The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1876, Page 3

\ ’ AMONG THE WRECKERS The Story of Two Lost Ships. A Romance of Forty Years Ago=—Will the Treasure Be Recovered ? The sunlight glitters keen and bright, Where, miles away, Lies stretching to my dazzled sight A luminous belt of misty light, Beyond the dark pine biutfs and wastes of sandy gray. oo e . . « . e- e ISLAND, Jonzs? Inter, L. L, Jéiy 30, 1876. } The thunder of the surf comes nearor and nearer and the lines of breakers march solidly one after an- other, snow white, as if the bones of the ships ground to powder by their teeth had been stirred from the bottom of the angry depths below. This isa mere spitof sand on which I rest;a dune erected by tho wash of the oternal sea. Here and there | find a creck, quite deep, fringed by tall, salty and sedgy grass, running sluggishly out at low tide and fiercely in at the flow. In the long dank grass I can hear at night, as the stars rise and the breakers moan, the plaintive croak of the bullfrog, and then, as the stars fade away and the dawn breaks gradually over the desoiate sands and the mysterious sea, the shrill “whistle of the snipe is heard in their wavering flight and the flattering of the tiny sandpiper comes from the outer margin of the storm-bound beach. The island, named many y: ago trom a then weultby family in tho town of Hempstead who owned At, Raynor's Island, is, perhaps, over 100 acres in area of marsh, or ‘“‘mas’’ land, as itis called by the tow disconsolate or hypochondriac stragglers who visit it in these days. Forty years ago ‘beach parties’? of belles and their attendant beaux frequented the island from Hempstead, which lies tar inland, and from Free- port, on the shore side of Hempstead Bay, but now it Js as forlorn and unknown to New Yorkers as the oasis of the Soudan. There is but one house on the island, kept by a Mrs. Dick Smith, a good-natured and infirm old lady, where in days gone by there were dozens of Dathing houses, and itis hardly evor a place of call but for those who come to get rid of their bile; by snipe shooters ana duck hunters; or occasionally a boating party going to I.ong Beach will stop to get a drink of whiskey ora clam fry at Mrs. Dick Smith’s. But | Raynor’s Island is more than anything else & rendezvous for the wreckers who search for lost ships, and often the masts of a wreeking schooner Bre seen tapering fancifully in Jones’ Inlet, the winds screaming hoarsely through their scant cordage, while the crew delves below for forgotten wealth. This is ono ofthe most treacherous and fatal places on the Long Island coast for ships, and the timbers and spars of many a noble vessel torn to pieces in the breakers after going ashore are hero imbedded in the fathom. less beds of eand, Hither I came to look up the wreckers and to hear of thoir progress in searching for \he bark Mexico, lost forty years ago near Long Beach, with nearly all her passengers and a reputedly fabulous amount of treasure. But wreckers are difficult beings to And, ‘as they go on their voyages of discovery well pro- risioned with coarse far, locate where they deem most 3uitable for their soarch, changing their anchorage at will and seldom holding communication with the shore while at work, This last precaution 1s to preserve tecrecy in case of a “lucky find.” A wrecker, like a Bsherman, will never tell you where his “find” has deen or what his luck was, and often while searching for the bones of a lost ship they will assert firmly tbat they are only fishing. LOOKING VOR AN ABLE SHAMAN, To get at these wreckers and witness, if possible, their operations, I had to make the acquaintance of many of the “bay men,” as the hardy fishermen who live on the shores of the Great South Bay and Hemp- stead Bay aro called. After much questioning and being severely cross-questioned 1m turn as to what was wy purpose, by suspicious people who have little or nothing else to do in these parts bus to ask questions, I Gnally made the acquaintance of a smart and fearless young boatman, George Boyden by name, whose father had followed the seas trom tme immemorial, and George's young cousin, a iad of fourteen years of age, named Will Griffin, both of whom reside ata place called Christian’s Hook, on Hempstead Bay. In talk- ing with George I found that he knew his business Nhoroughly and was familiar from early boyhood with every part of the coast He also bad the inestimabie advantage, for myself, of having served on a wrecking schooner in tho capacity of a working hand at $12 a month and his “grub,” as he termed his daily fare. Will Gritfin, the “ourteen-ycar-old,”” knew as much about a boat as any lad I ever saw of his age, and could be safely trusted to hold tho tiller or haul a sheet in the roughest water, After much negotiation and parley, grave in its nature as that.which might occur between Sitting Bull and an Todian Commissioner, a boat was secured which did not have the luck to possess a name, but was registered of two tons burden, and went by the name of a “cat” or & “two-ton cat,’? as the choice might be, I engaged the “‘cat” and George and Will for a couple of days, or until the wreckers were found, and I ascertained that none of the older boatmen would venture out across the miles of rough bay water or to the open sea, and none of them ha! gone out for days, although in New York city the sun bad been at fever beat and Rot a breath of a breeze stirring in its heated stree:s for days previous, THE GRAVES OF THR UNKNOWN DEAD. “I tell you, sir,’ remarked George Boyden, after the “cat”? had been engaged, “you ougnt to see the graves of them dead and drowned passengers of them ‘ere ships before wo go to look for the wreckers, I heerd tell ot them when 1 was a boy, and my father aw them come ashore in wagons, the corpres all stiff with ice and cold. They are all in the burying ground down to Rockville Centre Village. It was the talk of ail the country side at the time,” added George, pathetically. «The people never saw so many dead and drownded people afore or since on this coast, and the old Cornorer, Danil Mott—he was Coroner— had a mighty big job settin’ on all them.” I thought, therefore, that I would pay a visit to Rockviile Centre Village, aud set forth for the cemetery on a blazing hot flay. Down here near the sea thero is but very scant loliage, the roads are sandy where they aro ‘pot dusty, and the sun looked like a sicel mirror in iis reflection, as the rays fell on bush, potato or corn patch, on white houses with green blinds glaring at me, and here and there, in the quict of a sultry country road, | came the howl of a disturbed iarm dog as he spied the | stranger on bis way, Slowly the main road, a circuitons | one at best, emerged into a corner oF cross road, where | there was a little country store in which a pair of boots | or asmoked bam might be purchased, and in another Moment I saw the square white wooden tower of the village church surrounded by a graveyard full of tombs, and beyoud and to ihe left a rural jaue flanked by green | fielus ‘aud the house of the minister who served the eburch and its congregation with spiritual comfort, J entered the enclosure any rang a bell, whieh was answered by a young girl, Who informed me that the minister was in, and would see me 10 a moment. | While waiting in the neatiy furnished parlor a tail, | frave-looking gentleman, attired im ministerial black, | entered the room and bade me welcome. This was the | Rev. RK. S. Hulschart, pastor of the First Methodist | urch of Rockville Centre. [explained briefly to the | feverend gentleman my Onject and. the desire | had to | tee the graves ot the ill-fated passengers