The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1876, Page 4

The President of the Centennial Com- mission Denied Admis He EXHIBITION. e | on. New Arrangements as to Daily | Concerts. | THE ENGLISH CARRLAGE coomemoend DISPLAY, Description of the Mohster Corliss | Steam Engine. acenetiteatinedaiaateed | motor im the world, | machinery of the universe, from the monster blast tur- PuILADELPHIA, May 20, 1876. The absuniity with which the Centennial guards and | gatekeepers occarionally carry out their instructions to the letter 18 sometiinos as amusing as their laxity un- der other circumstanoes is annoying. General Hawiey, the President of the Centennial Commission, having | forgotten one part of bis ticket of admission to the | grounds this morning, approached a gatekeeper, told him who he was and showed him the portion of the ticket which he had in his pocket, The gatekeepor said that wouldn't do. Then the General lifted the Jap- pel of his coat and exhibited the beautiful gold decora- tion which he wears as President of the Commission, but the intelligent guardian was not to be persuaded in | this way, The General then began to think the affair interesting, and “I resolved to spend a dollar anda half’s worth of time,” said he, ‘to see if the President of the United States Centennial Commission could ot in without paying fifty cents.” The amusing upshot of | the matter was that the highest oflicer connected with the great Exhibition hud to enter the gates this morn- img in the Capacity of a common laborer, Shortly afterward two other Commissioners—one of them the | fiery, untamed Donaldson, of lowa—had to pay the customary balf dollar, the highly intelligent gateke in this last instance positively refusing to recognize even the, ticket itself One can admire the French sentry who struck an attitude and exclaimed to Na- poleon in disguise—probubly knowing all the time who he was—“You should not pass an you were Napoleon himself ;”’ but to me the Centenuial gatekeeper rather suggests the great soldier who prayed to be delivered from, the stupidity of a General who always obeyed his instru¢tions—no more no less, THE CATALOGUE, In the catalogue—that most unsatisfactory of publi- eations—we are promised some improvements when the second edition comes out, about the middle of June. The many omissions in the mineral departments | will be filled, and the names of the dozens of pictures which the catalogue says are in the art galleries, but which never were there nor ever will be, will be omitted. Other mistakes not a few will be corrected, and an effort will be made to take out some of the glaring advertisements which disfigure the work, The complete catalogues for all the foreign nations except Chili, Mexico and Peru have beon received, and will be given in this new edition of the general catalogue. CONTINVOUS DAILY CONCER the arrangements for which I spoke of yesterday, are about completed, and we shall soon have concerts im the main building nearly all day continuously, Gil- more’s Band being supplemented by the great organs { and by piano performances, Cireulars have heen issued by the Bureau of Installation giving the plan to be followed out. The following will also be published:— NOVRS FOR MUSIC DAILY IN THE MALN BUILDING. The following schedule of regular hours for perform. ances at the music platform and organ galleries of the main building has been established, This schedule for regular stated performances does not refer to the ex- hibiting of instruments at exhibitors’ spaces dur! the time the building is open to the public Pre grammes furnished to the Burean of Installation twenty-four hours belore the performances will be an- pounced upon the official bulletin boar Music— | Niue till half-past ten A. M., mprompta organ play- | mg; half-past ton till twelve noon, morning concert at | music platform, central pavilion; half-past twelve till two P. M., organ concert; half-past three till fiye P. M. Matinée at music stand, central pavilion; five till six P. M.; impromptu organ playing. THE WAGON AND CARRIAGE ANNEX. Leaving the main building neur the centre you ap- proach the annex, Noone enters tt without naturally toning toa dead stop before the display of Peters & Son, of London. After examining ecarefa'ly the work- | manship of each particular style, you must admit that | the English coach builder is as near to true art in con- struction as the Chinese are in china decoratioa, You take a dinner set of stoneware trom China You tind their native designs merely suggestive, not distines, You are not afraid of drowning a bird when you pour soup into a plate, nor need you hesitate to cat your | meat tor fear of crushing a buneh of fruit. So with \ PETERS & SONS’ RAUUIT of carriages and wagons You have stability, unsun passed workmanship in every part as fur as mechanical construction is concerned, and you need not look at “Old Probs’ to sec whether you can go driving for fear of hurting the carriage At tho head of their double column of eight contributions are two four-in- | band road drags, of mail wagons, or coaches, just as it pleases you to call, them. The reader will recoguizo them in the coaches that the Coaching Club use, They arg alike in every respect except size, one being smalier than the other. Each is a eapital specimen of the enduring English coach, The wheels and rocker are pamted a brillant red and the body black, except the lower pancis, which are claret, The polo is red, with metal work, nickel plated. The sides of the luncheon box in the main panel aro red and the border black. The roof seats are cushioned with blue cloth. The working blind, when up, is also painted red, Pulling open the door you are tempted to get in and shut it, tt looks so very comiort- able. The lining and cushion covers are blac morocco. A cunning idea is a stowaway back of the front seats— in tact, the entire front side pulis up, and you have ca- | pacity for cigars, &c., which you can keep on the raco course from too attentive iriends, ‘The ladics’ Jadd are a briliiant red and the horn case und umbrella case wicker-work. The tcevox ts solid siained wood, zine lined, and an iron grating drops from behind, oa Which you can stow away luggage. OTHER EXMINTTS. Then we bave a segmental brougham, with green pody and upper panel in black, aod solid black wheels, the lining and the cushions being armeh green, Thea fu attractive Victoria, with deep blue body and wheels of the same color, striped ja biack, and biue lining and cushions We come then to the Whitechapel cart, which differs from our dog cart in_ the respect that the back falls, forming the footboard. | Tt is in solid colors and suggests a jolly drive bebind a pair of spanking sorrels, tandem, ‘We understand that there are several purchasers already after st. The gem iu the exhibit is a four-seatcd gentleman's driving pbacton, The top detaches und there isaT cart, The color is black, heavily striped with blue on body and wheels, Here stands a lady's park phaeton, expecially built for the wie ot Baron B oll, avd the counter- rg of one formerly built the Empress Engénic. t haga very inviting look and will not revurn to England, The bouy ts dark green, striped with red, and the wheels wit (he sume combination, The loot- man’s seat has a bead of silver plate ruuuing round as arciel. He basa lover break for use i necessary. A | black and tan colored bachelor's brougham, with rack tor cigars, cards, &c., ‘nside, 8a trifle which makes many of our young mon unhappy, and the laat on the hist is landau with leather sides, double