The New York Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1876, Page 8

8 wut he takes it good bamoredly, and Mustrates the sational habit of all classes of Brazilians of accepting as lecrees of Providence these petty annoyances at which we are accustomed to fret and fume. At eleven o'clock Ul hope of getting a pilot before mornmg was \bandoned, and we east anchor for the night. The Norning did not improve our position, as no pilot ap- eared, 80 We Weighed anchor and sailed for the Iight- ship at the mouth of the Amazon, where, the Bi tans declared, pilots would be found without doubt, As we approached the mighty Amazon the water gradu- ally assumes a yellow hue. The lightehip anchored at the entrance looks Hike a nutshell cast on the wide waste of yellow waters, Here the river is ninety miles wide and looks vat as asea. We hail the lightship, Dut, though there are a dozen men on board, not ono of them is piloting Some, distance ahead we see or, carrying the British flag, bound up the ri We overhaul her, and she proves to be the Paraense, of the Liverpool White Cross line. As we pass the Captain offers us his pilot, A little later we signal lim that we will sena for his pilot, He repii sannot haye him’? The Emperor is very much amused at this instance of English polite. ness, pable of us anothe PROCURY A PILOT. Fortunately we fall in with a steamer outward ound, aud in reply to our signal the captain brings ship to and sends us his pilot, who proyes to be Indian, or Cabocle—that is to say, an Indian with some perccutage of white Vlood, The pilot difficulty being now satisfactorily scttled we go into lunch, ter on the Island of Marajo comes into view, and the Emperor telis me with cousclous pride that it is larger than the whole kingdom of Portugal It is seen on the right going up tho Para Channel, its position marked by some tall trees that seem to rise out of the water, There are no bills visible, The left bank of the river presents an unbroken front of virgin forest down to the yery water's edge, The silence is op- pressive and nota bird is seen; only the small boats of the Portuguese river traders, with curious brown sails made from the bark of trees, break the solitude of the scene, It is noticeable that the temperature ts not so high as might be looked for, At half-past two o'clock P, M. the thermometer marks 30 centigrade in the shade, equal to 86 degrees Fabronheit—not a very great heat cousidering we are only a few miles from the Equator. r Toward four o'clock P. M. on the 4th uf April the expanse of forest that extends on either bunk of the Amazon, far as the eye can reach, began to give evi- dence of the existence of man, ‘The immense solitude was hot broken, but only notched py a few large brick factories and sugar plautattons, placed close to the banks of the river, and looking as if they were im some danger of berg swallowed up by the menacing mass of huge, sombre looking trees that surrounded them on every side, These were the advanced sentinels ot the imperil city of Grana Para, Half ap hour later we swept round a bend in the river that had hid from our view the town, which at this point was seen rising mirage-like out of the vast expanse of yellow water, On our right the massive form of the double-turreted oA cathedral rose fantastically from the water and appeared wholly separated from the rest: of the town, while on the left the vast warehouses of the Navigation Company presented an tm- posing mass, The main body of the town lying along the river front had aot yet come into view; but here and there some clevated point was marked on the hori- zon; so that the whole picture recalled the memories of Nile banks with sume lofty monument dommating a waste of reeds and sedges, but wanting the rich colors of the Egyptian sunset, Soon the city rose in allits beauty above the horizon, and, seen from the river, it certutuly justitics the name (proudly given to it by the iuh bitants) of Grand Para, When first seen the yel- low waters of the Amazon seemed to extend tothe | city, but, as we drew near, the waters about the eity | shone bright ng silver. it would be impossible to imagine a more lovely scene than the approach to Para from the east, On the right groups of verdure clad islands break tho vast monotonous expanse of waters he no fonger shut in by the island of Marajo, widen pf and take the proportions of A sea, On the lett the matted virgin forests extend for hundreds of leagues, with oply the notches on the banks to prove how un- fuccersiul man has been in bis struggle with tbis vigorous tropical nature. vine CONVOY. Two Brazilian gunboats came some distance dawn the Amazon to meet the Emperor. They were gayly decked with burting, and as the Hevelius passed their flags wore dipped and their yards manned. The old- fashioned dumpling little Fort da Barra gave usa royal salute, and through the cannons’ roar could be | aistinctly heard the trumpet adding its sbrill accom. paniment to the concert of welcome, The little, plump, round fort, decorated with flags under which it was al- | most lost to view, looked not anlike a hugo Christm cake floating on the broad waters of the river, It mounts some twelve guns m barbette and has case- mates fur six or cight more, the city of Para, ASVECT OF TIE CIty. Toward five P, M. the weather became threatening, anit scarcely had we dropped anchor when a perfect tropical thunderstorm burst upon us. This was the first contrariety of the voyage and delayed the arrival of the authorities We had, therefore, ample time to admire tho glorious view that stretched out,be- fore us, We had cast anchor about four miles from the city, and could see its general efect in combination with the surrounding landscape. Certainly nothing could have been more delighttul, It needed perhaps a litte more color, but there are glimpses of sconery that Turner ona sun-bright day would have revelled in, liven the witebing beauty, and we, Braxilians and Americans, gathered on the upper deck, under the imperfect shelter of the awning, to gaze upon a scene that filled the sou! With admiration for the Great Artist of the universe, Our conteiplations were interrupted by the near ap- proach of the gunboat La Seyne, which came to convey the Emperor to the city, His Majesty, however, was unwilling to go on shore without the Empress, and in ber state of health it would not have been prodent to vonture to land in the