of the lost ships, | Rarxo! who had long been forgotten in these parts excepting from the hearsay of vid crones aud the lipsot a few old inhabitants who had been present on the dread oc. casion. The reverend gentleman procured a key for the gate of the cemetery, and we waiked down the lane | Jo the entrance ut the church onclusure, Unfasiouing ihe gate ihe clergyman reverently entered between the | thickly studded graves, until we came to a less thickly | pulated part of the churchyard, aud there rose be- & usa mound of large size, with a tall white sbait ‘urmounting it. SHIPWRECK AND STORM. “There you can see the stone erected by the towns- copie, partly by the money and valuables taken trom 6 unknown bodies and partly by subscriptions imade vy the town itsei!,”’ remarked Mr. Hulsevart. “Phat je many years ago,” added he, “and [ was not here, nor ain I old enough to recollect the occurrence; bat [ have heard very mucu of the ead disaster from those who lived m the neighbornood ; and once, while noid- ng services in the church yonder, five years since (it | ant, shrewd looking tellow, declined to 1 hin memes NEW YORK fas been reduiit), reference having peep wade to the shipwreck, an old gentiemen stood up in the mecting 4 suid (hat he was a survivor of the wreck and had been almost miraculously rescued from the waters on that terrible might im the storm when many of the emigrants were frozen to death before they were brought ashore. There was an old gentleman in the meeting who had assisted to bring the gentleman who stood up in meeting ashore, aud be also arose, ana the first speaker, whose name was the Rev, Jobn Cowan, and who liad been savea, clasped the band of the man who had saved his life thirty-tve years beiore, und both men wept freely, During ali that time,” said Mr, Huisehart, “these two meu had never seen each other irom the fatal January night so many years gone by, Mr. Cowan Was & poor emigrant then, and educated himselt atterward for the ministry. se'was, I believe, from the North of Ireiand.’’ AFTER FORTY YEARS I knelt down in the grass that flourished on tho grave of the victrms of the storm and breakers and copied the inscriptions, that were quite worn. and partiy illegible. ‘Ihe verses of the local poet thereon engraved might have been better—they could hardly have been worse; but the feeling that inspired them will serve as a very good excuse for the wretched rhyme and worse grammar displayed. It will be ob- served that the stone covers the victims of both disas- ters—the wreck of the Bristol as well as the Mexico, OOO LOOLEE ELE DOOELOLEDELODELEEE LE LELE DIDO DED, To the memory of 77 persons, chiefly trom England and Ireland, being the only remains of 160 soula, composing the passsugers and crew of the American ship Bristol, Captain MeKown, wrecked on Far Rockaway Beach November 21, 1836, Lea rdaaetedeaad acetate ater dattessonehated On the other side of the stone was the inscription in regard tothe joss of the Mexico, ‘I heard that it touk over jorty country wagons to bring the bodies of tho anfortunate victims, and many of them wero naked, and their white bodies were suf! and hard as if mado of metal,’ gravely remarked the clergyman standing at the grave side. OR LOOEI LE IELE LTTE TELE OO LEELLCOOLODOTEDE OED EDEL ® To the memory of 62 persons, 3 chiefly emigrants trom England and Ireland, being the only remains of 115 souls, 3 tno passongers and crew of the American bark N Mexico, 3 3 3 eres cereneereeees Geserevscee se sres. Captain Winslow, wrecked on Hempstead Boach January 2, 1837. averse nance eres se Qeeee rene rece ne eee sete nest HELE TELE POTEET EDD DEDEDE: “The few survivors of the Mexivo that came shore stated at that time thatthe crew and captain had lost their reckoning; were ont of provisions, having been along time in passage, aud the crew was thoroughly exhausted with hard work, There were no pilots to be found and no light was seen, and thus the vessel came driving and tumbling ashore in the breakers on that awful night ot the New Year's day, 60 many years ago,? This was the minister’s soliloquy, spoken aloud, as he looked on while I copied the poetry intended by its au- thor to embaim the drowned passengers in immortal re- membrance. ‘‘And | am told,” said Mr, Hulsebart, “‘that these two mournful accid nis were the cause of the repeal of tho then unwise and ineflicient pilotage Jaws,"? The verses were as follows:— Qenreeesene resets senate rest IODtre nee ree nee eeserene In this Grave from the Wide Ocean doth Sleep, H The bodies of those that hath Crossed The Deep, 3 3 And Instead of being Landed Sate On The Shore 3 3 In A Cold Frosty Night They Ali Were No More, 3 Lear e ett COLEEPLE ES LEIE SELL DLLIDEDELISEDIEE SELL DEDE “There was a proposition, | beileve, made to erase those verses,” remarked the pastor, as we walked slowly and thoughtiully from the mound, I thinking of the lopg procession of naked and irezen bodies as they were carted inthe January storin forty years ago to their last resting piace there to wait for resurrection. The minister was probably thinking of his Sunday ser- mon, and be added, “But something interferea to pre- Vent their erasure, and there they will remain as long as the stone stands, I suppose.” “It is rumored that there was a treasure of $500,000 onthe Mexico, Did you ever bear anything of that?’ Tasked. “1 have heard all kinds of ramors about the disaster, but I know nothing of 1. There isan oid lady down the road, Aunt Peggy Coombs, who was present, and she might know sowething of the matter,” replied the village minister asl bade him goodby. I made in- quiries for Aunt Peggy Coombs, who was quite decropit. and stone deaf, ‘and found that neither of us understood each other, so I gave that up as a bad job as far as any in- formation was concerned. In making inquiries as to the supposed treasure that was gaid to have gone down with the Mexico I ascertained that it was computed all the way up from $50,000 to $500,000 by the country people. Some said that there were a large number of bars of solid silver consigned privately .o a firm of Spanish merchants in Philadel- phia Others said that there was copper aud bell metal of great value uboard, and others again declared that copper bad been recovered from the Bristol At the depot at Rockville Centre I saw on a previous oc- casion an old weather-beaten itinerant fish pedier who remembered the wrecks aga boy, and he volunteered this statement:— “Its nigh onto forty yoar now, I guess, since them vessels kum ashore. The bodies wos ali layin’ in old Mr. Ackerman’s barns and they brought ’em down from the beach in wagons, aud there was a_ pile of them ore wagons, I tell you, and no mistake. Tho Coroner wos old Danil Moit, of Rockaway, and I guess the allowance was $10 a body or something like that; 80 I guess old Uncle Danil must ’a made nigh onto $700 or 80 for a-settin’ on em. I don’ know as there wos any of the bodies robbed. I spose the waluables wos taken from them, as nobo ew who the dead bodies wos or who wos their friends. And so they are adiggin’ tor the money down somowhere out in tho ovean, are thoy? Wall, mebbe they'll find Jots of tin if old Bill Merritt is in 1, Ho's smart, I tell you.” This sort of intormation was of so vague a character that it did not further my object tn any sense, and yet it seemed to be the gencral impression at Freeport, Baby, Rockville and ther places along the south 8 the isiaad that the bull of the Mexico imbedded in the sand contained a large amount of treasures, and that divers were at work upon it secretly and would not give any information for {ear that ihe claim of pos- Session nught be disputed by