper. These streets are so narrow, and thore is so little space between the ground and tho overhanging houses, that tt 18 difficult for two camels to walk side by side along them, and if they have oxtraordinary humps thero is er difficulty. In some of these passages the air 4 light are admitted barely enough to make living and moving possible. These sirange constructions, which recall to my mind the covereé sireets of Toug gourt, are rendered indispenrable here on account of the intense heat of the sum during the groater part of year. Preceded by our host, the Kalmakam, and followed by ‘tall Ghadamés,”” we were escorted through a long, low passage, the color of whose sides looked like a cave, and passed through a low door, finding ourselves all at once in darkness, 1 stumbled against Say, who jostled Fancheaux, who again trod upon some one elso- During all these preliminaries I felt. a great inclina- these serious old fel- tion to laugh at Jows in charge of our explorer, while our excellent Kaimakam fumbied abont to tind | ea sO as to Btrik: ht to show us the explaining at the samo timo that as his house was too small to accommedate all four of us he in- | tended to give us a house ail to ourselves. At length we found ourselves in an immense hail, euficiently lighted by a well from the roof, about a yard square, The only furniture that we saw consisted of mats, on which we reposed after sleeping on sand for twenty- three days. T confide this letter to a caravan starting for Tripoli, from which gentleman, to whom I have ad- cal not fix the date of our returnas yot. We shall have number of caravans from the Soudan, and 8, who will probably accompany us, will Not be free betore these caravans arrive. We may, per- haps, be compelled to remain here for two, or even three weeks, for it in absolutely necessary that we should not return until we have solved the question ro much discussed of late, a8 to the iree exchange of the Products of the Soudan with the traders of France, PROTECTION REVIEWED. Professor Sumner spoke on protection before the Free Trade Alliance yesterday at No. 43 Washington square, He said:—The argument for protection to provide against the contingency of war has great popu- lar weight. The policy and history of the United States since 1816, however, afford a striking commen- tary on it. We have always kept our army down a little below the point of efliciency. We have grudged the education of a few ofiicers.s We have re- duced our navy so low that we hardly do our share in the police of the occan, We pay little heed to our fortifications, Yet we volunta- Tily expose ourselves to aloss far greater than the ment out of obedience to this notion possible war by industrial restraints, Our popular orators formerly made much eapital by comparing our expenditures for army, navy and fortifi- cations with those of the old countries, but they said nothing of this industrial loss incurred to the same | end, The case ofthe South during the late waris a most striking proof of the fallacy of the “indepen dence” doctrine. The South had less of this artificial independence than any country in the world. It was blockaded and enclosed by an immensely superior force, and what happened? First, people found that when they had put their Inst stake on war, they could do without thousands of things which had seemed es- sential; second, ey found substiiutes and make- shifts to take the place of real essentials; third, they found that, so long as they had commodities to e: change which the rest of the world wanted, no power could prevent the exchange trom going on. ‘TAMMANY PRIMARIES. The Conventions of delegates from the different elec tion districts in the Second, Seventh, Ninth and Six. | teenth Assembly districts, for the election of delegates to represent Tammany Hall in the State Convention at Utica were held last evening. The following is the re- sult:— SROOND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, Dolegates—P. Lysaght, William P, Kirk, Patrick Div- ver. Alternates—John’ Mitchell. “Cornelius Cronin, James Olliver. Sxvextn Assxmary Drstrict.