storm. It was, therefore, de- cided to put off landing until the moruing at six o’clock, for at ihis hour the weather on the Amazon generally is very fine. THR LEVER ON nOARD, By the time the diner cloth had been removed His Excellency the President of tho province of Grond Para, accompanied by the @ommander of the land forces and anumber of civil, military and naval functionaries, had arrived on board to pay their respects to His Im- perial Majesty,” PAYING HOMAGE. While the judges, soldiers, lawyers and officials were paying court in the saloon, a number of citizens came down on board of ali available steamers. On one of these came the Puilharmonie Band, a musical socwty of amateurs, who on arriving within earshot struck up the Hymno Nacional, and we, who had no feelings of Patriotism to be soothed by this pleasant air, con- gratulated ourselves that on the morrow we would hear it probably for the jast time, While the patriots outside blew away vigorously at their mstra- ments the levee on board went on uninterruptedly. There was considerable disappointment felt at the Emperor's decision not to land, as considerable prepa- rations had been made to give hima titiing reception: Miuminations bad Wore on the people, hoping that, on account of the Jull im the storm which took place about eight P. M., ‘their Majesties might be persuaded to land, ried out their intentions, and a blaze of light soon marked the position of the town, The beauty of the spectacle was heightened by the constant discharge of rockets that Glied the night sky With millions of miniature falling stars, The tilumination of the American Consulate at. tracted especiai attention by Its importance and beauty, But the most devoted loyalty will not keep away fa- tigue, and one by one the steamers turned their prows goward their homes, and, with a parting cheer, left us. It was very near ten o'clock 7’. M. when tho Presi- dent of tho Province took bis leave. THER EMPEROR Visits Pana At six o'clock precisely the Ewoperor and Empress, accompanied by Vieconde de Bom Retiro, Vice Admirat Deiamare, Dr. de Souza Fontes, Dr. Arthar Macedo and the Heratp correspondent, went on board the Brazilian gunboat La Soyne, which immediately steamed up the wiver toward Para, All tbe ships in the river were decorated with flags, aud as we approached the French @orvette Casabianca we were saluted with twenty-one guns, The Governor of Cayenne haa come in this ship by express orders from President MacMabon to pay his fespects to the Emperor. The Frenchmen manned “@heir yards as wo passed, but did it in a very bungling gmanover, for wo had passed the ship a I ay before he men had taken up their position. This was due < @ither to miscaloulating the speed of our steamer or to been arrang and us the night | | tions so delicate thut it was rather puzzling to decide it isthe chief defence of | wnpouring rain could not rob it of its | | beautiful, leaves everything to be desired. want ofa suicient crew; but, whatever the eause may Lave been, the French navy cut rather a poor figure on the occasion, THE LANDING. Soon after we had passe the Cusablanca we arrived under the batteries of the Forte de Castello, placed at the water's edge, undee the cathedral, of which, in tbe distance, the battery scems.a part, Here the city re- ception proper began with the royal saiute from the eUOS Ih battery, and asthe thuuder of the artillery aa- pounced our arrival there ran along the shore a Wels coming cheer, flags were dipped and the whiz and crack of the rockets came to supplement tbe general aim, The piers were crowded with people, as were the eumers and shipping. 'y coigue of vantage had Deen seized upon, and everywhere there was evidence of genuine interest and good feeling toward the sove- reigns whd for tho frst time viscted the finpenal province of Para, ‘the approach to the temporary landing place was blocked by a crowd of small boats, and some difficulty was experienced iy getting the La Seynein close enough to enable their Majesties to Jand without using the imperial barge, which the Em- peror seemed indisposed to call into active service From the deck of the La Seyue we commanded a splendid view of the quays aud piers where the people were assembled fn vast numbers. One of the piers had been covered over and steps made de- scending down to the water, covered with mat- ting. Here were assembled the communder of the forces, who Was distinguishable trom afar by his pan- ache of red and white feathers, the Bishop and many ecclesiastics, a number of the prominent citizens aud the civil, military and naval athoritles, who are a host in themselves. While we were waiting to disem- bark, the Emperor stood at the bulwarks, acknowl- edging the cheers and demonstrations of the citizens, while vol {fireworks were poured over ts fast and furious, The air was Milled with she falling rocket sticks, and it is really wonderful how we escaped being struck. At it was the Empress had quite A NAKKOW ESCAPE, As Just before landing a rocket stick fell on the deck, not eighteen inches from where she Was seated. The gunboat, after some delay, got close enough to the sieps tocnable a plank to be laid, but here another slight difficulty occurred, as the only plank at hand was very narrow and had been intended more for ornament than use, Another one was found, however, but'much thinner than the first, go that it was no easy matter for the Empress to get across. However, the gentlemen on thé pier, Keeing the uifficulty, gallantly advanced down the steps, so as to assist Her Majesty tn descending. The rest of the party scrflmbled across as best they could without ac- cident, When their Majesties set foot on the pier they were immediately surrounded by persons auxious to welcome them, and it was with dificulty that way could be made through the growd, each one of whom desired to go through THE CRREMONY OF BESO MAO (hand kissing) and address his felicitations to the im- perial party, In their anxiety to get near the imperial pair the Paranese treated the suite very cayuliorly, and myself and Dr, Macedo were soon cut off. In the struggle Dr, Macedo got separated from mo, anda few moments later the Hgatp correspondent came on the Visconde de Bom Retiro, who had also boen swept to the rear by the surging crowd, He was suffering from a hurt in bis knee, and conid not keep up, but alter a good deal ot pushing the Visconde succeeded in