interlopers who could only obtain information through the press, and especially was the Herato dreaded by the friends and relatives of the wreckers. No information could be obtained, therefore, from these sour and | accord- ingly determined to find the wrecking schooner, which 1 was informed bad been shifting up and down along the southern coast of the island for a month or more, This created more difficulty, but George Boyden said he would find her or ‘‘never call him a boatman again.” IN THR “TWO TON CAT”? In an hour’s walk from the village I reacbed the creek—Scow Creck, it 18 called—an estuary of Hemp- sicad Ray, and George and the Jad and the writer were Seon aboard of the catboat. The wind was so fresh and uncertain, und the waters of the bay su rough, that two old boating men on the margin of the marsh, which stretched away for miles, heading tho waters of the bay, prophesied disaster, or at least a capsized boat, for our pains. ut young Boyden was not dauated, and he sat down in the stern, took the tiller in one hand and the sheet in another, while Will, the fearloss little navigator, held fast to the centro board in case of grounding, It was a dead beat for miles to the inlet, where it was deemed probable that we might find the wrecking schooner. ‘y few moments the water washed over the boat and drenched | us all to the skin, and there was constant dodging when the little craft went about to avoid being sant over- board by the boom, the sail having threo reefs in it for satety, Boyden, in bis blue flannel sbirt, his dark face intent on every blow of the wind, displayed great skill, and the little lad, Will Griflin, wit his keen face and sharp eyes, never lost his verve fora single ino- | ment, Soon we began to leave the long marsh grass and the difficult creek, and after two how suw the entrance to Joues’ Inlet away faron our bow, with miles of white breakers roaring for their prey and the “harbor bar was mosning.”” Boyden watched Lis opportunity and stecred for x channel between the Raynor's Island. “There was a sullen sky above and the prospect did not at all look favorable, “Tho wreck- ing schooner was lying some distance off at anchor, and we were bailed by the cook on board of her. The crew and captain were on tho mainland, he said. To the leeward of her was a ishing sloop, at anchor also, with 160 bushels of clams, weather bound, the capwuin boing airaid to venture torth, aud having’ been forced | to remuin where he was for two days. Alter some hard work the catboat was headed for the east and ran up a creek that pierced the island as far as the old inp kept by Mrs, Dick Smith, There I remained one night, cating fried ns and killing the time until the crew of the wrecking schooner should come tn sight to board her from the mainland some six miles away. i THE WRECKING SCHOONER. Eurly next morning | was iaken out to the wrecking Yeasel, the weather being fine, and she was found lying in shallow water, Frank, the cook, was aboard, but the captain, te crew and diver were to be secn on a distant bench in their bare fect digging tor hard clatns to make a cho The schooner was nated the D. H, Powers, bad two masts, and looked rather worm- eaten and dilapidated. Tho officer in charge of the schooner was Henry Merritt, in tue absence of Capta n “Bul” Merritt, and the wrecking venture was purely a private speculation, [ was informed by the cook, who declined further particulars. The wreck of the Mexico lay jurther to the eastward, but whether they bad ‘dug’ tor ber or bad found her, of iad govien any treasure from her bull, Frank, who was quite a pl swer. Fri f the wrecking schooner, whict 3, and {was shown the forsting and showed me 0 of about ten | lowering wueel for the diver to ascend and descend by This was tresbly coated with bine paint, and well greased all over, Jn a short timea little “sharpy” boat put ont from the glistentug sand beach, and the crew ana fir suspiciously Understanding was had. “Hen” Merritt is a solidly bailt, medium sized looking blonde, and besides bim there was of the crew John Haggerty, the dives, one of the i celebrated of his craft on the coast, and Jim jan, the diver’s attendant, who | wore a black mustache, and who was quite willing to tik on any subject but that of the in the hold of the Mexico, Hen Merritt rem silent while the talkiog lasted and smoked a pipe, but Haggeriy kept up & conversation with the writer in « guarded way. i asked tiaggerty i he knew anything of the Mexico or her reported treasures aud he aamit “ted that they had worked on ter but had not found Ler. Ho sard that the Const Wrecking Company had been to work on her in April and May: this company in Wall street, New York, { was into! that they knew nothing of such a wreck and that they have noi looked for !t Thera seemed to bea nigger inthe fence somewhere, Haggerty, the diver, spoke ag follows: — THK DIVER'S STORY, “There were two schooners down bere wrecking about the last part of May—ihe Post, Captain Veto Kas. seli, and thy Juun Carts, Captain Wiliams, We bave deed up and down tho coast nero, off and on, in -tront of Jones’ niet, and we have ploked ap jois of anchors and such sia. You se these nulls witor being sunk a waile have all theie wood work exten by worms, and then the bulls fail asuudor, That's the long line of breakers and the shore of | | | officer came aboard and looked rather | for a moment at the Heranp man, but an | way itt sometimes wasbed out of the bulls in that wa: & ways olf from where the wreck settied in the sand. We are going to look tor the wreck of the Montezuma, that les off here, out in the inlet, as soon as we can wet good weather and decent water, A diver can’t work in any other weather or wator, The Montezuma has $90,000 worth of copper in her, I don’t know how much money is in the Mexico, and 1 don’t know hew we can get at the amount 1 suppose there is a good deal of money in her. The Montezu belonged to the Black Ball line and had 412 passengers and copper aud spelter bars. She and the Sydenham went ashore out there off Jones’ Bar. The Sydenham had a valuable cargo of Stool ore on und we have got somo of the steel. The steamer Grecian, trom Genoa, went ashore off here eight years ago on Jones’ East Shoal. When I am working at diving I stay down under water four hours and get 10a day for that four hours. I have been down as deep as irom 150 to 200 feet under water. The man at the pumps gets $3 50 n day, and the attendant, that’s Jim MeMiilan, that tends the lite line (here Jim laughed heartily), he gets $5 a day. [he way we ‘When I go down and have been to work jough and want to come up I give three pulls on ine, and when I want more air pumped I givo one pull on the hose and two pulls for less air. If ever you were down in the calsson of the Brooklyn Bridge it’s just like that a good deal, when the buzzing is in your ear; that’s when you are in deep water. You feol it in your head quecr like, I have been down 147 feet to look for bodies in the Kate Dyer, trom Callao, with guano aboard, You may re- member that the Scotland struck her off Sandy Hook, and the Scotiand is down there still, but the Kate Dyer drifted up nere and sunk from the dole which was made inher. I found sixteen dead bodies inthe Dyer, I was d@wn seventeen yeurs ago in a Dutch ship, I found no bodies in the Kate Dyer or on her deck; they were all washed out. The underwriters generally buoy a wreck ouce a year; if they don’t, any one can claim a wreck. We will go down winter or summer, obly there must be smooth water or we do not work, as the vessel wili shift and rock above our heads. 