—Delegates—Peter B. | Olney, August Belmont, Vincent C. King. Alternates— M. T. MacMahon, Charles Walsh, Charles F. McLane. Nixta Assemety = Dist: Dele gates—Edward CT. Gilon, John J. Gorman, Samuel B. Lewis. Alternates— Dr. B. F. Vosburgh, John f. Ryan, William H. Dobbs. Sixteextn Assewary District. —Delegates—Edward Cooper, Edward Dofty and James E. Morrison. Alter- ; nates to be nominated by tho delegates. In all of the districts the delegates were uninstructed | except the Sixteenth Assembly district, in which Goy- | ernor Tilden resides. The feeling there was strongly in his favor, ANTI-TAMMANY PRIMARIES. ‘At a meeting held lagt night in the Third Assembly district, the anti-Tammany party elected John Mor- rissey, Ambrose ('Neil and Patrick Horan as delegates to the Utica Convention, unpledged. In the Second Assembly district Patrick Lysaght, William P. Kirk and Patrick Divver wore elected dele- tes, and John Mitchell, Cornelius F. Curren and james Oliver as alternate: NO WAR YET. The report published yesterday by the evening papers, ina despatch dated from Detroit, to the effect that the Governor of Michigan had been ordered to hold two regiments of State troops ready to march ata moment's notice, is without the least foundation. Such an order, if issued, would certainly bare been known to General Hancock, who is in command ot the Military Division of the Atlantic, General Fry, of the Divisional Staff, informed a Herato reporter, who called upon bim yesterday e' ing. that Micbigan ts ‘within General tancock’s command ; that such an order would necessarily have been made through him, if issued at all; that General Sherman had been in telo- graphic communication with army headquarters yoster- day and that no such order had been issued. AN UNKNOWN DROWNED MAN. Yesterday the body of th known man, whoeither jumped or fell off the Third avenue bridge into Gowanus Canal on Wednesday night last, was removed to tho Brooklyn Morgue, where it now awaits identification. Deceased was apparently about thirty-five yoars of age, was five foet six inches in height, was of dark com- plexion, dark hair and mustache. He had on hight checked pantatoons, dark coat and vest, blue woollen socks and blue striped calico shit JOHN HEAVEY ARRAIGNED. Jobn Heavey, the canal boatman, who was indicted for the murder of Franklin’ Ford, another boatman, ia Jersey City, on the 26th of February, was arraigned in the Court of Oyor and Termimer yesterday, belore judge Kaspp. The prisoner led not guilty, and i a me down ior cast Mousey Comme The Court for Heavey, fn a SHEET, MRS. JERSEY’S DEATH. WHO WAS THE “DOCTOR” THAT WAS CONCERNED IN THE TRAGEDY ON THE PORT ROYAL STEAMER ? The story of the mysterious death at sea of Mrs, John 8. Jersey, of Spring Valley, Rockland county, N. Y.. and the curious clreumstances surrounding the case are being gradually developed. The deceased was the wife of a wealthy farmer, by whom she bad a daughter, who, about a year ago, was married to Mr. Albert Hammond, son of Dr. G. B. Hammond, of Spring Valley, In November, 1875, Mra, Jersey came to New York for medical treatment. She bad suffered for years with periodical attacks of hysterics or con- vulsions, She was mot again heard of definitely until ber friends received the announcement of her death. A few weeks after she came here they heard she intended to sail for Europe or Florida, but the in- formation did not come directly from her. It appears that shortly after she came te this city she called upon Dr. Hammond, ber daughter's father-in-law, to obtain from him the remainder of a large amount of money which she bad intrusted to him for investment, This sum was $7,500. He gave her a check ona city bank Toward the latter part of November gentleman ving his name as Dr, Hamilton, called at the office of Sir. "Herman Geipeke, agent of the Florida line of steamers, and PURCHASED TWO PASSAGE TICKETS, On the 28th of November, when the steamer Cuba left pier 3, North Kiver, Dr. Hamilton was on board, as was also the lady for whom he purchased the second ticket, No one on the vessel was AWARE OF ANY ACQUAINTANCE between them. During the first night wus taken with a violent attack of hys- teria, screaming and crying loudly. The steward who’ became alarmed at her condition, inquired i there was a doctor on In response Dr. Hamni- ton veluniecred to see the sick woman. He inquired of her if she was accustomed to having similar attacks and what remedy her physician was in the habit of existing at sea the lad: giving her. She replied that she had the attacks fre- quently, and that hor doctor used as a mer, chieral | hydrate. He replied that he had some with bim, and | administered a largo dove of it to her, She soon fell imto a sound sleep and was | lett alone, Tu