get- ting a place im the carriage of one of bis friends, It was only ashort distance from the landing place to the quay, where ‘a nimber of vehicles were assembled for the use of the suite, Here Vice Admiral Delamaro, Dr. de Souza Foutes and Dr, Macedo were encoun- tered, and the Admiral kindly offered a place i his carringe to the Hxraxp correspondent. THE IMPERIAL PROGRESS, While we had been struggling toget to tho vehicles through the crowd the Emperor and Empress had entered their carriage and the procession formed with a troop of lancers, a battalion of infantry and full bat- tery of artillery leading the way, The strains of the military bands, the cheers of the people, the rusting | of the crowd of men, women and children through the streets, the din of fireworks, combined with the cu- rious agpect of the town, the decoration of the houses | and the animated interest taken by every one in tne pageant, made the scene at once strikingly !mpresstve, and, at the same time, somewhat bizarre. ‘The as. sistants were made up of {ull-blooded Indians, with long, black hair, (small. eyes, and square flat face, Negroes black ag ebony, and faces where the pink ana white of the northern climes appeared in strange con- trast with the rainbow hued crowd amopg which they were seen, But the vast majority belonged not ‘to the white races but to the mixed bloods, and so various and _—subtio aro the divisions that white seemed to fado naturally into yellow, yellow into red and red into black, so that the whole gamut of color was run throngh by transt- | where one coor stopped and another began. The pop- ulation of Para ts, in fact, 8 human mogaic, well nigh perfect, artistically speaking. THANKSGI Close to the landing s handsome triumphal arch was erectéd, and under this the procession passed, All business was suspended, and every one was either in the streets or m the windows, From the balconies of the houses on either side were suspended bright col- | ored drapery, which served to retieve the dingy aspect 1 of the town and fmpart to the scene a picturesqueness | that otherwise would have been wanting. Entering the Largo do Palacto the procession proceeded to the Cathedral of San Juan Baptista, where a solemn prayer of thanksgiving was offered up for the safe arrival of the imperial party. The church was crowded with peo- ple, the galleries with the élite of the female popula- tion, while the ignoble en/gus and the authorities crowded the great aisle of the sanctuary. The in- terior decorations were in the usually tawdry manner of South American churches, which, in matter of the | In the chancel a dais had been erected for the Emperor and SG, | Empress, where thoy stood during the ceremony. the | received or to centre of attraction for the thoughts of the curious crowd. AX EXCURSION. On the conclusion of the ceremony at the cathedral, | which, in obedience to a hint, had been made a3 short as possible, the procession reformed and returned in the direction of the Palacio. Belore holding his re- ception at the Presidential palace the Emperor and Empress went in the steam cars to visit Nossa Senhora do Nazareth, achurch situated in a pretty suburb out- side of the city, where the pious are wont to make pilgrimages in ackwowledgment of favors already demand future protection and favor, Three cars were attached to the engine, two open at either extremity, and the centre ono closed, imtended for the imperial party. As soon as their majestios had taken their places the crowd mvaded the two end cars, shutting off the respectabilities com- pletely. Tho result of this movement was that their majesties. were accompanied on their excursion by a yelling and enthusiastic crowd of various colored sub- jects, the cars being packed in’a way that would have caused envy in the breast of a Third avenue con- ductor in the palmy days woen bell punches were not. Notwithstanding the heat of the day a large portion of the crowd, unable to obtain places in the cars, ran | along on toot by the side of the train, cheering lustily, THE RECEPTION IN THE PALACK. On the return of this ctirious cortége the imperial party Went to the palace to receive the Governor of Cayenne, who had been sent by President MacMahon to pay bis respects to the Brazilian Monarch, on the ov- casion of his passing so close to the French posses. sions The palace was crowded by the élite of Paranese society in swallow-tail coats and white ties, and every one who Was eftitied to wear a uniform had it brushed up, so that the scene was really imposing, The Foreign Consuls presented an address from their body by the Portuguese Consul The school childr Wore also admitted to the imperial presence, and they also had an address to the Monarch, but 1 sultered the fate of many a carefully prepared manuscript, It was “received with thanks’? and ‘held over for consid- eration.” The fact ts, there was no time,for more than the passing courtesies, We had left the ship at ¢ six o'clock, and the Emperor had declared he would be on board by ton o'clock A. M, and he isa person of most exasperating punctuality. Some People thought that the biandishments of the good People of Para would induce His Majesty to prolong his visit on land, but these persons connted without | their host. They did not know His Majesty Dom Pedro | @’Alcantara, At half-past nine A, M. he took out his | ‘watch, observed that he had no timo to spare and that he wished everybody goodday, The procession reformed and moved down to the landing place, stopping for afew moments to aliow | the Emperor to visit the Merchants’ Exchauge, which | | faney. | Found of material enjoyments or matorial sufferings, | ‘wholly dependent on the physical condition of the in. | is situated almost in front of the landing ‘place. Here he said a few words to the merchanis, signed bis name iu the list of visitors and proceeded to embark amid the thunder of artillery and the explosion of rockets, THE DEPARTURE ‘The quays and piers were crowded with people, who cheered their Imperial Majesties until the gallant little gunboat La Seyne bad cerried them far down tno river, aud then all who could obtain admission on the umerous steamers that were ready to follow us down didso, There came out from the town quite a fleet of steamers, and noticeably among those the Marajo, of the Amazon Steam Navigation Company, a splendid ship built in England onan American model. Within the past