expansion, which of ite kind is the best I have seen. Your correspondent fat in it, and with ease, by handles m the top, threw ftopen and closedit. In case asuaden shower there would be no necessity to wait for a tootman or stop the team. Messrs. Peters & Sons cnn congrata- late themselves upon their exhibit; but itis unior- tunate that it was bot made in the main building in * which we find that of | ‘ MILLION, GCIET & CO., OF VARS. ‘ Thig exbibit is a direct contrast to the one we | Dave just described. Ali the appointments are of the Most exquisite and delicate workmanship. There is a oad drag in design hike the English, being, of course, | from that pattern, but not finished for the use for which itis proposed. The ornamentation is sugges- | tive of having a coal scuttle of pearl, with a white vel- | yet handle. The rvof seats sad their backs and ‘the horn case are of yellow bogskin, that will sot in | the firstrain. The iceboxes bave a wood exterior of | ebekose the lancewood that will not stand it. The inside is ined with dark gréon rial, with cushions covered with same m coloring is the same as the English. a word, it is a pre Raphaclive four in-hand coach, of remaining specimens can be seen a mylord, a 8 vis-a-vis, a clarence landau and an cight- double expapsion land: All of these aro jo their ery aan varvishes, ‘The art of varnishing of ia XV.'s time may be lost, but i wanted more brilliant than those that upon these carriages! Grace and beauy of aud extra ce of appointment are the char- J a Gut & Co's exhibit A tne | ana varnished t | space in the centre of case of harness is exposed, and one particnlar set com. wands much attention. Jt ts trimmed in blue satin, silver cord and silver plate in profusion, This firm-has oks of every style of wagon, with colered places. They also show a bOx of small pieces of wood, colored every known shade, THX BIGGEST KNGINE IN THE WORLD. A noteworthy fact in connection with the Exhibition secins to have thus far escaped the observation of whe kecu-eyed and industrious letter writers, Among the thirty eight nations of the world who meet here in a Iriendiv *traggle for supremacy, and of the thirty- ght States of the Union, the smallest of them all— Khode Isiand—has the place of Tn the grand Lor. Fra Germany, Great Britain and the United 08, | States—stand face to face, bearing their richest treas- ures, their most costly and veautitul objects, the United States has chosen as its representative tor this responsible position the Gorbam Manulacturing Com- pany, of Rhode Island, who, in conjunction with Tift- avy, Bailey and Starr & Marcus, make a display of silverware and art work in fine metals such as even the world-famous Elkingtons, whose cases stand oppo- site in the English section, can scarcely rival. BLUSHING HONORS THICK UPOS HER, But‘ a still more conspicaous bout is accorded “Little Khody’' in the Machinery Haij. “The monster Corliss engine, the largest ever built in the world, emanates trom the smallest Statein the Union. The iron monster stands like an awful giant in the middlo of the structure and furnishes a power to move fourteen acres of machinery, Itis capable of exerting a force equal to 2,600-horse power, Little Rhody bas taken iron that eighteen months ago was sleeping at the bottom of some Pennsylvania mine and built the greatest ‘Thus Rhode Isiand moves the nace trom Pennsylvania, Which stands near by, to the delicate sik looms of England and Franee. his great engine has been described in tne HeRxaLp and elsewhere in a general way, but in view of tts im- portance as a wondertul iustration of mechanical skill und power I have taken the pains to get the story of the monster somewhut in detail, HOW IT CAME TO BE BUILT IN RHODE ISLAND. About two years ago, when the Exhibition was assuming shape in the plans of the Commissioners and the Hoard of Finance, Mr. George H. Corliss, of Prov: dence, R. 1, United States Centennial Comuui. from his State, offered to furnish the power ne to ran all the machinery which it was thought Machinery Hall would contain, estimating the need at 1,400 horse-power. The com- mission was inclined to aceept the offer, but in Philadelphia, which is one of the greatest iron manufacturing cities in the country, an opposition was manifested because she naturally thought that ber en- gine builders should have a chance. It was objected that it would not be fair for one establishment to have the honor of turnishing all the power, to the exclusion of other States, and in the larger manutacturing States it was thought rather presumptuous in Little Rhody to | take such responsibility and honor upon herselt, Mr. Corliss then withdrew his offer in order to give all achance, ‘The commission then formally advertised for proposals for furnishing power for the whole of the eight lines of shafting in Machinery Hall, or for a single line, sons to divide the work among as many ai ‘The Commissioners did uot deem it sate to count upon the exhibitors furnishing any power, and determined to have power enough under their own control, inde- pendent of any which might aferward come in the way of steam engines placed on exhibition. When the proposals caine in we was discovered that there was not enough power offered to meet their needs; that none of the bidders could, or would, agree to furnish all; that none were willing to furnish tue boilers or connecting pipes, and that tho total cost, according to the iadequute bids they re- ceived, Was more thun what Mr, Corliss had olfered to do the'work tor. Time began to grow short, and noth- ing was done, At length, in June last, the annual meeting of the commission, Mr. Corliss, by a unani- mous vote, was formally invited to renew his offer, He did so, and carly in Jane he signed the contract to build an engine capable of doing the work necded, BUILDING THY ENGINE. The work of buiidiog the mounsser was begun on tho 14th of June, and was tinished at a cost greater, it is said, than $70,000, which the Board of Finauce nave id for it. Mr. Cor! tention to the work, stood by im Machinery Hall to assist in putting them togetuer, himself gave his personat at- THE PLAN OF MR. CORLISS for furnishing this power was by a double engine, con- sisting of (WO beum engines, of 700 horse power eacn, | in acentral position in Machinery Hall, and distribut- ing he power from this point throughout the buildin, these engines have the tly-wheel (a gear) betw them, and the cranks of bota connect with the same crank sha(t, 80 that properly speaking it should called one engine, instead of two, or a double engine. Muchinery Hail is 1,400 feet long by 380 feot wide, with additions, one of which is 4 continuation of the trau- sept, giving a width of akout 600 feet in the middle ot the building. The engine ts placed in the transept, in the cenire of the whole hall, directly facing the main side entrance. the floor to the top of the ventilator, thus giving ample heigut for the working of the engine. ‘The gear fy- wheel connects underbeath the floor with the main shaft, which is 252 feet Jong and runs crosswise of the building. At the ends of this sbatt and at two intermediate pots, counceted = with it | by neste of bevelled gear six fzet in diameter, are shafts 5108 fect long, runuing at right angies With the main shaft and’ parailel with theemain build- ing, to poinis directly under the ends of the separate liges of overbead shatting.