1 was down in the Ladona five years ago, of Cape Canaveral. (am not afraid of asbark or any fish when under water; they are more afraid of the diver, who has an air hole in the copper helmet, which lots out the foul sir vory fast, making a noise like a steam whistle, and when asbark gets near that it bothers him and he gets away fast, The whole rig of @ diver when be goes down is about 150 pounds weight, and he has a head piece and bis shoes have a weight of twelve pounds to keep him down or he would go up like a cork. There are about twelve divers around New York. We all go shares on this vessel, excepting the banas, when we makea find. If there is any way to find tho Mexico we will try, bat 1’m afraid she 18 too deep in the sand and we can’t hoist her out. If wo can get her out | suppose we will find the money that we hear so much about. We haven’t tried tor the Bristol yet. She 1s off here, however.” 1 was shown the hold of the schooner, wRich was full of anchors, chains and bars of valuable Bremen steel taken from wrecks in the hborhood, but nothing Jurther being possible in the way of .nformation about the Mexico und her reputed treasure until these divers go to work on ber in better weather, I bid the wreck~ ers goodby and shook hands with them all heartily, having a much finer passage to the mainland in that littie boat than Lhad when endeavoring to find the wreckers. These men live on salt pork, corned beef, to- matoes, “spuds” and any other vegetables they ‘can get, but rarely get fresh ineat, as the -hore is generally difficult of access to them while on daty, OFF TO THE FRONT. and we have to look for cargoes t FOUR COMPANIES OF ARTILLERY LEAVE FOR THE INDIAN FRONTIER BY SPECIAL, TRAIN. Yesterday morning, in pursuance of special orders No, 140, issued July 25 by command of Major General Hancock, from the headquarters of the Military Divi- sion of the Atlantic, a battalion, consisting of four companies of tho First Artiliery regiment, United States Army, left by special train over the Pennsyl- vania Railroad for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Tho battalion was composed of Companies E and, F, from Fort Adams, Newport, R, L; Company A, trom Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, and Company ©, from Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn, The requirements of the order had brought the number of men in each com- pany up to fifty, by means of the following transfers:— Eleven privates from Company B to Company E; eleven privates from Company B to Company F; ten privates from Company I and thirteen from Company to Company A, and nine privates from Company M to Company C. Twenty-four recruits attached at Fort Monroe bad been conducted by First Lieutenant John W. Dillenback, of the First artillery, to Fort Adams, where they were apportioned to companies E and F by the regimental commander. THK ENTIRE COMMAND, . which left the Jersey City depot yesterday morning, consisted of the foliowing officers and men:— COMPANY Captain—Brevet Major F. EK. Taylor, First Lieu- tenants—Isaac Webster and W. F. Reynolds. Second Lieutenant-gElbert Wheeler. Sergounts—George Sutherland, orde: Daniel Brown, Jobn Lane, James Taylor an John Andrews, Corporals— H. J. Pittand Patrick McCue. Musicians, 2 Total number enlisted men, 54; oilicers, 4. COMPANY Cc. Captain—Brevet Major Tully McCrea. First Lieu- tenants—Allen Capron and H. W. Hubbell, Jr. Sor- geants—M. O'Donnell, oraeriy; John McCaffrey una P. Dunn. Corporals—Jobn Broderick, Samuel Sawyer, Henry Hi‘l and Jobn Murray. Musicians, 2 Total number of enlisted men, 51; officers, & COMPANY ¥. Captain—Brevet Major C. P. Eakin. First Lieu- tenant—J. W. MacMurray. Sorgeants—S, H. Robinson, orderly; C. W. Hallock and August Schreiber. Cor- porais—C, O'Rourke, W. Nicholson, D. Cooper and 8, Hall, Musicians, 2, Total numberof enlisted men, 60; oflicers, 2, OOMPANY A, First Lieutenants—E, V. Andrews commanding; Eu- gene Wells, Sergeants—Honry Barnet, orderly; Louis Siguna, James Wehro, George Hodine and J. A. Hull. Corporais—Charles Rust, J. A. Bullard, Edward Carroil andJames Fox. Musician, 1, Total number of onlisted men, 55 officers, 2. Dr. Alexander B. Hasson, from Fort Trumbull, Conn, accompanies the command as full surgeon. Ac now organized the battalion 18 commanded by Brevet Major F. E. Taylor; Lieutenant E. Wheeler is acting adjutant, and Lieutenant E. Copran is acting commissary, The entire command consiyts of 232 officers and men, MOVEMENTS OF THR TROOPS, Company A lett Fort Warren, Boston, at six o'clock on Saturday evening. They took the Fall River boat at seven o’clock and reached Newport at niue, where companies B and F were taken on board The three Companies arrived in New York at a little after six o'clock yesterday morning. The government steamer Henry Smith waa in readiness to recetve and transfor them to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's depot at Jersey City. Company © came direct from New Londen, Conn., reaching the depot at about eight o'clock 'yesierday morning. Major McCrea, tue com- manding officer of this company, bas been suffering from a severe fever tor several days past, but preferred nevertheigss to accompany his command. At the ime ol jeaving Jersey City be Was lying quite ili in the sleeping car. Companies A and F will be remembered as those who suilered so severely trom the ravages of yellow fever while stationed at Fors Barrancas, Pensacola, last fall. The former lost three sergeants, ove officer and a num- ber of men, while the jatier lost sixty per cent of its full number trom the dreadful disease. The remnants . the companies returued from Florida in December ro None of the companies of the First Artillery regi- ment have had any experience in fighting indians, It {8 not supposed by the commanding officers that they will go into active service iu the indian war, though they are not positive upon this point. Ike presump tion is that they Will garrison the forts in tue Indian district to Which they ure assigned, aliowing the pres ent garrisons of infantry aud cavalry ty take the feld. They take no horses wiih them. lors wader which they move also com- riure fur Fort Leavenworth of four panies of the Second Artillery) viz. H, irom Fort McHenry, Maryland; Company G, from Charleston, 8. C., and Company I, from Fort Macon, N.C, The orders do wot give any intimation of we duties to which the two commands will be ass but simply say they are “to proceed withont Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to report to the Command. ng General of the Deparument of the Missourig? 18 DEPARTURE FROM JERSEY CITY. The United States Quartormaster’s Department m tiated on Satarday with Mr, Samuel Carpenter, pas- Senger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for the immediate transportation of the troops to (the India frontier, Tho result was the departure of a special train from Jersey Cuy yesterday morning, which will carry the troops direct to St. Louis without change. At teh o'clock the companies breakfasted upon the wharf and direotly afterward were marctied on board the train, Each man carried with him jour days? rations, aud will be provided, at different siations upon the €, With tWo quaris of Coffee per diem. While upon the transfer irom the boat to the ears some of the men had managed to procure a too liveral suy | ply of whiskey, and considerable hilarity was | noviceable them, The special train con- sisted of uliman car, six coaches and two cars, AS these coaches are capa- bie arrying Gfty-wwo passengers cach, it +) At procisely seventecu minutes pas Fted from the depot, atid the cheers and songs | | | | will be seen that the soldiers are not uncomfortably proviied Jor, The only Indy, on Doned was, Mra