teu years the trade of the Amazon has won" derivily developed, and there are now plying on that magaiticent stream aod its Uributarics no less than sixty steamers, many of them of large tonnage and all doing good paying basiness, The President of Para and a number of the higher authorities, civil and military, came down on the the Emperor. They remained till the last moment, and took leave of their Majesties with many expres- sions of devotion and good wishes for their safety. Ko! FOR YHR UNITED sTATE®, At eleven precisely the Hevelius weighed anchor and began to move slowly down the river, As we passed the little Christmas cake fort we were again sa- luted with twenty-one guns, and the shrill tones of the fife and the rattle of the drum toid us that we were be- ing treated to all the honors according to the strict let- terot the military code, The Philharmonic Bandatruck | up the “Hymno Nacional,” to which we tistened with | grim pleasure, tecling it would be some time Before we were likety to hear it again, ‘The Hevelius 4von got under a tullthead of steam, and the fleet of accompany- ing steamers were one by one Jett behind, until at last ouly the Marajo was im sight © A downpour of rain rather spoiled our enjoyment, and no doubt tt damped the loyalty of the crowd on board the Marajo, At length even this good companion dipped her flag, and turning her prow in the direction of the city left us in solitary possession of the great river. ‘The evening shadows were ‘tust falling when we passed near the Lightship and dropped the pilot into.a ricketty canoe that came irom a pilot craft to meet ws. ‘The canoe was propelled by four men, who used short, spoon-like padales, while a fifth sat im the end and sicered by thé aid of one of these huge wooden spoons, When the six men were seated in this primitive boat, was only a log hollowed out, there seemed some rthatit vould go down with the party, But there must be a special Providence tor pilots, When we last saw the canoe it was still bobbing up and down in the waves, struggling to make the pilot craft, which, with marked cynicism, stood off from it, instead of Roing to its aid. We were now bound straight to New York, and there way a general fecling of relief that there were to be no moge stopping places—if the rower thut rules the elements had so decided it, AT SEA. The stoppage at Para demoralized the landsmen sadly, and when the morning o/ the 6th of April broke there was a general sense of ill com{ort among the passengers, The invariable reply to demands alter tho general well bemg was, ‘30, so,” and tho only occur- rence of any importance was the translation into Portuguese, by the Emperor, of the ‘Star Spangled Banner.” Early on the voyage iis Majesty had ex- ressed a wish to pay this compliment to the United States; but, though there were more than a dozen citi- zens aud cinzenesses of the United States on board, we were unable to supply the words of the “Star Spangled Banner.”” The Americans in the ports where we touched were unable to help us and, as we could not find the song in the music stores of Pernambuco and Para, we were about to abandon all hove. AU Para we. eecured @ now passenger, a New Yorker, helongmg to the classic clan O'Mahoney, who bad been captain of a ship which had taken tire and been destroyed on the way to Para, This “Capitao Potrolero,” as His Majesty dubbed him, jJurnisbed us with the missing verses of the national song. Alter tho captain's version, which is not complete, the Emperor made his translation, whtch follows closely the metre of the original:— IIS MAJESTY’S TRANSLATION, A BANDEIRA KSTRELLADA, Sim; podeis dizer, da manhaa av‘alvor Qual 0 nosso sauddar do crepuseulo o momente Culas listray e estrellag, da pugna, ao utdor os + Erp murathas, tas nossag, campeas as vento, E rojws a brilhar Bombas a estourar | Prova, 4 noite, dar ‘ Da Bandera ali estar, La esti d’astros cheia a bandeira a fluctaar Sobre'a terra dos livres; dos bravos uo lar, Onde fica esse band altivo a jurar Que da guerra o tumu.to, © os disastros das lutas: Jamuis patria ¢ casa nus hao de deixar? ‘Apagam—thes o sangue ws pegidas pollatas © refugio que val Ao escravo veual E’da fuga 0 terror Ou (reva sepulchral, E a bandeira estrellas triumpbavte a fuctuar Sovre a terra dostivres; dos braves no lar, Sempre assim, se de livres phatanges se ergueo Entre 08 caros cashes, e a devi Feliz na guerra e paz, a puiria q Louve o poder que # fez @ manteve—a nagao, Avante andemos, Que © justo detendemos Seya a nosea divisa Em Dens nos tiemos." Voja en sempro a bandeira d’estrelias flactuar Sobre a terra dos livres, dos bravos uo lar, OUR LIFE ON Hoar, It would be dificult to imagine a more prosaic life | than we were condemned to during the voyage from Rio. provoking persons who are invariably tound on board ail well equipped ships in the most approved works of fiction, they played.us @ practical joke and kept their | jollity severely to themselves, Perhaps it was the | presence of Imperial Majesty which acted hke a wet blanket on commonplace human nature, or that long residence in the tropics had taken ail the sap and spring out of our passengers’ wits; but certain it is | that never was a voyage legs brightened or illuminated by the scintillations of wit or the poetic imaginings of During the trip the course of life was a dull dividual. But en revanche wo were'a model collection, There was no card playing, no roystering, and the usual black sheep, who by general verdict is condemned to die inevitably of delirium tremens, is wholly absent, Thero is not oven the sus picion of such a character about. Everybody ison excellent terms with cverybody else, and all are bligs- fully calm and unruffied, except now and then when | the sea becomes disturbed; then, by a subtle chain of sympathy, everybody teels quieter and a ttle sadder than usual. The day movement begins about four o'clock A. M., when the scramble for the bath takes | place. As the Indies’ bath has been given to their Im. perial Mayestres all the other personages have to take their turn in the remaining tub, There ts, therefore, astrange medley of morning gowns and hooded wrap- pers waiting fora plunge. It is necessary to keep a sharp lookout, or some enterprising person dashes into the bathroom out of his tarn and causes the milk of human kindness to curdie in the breast, That polite proverb, “place aus dames," ts wholly neglected, and