- At each end of these four connecting shatts are the main pulleys, eight in all, | seven of them being exght and one nine feet in diame- fer, and each thirty-two inches across the face. By this arrangement euch pulley is directly under the end of adistinct main shaft overbead in the hall, with which it is counected by a double belt, thirty ‘inches wide und seventy feet long, an aggregate of twenty | Jeet m width of double belimg being required to trans | init the whole power of the engine, aud each {sina | position to drive a straight line of SHAFTING SIX HUNDRED AND FIPTY-PIVE FRET LONG, or what may be called a separate section ofwash nery, each section being the whole length and one-fourth of the width of one Wing,of the hall, This main shatt ex- tends underneath the floor of the transept a hundred feet or more, furnish power for machinery in that, Thus there are ain shafting, four nests of beveiled gear (th! , and each gear six feet in diameter), and tb year connecting with the gear fly-wheel underne: and completely out of sight, while the main pulleys extend above the floors less than half their diameter. ‘The main beits, instead of being an eyesore, as is too often the case, pass (rough the hall im out of the way place, and are encased m glass apartments, eight by | 81x feet in size, so as to make a proper exbivit of the Velts. THE BOILER HOUSE ix a short distance trom the Gansept and thirty-six fest trom the main building. In this there are twen the Corliss upright boilers of seventy horse-power each, connecting with the engine by means of pipes under- neath the floor, 320 feet jong and eighteen inches in diameter, of wrought tron and double riveted. The boiler house is a handsome red brick structure, with mheys (ornamented), ninety feet in height. This house 1s arranged with balcomes for the con venience of those who Wish to Witness the working of the apparatus in the boiler house. THR ENGINES are what is known as beam engines of the Corliss pat- terp, with all the latest improvements, and nominally of 700 horse-power each, or 1,400 horse-power in both, though this can be increased even to 2,500 norse-power should occasion require. ‘The cylinders are forty Inches in diameter, with ten feet stroke, The engines are provided with air pumps and condensing appara- tus, and arc intended to work with from twenty-iive to eighty pounds of steam, according to the requirements ol the Exhibition. The engine made by Mr. Corliss for the Wamsutta Millx, New Bedford, which is world- famed, has « larger cylinder, but is not so heavy an engine, will not stand so high a pressure, and, conse- quently, will not do so mueb work. | It (or they, as you choose, for tt is really two in one) 18 eet apon polished iron piates—an iron ‘carpet, as it were—placed upon a platform fifty-five fect in diameter, raised three and a half fect above the floor of the hall, INTERESTING DETAILS, The gear fly wheelis thirty feet in diameter, two foot across {18 face and weighs fifty-six tons, And w one looks on it it is easy to belteve that itis the t cut wheel ever made, as indeed it 1s, It bus are finished with such degree of perfection of nicety, that though the wheel makes thirty-six revolutions per minute it runs | absolutely noiseleasly. In a pwee of work of the magnitude of this wheel, | whore one would naturally suppose workmanship of | ordinary care would answer just as well, t may seom strange to learn that in the finish of these teeth as fine worktmanship is necessary as on a Sowing machine or | in the works of a wateh, but that is literaty true. The microscope is brought {nto liberal use, and what would | appear to be the small matter of the hundreth part of | an inch is amatter to be catefully looked after. For | the information of the curious tt may be stated that the velocity of the periphery of this wheel, at the numbor of revolutions tnentioned, will be 3,884 feet per minute, | or about thirty-eight miles perbour. This wheel ts | between the two eugines and connected with gear un- | derneath the floor, 1t8 centre being about six feet above the floor, giving just room enough to allow the cranks to clear ine tloor while working. The crank shaft i nineteen inches in diameter aud tweive feet | , of hanmered iron. The bearings for this shaftare eighteen | inches in diameter and twenty-seven inches in length, and look large enough almost tor a good-sized boy to | crawl into and euddle down, ‘The eravks, wuich, seon | alone, scem to be enormous, are of yan metal, highly polished, and weigh over tive tons cach. The walking beams are of uew design and are mine feet wide in the | twenty seven ieet long and weigh cigven tous | lid, while tho gear fly wheel is | 1 is NOt trae, As has beon said, the big wheel in pieces. was use there Was not room enough im Rhode Island to cast it entire. The conaceting rods are about twenty. | four feet long and are made of horseshoes, or to be | | literally correct, of horseshoe scrap iron, that being | considered the best iron that can beoblumed, (Ninety- six hundred horseshoes wore used in making the con- necting rods.) The piston rods are of steol, six and a quarter inches in diameter, and the velocity of the pistons is 720 feet per minute, The large gear with which the gear fly whee! connects is tep feot in diame- and ti 600 pounds. The ghtof the engine from the mata floor to the top of the walking beam at its bighest sg is thirty-nine feet, and every part of it 1s accessible by means of iron staireases and balconies, which are so designed as to contribute largely to the embellishment of the whole, The weight of the engine and eyery- thing connected with it is 700 ton: The was put together at the works as far as necessary te Gt the various parts, but not running until it got to Philadelphia, It was not completed util a few days before the opening Atler look- i Bt portions and not! heir immen- they were put in place, one is apt to be aur- ow wouderiuily the site apy dimipiah, now that the engine is completed. Such are its harmonious proportions and graceful outlines that ali sease of imamcusity is lost im that of beauty and main building, where the | | four greatest and most advanced nations iu the world— erent engine builders as there are lines ef sbatting. | ad, When its parts were complete | Tho building here is 70 feet from | | another on | Reynolds, | strength. Nor does its beauty depend on giiiter and offend good taste, but instead the masstve frame work, walking beains, cylinders, staircases, balconies, Xc., are painted # neutral tint, which is relieved by the polished work of the moving par's, And it should be said that as much, even more pains, were taken in per- fecting the parts of the engine that are not seen as in the exterior, which is of course necessary to secure the perfect working of the whole. The exhibition of machinery for the United States | excels that of any otuer nation in the world. Even Great Britain, of whom much was expected, docs not pretend to equal us, Buttne yreat Corliss engine is the prominent feature of the Machinery Department, and jittle Rhode «1 well deserves the place of honor which her repre tative has received. THE LIVE STOCK DISPLAY, Toe grounds are within 2,000 feet of the main en- | trance, and are situated between the two chief th | oughfares, viz —Betmont avenue and Forty-first street. They eomprise thirty-five acres, and are on the line of the Pennsylvania Ratiead. The location, thereiore, | affords superior advantages for the receipt and delivery of animals, A ring one-third of a mile in circumlerence will be provided and 740 stalls are being erected, These are 14x14, and so arranged that after | | the horse show, which comes off first (trom September 1 Losgé inclusive), the stalls