the morning the stewardess | called © was still apparently to see her patient sleeping. Her dress around the neck was dragyed and torn away, as if in ap effort to catcn her breath. Around the neck and sides of the face the flesh was turned to agreenish yellow color. This alarmed the Stewardess, who then summoned the captain of the vessel and Dr. Hamilton. The doctor said the woman was dying and he could do nothing for her. She died shortly after. At six o’clock that evening (Sunday, ‘he 20th) the body was placed on the hurricane dec! ju order to keep it as cool as possible, as they were ap- proaching a warmer climate. The body was decom- posing rapidly and it was determined to bury it, which was accordingly done at half-past one o'clock on Monday morning. On the arrivat of the vessel at Fernandina the effects of the deceased lady were sealed apane iaced in charge of the company’s agent at that rey ‘he only clew to her identity was the name of ticket. In order to be enabled to communicate with her friends her papers were searched, and among them were found several stam; envelopes addressed to Mrs. Albert Hammond, Spring Valley, Rockland county, N. ¥. Tho envelopes were evidently prepared in ad: vance for convenience in sending letters while travel- ling. A letter was sent to this address relating the circumstances of y THE LADY'S DRATH, and seeking information about her triends, The trunks came back to New York to await the arrival of a proper, claimant. In response to the letter sent by the com- | pany, Mrs, Hammond, irs. Jersey's daughter, came | on in Company with husband to New York, and called at the company’s office. ‘The agents of the com- trunks as, by law, they could enly properly be given into the hands of an administrator, whereupon they returned to Spring Valley to obtain the papers neces- sary for the recovery of her effects. They appeared | before the Surrogate of Rockland county in company | with Mr. Jersey, the husband of the deceased, and | apphed for letters of administration. The Surrogate ;. considered Mr. Jersey incompetent, however, ana re- | fused to appomt him to act as administrator of hig | wife's estate. My and Mrs, Hammond again and called on the company’s ageOt, when it was agreed | between the that the deceased's property should re- main in the company’s hands during the time required Dy law, and when sold as unclaimed baggage, should be bought in by them on behulf of the estate.’ The great | anxiety in the tirst. place for the recovery of the bag- | gage was probably due to the fact that it was supposed | to contain THK LARGE SUM OF MONEY whieh the deceased haa taken with hen Tne com- | pany’s agents, however, who searched the baggage, | did not find the money.’ The detectives are busily at | work solving the question of what has become of the $7,500 which she received from Dr, Hammond, and the whereabouts of Dr, Hamilton are anxiously looked for. It has been ascertamed that Dr. Hammond dined with four friends at the honse of a gentleman in Spring | Valley the day Mrs. Jersey died at sea, He, therefore, | could not bave been the person who called himself Dr, Hamilion, as was by some suspected. Lass week Dr. | Hammond died suddenly at Spring Valley. He left | there on Tuesday to Join some friends in a few day shooting at Barnegat. He came by this city, where he was taken sick, and returned home the same evening. | He retired to ‘a room adjoining that of his wife. The | next morning the servants informed her that they were | unable to rouse the doctor, aud that his room door, | contrary to custom, was locked. She sent for her son, | who burat in the door, ‘The doctor was found lying on a bed sufforing from a fit. Dr. D. D. Sinith was called | m and made every effort to save his lite, but death | shortly ensued. Coroner Westervelt. was notified, a ; Jury was sammonca and the inquest adjourned until the following week. Dr. Humphrey and Dr. made @ post mortem examination on the pody, and | found the heart and brain highly charged with chloral | hydrate. It appeared t! the deceased had been trou- | bled with sleeplessness, and was in the habit of using it | to procure rest, KATE STODDARD AGAIN. The murder of Charles Goodrich, which occurred | March 22, 1873, in a house in Degraw street, near Fifth | avenue, Brooklyn, was again brought to public atten- tion in that city yesterday by the publication in one of | theevening newspapers ofa letter trom