even the most chivalrous of the male do not hesitate to circumvent the ite | ing Venus m the matter of geting first to the bath, A moderate kind of excitement is furnished by this morning scramble, and att we sink down to tho commonplaces of life. Break: st, lunch and dinner succeed each other with fearful raptdity—breakfast at nine A. M., iunch at one P. M. and dinner at six they are prolonged the meals seem to gtide into each other until the final glass of Curagoa seems but the conclusion of the morning meal, OTR CHARACTERS, The passengers are divided into those who work and those who read. There ts the Visconde de Bom Retiro, with his ambulating portiolio. He 1s not a Mi k, but probably has more inducnee than a good baif of the Ministry. He is the alter ego of His Majesty—the confidential adviser and tntimate frtend—he is, in fact, that enviable person, ‘‘the power behind the throne;”” fA good-natured, easy-going gentlcman, who works very hard and perfectly understands the most approved use of language. He isto be found at work in the early morning and at intervals during the day, At night ho coils imsclf up om & mat in a cool corner at the head of the stairs, wifore he sleeps like a man With an easy conscience. ‘Vico Admiral De Lamare, with the habits of 4% satlor, moves about the ship, gotes the weather, reports upon our progress, examines every sail we meet, and, in fact, conducts himeelf like the good-natured seaman be is—always ready to give an interesting piece of infor- mation about the sea and the wonders of the deep, or yhe to take a lust farowell of | If there were any of those mirth-loving and fum- | tex | at owing to the way in which | to ald our imperfect astronomical efforts, Dr. Souza : Foutes was evidently never intended to be a bigh admiral; the sea is not his clement, But though he | frequently feels uncomfortable be is always good | Batured, Dr, Arthur Macedo is always busy; he is cherged with planning the imperial vieit, and he is | Constantly turning the plans upside down, trying to fave a day here and gain a day there, so that His Majesty may be able to take in the whole United States in a three mouths’ — visit. (Me works away steadily at this Chinese puzzle, and with every new combination manages to Squeeze out afew additional hours. It is pretiy diffi cult to do any steady work, because there is no place to do it except in the. saloon, and the intervals be- tween the ending of one mea} and the setting out of the table for the next are so short that there is Bot much more than time t arrange one’s papers when the stewards politely inform you that they want to lay the table for yunch or dinner, and the workingmnan is | obliged to shut up his portfolio and depart. THE DIPERIAL LESSON, Every mor:‘nz the Emperor reads Sanserit with Dr, | Heming. Lo Unis, as in almost ¢ | wets with the regularity of a clock. At eleven he | begins, and reacs steadily until the tyrannical | who respect nothing but lunches, &e, arive away His Imperial Majesty with Just as little ceremony | as though he were only a newspaper correspondent. | During the morning lesson in Sanserit there are tre- quently amusing passages at aris between the Eim- peror and the Professor. His Majesty insists vigor- oUsly of bis opinions, but the Professor 1s patient and persistent, He ts not to be put dowa, and the result generally 1s a drawn battle, as the Professor Insists on expounding the text to bis own satisfaction, While the intellsctual workers are struggling against the diff. culties of thinking ut sea the ladies are scattered about the deck chatting or uovel reading. The Em- | press and her lady in waiting, the Senhora de Fonseca Costa, occupy themselves, when they are well, doing | Crochet work or chatting with the other ladies. Empress is sweetly ainiable and is a general favorite: Every moruing, betore breakfast, all who are sound and well go and pay their respects, kissing Her Ma- Jesty’s huvd mn the old chivalrous way. Her Majesty | does not much like the sea and is anxiously looking for \ho time When she will pat foot again om terra Jirma, During the day the Emperor converses or reads, and ut five o'clock every evening he takes a lesson in Eng- lish from some of the Americans on buard. At first he | read the guide book, but when he learned through the Hyenatp that “Julius Cesar’? wus beng played at New York, he sought ailigently for a copy of Shakespeare, but we were not able to hambuco or Para. By uecident a copy was discovered on board alter we bad Ictt this last named port, and thence/orward His Majesty devoted the time between | | lunch sud dinner to a study of Shakespeare's master- piece, having a8 professor one of the Amorcan ladies, tis Majesty transiating into French such passages as Appeared obscure, so ag to be certain of their exact | meaning, After dinner, when the weather permits, the passen- gers promenade or form in groups and discuss various questions of interest. Sometimes these discussions are animated and interesting; but asa rule the evening 1s | quite as dull asthe day. The Emperor is about the liveliest. and joliiest person on. board, but wough he does Lis best to dispel the oppressive gravity that weighs us down he {s so poorly seconded that the result is not encouraging, The attempt to organize musical soirées proved « failure, except at Bahia, and was soon abandoned. When we lost sight of the trai lightstip at the mouth of the Amazon our life on board becaime | duller and more tranquil than it had been betore. We missed the mild excitement of the arrival and de- parture at the picturcsque ports of the coast, with the | coming and going of fussy officials, The weather was | sufficiently changeable to prevent the majority of the pessengers trom jeeling . supremely happy, though it | could not truthtully be called anything but fair | weather. fl IMPERIAL TALK, Speaking with His Majesty during one of the felicit- ous moments of the voyage about bjs proposed visit to avery clover man, I kitow tim very well, ‘The Suez Canal ts a great work, but [ doubdt whetber tt can ve years the canal may become tnpassable.”? “The English have done a very clever stroke of busi- ness buying up the Khedive’s shares.” } The French built the canal, but the English wil prods most by it, Lesseps’ project for a railway to India is | Very tine, but tt would require a very largo capital," BETTING ON THE PILOY NUMBER, ‘When we were about a week out from Para the Em- | siae world, and said, jokingly, that he thought “he mast be in the moon, as hoe saw no newspapers, no let- ters and heard novhing about what was going on in the world.’ As we approached land the spirits.of the pas- sengers revived, and on the 138th 2 sweepstake was organized, in which His Majesty and the members of his ‘suite took part’ In oruer to get up an interest there was a regular meeting called, with Paymaster Bacon, United States Navy, in the chair, and Dr. Ma- cedo acting as secretary. The list having been called | ft was found there were three detaulters, and it was decided that their tickets should be put up to pabdlic | auction. The bidding was not very spirited, and the first | defaulting ticket was soll to Mr. Ollendorf, the Argen- tineCommissioner. The second and third were, however, spiritedly contested, and both became the property of Senhor Lozano, a Portuguese merchant. The drawing created a good deal of amusement, His Majesty draw. ing one blank and one number. Senhor Lozano was not much more fortunate, as out of six drawings be got three bianks, showing that fortune ts not always with the brave, We were still at breakfast on the morning of the 15th when it was announced thata pilot boat was in sight, and wo were all pat on the tlptoe of expecta- tion, A few minutes after the Emperor announced the number of the pilot boat as No, 20 (the Moses Grinnell), and that fortune bad declared in favor of Mr. Cruwell, who held that number, When His Majesty recetyed the Herarp, tuforming him that General Sherman was coming to New York by order of the President to receive him, he expressed himself as vory much pleased. He also noticed that St, | Louis and Baltimore were anxious to pay him honor, ‘Dut was a little disappointed to find that the opera be- | gan the day he would toave New York, and also that | “Salus Caesar’ had been withdrawn, but consoled him- | golf’ when he was informed that Shakespeare's “Henry V."’ had been substituted. He immediately instructed | Mr. Maoedo to engage boxes tor the imperial psrty, | arranging that after the theatre His Majesty would | visit the Hxnatp establishment, which he wished to | see in full working order, At eleven o'clock we passed in front of Long Branch, y Which the Emperor examined with attention. TAMMANY PRIMARY. The Convention of Tammany delegates from the election districts of the First Assembly district, took place last evening at No, 130 Gre¢nwich street, and the | following detegates and alternates were appointed to represent that district at tho Stare Convention, Dele. ates :—Justice P,G. Duffy, Patrick Kerrin and’ James | Healy. Alternates—Nicholas Muller, George W. GC Clark, Thomas E. Smith. ‘On motion of Mr. Clark the following resolution was ‘unanimously adopted Resoh That the delegat from the First Assen! rick. e instr iy dis “mittee to support no man as a delegw ronvention, to be held at st. Louis, wo ‘ongression: riet. to the State this Ci yal dist: WILLIAM A. DARLING. At a mecting of the Twentieth Assembly District | / Republican Association, held on Friday night, the fol- lowing resolution was adopted :— au Age fellow citizens and poll om: radeo of he Daring the: Peentie 4 after his retnen to u som pol ak it opps fe to iestity to the contin of our faith in his Ea ctg SE LSE Pon nis coun =~ aga de eat and the meeting & CARELESS DRIVER. Charlotte Rocker, two and half years old, of No. 298 West Twenty-cighth street, was run over and tu- stantly killed in Twenty-eighth street, near Seventh hy lager beer wagon. The driver seeing i dol y other thing, be | The | tind one either in Per- | and the Holy Land and the importance of the | | Sucz Canal, His Majesty said, laughingly :—*Lesseps ts | kopt open by the present system of dredging. The sand | accumulates very fast and it ts,possivle that within 200 | “Yes, yes, France bas been working for England | peror began to feel sensibly not hearing from thé out- | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1876—QUINTUPLE SHEET. REAL ESTATE. An unusually large number of sales tor Saturday were advertised to be held atthe Exchange yesterday, but a large majurity of them were either adjourned, withdrawn or previously settled. The two following | auctions were held in the presence of a handful of per- sons who seemed very litle interested in the proceed- tngs:— | E. H. Ludlow & Co. sold, by order of Supreme Court foreclosure decree, F. C. Barlow referee, a house with lot, 15x100.4, No, 209 East Fifty-ninth strect, nortn side, 100 feet cast of Third avenue, for $2,260, to Rob- ert Jones, James M. Miller sold, by order of the Supreme Court. in foreclosure, Nat iol Jarvis, Jr, reteree, a builds ing and plot of land, 160x62.9xs—x36 lo, on East Fifty- second street, north side, S50 feet east of First avenue, togother with a Douse with lot, 20x70x—x60.4, ou East Fifty-sceond street, north side, $19 feet east of First avenue, for $42,000, to the plaintit. ‘TRANSPRRS. 90.9 ft. n. of 50th at, 02100; Margaret tio Jacob M. Hertz. of 10th ave, wile 147th st. x 5, 5 pet vt. ward; Louiss.4,Wilvon,busband and others (execu. tors) to Eliza A. Austin... 79% Teh fi.west of dd John C, 23d ot, mw, BOO It, eof Oe Sumner L. Ely to Eliza V. 53d wt, Ms, 219 It. weal a Benjamin Romaine, at. Ne ft. sae te JAM. 00 Alice G. 147th st. ms. eck st, LOUK, ( | ‘part of} owiand (executor) to pina Aw of | Prospect st, ae | 1,500 | of 12st 51 5x99 (hali part of), | Jami J wife to Mary Huffetd. the Nom. Depeysstor st. (No. 27)..0. hey W0.74x 1 it part Augustine H. Aikmau and wife to Margaret Edger H see ce M09 | fe Nom. } 187.8 C. V, Ristey and bh 16,00 | Wath st 8s, AT | “Peter'and wite to Conrad +. 11,000 i BLY No. of Lexington av., 16.0%x70.5 wife to Bites Bo 11,500 's Point, 100% json and husband to Washington ay., 753908190 C4th wel * E, 9th st, W. &, 379 ME. w, of id wy., TOx1U0.L A. Judge and wife to Witliam Noble. . 25,000 oth 5 we property; William Noble wad wife ne Weeks. in da Ward) { ilary Neil ¥3'Foha “Ol Fixi90.10't0 iiliam Gul Julos P. Vienos to Sarah Baile; | G2d st. ss, 140 ft. e. of Lexington Thomas Lyons and wite tu Mary E. Cou Broadway, 0. 4 tt. u, of 4th at, ef Schi Bi whe 25x102 Fosrcho + W. Robinson: ii a. G2d st.,6 6, 1401 6. of Lexingio ‘Thovlias Goarty and wife ¢o Thomas Lyons, “1 & Ek = thd cus Goldman aud wife to Ladwig Dreytu: 147th st., s,s, 100 ne of Prospect ee xi TSO: ft. 0. of Pros eut st., 25x11 of Prospect st, 510x100; ft. ©. of Proxpect st., ard Lonisn A, Wilson and also 10); (executor) 1,500 Grn at. hs BBN. 6, of wy. © (No. 37) rent Oberle anu wife to CI * 452.6 ft. ¢. of Bth wv, Twdxds0; Ben: imac i Edward Hs 8th Marvey Bal Fonrl at, ¢. 