can be divided into stulls Txi4 for the cattle whichgre to be shown September 21 to October 4. The stalis can again be divided so as to be 7x7, tor sheep, swine and goats, which will be exhibited from October 10 to 18, The commission will turnish coops and attendance upon payment of $1 on each bird of the gallinaceoug division and $2 on | each pair of (he aquatic division. The poultry will be exhibited from October 27 to November 6. As the cattle grounds were formerly the Philadelphia drove yards the supply of water is ainple and the ar- rangemeénts for taking away the manure excellent, Otlives for the attendants, with hay and grain barracks, eens provided, and a very large hotel adjoins the yards. , “The international feature bas been better worked up | at their Exhibition than at any previous one;” so says | at least Protessor Archer, one of the English Commis- sioners who bas atvended all the previous World's Fairs, In contirmation of this I might state that the Cente: nial Commission trom Canada has made official requis tion for space in the international stock yard for the exhibition of 150 bead of neat cattle, 75 sheep, 75 swine and 300 coops of poultry, In addition, a firm of shippers, Messrs. P, Wright & Sons, propose to put on a special steamship to feteh cattle trom Europe. This ship will not undertake to run fast, but rather lo make the trip as comfortable for the auimais as possible by running slow or even turning tail to the storms if de- sirable. All the ratiroads offer free return transporta- tion on live stock; but it is likely that most of the foreign exhibits ‘will be sold on the ground, Messrs. Harkness & Co having offered their services in tue matter of their disposiion, The Secretary of the ‘Treasury has amended the late order, which interdicts the introduction of contagious diseases, provided the | animals bavo been exatwined by a competent veteri hary surgeon and certified to be free of disease. This coritticave must be indorsed by our consul at the port of ' shipment, and the animals must be intended for exhi- bition or breeding. ‘THE LST OF PRIZES | runs bigh up into tho thousands, as first, second and third prizes will be awarded to the best of every rec- ognized breed in cach of the competing lists, sweep- stake prizes alone excepted. For instance, cattle will n herds, This constitutes acluss, Now, ping recognized breeds of cattle—viz., short- r horvs, Holsteins, Heretords, Aytshires, Devons, Guera- | seys, Brittantes, Kerrys and’ Jerseys—there will be three tmes (tirst, second and third prizes) nine the importation of cattle, which wag issued to prevent | { tinsel. No fancy colored pamts str the eye and | i or twenty-seven’ prizes im the class of herds | For bulis alone there are threo —_classes— viz, bulls three years and over, over two | years ana under three, Over one year and under two. | As cach of the three classes has nive breeds and three prizes for each breed we haye (\bree times pine times three) eighty-one prizes for bulla, Of cows there are classes, according to agé, and, therefore, 108 es, There are also sweepstake prizes both tor bulls | and for cows. Fat and draught cattle havo tive classe: viz.:—The best fatted steer and the fatiest cow, the msi powerlul yoke of oxen and the most rapidiy walk- ing yoke of oxen, the most thoroughly trained yoke and the most thoroughly tramed team of three or more yokes ol oxen. Breeding horses have sixteen clusse: | Speed horses four classes; walking horses one class; | matched teams tive clusses; ciusses; sheep thirteen classes, swine twelve classes; dogs ten classes, aud poultry two classes, The latter ure to be exhibited 1m pairs of one year and over as one class and under one year as one class, They include chicken, turkeys, ducks, geese, | sWans, pigeons, Guineas and ornamental birds. In this division it 1s eusy to see that the number of prizes will be | immense, as awards will be made for superiority to every recognized breed. If there are fifty breeds of chickens and two classes (over one year and under one yeur) and three prizes, we would have fifty (breeds) mul- tiplied by two (classes), multiplied by three (prizes first, second and third), or 300 prizes for chickens alone. Ducks and pigeons of the recognized breeds are numerous, and 60 it 1s plain thut, as each treed com- | petes only with others of its own breed, the awards in | the live stock section will, as I sald, ram up into the ‘thousands. Living fishes will be displayed :n both fresh and salt water aquaria, and awards: will be made for the targest dispiay of fish of all species. Tho in this country, and perhaps’ the Zoological Garden may secure the whole. As the officers of the Bureau.of Agriculture are deter- mined to leave nothing undone to make the live stock display the crowning feature of the Agricultu: partment it is obvious that they bave an overous work on hand, A cardinal ebject of this exbibition is to promote improvement in breeding stock, and sisitors to the Exhibition wiil have the great advantage of seeing animals brought, not alone from America, bat trom | Europe. THE SUNDAY QUESTION, To tur Epiror or Tax Heraiy:— on Sunday, Without tho asst what could these mara; ‘ exhibit? The writer re- city railroads and Sunday travellers generally, for the reason that beasts were entitled under the decalogue to rest on the Sabbath and drivers and attendants wi deprived of attending divine service. The same clergy- man in the same conversation related that be had often been taken to dinner jn a coach of a member of a church where he had officrated ag pastor at the concin- sion of Sunday morning's services. Let those who favor this Connecticut observance of the Sabbath look at the long lines of coachmen, horses and carriages at before the mote, READER. HOMICIDE IN GRAND STREET. saw the body of aman lying on the southeast corner | absent, conveying Thomas McMahon to tn | house for violation of the Excise law. Crossing the street OMicer Laydon found the body, frightfally muti+ saloon at No, 205 Grand street, kept by Martin Reynolds, and known to be a resort of desperate characters. The officer notified Captain Allure, and they both went to the liquor salvon and broke open the door, There they found a scene of dia- order. The furniture of the room was broken, and bits of glass were strewn around the floor, which was spattered in one part with clots of blood. The parties who bad committed the deed had evidently commenced the process of removing the evidences of their guilt, as the floor was wastied in one place and a club found hanging behind the bar was also cleaned. A bioudy napkin was also found, which the mur- dorer had used to wash his bands with, Going up stairs Captain Allaire found the proprictor in hig room and at once arrested him. Inthe meantime Officer Laydon was informed that a woman had seen Patrick J. Spellman, a carter, drag the beady of the | murdered man, whosé name was found to be Felix Wing, trom the store and jay it down on the sidewalk, The officer proceeded to Spellman’s residence and ub jound him in the act of hiding a bloody shirt in his celiar. Both prisoners were taken to the station house aod Wing's body was taken im on a, stretcher. The burtender, Edward Brown, was arrested before six .o’clock, and also a witness named Michael Connors, At eleven o'clock A. M, Coroner Woltman went to the siation honse and em- panelled a jury. Deputy Coroner Cushman made & post-mortem examination of the dead man aud found that death bad been caused by compression of tho brain from extravasations of blood at the base of