Wheeler, wife of Lientenant Wheeler, acting adjutant. en o'clock tie wae of the soldiers and the farewetl shouts of the erowd 10 the depot. fhe train will not ran on schedule ime, ¢ 48 last ite AS 1s possiple over the diferent A bride is being repaired upon Sebaik’s torm, asbarg and Monmouth Juncvion, which necessitated their traveling over the Somerset branch, This wili hot cause the loss of qver hait an hour. They will probably reach St Logis at about miinight on Monday and from thence proceed to Kansas City vin the Missouri Pacific road. Mr. J.B. Holmes, pai- wenger agent of the Penusyivania Rarlroad Company, Will avcompany the train to St. Louis and see that every possivie comiort is provided for the mon. ee ee eee Pe ee ee | Saturday morning. HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1876. THE INDIANS IN MONTANA, 4 BLOODY KAID PREDICTED—A MONTANA PAPER ON THE SITUATION, [From the Helena (Mf, T,) Independent, July 19.) Whatever points of improbability there may be in the despatches received night before last from Bozeman touchi@ an Indian raid into the Gallatin Valley, they at least make evident the fact that such a thing is pos- sible. Nobody believes that the Indians would ever dare attack a town or even a comparatively full settled country, Their object would, at most, be to obtain stock and possibly they might attack a farmbouse or Persons alone on the prairie, Their depredations, under the most favorable circumstances for a raid, would hardly take a wider sweep than this. Neverthe- less, it should be apparent to every person that tho frontier settlements, and espectally thoso im tho Galla- tin Valley, should be armed and fully equipped to meet any po: emergency that may arise, ‘Tho condition of our irontier 18 rendered insecure trom & variety of causes, each gne of which is suilicient to excite the savages to acts of extraordizary boldness. ‘The first and most prominent of these is, of course, the delenceless condition of the vorder by the withdrawal of the garrisons from all tho most prominent posts. Under any circumstances this measure is indefensible. As long as there are idie troops used for political pur- poses in the South there can be no necessity tor stripping the frontier of all means of defence. ‘The success which the Indians haye met with in tho defeat of Custer is another reason why they might be emboldened to undertake some deed of frantic daring. such as a raid into some of the frontier valleys. It ig shown by the latest news received from the Indian country that the Sioux are in a condition, from their present location, to penetrate the frontier valleys through one or more of the numerous passes that aro comparatively unguarded, They may not come, but the possibility js naturally calculated to inspire alarm, aud no doubt gave rise to the despatches which were sent us from Bozeman on Monday night, It is hardiy probable that Mr, Bennett wished to excite an un- Necessary alarm. But to put the worst possible con- Struction upon his motives, he is less liabie to blame than the author and indorser of the subjoined article which appeared in tho local columns of the Helena Herald on tho 10th inst, in which it was attempted to excite the fears of the entirs community that the Northern Indians were on the point of risin “The great fear now ts that Gibbon’s little command may be caten up before Crook arrives, Another thing is drawing attention, too, and that is, that the North- ern indians, on hearing this news, will break out, as itis Known in this vicinity that there was a great medi- cine feast at the Sweetgrass Hills a week or two go between tho Pen d’'Oreilles, Piegans, Biack{cet and Assinabine Sioux. It bel to look out now and be prepared Our military gurrisons can do nothing. I don't believe they aro strong enough to defend the places they live in; and if by any possibility the Indians got away with both Crook and Gibvon, then good-bye, John! and everybody eise, for they are strong enough to clear the country to the Columbia Riv: Of course there was nothing ‘‘diabolical’’ in this ca- pard—there was no danger of this “exciting alarm in the settled portions of Montana.” This was a piece of legitimate newspaper enterprise, TbE FAMILIES OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS, AN APPEAL FOR THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AT FORT LINCOLN, AND NUCLEUS OF 4 SUB- SCRIPTION FOR THEIR RELIEF, To THe Evitor ov tHe Heraup:— Thave been touched tothe heart by the generous feeling toward the families of the poor soldiers killed in the late massacre expressed by the young widow ot one of the officers who fell on that dread{ul field. She and her littie children are left penniless, and there aro other circumstances which make her casea peculiarly snd one, and yet with raro unselsuness she said to me:— “Oh that something could be done at once for tho wives and families of those poor soldiers! they are so utterly destitute, Relief ought to come to them first.” ‘Then she told me of one or two whom she knew ot at Fort Lincoln for whose sad condition she felt especial sympathy. In pondering What we could possibly do to relieve them the idea was presented of asking you, who are ever ready to do good in this way, to make an appeal Ubrough the coluians of the Hexanp, and try 10 that way to raise aiund, asking you, moreover, if you would have the kindness to take charge of whatever money might be coniributed, and send ‘t, when 4 sufliciont amount bas been raised, to the person who, in your judgment, would most wisely and judiciously apply it to the purpose for which it is designed, and it may be that a good non-commissioned officer—a sergeant or a chaplain, if there is one at Fort Lincoln—would do this betver than the commanding officer, close $5 aga little nucleus around which I trust xather sufficient to supply the needs of their poor May God bless you, and long continus to make the Herato a power for food in this world of sorrow and suilering. Yours truly, 4. BB Wesr Port, Orange county, N. ¥., July 27, 1876. ARREST OF A PROMINENT MER- CHANT. E, P. WILLIAMS, OF ELIZABETH, IN COSTODY AS AN ACCESSORY TO THE BANK DEFAULTER FAIRBANKS. Late on Saturday pight E. P. Williams, tho Elizabeth merchant iyolved m the fraudulent transactions of J. F, Fairbanks, late assistant cashier of the State Na- tional Bank of that city, was arrested as ap accessory to the deed. Tho warrant for his arrest was issued by United States Commissioner John Whitehead, of New- ark, und was placed in the hands of Chief of Police Keron for execution. Williams was found on Morris avenue, Elizabeth, and when the warrant was shown him he vecame greatiy excited, He said that he was led to believe that no criminal proceedings would be instituted against bim, as his New York creditors and the bank officials professed to be satistiea with his agreement made with them at the conference beid on He asked permission to consult his attorney, Mr. J. DB. Hedge, which was granted, Aiterward the prisoner was taken to Newark, and, ia the absence of Cominissioner Whitehead, was admitted to bail by Cotumissiover Morris in the sam of $5,000 for his appearance before the first named Commissioner at eleven o'clock to-day. His bondsman was Mr. Rich- ard Kiphog, of Roselle, Union county, N. J. Jt is claimed that the bank officials did not desire the arrest of Wiiliams, but were compelled to 1ustitute criminal charges by the District Attorney. His in- debtedness to the State National Bank, through his transactions with the detauiting cashier wail, it is rumored, reach $32,000, As his New York creditors ciaim between $15,000 and $16,000, and his wife still reiuses to relinquish her dowry