6 (N Bi xirregular; Ci &. Carter and oti th at, ener Lederer and wife and others to College av., ». ¢. corner of Wi thurine #; Shell, referee, taNewien W, LT A ot Vata SBOE we. \dward HL Harper to John J. | | Harpe ae Teh av. (No. 225) a, ius hte of 234 st, Edward R 3 3 2 AT STEWART MILLIONS His Entire Business Interest Sold for One Million Dollars. HILTON & LIBBEY THE NEW FIRM. ——+__—- ; Mrs. Cornelia M. Stewart, widow of the great . chant, yesterday fied im the Rogister’s efice of city afull power of attorney to Judge Henry Hilton | to manage her estate, real and personal, | She also fled a transfer and assignment of | all her late husband’s share in the business of A. T. Stewart & Co., as weil as all nis property, real and personal, except real estate included in the city of New York, to Judge Hilton dor the sam of $1,090,000, Both | of these instruments are dutod April 14, 1876 Tne smallness of the monetary consideration as com} with the popular estimate of the value of Mr, Stewart's | share in the business of the nonse will, no doabt, ex- | cite considerable surprise, © The following is the text of the transfer: : : c MES. STRWART’S ASSIGNMENT, Know all men by these presents—That 1, Cornelia | M, Stewart, of the city of New York, widow of Alex- | ander, Stewart, late of sald city, deceased, Jor and in cousideratiun of the sum of $1,000,000, tq me in band paid by Henry Hilton, of said city, and for diversothar good considerations me thereunto moving, and pary | ticularly to carry outand eectuate the wishes of m: late husband, Aiexander T, Stewart, that the busin | m which he was engaged as-a member, of | firm of Av. Stewart & Go. at the: time of bis | may be continued and carried on the same as if he were living; that the various and unexecuted arrange- ments and contracts in reference to the business of said tirm contemplated by Him ant ih progress of exe- cution at the ume of his deceage may be continued an completed; and especially that the business of sal lirm may.continue as heretotere, for the purpose | giving eimpioyment to the many persons now engaged 1M the transaction and mandgement of the vusimess of ) said firm, and in accordance with the wishes of my said | late husband. { t . | Now, for the considerations aforesaid, I do hereby | sell, assign, transter aud convey to tho said Henry Hilton ail my right, title, claim and interest of, im aud to the property, réui or personal, money, funds, ussets and elects ol, or belonging to, the said firm of A. T. | Stewart & Co,, wheresoever situated or being, and of what or kind soever—hereby authorizing and em- powering the said Henry Hilton to take possession of the same, and to have dnd {0 hold the sume to him and lus heirs’ and assigns forever, This transfer and conveyance does not include any Teal estate iu the city of New York, but does transfer and convey to said, Henry Hulton all roal estate, Rone factories Or other property real and personal used ! connection or connected therewith, situate without the city of New York, whether standing in the nume of sald Aioxander f Stewart s lpaividpall, or mS the name of said tirm, used or occapied for the uses and purposes - said firm at the time of the death of said ‘Alexander . Stewart. And I give and grant unto the said Henry Hilton full power and uuthority to use the name of the firm of A, tT. Stewart & Co, so long as he may deem the sume ox- lente Iu witness whereof I have hereunto set _my hand and seal this 14th day of April, in the year 1876, CORNELIA M, STEWART, In presence of Hexry E. Davirs. on IMPROVEMENTS TO GO ON. As will bo seen from the subjoined copy of a cortifk cate filed yesterday in the County Clerk’s Otilce, Judue Hilton and Wiliam Libbey have formed a co- ‘partnersbip under the firm name of A, T. Stewart & Co, These gentlemen dectare there will be no change whatover in the mode of conducting the busi+ ness in tho stores or in the operations of the fourteen mills of which Mr Stewart ‘was owner. Judge Hilton says. that he ‘had had inumate kuow.edge of all tue deceased mer. chant’s benevolent schemes, aud that they will ve fully carried out by Mrs. Stewart and bimselt He declines ; to state what they are further han that the Working: | women’s Hotel on Fourth avenue is to be completed, » Mr, Stewart once | long ago, but the great diMculty was to find a suitable person to take charge of 1 ’ / Deaigus for the furmiture: bave been made and the building will be put in complete order at an carly day, | Mr. Stewart was in the habit of saying that it was to | the womer of New York he owed’ his fertune, anf he Was anxious to provide a cheap and comfortavic home Jor those Who might peed 1, Only a short ume dvelore his death Mr. stewart bad expressed a wish to bave the Women’s Hotel, as he called it, compicted as s008 practicable. fix ‘The improvements at Garden City, Long Island; the nd Union Hotel at Saratoga and the carpet itis at Giengam, N. Y., will be finished. There are jew touser atGarden City, Long Island, to be completed, an¢ | about 160 rooms are adding to the Grand Union Howe, at Saratoga, in ‘THE REORGANIZED Pinot. | _ ‘This ts to certity:—1. Puat we, Henry Hilton and ) William Libbey, doth of the city’ and State of New York, bave this day formed a coparinersiip for purpose of conducting a general mercantie busin iu the etty ot New York aud in tue cities of Boston, Philadelphia, Paris, Lyons, Manchester, Bradit Ne | Broadway (No. 1 | tingham, Beltast, Glasgow, Berlin, Cheniuitz and else. | toy, 5 years. pete 1,500 | where in the United states ‘and in the Kingdom of Looran, Catharine and | Great Britain and ireland, and¢on the Continent of nw, ery ay, A $1,485 Sys and in other foreign countries, Same to 3. 2 That the principal place of business of said co- are. 2,590 | partnership will ve in the city of New York,” | 9500 |. & ‘That said business will be conducted under the t | firm name of A, T. Stewart & Co., which firm uame, ts i is hereby certified, will ve contmued in use by Henry } Ln 3,000 Mitton and Wilat Libbey, of the ey and State of | th between ars. C and Di instatm dite | Serie aan emaae or Cueestte he ciesea tities oe SEMEL TA ee bee | and legates wader the last will and testament of Alex- cj ‘Savings Bank, i | ander f..Stewart, late of the city of New York, now i 31 year, sdalidg Yl aeceased, as to all the interest of satd Alexunder T. | \d wife, to Honey Olsen, | Stewart in the late firm of A. T. Stewart & Co., aud the i years. 