the alleged mur- deress, Kate Stoddard, otherwise known as Elizabeth | Lioyd King, who 18 now an inmate of the Auburn | Asylum for the Insane, to which place she was com- mitted in the fall of 1873 The letter, which is dated | Deember, 1875, was evidently smuggled out of the asylum. In it she says:—‘‘l am charged with a homi- cide of which Iam entirely innecont. I am imprisoned | for the crime of anothor. Myself the victim of circum- stances, how can I. array circumstances against an- | other’ ' I have preserved my senses against the most feartul odds, ere are but few persous who could en- counter the trials and sorrows that I bave experienced and remain as rational as I am to-day. Since I came to Auburn everything has been done to me that could be done to drive me insane. I bad rather be banged j fifty times over than to have passed through what Ihave endured in this asylum for the most | vicrons and violent class of convicts.’ | Superintendent Campbell, when questioned upon the | subject and shown the letter, said that the style of composition would seem to indicate that she wrote the Jettor, but he was not prepared to say that the han | writing was that of Kate Stoddard. ~The Superinten- | dent says that he has not the shghtest dowbt that Kato | Stoddard killed Goodrich, BUSINESS TROUBLES, | ‘Tne first mecting of tne creditors of Messrs. F. voluntary bankrupts, was held yesterday before Kegis- ter John Fitch, No, 345 Broadway. Claims to the amount of about $1,250,000 were proven, and Mr, Charles M. Fry, Presiaent of the Bank of the State ot New York, was elected assignee. The statement in this column yesterday that a meet ing of the creditors of the Nonotuck Silk Company had ‘Deen heid at Register Fitch's office the day previous ‘was erroncous. The Nonotuck Silk Company is not in fea ony M but are the creditors of a tirm who are, from which fact came the misstatement, At the first meeting of the creditors of Otto Ruster, for dealer, held yesterday, before Register Allen, No. 152 Broadway, Benjamin Russell was elected assiguce, | _ The meeting of the creditors of Henry De Zavala, to show cause why the bankrupt should not be discharged, was held yesterday before Register Allen. There was | no opposition to the discharge offered and the order | will be granted, FAILURES THIS YEAR. Messrs, |, Barlow & Co. have ed their quar terly circular for the three months ending March dl, showing the number of failares in the United States lows:— lst Quarter, "16. —Lst Quarter, '75.— No. Liabilities, No. Lial nes, 1,733 $88,873,222 United States..2,806 $64,644,156 Canad 477” 7418030 "396 4,141,340 | S13 O.H1R,H43 197 ~——«8, 490,500 | 114 6,157,000 | $2 Rovigoo i 322,220 | 22 ‘8 9 Cineinnati . * 730,800 MANGLED ON THE RAIL, A shocking accident occurred on Wednesday night on the Delaware and Lackawanna Raiiroud near Pater- son, William Salsman, a brakemao, was walking on of the cars of an outward-bound treight train, when the cars suddenly rounded a curve and he was thrown headlong to the track. Tweny cars passed over his body, which was mangled beyond all recognition. 4 FEARFUL DOSE OF ARSENIC. Daniel Johnson, a resident of Sixth street, Jersey City, had been drinking to excess for the past few days til his mind became deranged. Ho became so tired ‘exisience that he swallowed a dose of arsenic yes- terday morning suflictent to killtwo mon. Medicai aid was summoned and antidotes were adminis- with success, ary Baldwin, which was written in pencit on her | pany, however, refused to deliver over to them the | eturned to New York | and Canada and éne liabilities, The totals are as fol- | riskie © | of Menassa Lodge, No. 17, F. Sof | sister, Mrs. Louisa Wilson, i HS i a Be er Parser, daughter Brooklyn, L. 1. Realtree oc Wi i the residence of bride’s parents, Chapin, D. D,, Joux A. Jarvis to Dede M., of John McGlensey, all of New No cards. WaTERMAN—ELSA88ER.—At Standard Hall, We day, April 12, by the Rev. Dr. Gottheil, Wartra- MAN to Marts Exsasser, both of this city, San Francisco papers please copy, DIED, Aurrs.—On April 13, Jouyay Auxry, the belovea son of Louisa and the late John Ahern, aged 13 months, eral will take place on Friday. at one.o’clock, from the residence of his grandfather, No, 236 Ave. , April 12, Fran, eldest son of Thomas Beattie, in the 27th year of his age. pe renee by basso beg tap any pet attend the {uneral services on o’elock, at the residence of his father, No. 34 Lesuntas = corner of 51st st. The remains will be taken to ‘arrytown for interment. - Dene arabe J on Thuraday, 13th, in the 96th year of her age. Her relatives and friends are invited ti the funeral at two o'clock P, M. at the residence of hor son, Edmund Beebe, 140th st. and Alexander av. Berxent.