the skall, One of the wounds measured two toches and the left tal bone was ove anda hail inches and presented a jagged appearance as if done by some rough instrument. The prisoners were com- mitted and the inquest was set down for to-day atone o'clock. When Reynolds was taken to the station house he Stated that Wing tad visited his place about two o'clock in the morning and got into # quarrel with tive others, including Spetiman, When Reynolds arrived at th point of bis story he hesitatea and stopped, refusmg speak a word inore. Reynolds is said to belong to a family of tive broth- ers, all notorious desperadoes, ot them, Patrtel attempied to roba German in ‘Hoboken about three years ago and was killed by the latter thrusting a knife ito his abdomen. The German was tried and acquitted on the ground of self-defence. Feiix Wing, the mardered man, is said to be an @x- convict, and came irom Blackwell's Island only wo weeks ago. THE SEXTON HOMICIDE, The case of John Sexton, who was shot at National Park on Saturday night, was taken charge of by Coro- ner Croker yesterday morning, and his deputy, Dr. MacWhinnie, made a post-mortem examination of the body at the hospital yesterday afternoon. The inquest was th ppointed to be heid next Wednesday morn- ing, at eleven o’clock, at the Coroners’ office. A permit fn to Femove Sextun's corpse, and it was taken late residence, causing great excit in the rhood and attracting several hundred around the door. Sexton was said to have and 8, and death: to all whi yy the only support of his father , several younger brothers and sisters, who were also dependent upon him, The family cawe irom Ireland about tour yours age, De- | Thanks for your rebuke to the Quaker and blue stocking managers of the Philadelphia Exhibition, who close their doors to the artisan and producing classes ance of these classes Officer Laydon, of tho Fourteenth precinct, was patrolling his post early yestercay morning, when ho of Elizabeth and Grand streets, This part of the street was on the route of Officer Jefferson Davis, who was station luted about the head, lying near the door of a liquor Ho wasa “foe deter ares and mother. He leaves aquaria exhibit will, no doubt, be the largest ever mude | | grain and other produce to be shipped in future via | mouth of the Mississippi River auy length of timo I | } been lucky enough to pass through the channel with- | ernment guarantees a “through passage at any time” | wes a | ‘ity to be the busiest piace known, cently heard a Presbyteriun clergyman condemn the our city church doors on a Sunday morning, The beam | 2!8 Philadelphia notions, ke. PP! ro) * the Northeastern .rat roads. , lunatic, aud he was to have been cxamined in the i | | constueravie, although some neighborhoods are tufested THE RAILROAD WAR. . To rue Eorton oy tax HeRatp:— 1 am an old ship captain, aud a Now Yorker by birth, and for many other reasons would be glad to see my native city hold its commercial supremacy; but at the same time I cannot allow misstatements such as I have read in your valuable paper of the 19th inst. (!rom your correspondent of Brooklyn) to appear without refuting them with facts which bave tran- spired within my own knowledge. Justice is justice, and upon that ground I wish to correct your corre- spondent of Brooklyn, so that be may know what he is writing about the next time. About bis Tom Scott, ‘Thompson, Baltimore, Philadelphia abattoirs ana rail- roads | know nothing, but when be says *‘it is certain that grain sent by way of the Missiesippi River and New Orleans would ‘beat’ long detore it reached Liver- pool,” I say the man writes about things he does not know, and for this reason (if for no other) he should be impartial if he cannot be well posted, I have my- self taken (before and since the war) twenty-seven cargoes of Western grain from New Orleans to Liver- pool, and always delivered them there to consigiees in as fine and nice order and condition as any cargo of grain that I have taken from New York to Liverpool, and I flatter myself to have taken as many over the ocean as the next man, Hud I laid on the bar at the | confess 1t would have made considerable difference in the condition of cargoes of grain, but as | have always ; out loss of time, and as I see by the HexaLp that the pass is now opened by Captain Eads’ jetties, hence the reason of this article to prove that, with open passes, New Orleans cap ship and deliver grain in as fino a condition to Liverpool as any other port on this conti- nent, Boxes containing sampies of cargoes of grain shipped trom New Orleans to Eurove aro invariably sent via New York so that Europeans may seil to rive or adoat, in which case the arrival of cargoes a little soouer or iater makes bat little difterence to specu- Jators, It is true that Western grain shipped to Europe via New York will arrive there much quicker than by any other reu.e, but with equal troth we must look at tue “large suin of moncy saved” by shipping via New Orleans, especially if it be true that Captain Eads has been successful with bis jetties at the mouth of the river, Who or what on earth could compete against the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company and 1s immerse barges and the strong current of that river, to carry Western produce—huy, grain, staves, tobacco, cotton, &,.—from the Western States to the seabour as cheap ag it could ve done via Now Orleans? Where will European shipowners send their vessels, in profer- ence to any other port, when the United States gov- at the jetties or South Pass of the river? Of course, when they cau, at ull seasons of the year, always de- pon a full return cargo ior their ships the ississippi Valley Transportation Company, with its immense barges, assisted by the strong current of the river, can carry, Western produce—tlour, pork, grain, | bay, staves, tobicco, &c.—to New Orleans for just one- third of the price it would cost by railroad ot auy other ronte to New York. My owners (they own over a dozen ships), since they heard by telegram of the opening of the passes by the jetties, will soon be mak- ing ready in Liverpool to take in cargoes of assorted merchandise for the Southwestern States and will | guarantee to shippers in New Orleans to deliver, in | good order and condition, at the ports of Liverpool or Havre, any retura cargo of gram or cotton they choose to give to “our line,’’ Plans and specifications Jor several large grain elevators, and for the constrac- tion of which and the building of 200 more of those monster barges, are now betore a committee of thirty- five gentlemen from St. Louis, Memphis, Cincinnati aud New Orleans, and “things” will vo put through, they say, assoon as the government of the United States will notify, in due form, the other nations that the South Pass of the great Mississippi River ts open, and will remain open at all times, tor vessels of any size and drawing from five to thir: ive feet of water. Has your correspondent of Brooklyn ever seen one of those monster barges? Has he ever seen or heard of the enormous quantity of stuff they carry? Has he ever heard ot tho great and natural assistance to those | laden varges given by the strong current of the rivers Hus he ever been West himself and purchased thero 200,000 or 800,000 bushels of grain ou European orders and shipped, one-half to Europe via New Orleans and barges, and the other half, via New York and its railroads and canals; and once the two cargoes are in Europe bas he ever compared order and condition, time, and by which route had he saved more money and