right to (he estate, it is thought that it will bo a diilicult matter for his creditors to realize twenty cents on the dollar, Wit- Hams, previous to Fairbauks’ defaication aud his con- nection with it, was supposed to be one of the gountt- est and most trustworthy merchants in Elizabeth, Fairbanks has been in the bank every day since tho dénouement of Tuesday assisting the officers to un- ravel bis accounts, Thus (ar his total deficiency foots up $42,000, of which amount Williams got neariy $82,000. A sum yet remains to be accounted for, but Fairbanks professes to be unable to do 80, In all prob- ability he will be arrested this mornin, COMPLAINING WORKINGMEN, A meeting of the Workingmen’s Arsociation was held yesteraay at their headquarters in Horatio street, for the purpose of protesting against the suspension of the improvemonts in various parts of the city and in the public parks. Addresses were mado by several persons, and the foliowing resolutions were adopted and copies ordered to be sent to the Mayor and the Board of Alderme: Resolved, That the indifference and extreme contempt shown vy the majority of those sellistchearted politic now ia office, aud especially Know-Nothing Mayor Wie ham, to the suffering poor of the city in failing to prompty + the requisite ordinance aud devise means by which the provements might go forward, demand frow us our tion and disapproval, That nds of honest wor fering for the want of empl ring the past unparalleled su in tho difiere he taken to the end that busin prey dnor v ‘kKingmen and their /amilies be aiowed to suffer longer, A inass moeting of uneinployed workingmen will be held (his morning in Tompkins square, and after listen- ing to addresses the men wiil march’ t City Hall for the purpose of presenting their claims betore Mayor Wickhain, or in bis absence to Alderman Sam- ue: Lewis. QUARI RAILROAD EMPLOYES, JUDGE KILBRETH'S OPINION OF A CBRTAIN STA- BLE FOREMAN AND DEPUTY SHERIFF. Thomas Vail, foreman of the Second Avenue Railroad stable, and ‘Alonzo Maynard, timekeeper on tho same road, had a quarrel on Saturday night in a liquor stora near the depot, The trouble arose out of the disagree ment that bad taken place some time ago between Maye hard and another timekeeper, named O'Connor, be- iween whom and Vail 4 we of more than were {riemdship existe, Vail aud O'Connor are raid to be leaders of a ring composed ol tae employés ot this road, aud Maynard rays that avy One notin this ring cannov hold a position Jonger “than a fow months on the road. Vail gov Sf hie mouth, and only loosed iver in Maynard’s band. iter would have shot Vail but tor tue intercession of otters, aud Maynard was then arrested on Vail's com- plant At the Frity-eeventh Street Court Judge Kil- breth, in holaing Maynard for trial for a simple assault, suid that he regrevted he could not hold Vail also. He knew him as a man who bad been irequently in trouble in bis court. He was @ bully and « ruifan of the worst lypey and le thought if the Second Avenue foil road would disebarge Lim they would be perforin duty for which the pudlic would poves all our irontier settle. | a it | implicated ia the whiskey frauds, bed wade NEWPORT. A Lively Season at the Famous Watering Place. RENTAL OF COTTAGES. A Week of Polo, Yachting and Private Entertainments, DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS, Newrorr, R. I,, July 29, 1876, The seasdn at this place 18 progressing very favor- ably, and the rush of trangient visitors increases every day, enabling the hotels to show a larger number of rivals than usual, and even at this late day cottages are being rented. The latost rentals include George H. Pendleton, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who has taken Mra. Paran Stevens’ villa on Berkeley avenue. Mrs, Stevens is here, however, and is occupying her elegant resi- dence nearly opposite the Ocean House, The house that Mr, Pendleton has taken was in course of erection when Mr. Paran Stevens dicd, and it has never been repted trom that time until the present, the reason being that it was not furnished, and this has estab- lished the fact that unfurnished houses will not rent at Newport. Mra Stevens saw this, and accordingly this season she bad it furnished throughout, and in conse- quence of this fact has been able to rent it to a most distinguished family. Mrs, Thomas Chickering, of Boston, has rented George Wheatland’s villa, in Bellevue avenue, and Mrs. KE, B. Beckett, of New York, has taken.the Ruggies | stone house, in Coggeshall avenue, Mrs. Sarah Cole- | man, of Washington, D, C., has taken the little Goffe cottage, on Beach street, and Mrs. Lucretia P, Yoat- mans, of New Haven, has rented the Armington cot- tage, on Touro street, The stone cottage on the corner of Bellevue avenue and Webster street, formerly occu- pied by the late Charles Sumner, has been taken by A, B. Wilbour, of Boston, Peckham’s cottage, near the third beach, has been rented to Dr. Wolcott Gibbs, of Boston, and Riggs’ cottage, in Catharine street, has been rentod by William Turnball, a New York banker. Clit cottage No. 1 has been taken by F. 0. Carley, of Louisyijlc, Ky., and Mrs, George A. Fellows and fam- ily, of New York, have taken rooms at Mucnchinger’s, on Bellevue avenue, These rontals have all taken place recently, and the parties are to be congratulated upon securing their re- spective houses at such a discount from the prices origivally asked. ‘The cottages that remain unoceupied attnis date cau be rented at one-half and oven one- third less than asked by the enterprising estate agents a few weeks ago, No one will blame the late comers for bolding back, It was just so last summer, and at about this time houses were rented very. cheap, THE PRIVATE BOARDING HO! keepers are the greatest sufferors this season. Several of them ure minus a single family, and those who in years past had three or four families to provide for aro this year obliged to be content with one, and at re- duced rates, From this class no litle grumbling is heard, To board at a private house is quite fashiona- Die, and many of the leading famuies who spend their summers here secure accommodations at such places, believing that itis cheaper than hiring a cottage with 1ts cares and troublesome servants, Many, however, find it as expensive as they would if they bad rented a cottage. A LIVELY WEEK, Tho past week has been an unusually lively one, and several private entertainments have taken place at the cottages. The Westchester Polo Club have given three exhibitions of their skili—nainely, ou Monday, Wednes- day and Saturday, On the former and on ‘the latter days there was present a large and fashionable audience, and the reason that there was no more present on Wednesday was because the majority of the cottagers Were in attendance ata grand concert given expressly for the benefit ol Zion church, This enteriainment was a success, and a handsume sam was netted for the ob- ject in view. The band {rom Fort Adams was present, and the following artists from New York made up the programme :—Mme, Marie Salvotu, Mr. Ghar!es Nichois, dirs. G. W. Winterburn and Mr. 1, 8. Sullivan, ‘The same alternoon the BROOKLYN YACHT CLUB dropped anchor in the harbor on their way to New Bedtord. ‘They woke the place up for a few moments alter their arrival, aud the booming of their guns was a welcotne sound to everybody. 