—Mrs, Francis C. BeRxnut, daughter of bik viet and Mary Culbert, aged 35 years, 3 months a ays. Gi The funeral will take place at one o’clock from 624 ith av. Berry.—Hexry C. Barry, aged 53 years. The funeral will take place from his late residence, 129 Division st., on Saturday, 15th inst, at half-past one o’clock. Friends of the family are respectfally in+ vited to attend. Bisuor.—At New Brunswick, N. J., April 12, of pneamonia, Daviv Bisnor, in the 524 year of his ago. Relatives and friends aro jnvited to attend his fune- ral, on Monday, April 17, at two P. M., from his late residence, on College av., New Brunswick, N. J. Bricuam.—On Thursday, April 13, iu the 20th yeas of her age, Rosati C., second daughter of William and Caroline A. Brigham. Notice of the funeral hereafter Buyxer.—On Thursday, the 13th inst, May Ape LaipE, eldest daughter of Edward H. and Mary G, Bunker, aged 7 years. F el PRE i ES The relatives and friends of the family aro respect- fully invited to attend her funeral, on Saturday, the oth inst., at two V. M., from the residence of her pa- rents, 31 Lefferts place, Brooklyn. Campnei..—April 12, Joux Campneu., aged 30 years and nine months, 8 remains will be removed for interment from the residence of his parents, 365 3d av., on Friday, the 14th inst., at balf-past one P. M. Londonderry (ireland) papers please copy. Cuark.—In Jersey City, April 13, Hosea F, Cuan, Notice of tuneral hereaiter. Crane.=Suddenly, at Memphis, Tenn., April 10, of heart disease, Isaac A. Crane, of this city, aged 57 ears, B Interment at Evansville, Ind. Davixs.—On the 12th inst., at Kingston, Jamaica, W. L, of disease of the heart, Samuxi, Davins, of East. New York, in the 49th year of his age. The remains will be brought home for interment, Davis. —On April 13 Wittiam Da aged 83 yoars, Services will be held at the house of his son, E, W. Davis, No, 962 Lexington av., on Friday, at three P. M., and the remains be taken to Mount Auburn, Mass, for interment. DowixG.—On April 11, Grorax W. Dowixa, step-son of John Gleaves, aged 35 years, Relatives and’ friends are respectfully invited to at # tend his /uneral, from his late residence, 269 Hewes st., on the 14th inst., at one o’clock P, M. Eaaxns.—On Wednesday, April 12, Mary Eaaxrs, in the 74th year of hor age, The funeral will take place from the residence of her No. 35 Gouverneur st., on Saturday, April 15, at one o'clock. Fiyxx.—In Jersey City, on Wednesday, April 12, Mary A. Fiysy, relict ot the late Martin Flynn, of Thomastown, county Kilkenny, Ireland, aged 74 yeara, ‘The relatives and friends of tho family are respect fully invited to attend her funeral, from her late rest. dence, 42 Grove st.(new number), on Friday afternoon ‘at ono o'clock. Foour.—April 12, at Westchester, Joux Foaur, Sen., in the 30th vear of his age. His remains will be interred in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, at Tarrytown, on Saturday, 15th. Relatives and {riends are invited to attend. Trains leave Grand Central depot at 11 o’clock A. M. Fraxkav.—On Wednesday, Frankav, aged 58 years. Relatives and friends of the family, members of Atlas Lodge, No, 445, I. 0. 0. F.; Aberbauel Lodge, No. 92, 1. 0.'B, B.; Nineteenth Ward Dentsche Lesé Verein, Bathia Loage, No. 10, U. 0. T. 8., are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, at his late residence, No. 116 East 58th st., Sunday, April 16, at 10 A. M. Gexry.—At Orange, N. 4., on Wednesday morning, April 12, Mantua C, Fry, wite of I. H. Naerry, and daughter of William C. and Mary C, Fry, .of Plainfield, Conn., aged 39 years. Fanoral Saturday, at half-past two, from Trinity (Con- gtegational) church, Harrison st, Brick Church sta tion. HaGax,—On Wednesday, April 12, whilo on his way trom Richinond, Va., EvGexw 5., son of Catharine and the late Eugene Hagan, in the 33d year of his age, Relatives and friends are pectfully invited to ate tend the funeral, from his mother’s residence, 53 Henry st,, Saturday, April 15, at one o'clock. Haxicax.—Suddenly, at New Suffolk, Long Island, on Thursday, the 13th inst, AWRANAM ALEXANDER, eldest child of James J. and Ellen E, Hanigan. Relatives and friends are invited to meot the re- mains, at eleven o'clock A. M., on Friday, at Hunter's Point, L. I. Carriages will be in attendance. Hexermayx.