realized finer protits? If he has not, please tell him that the good order and condition from both ports are the same in every respect; that the timo 1s much shorter via New York, and thatthe saving of | money and the best profits are realized via New Orleans. ‘The saving of moncy on grain shipped to Europe via New Orleans 1s immense, compared to New. York; enough, in fact, to guarantee nearly all the Western Now Orleans if (a8 I have already said) large steamers will goinand out of the jetties without obstruction. If Captain Eads succeeds with his “jetties” #t the mouth of Mississippi River 1 do not believe that New York will be mach bothered tor a long time with ship- ments of grain and cotton to Europe. New Orleana, ‘with a free passage and deep water at the mouth of the river wiil’be tho only port in the whole world where of the sizo of the Great Eastern) will at all times and seasons of the year be sure of gettuung either tobacco, grain, Western produce, rice, staves or cotton for a return cargo, The fate of New Orleans depends entirely upon the Opening and deepening of the passes at the mouth of the river, The day it 1s done, either by a canal or by jetties, mark my words, it will not take long for that As to the Texas | Pucitle Railroad, your correspondent says:—“‘New York has the money and is_not disposed to invest it tor the aggrandizement of any other city.” That ‘is very true, but my Lumbie opinion is that whether Tom Scott comes to New York witli his railroads or not New Yorkers will never give him a cent tor his ‘Texas road, This road, like all others, can only bo built by “London,” and. I am retain it wall be done aiter a little while, and tor No. 1 reasons, New York is certainly the wealthiest city, and also the largost and finest city on the whole conti- nent of America; but its capitalists to-day are different men than Those meotioned by your correspondent of pabige ens to furnishing the millions necessary to build the Texas Pacific if Tom Scott would only abandon ‘That is all humbug. Nota cent could be had from New York to-day te build the best railroadin the worid, even if it was to carry the whole continent to New York. The moneyed men of Now York will only invest in first class mortgages at twenty-iive cents to the dollar, even if it is only tive ver cent per annam. No, Mr. Correspondent from Brooklyn, you nor any other man could persuade tho present moneyed men of New York to invest in any- thing else but at the rate of twenty-tive cents to the do'lar, and then fn many cases with i it diMiculty, Again, tS correspondent says:—'The extent and value of the trade which comes from the South and West must depend ttpon the prompiness, facility and cheapness with whicn it can be got to sea”, Windom & Uo, say sixty-tive conts from Chicago on a bushel. Vanderbilt takes it now for-half the money, ‘That ts nice on paper, is itnot? But, let Mr. Correspondent take the grain from where it grows—I mean from the Western tarms—and | count up the difference in freight and charges from those farins to the sea and Europe via New York and | New Orleans, and then he will know the vast differ- | ence in the price (when landed In Europe) of which I | speak, 1 have in my possession lots of documents, | account sales, bills of lading, &c,, to prove to your | correspondent that with clear passes at the mouth of | the Mississippi River, he would lose his bottom dol- | lar shi grain to E via New York, and should | attempt to prevent it by | re vo compete with the Mississippi they would all “burst” in less than two years, loping you will extend me the same favor that you | dia to your correspondent from Brooklyn, I remain, Mr. Editor, respectiully yours, CAPTAIN, SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC. —— Thomas Taber, a vagrant, was committed to tho | Suffolk County Almshouse, at Yaphank, by Justice | Metcalf, of Brentwood, on the 4th inst. His subse. quent actions led to the conclusion that he was a their rat usual way foe to sending him to a State asy- lum. On Friday morning, however, during the ab | sence of the keeper with oher inmetes at breakfast, Taber strangled himself with his shirt, one sleeve of which was fastened toa steam pipe running through the room in which he was contined, while the other | was tied around bis neck. The pipe was so low that | his feet did not clear the floor, and he could only ac- complish his purpose by drawing them up Coroner Thayer, of Riverhead, held am inquest, POTATO BUGS ON LONG ISLAND. Tho potato bugs are giving much trouble to the furm- ers of Queens county. Their ravagesuare already quite more than others lt is provable, however, that the damage this year will be relatively less than last, because moat of the farmers, expecting the visitation, made prep. aration to meet it with vigorous measures frum (ue | start. But im some lovalities even this precaution is | 5 have been virtually ruined, Serge invers attacking the tender shoots | the moment they showed themselves above ground and completely destroying them, In such cases the only | cure 18 to plow up the fields and utilize the ground for other kinds of seed such 4s carrots aud other farm pro- | ductions which the bugs will not feed upon. This has | alre dy been done in a number of instances upon Queens county farm: ORANGE PEEL DAMAGES, New You, May 19, 1876, To run Epitor or rue Herato:— It has often suprised me that the pernicious practice of throwing orange peel on the sidewalk has been s0 Jong permitted, Numberless broken limbs and other Injuries sed by it, and jobody Felonty the gruveuen.” Policemell mignt ve ree ‘fects of poison in ‘of this most extraordinary and mysterious affuir arc at to warn persons so offending to desist, but I think a CURIOUS. FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, The Coroner's Inquest Kept Secret—Who Did the Murder ? Loxpow, May 11,1878 | Another mystery, the investigation of which, uow in progress, may bring to light a foul murder, must bo added to the accumulation of horrors which have mado the spring of the present year remarkable in tho crim- inal annals of England. ‘THE FIRST INTIMATION of the terrible affair in the metropolitan journals ap- peared on the 10th inst., and ran as lollows:— A TRAGKDY. Westminster Hall is, as aruic, too busy with briefs to occupy itself with jations on possible cases for criminal courts But it is just now profoundly stirred by grave suspicions, and 8 agitated by the fear that a tragedy bas been enacted almost within its precincts. We teil the story ag it 18 current at the Bar, suppress- ing names and desiring only to turther the ends ot justice, Three weeks ago a young barrister who was rapidly gaining o position in West- minste: Hall was saddenly stricken with illness while sitting at bis table in his own house. He was carried to bed In a state of insensibility, and the local doctor Was sent tor, who used the stomnuch pump und admin- istered brandy. Under this treaiment the patient slightly rallied, but only to sulfer excruciating tor- tures, The local doctor insisted upon a distinguished | physician bemg sent for from London, and upon bis are rival the patient was pronounced to be sullering from metuilic poison, ‘The patient gradually sank and died. Au inquest was held upon the body, and 4 post-mor- tem examination revealed the fact that the deceased had swailowed ‘TRN GRAINS OF ANTIMOD Tho proceedings at the inquest are described as being “peculiar.” The local doctor who had ate tended upon the deceased came forward aud proifered | his evideuce, but was informed it was not