1 was a source of Te- gret that the squadron left here so suddenly, Now that they bave disbanded, however, any of them will be here repeatedly within the next two months, New- port being a favorite port for yachis belonging all over the country. The boatmen of this city, a very worthy sct of men, derive considerable rovenus from the yacut owners, aud they are always happy whenever a yacht enters ‘the harbor, The yachtsmen patronize them as much as possibile, and instead of hasling their gigs they allow the boaimen to take them to their vessels, pay | ing them weil for so doing. The boatmen appreciate | this fact, and they have reason to respect the uumer- | ous yacht owners who visit Newport during the summ- mer. Speaking of yachts reminds me that } THE NEWPORT YACIT CLUB have another raco on Wednesday for a handsome silk pennant, subject to challenge, and that after the race | they will be entertained by I. 8. Homans, of New York, the Commodore of the club and the owner of the sloop yacht Genta, at Gouid Island, Narragansett Bay, the wholo ot which island he owns and uses as his summer resort, ‘Matters in general will be very lively upon tho ar- rival of the New York yacht squadron next month, It is presumed that the Usual races will be sailed over the Block Island course and that the yachts @ no end of Maney among the business men The needed raius have beea the means ot making the place very attractive, and the lawas begin to look | fresh and green, The trees, too, have been cleansed from their covering of dusi, and ‘the streets and aye- nus that are not watered every day aro in a passabie condition, owing to the frequent sprinklings from above, PERSONAL. J. C. Hinchman, general superintendent, and ©, F. en will Union Telegraph Company, have arrived at the Ocean House. S Otner arrivals of note at the Ocean Hovee include Hon. Jobn H. B. Latrobe, of Baltimore; Jobn HM. Pare a distinguished gentleman from treland; Mrs. Heister Cymer, of Philudeiphia, wile ot the prominent Congressional investigator; Wiiliam Opdyke and wile, W. B. Northup and tamily, W. RB. L. Livingston, C. G. Gunther, George C. Robinson (Woodrull & Robinson), ali from New York; H. A. Pearson, San Francisco; Williom Reiskenesly and J. G. Froner, from Hungary; T. E. Hobarts, A. L. Norrie and Mr. aud Mrs, Lawrene from England; ox and Mrs. Dr. Joun Moore, of Texas, Mr. William Edgar, formerly Commodore of the New York Yacht squadron, has been unanimously elected President of the Newport Club and Reading Room, tn place of the laie Philip A. Stockton, whose death occurred here very suddenly last May. Mr. Edgar of late years has resided here all the time, and his selection as president over that aristocratic institu. tion cannot but meet the approval of ite numerous patrons, Wayman Crow, a distinguished Jawyer of St. Louis, and Who will be rememvered as the jegai adviser and trusted agent of the tate Miss Charlotte Cashman, is in, town as the guest of bis son-in-law, Edwin C, Cush- man, vephew and adopted son of the renowned actress, and who comes in for the greater part of her property. | He vccupies the elegant villa built for Miss Cushman | two yeurs before ver death on Rhode Irland avenue. Commo tore Goldsborough, United States Navy; | Commander W. B, Hof, United States Navy, and iam- ily; Kear Admiral Henry K. Hoff, United States Navy, Professor Coffin and daughter, from the Naval demy. have taken rooms at Miss Anthony's, on | has jaughter of Admiral Porter, n rooms at the same house, Pierrepont Lord and tamily, of Brooklyn, N. Y., wken rooms at Hazard’s, on Catharine stree ODM of the Seientifie American, has rooms | | at Hall’s Clit House, and Baron the Italian Minivter, 1s quiotly sponding the summer at the Clit Cottage Hotel. De Haas, the artist, has returned trom Block Island, | and Mrs. Judge Field, of Washington, has returned from New London and taken the Anderson Cottage, ou Cottage street. The wife of Hon. Ham/(lton Fish, Secretary of State, jung her daughter, Mrs, Sianey Webster, of York. Daring the week Moses H. Grinnell, of New York, t est of Mr. Charies H. Russell, of New j d Govervor Carroll, of Maryland, bas been the | guest of Mr, Royal Phetps, ‘also of New York. Rey. W. N. MeVieker, of Philadelphia, is whe guest of his brother-in-law, J, F. Kernochan, of New York. Colonel Rovert H, L. Goddard, ot Providence, one of the controliers of the mils of the famous house of Brown & Ives, has taken rooms for himsel! and famiy at Hazard’s, on Catharine street. During the week several dinner parties have taken place at the cottages, A MISTAKE CORRECTED, CARD FROM MR. JOMN A. WALSH, OF NEW On- LEANS. ty. . New York, July 27, 1876. To tae Evtror or tin Herauy:—~ In your issue of the 26th inst. there appeared the fol- lowing, 1m the letter of your Newport correspondent, who unintentionally hae done mo great injustice :— Mr Jobn A. Walsh, of New Orlontfs, recently arrived at one of the Clif cottages, Wile t he acted very #irangely and expressed a xtrong desire to give tho cottage up. ashe bad beon suddenly eatled ty Europe, and he desired beivre going to place his wife in « more quiet aud secluded Upon paying & cercain sum he was released from bis bargain and took his wile to Nahant. Since that tine a A the Demoerat, arrived here with | Frene Wood, assistant general superintendent of the Western | John A. Walsh,” indicted as being his escape to | ‘The facts in the matter are that, desiring to pass the summer at Newport I rented one of the Clif cottages for the season, my meals to be sent from an adjacent and almost connecting hotel. So far as regards the » cottage everything was found most pleasant, bat the fare furnished by the hotel was, in my opinion, very, very poor, and I 60 expressed myself to mine host, ask- iug him to improve the same, which he never did, Seeing, alter a stay of some days, that matters did not improve, | determined to exercise the right that every one 18 BUpposed to have when dissatisiied—t. ¢, pay and leave, which I did, It may not be a pleasant thing for the proprietor of a hotel to have it said thas @ guest quilted on account of the fare; but, unpleasant as o doudt is, it is much more disagreeable to the guest to have assigned for bis quitting, asin my instance, the reason that desired making a hagty departure for Europe to evade the laws of bis country. ‘There is no reason that I am cognizant of te prevent my going wherever | see proper, and when | rented Ciiff Cottage it was well understood that personally [ would not be there, as I was going to Europe 04 course the presumption of a guest who pays the prico demanded of him taking exception to the character of the lare may possibly be something heretofore unheard of—extremely rare, ho doubt-—but that every dissatis- fied guest has the right of paying his bill and quitung was never quentioned, to my knowledge, until my case occurred, Yours, respectiully, J. A. WALSH. CHARLEY ROSS. THE PHILADELPHIA MULATTO DISAPPEARS—MR. ROSS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS SEEN HIS LOSE SON. {From the Philadelphia Evening Chronicle, July 29.) Those who take an jutergst in the recovery of Cuarley Ross, and they are legion, will learn with regret that ‘George,’ the mulatto, who suddealy appeared iu this city on Wednesday of last woek, claiming to be able to restore the missing boy to his parents, haa ag suddenly disappeared, **George’”’ was last seen on Market street, below Third, on last Tuesday, on which occasion he was in conversation with Mr. Ross, and promised to again meet the latter next day, At that time Mr. Ross, either in his indignant belief that the mulatto was trying to deceive him, or else through his excitement and desire to get at the full possession of what :nforma- (iou the man had, said:—“If I but mado the effort I could have you bung!” “George” suortly afterward left, and has been seen no more since. It was rumored ihat orders had been given to the police to pick htm up wherever found, but Lieutenant