—On Wednesday, April 12, Serum, infant daughter of Salomon and Therese Herrmann, aged § months and 2 days. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited te” attend the funeral from the residence of her paren’ No, 128 East 62d st, on Friday, April 14, at halt-past nine o’clock A. M. Hinsen.--On Wednesday, April 12, Mayen Hinson, in the 47th year of his Relatives and friends of the family, also the members + and Gog moaen neral, April 12, Natuax | Sholem, are respectfully invited to attend the Schuchardt & Wells, bankers, No. 40 Exchange place, | | | | dence, No. 2,155 8a av. to-day, at ten A. M., from his late residence, No, 324 East 4th st., between avs. aD. Oregon papers please copy. Horkixs.—Suddenly, on Thursday morning, wife of Alex. Orr Hopkins and daughter of Nunent Helen Ruasell, aged 31 years, Relatives and iriends are respectfully invited to atk tend tho funeral, at her late residence, 454 Weat 25th st., on Saturday, April 15, at one o’elock P. M. Joxxk —On Wednesday, 12th inst,, Wittiam JusK. Funeral from residence ot parents, 246 East 26th st, on Friday, 14th, at two o'clock. Joxss,—On Thursday, April 13, of Bright’s disease, ather late residence, No. 263 Sth av., Lovisa Livixa- sTON, widow of the late Oilver H. Jones and daughter of the late James Duane Livingston. Notice of the funeral will be give! rs Marsa, —On Thursday, April 13, Denoran HL, daughter of the late Willian Marshall, aged 73 years, Relatives and friends are respectfully invited te attend the funeral trom the residence of her brother-in- Jaw, Robert Dorsett, No. 1 West 39th st, on Saturday, the 15th inst., at 2:30 P. M, Matngsox.—In Hoboken, on Wednesday, April 4 IsapeuLa, beloved wife of John Matheson, agod 4’ years. The relatives and friends of the family are respost- fuliy invited to attend the funeral, on Friday, the at —e o'clock, from her late residence, No. 7 Thi stree Mrscuttr.—Suddenly, on Thursday, April 13, Axxim Osaxe Mxscuer, mn the 1 pr ang The relatives and friends of the family are fully invited to attend the funeral, trom the lence of her parents, David C and Ann M, Meschutt, 353 West 29th st., near 0th av., on Saturday, the 15th inst, at one o'clock, without further invitation, San Francisco papers please copy. MeKewsa.—On Thursday, th inst, Jenmnan McKxnxa, aged 74 years, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late resi- dence, 1,546 3d av., corner of 87th st, on Saturday, 15th inst, at one P. M. O°CaLLANAN.—On Wednesday morning, after a shor! ing Miss Aoyes Many, daughter of Daniel and Man garet O'Callahan, aged 15 years and 4 monthe. Faneral irom family residence at Weetchester vil- Inge, Y., on Friday, at ball-pastiwo P.M. Rela tives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Rat#noxk,—Suddenly, on Tuesday evening, April 1 Marcanet Lorsr, wile of Aaron H. Rathbone ani . Lover, of Stonington, Conn. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to ai tend the funeral, {rom her late residence, No. 622 5th ay.) om Saturday morning, April 15, at ten o'clock. Fhiladelphia pape ome copy. Ronerts.—At West Brighton, SL, on Wednesday, April 12, Axx, rect of John Robverts, native of Bally. neen, county Cork, Ireland, in the 79th year of her “Fanart from the Church of the. Ascension, West Brighton, on Satarday April 15, at one o’clock P.M. Sackett. —In Brool lyn, on Thursday morn April 13, Hxsnierta, wile of’ Marcus Sackett, ad on'y daughter of Jobn M, and Sarah A Seaman, in her 41st year, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the fane- ral at her late residence, No. 437 State st., Brooklyn, on Monday, 17th inst, at eleven o'clock A. M. SenasTos.—April 12, mn the Slst year of his age, Wriuian Be SCRANTON, Funeral on Friday at two o'clock, irom late rosi< Savannah papers please copy. Siewe.—On April Is of whooping cough, only dar be Ad = H, and Dora Siems, aged 1 year, 11 mow jay. Funeral from the family residence, No, 24 West 34 St., Saturday, at one orelock, eo Stewakt,—Suddeniy, on Wednesday morning, Al 12, at her residence, 1}; Chariton st, AMANDA widow of Joseph D, Stewart, Relatives and friends of and also of her preapiet nl i ghhnrniy yo a ‘herie De i+ iso mem odge, 4 are invited to attend her funeral, on Fr F, aeatiake ] shew eaes al the Presbyterian ‘Spring su, Re an ~) - vf « $ a -