hecessury. Atthe time of the seizure the deceasod had finished drinking half a vottle of Burgundy, aud it is said in Westiniustor Hail —and we prefer to leave the respon- sibility of such an ASTOUNDING STATEMENT with the learned gentlemen on whose lips it ts cur- rent—that the Coroner, fur tue satisiaction of the jery, caused to be exammed, not the other ball of the Lottie ot wine which the dead mun had been drinking when | soized with the pains of death, but afresh bottle from | the cellar, which was found to be in excellent condition and free from antimony. No explanation was given of the presence ol the antimony, und the jury returned a verdict of ‘Death by poison administered vy sonie per- son unknown,” The deveased had been married a fow mouths. These are the bare facts of a case which, strange to say, has hitherto been kept out of the col- ums of the newspapers. It would be manifestly im- proper to state any grounds of suspicion of toul play; but, rightly or wrongly, the deceased’s comrades ut the Bar hold such suspicions, and have, we understand, communicated them to the Home Secretary, with what result may shortly be seen. ‘TILE PRESS ON THK QUI VIVE, The metropolitan press, which has remained in entire ignorance during three weeks of this tragical event, has uow taken the matter ap, and newspapers have edito- sials upon it, The Morning Post of to-day has a very | strong one, which commences with an explanation of the reasons why the cage had not been reported at the time an the coluimns of the J’ost and of the other metropoll- tan journals, This explapation is worth transenibing in the pages of the Hxraxp, if for no other reason than to show how differen: in these respects is the London from the New York press, 1 would be difficult to con- ceive of a death from violent poison occurring in Brook- lyn, for instance, which would not find record in the Heraip until three weeks had passed, Tho Post says: — Tyo days agowe published a paragraph from the Clapham Observer, which gave a somewunt general ac- count of a very sad event which occurred nearly three weeks ago at Balham, and our readers were doubtless surprised that we should have been indebted to oar contemporary for information respecting an occurrence happening within the metropolitan district and so emi- nently calculated to arrest the public attention, A oung, wealthy protessional genticman died of the of- own house. An inquest was beld and an open verdict returned that death had been occasioned by a large dose of mineral poison, and yet not a singto line of slormation was com- municated to the It may seem that as purveyors of intelligence to the public we are elmply accusing ourselves of neglect of duty, but if mono senge we plead guilty to the charge it must be 10 the company of all our contemporaries, Why, it will be asked, wus not “our reporter? present at ihe mquest? Why were not the proceedings published in due course if deserving pubhe attention? No leas in justice to ourseives than with the object of directing notice to a matter of cousiderable importance to the community, we will answer this question. For many yeurs past the accounts of proceedipgs at Coroners’ i inquests been furnished to the press by ‘ters who make it their duty to follow the wovements of the Coroners, and who send their reports to the various metropolitan journals, Althougt the Coroners’ Court is one of the most ancient in the kingdom, it ts oxtremely perip tetic, sometimes being held in sno taproom of a pul house, sometimes in the boardroom of a workhouse, | sometimes in the drawing room of a private mansion, The number of inquests heid daily in tho metro- politan district is very Inrge, aud tho peg oer for neither notice nor comment. It will be seen, refore, that beyond the fuct that an tnquest must be hold with | open doors, there are fow, if any, guarantecs for that thorough publicity which in such mquiries ts desirable; | and that it may depend on accident ur design whether | of a particular case an account appears in the public | Journals, A reporter or reporters may not have thought i worth while to attend a particular inquest; or, if such attendance has taken place, it has been thought mexpedient to publish the proceedings. In many cases, particularly those of suicide, relations aro — anxious to avoid publicity bemg given to what they re- | gard a8 a private misfortune, and it is notorious that these wishes are trequectly complied with. The result is tuat it doos not by avy means follow that procecd- jogs of inquests inviting attention are of necessity | made public. FULLER DETAILS last published, and may be briefly stated as follow: At Balham, in a handsome house, lived MR, CHARLES TURXER BRAVO, a rising barrister, a member of the Home Circuit, aged thirty years, with his wife, whom he married about the | beginning of the present year, and who was the widow | of an officer in the Guards named Ricardo, The lady's antecedents are of this nature:—Her formor husband, Ricarde, had reasons to institute proceedings for divorce from his wife, but died while the suit was | pending. Mrs. Ricardo derived a considerable fortune | from her husband and lived in good style with com- panion or housekeeper, a Mrs. Cox, On tho 18th of last month Mr. Bravo returned from his business as usual, and after his customary eanter beforo dinner sat down to that meal in company with his wife and her eompanion, ani drank during the course of dinner THRER GLASSES OF BURGUNDY from a battle which had been specially decanted for him. Mr. Bravo retired to bis room after dinner, but soon his bell rang violently, and he complained to the servant of great suffering in the stomach and abdomen. Dr. Moore, resident in the neighborhood, was sont for, and found Mr. Bravo lying back in a chair, breathing heavily and- quite wuconscious. He was partly un- dressed and Mrs, Cox was rubbing his cuest, Dr, Moore having instantly recognized the danger in which the patient lay, administered an enema of brandy, and | @ mustard poultice over the heart. Soon Dr. Harrigon, the regular family medical attendant, arrived, and in the carly morning Dr. Johoson and a cousin of Mr, Bravo (Mr. Bell), both of King’s College Hospital. ‘Tho nufortunate man passed the night in intense sullers ‘ng, Vouniting continually, During the period of un- | consciousness Mrs. Cox had told one of the physicians | that she had heard Mr. Bravo exclaim, “UC MAVE TAKEN POIsON,”? In the morning, however, consciousness returned, | ‘aud his mother was sent for, At her instance the emi- nent physician, | | | | Sm WILLIAM GULL ‘was sammoned to her son’s bedside, and he at once pronounced him to be suffering from the effects of a powerful irritant poison. Soomg that recovery was impossible Sir Williain advised tho dying man to settle his affairs. Dr. Johnson and Sir William both earnestly questioned Mr. Bravo as to what he had taken, but he solemnly denied having taken anything except some | opium for neuralgia in the jaw, Mr. Bravo made his will, aad after lingering on in terrible agony, ‘The Medical Examiner says: — The post-mortom examination was made wit! St Thomas’ caro by Dr. Payne, of the ze Johnson, Dr, Moore, Mr. ry ir. Mi Airress. ere was no aller Seer fa" a nae et oeeae Son tates at eee was dled in Daedy “mcs also of the body were quite healt ‘of te in { prived the passengers of whatever valuables they | Company, and also one or two corance with the medical testimony, passed by Une chgllenged, unnoticed, The Morning Post makes some the Post says:— ‘ If he did not destroy himself be must have taken