2,500 | said William Libbey,veing the outy surviving partner 1“ | Of the said latevirm of A. 'T. Stewart & Co., which tirm | enid | ad pasiuess relations with foreiga coumtriog. 8,500 iwness Our bands and seals this 14th of ALD. 1876. HENRY MILTON ts a | 5,000 WILLIAM LIBBEY. (L. 3.4 | 600 | La ghecetort ips ge Davies, J. Hevay Work, | A \ 2 Wholesale um il stores Were opeved yester- | ore Ae dycare, enue: Vetere eof tdthet. | | day morning, and throughout the day presented their | Martin, Edward to Benj. V. Meise, n. 8. t., | usual thronged appearance, | et ay da aa 0 | paweui ee he eee ul, to | Inthe of Mr, Wilson No. 1,289 | gill, a. of Liorh 3,000 | Broadway, thero is a bustan clay of the late millionnairo i 2.00 merchant, A. T. Stewart. Aliwough the sculptor bad | — “ Myon ot insuaatie and Sones wee | S00 sits subject, the ex) jon, especially lower | juce, is wonderfully lilvlike. A cluse criticiam at tne ethers ¢ . | Stage of the work would hardly be fair to the arti | wazsen 26,000 | yet so far it be objected that the bust represent | scent om 7,000 ir. Stewart to be a man of not over fiity years of age, | Lane, Thos, ” and altuough the face of the merchant was singularly | of veg 5 6,000 free ld bit ened still Nature, even in her most gen+ | glen torn ana 1h see: S yearn. 15,000 | Shildren from tho traces. OF i morris, ; the Mo Wrederick Miller’ ec ot 45,000 rather contemplative expression of the great merchant | ear’. 6,500"! 18 admirably preserved, while a peculiar graciout | joha G. Gutskunst, smile, with which Mr. Stewart lips Weres often ! ee 6,000 | wreathed, strikes one as beiug very taithiully repro | -Atrens, bites, to We iindermas, duced by Air. MacDonald. Upon the whole the tace ia Lape aegindineesncahtatitsa ses: ++ 25,000 | moment or social and domestic enjoyment. The head 4 | seemsto bave reproduced with almost phreno DOLAN'S LAST HOPE GONE. | foyicarexactitude, avd the wonder is bow the sesiptore withoat an actual sitting—could so perieetly represent Messrs. Howe and Beach, counsel for the condemned. the intellectual developments of that, weil murderer, Dolan, called on Governor Tilden at nis resi- dence last evening to makv a last effort to save the life of their chent. They met with no success, however. | | The Governor refused to interfere in the matter, Dolan | | was visited in his cell yesterday by a reporter, to whom he stated that be no longer had any hope of Executive clemency. He aaid he was ready to aie. He had made no proparation whatever, but now that his last ray of hope had vanished he was determined to attend mass, which will be held in Prison this morning, and do all in his power to fit himself for the grave. Father Keitz, of the Thompson street charch, called on the prisoner during the day, but did sot remain ion, The following final was sent to Governor jen yesterday afternoon :— Hoxonkp Su W one week more is now loft me to live, Standing under, the shadow of the gallows { solemnly de- are omy = in) of 4 ime charged The ‘New Work Sun fas asked who “pave we the wat ain about to stand ‘and _real- fing 1 isrepresent. I declare tw you that I reeei “4 alias Michwel Roach, not innocen: T did not care at the time whether . Wnt ut. terly ignorant of with any murder. [took {t to make the mouey that Thompson prom: ised to give me it I would pawn it. fam roung and unpre- ; T should die because of the th tru eid plea not | #0 in substance and Tam not | id may T not ape Lo save, me. poor nud wretched as I am, of hanging. Would it not be a soures after yenrs to think tl you wi the doubt, even iT the ten What, item, Ont gos trae? yj of Vd arming to ail, Bray God to inelf ay have mercy upon poor uniortunate 1 eaten 7 ber for my life. ‘Ob, pity my poor wits end mother. have uo bas tit is just ax sweet ied, Nit. DOLAN, Citr Pauox, Naw Yous, Good Friday, April 14, 187d, PARIS GREEN AGAIN. —- See La been appeal from Dolan, personal; mide Res | To His Exeelles Saucer J. Pu A i i Beeetieney Sine LDEN, Governor of the | iy | exteuded tl orgauism. The iriends of the merchant have to be congratulated that such @ memento of this re- markable man 1s likely to be perpetuated ia enduring marble, COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY. patetavehansid The warning of Treasurer New, in relation to coun. terfeit fractional currency, is intended to apply te | the old issues, particularly the denominations of twenty-five and fifty cents, The issues of fifty cent stam, bearing the heads oi Lincola, Spinoer, Robert e iker, Wastington, and Stanton have 1d due care should he | discovered of the. latest issues of Gfty-cent stamps | Dearing the Crawford head, or the twenty-dve cont Stanips with the Walker portrait. The amount of smal! stiver comnage available for cir- culation, held by Assistant Treasurer Hillbouse, in New York, amounts to several millions of dollars, and itis thonght there will be no scarcity when the order to pay 1t oat is received. Mr. Hilibouse says that has a stiver coin that be can sately store. The Boston Treasurer boids a larger amount, as the city of the Vaults there is greater, and the same is ihe case at some other points. . FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG. | Yesterday afternoon, about a quarter to four 0° the sparks from a stove in the second fluor of the three story trame dwolling house No, 352 South Fourth street, set fire to the building. The Firo under Chief Engineer Smith, of the Eastern District, | were promptly ou hand, and, after an hours’ hard | work, extinguished the flames, but not tll tney bed ir Held from No, 332 to 380 and 384 South Fourth street, the houses ni insu are reported cations ee No. 380 South Fourth street; two story frame dwell | ing, Kgl by met ett $250; no insurance. \ Dy aamaged slightly; no imoraacn ene yore No. 382 Sout) Foorth ; story ‘dweliing, ownea by Abe rroweh; Ps) fully ‘1 Oveupred by Rev. Jacob Thor of Bishop chapel, $7 ‘no insurance; and Rev. Peter Canter, $60; no tone No. 394 South Fourth street; two story frame dwell. owned by Moses Kessel; $1, Insurance Company, Kc nga Tg Germain a H stb; Vo ae Tu Os and barber shop; $305; taated > ov