the poison by misadventure or have been dered, In attempting @ solution of will be necessary to examine closely cumstances with which we aro at. What were the conditions of bis domostic fe; any one a motive for getung rid of him?» When « man sits down to dinger im health and is discovered sateine, efects of a powon which mately him it 1s not unreasonable to — either intentionally or. inadvertently ‘was administered at that meal. Now, it is evident thus in the interests of public safety the question thas in volved cannot be thrown on one side. a8 unworthy .of tient and thorough investigation, It will be there jore necessary to Lp gen dame in the present in- stance, the investigation becn as thorough and ag paticnt as the circumstances actually demanded. The unfortunate pentieman partook of some Baredeey at his dinner, Was what remained in the bottle exam. ined or its non-production satisfactorily accounted for? Were all the physicians who wore see Mr, Bravo duly exammed? What uny, was given by the people in the house. Wei re, Bravo, Mra, Cox and all the servants called as witnesses on the inquiry’ And last, though we have said not Jeast. Low came it that the proceedings at the fanart were not reporied? Was this accident or means taken to stifle pablication, and it so, by whom? The police of this metropolis have got into serious dis- credit of late, and they will cersatnly sink still lower in public estimation if they fait to sift this myst affair to the bottom. Here isa gentieman ly poisoned at bis own table in the coarsest and inost bru- tal manuer, and the public are expected to rest content with a verdict that he was poisoned, but whether war- dered or not the jury after two mectings ure unable to say. afterward SENSATION IN CITY soctRTY. AS may well be imagined, this terrible business. bas made a great sensation in London society, owing ta the high position held in it by the partics concerned. . Captain Ricardo, of the Guards, bad mot the wife of the deceased, thea Mies Campbell, in Montreal; Subse- quently there was much unhappiness between Captain and Mrs, Ricardo, and, owing to certain occurrenecs at Great Malvern, ho had separated from hor and eventa- ally instituted proceedings in the Divorce Court, Be. fore the suit came on, however, Captain Ricardo, as already stated, died. Public seutiment is now thor. oughly aroused, and, as the comrades of the unfortu- Natw barrister havo taken the matter in band, some startling disclosures may soon be made, Meanwhile every one is asking, “Who did it, and why??? is THE LADIES, Mrs. Bravo, a widow again, is said to bo at Brighton; Mrs. Cox is still in the house at Balbam, which ts gow an object of much curiousity to the denizens of that usually unrutiled outlying suburb of tho west end of London. HIGHWAYMEN IN TEXAS. ROBBERY OF A SAN ANTONIO STAGE COACH— PASSENGERS STRIPPED OF THEIR VALUABLES—— HEROIC CONDUCT OF A YOUNG LADY—IM- BECILITY OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ' Conumavs, May 16, 1876, On the 9th ‘inst the United States mail coach or Stage from Son Antonio to Luling was captured and robbed by three gentlemen of the road, who also do- had about their persons, This is the second instance within a few weeks in this Stato of the capture of mail coaches by bighwaymen and the robbery of the passongers, the first occurring near the town of San Marcos, about twenty miles west of Austin, the State capital, I met to-day u passenger on the stage lest robbed, and I give the particulars as furnished by him:— STATEMENT OF A PASSENGER, “We lef{ San Antonio early on Tuesdey last for Sa ling, the present terminus of the Peirlo Railroad of Sunset Route. The stage was full of passengers, The, were:—Dr. Herman, J, K, Eckrane and W. H. Harria, of San Antonio, C, C. McKinney, of Atascosa county; George Hilliard, a colored man, of Indianola; V. F, Moore, of California; Dr. A. P, Chace, of Illinois; D. E, Singleman, of St, Louis; Miss Ogden, of San Ams tonio; Miss McKinney, of Atascosa, and some others whose names | do not reinember. When about twenty: five miles irom San Antonio, while the stage was slowly ascending a Jong hill in the prairie, aman on @ fine gray horse rode up to the staga from the tront and asked the driver it he bad seen a horse onthe road dragging arope. The driver told him he had not. I notiecu that this man looked into the coach closely whilo talking to the driver. He was a tall, powerful man, with light beard and hair, rosy and healthy looking, und was about thirty-tive years of age, I should think, He immediately rode off rapidly, as if im pursuit of the horse dragging the rope, As the stage moved on, a few minutes later, this same ‘man was secn at the top of the hill with two other men on the roadside, one of them mounted on a sorrel ‘se and the o her on foot. As the stage approached @ man on the gray horse rode off into the me:q site chapparal, which was here very dense, When within afew yards of them the man on foot stepped im front‘of the stagoand, pointing a double-barreiled shotgun, both Mi cocked and his FINGER ON THE TRIGGER, at the driver, ordered him to hait. fhe driver, in amazement, obcyed, The other man on horsodack rode immediately up to the coach and presented u six- shooter, cocked, almost in tho faces of the passengers, and said, “Raise an arm, if you dare!" or sometu! of that sort. The man on the gray horse came up this moment and also stuck bis six-shooter ut the passengers, All three of these men wore inasks on their faces at this time—simply a handkerchief tied around their laces, with holes ior t! eyes. They or« dered us to get out of the stage, We all obeyed, One of them led to search our pockets and other portions of the clothing, While the oiher two stood over us with the cocked weapons, A BRAVE WOMAN, “Miss Ogden, a handsome young lady, stoutly refuner to be searched. She told them she had no money ané thi ould die beiore they should touch hei at she wi On of the scoundrels threatened to tuke her into the brash re ahe _ Fes pwd finaily let her atone ter getting through with the passengers they mad the negro, George itiliard, RIP OPEN THE MATL BAGS. “Ono of them opened every letter and and! saw that they got a good deal of money out of them Mr, Moore, of Cahfornia, had $420 in gold on his por gon and some $40 or $50 in igrecnbenes; all of which they took. The negro, Goorge Hilliard, bad $104 which they got, too, The other passengers, excep ‘Miss Ogden, had but small amounts of money with them, but the highwaymen got all they haa T thind fn all they got about ‘ A THOUSAND DOLLARS. ‘Miss Ogden had over $800 on ber, and she is the on! one of the gers who came out of tho affair with single cent Dr. Chace hada fine gold watch, whicl He a to feel thia logs very much, w he scemed to prize the watch lor something outside its monoy Value. Some ofthe other passengers aim had watches, which were taken from them. As for myself, 1 came out easy, having only 86 or $10 abow mie at the time,” CornesPoxpENt—Did none of you have arms ? Passxxark—ibere were two splendid ries in the pistols; but the thing vceu so quickly and suddeniy there was no chance to draw them. II we bad made fight the highwaymen would certainly have fired upon us, and some of the ladics would no doubt have been kiled. But to resist under the circumsinnoes was out of the question, Connssroxokxt—Did they handle you roughly ¢ Passevark—No; they were rather polite. were we all, except Mise 0, who showed them no com plaixance. Had we otherwise I su ni been ernment is imbecile arusare, Ince ‘provabili be caught. Those who