Crout, who was asked about the matter yesterday, states that no such order bas been given that he hag neard of Mr. Ross, it is said, is convinced that the mulatto has seen Charley since the latver’s abduction, and this fact alone made the bereaved father anxious Ww fully test the man’s statements, These were never very definite, except ip the one partic that he (the mulatto) had had charge of Charley Ross for about nine months, and Kuows Where he 18 now, and could get him if proper measures were taken. ‘He did not seem very auxious to get money from Mr. Ross, whom he never asked for , but simply said it would tal out $40 for himseit those who Were to accompany him to make thesrip to where the child ia, ‘Tho general impression !s that “George” should not have been left to come and go at bis own will and pleas. ure, It he was a ‘beat’ and his object was to ma) money he deserved imprisonment for attempting ta extort money, and i{ he really knew auything impor- taut of the whereabouts of Charley Ross he could hava been convicted on his own siatements of concealment of the child and imprisoned, as Westervelt has been, In either evont imprisontuent would probably soon have revealed his true character, and if guilty of dupiice ity and attempted swindling he would well merit hit punisbment, while, if his statemonts were honest, he would be compelled to divulgo his full information o1 the subject, CHARLEY ROSS TRACKED TO BOSTON—DESCRIP« TION OF THE KIDNAPISES. UckaN Hovse, Haurtox Bracu, N. HL, July 28, 1876, To tae EpiTor oy Tux Boston Grose :— I present here some reasons for thinking that Charley Ross has been in Boston. About six months after the abduction Detectives Gerraughty and Harding were notified that a man named Parker was waated for connection with the abduction, The only party answering the description had been living in Goucn street in the fourth story of a tenement house, but had left for parts unknown voforo the approach of the officers, as, according to the testimony of a French woman living in the next room to the suspected tamily that the boy with them was but two or three years old, the matter was allowed vo drop, Daring a visit of the writer to Mr. Ross, while im consultation witli Captain Heines and Mr. McLeap, of the edger, who hut taken a whole-souled interest iu the cago, if was mentioned that all of Mosher’s asso- ciates had been traced and examined, with the excep. tion of Parker, alias Tom Richardson. A photograph of Parker was given to the writer, with the reqitest that he would see if Parker bad been in Boston. With the cordial asaistance of Chief Savage and the Bostoa detectives the matter was fully lovked into with the following results;—A party, accompanied by a little voy, called at a certain house and inquired for a woman. She had never been an inmate, and then he asked to be allowed to sit on the sofa and rest, He mentioned that be would cali inand left. The littie voy called for a glass of water, sald he was not hungry, but had been travelling all around and camo to Boston ina big slap. Parker’s picture and the photograph of Churiev Koss are called very good likenesses of the mian and boy who called. We next hear of them hving in Gouch street, next door toa Frenen woman, who now corrects her testimony, and says the child with the Parkers was four years old or more, ¢ THE CUILD ANSWERS THK DESCRIPTION OF CHARLEY Koss in the minutest particular, fhe dimple in the chin, and even the cowlick in 8 hair are described by tho woman and others without promptings from the questioners. Other pictures of children have been placed with the picture of Charley, and they would pick oul the Ross picture us being a photograph of the Par- ker child. Charley Koes bad a habit of piacing his hands over bis eyes When he met strangers. The child with the Parkers would ran to the door of the Frenet woman's room, peep through bis togers at her then grab a-cold potate trot her tablo and eat it; was always dirty, thin, pale and bungry. Two weil dressed siraugers called at Parker's room, while in Gouch street, and inquired for Parker, Mrs, Parket denied that he lived there, explaining to the French woinan, Who Was present, that Parker had ordered her to do so. Mrs, Parker got relief from the Chardon Street Bureau in October as Mrs, Parker and one chiid, We have tho testimony of two men who will swear that once When Varker bout her Mrs. Parker said sie could put larker in State Prison for hie, as the child with them was not theirs but a stolen child, When asked where he got it she sa: “IN NKW JERSEY AND WE BROUGHT IT TO HORTON, part of the way by vessul.”” She tola one of these men al another time that she was “afraid to have Parker with the child as he might kill t ‘This party was present one Sunday when they got the chila drank on Kin and says that Charley Ross’ picture is a good like- ness of the Parker boy, whom be has held on his knee many tomes, They let Gouch street in arrears for rent, with ail their earthly possessions in a carpet bag. Corroborative of all this is the fact that a prisoner in Sing Sing wrote to Superiniendemt Walling, of New York, tbat if he would send a certain detective to Sing Sing would give liim information of the whereabouts of the Koss boy, The devectwe was sent avd returned with the information that the prisoner would go pe sonaily and find the boy, but woald 1 tion tor others to use, He sent a secend time for ihe He knew tue man «ho had the boy and would divide the reward with the officer. The prisoner was relexsed a jew months since. ‘The writer had an interview with him in Now York and was iniormed that the prisoner , had heard Parker say in Philadelphia that HK HAD CHARLEY ROSS SAFE IN BOSTON, and would never give him up without $20,000 reward it he kept him wil t twenty-one, Mrs, Mosher reluctantly admits that Parker boarded with them in Vhiindeiphia, but says he never a child, avd Mosher would rever have trusted Charley Ross with him. The writer has spent several. hundred dollars personally to find Parker, and ts willing to give a liberal sum Lo interview the young man, ether outside or ine de prison bars, The ehtid held by the Parkers was alive five months ago, Tho last information of Mrs, Parker 18 that she was in Lowell ot Lawrence about IX months ogo. Any person sending inform: the following deseribed persons will be st waraed, Should the child with them prove to be Char. ley Koss will guarantee a rewara of $5,000:— Yom Parker, about thirty years old, five feet eight mebes high, blac or gray eyes, dark com- ion; he dyes’ his mustache; his weght is 150 pounds; he has sloping shoulders, with a sloucny Bowery’ expression; walks quiekly; ehews tobacco, talks With a Bowery “b’hoy’s” accent. He ts slight! pitted with smatipox, He peddles bat racks or silver polish or a patent which, placed upon a door, ox plodes when the ki is turned. He has also been whe proprietor of an air gun, He would be rather poorly dressed. Jenny Varker, alias Julia Clements, is about twenty. five years oid; height, five fect two; weight, 195. Sha has black bait, worn in curls behind; rouod, full face; very swarthy, greasy complexion, brown eyes; plump, short figare, and would be tak jor an lodian of French Canadian. She cr sses neatly. The chila with them is six years old, with brown eyes; very fair coms plexion; bwir light ta color and inclined to cnri, whether short or long. There i8@ cowlick on lef side woere parted and dimplein the chin, He base small, round neck and well ped hands Number loss clews promising nearly ag weil as this have been run out and proved valueless, This has not been ru: out, and tuo subscriber now uses thay mighty engine, the’ press, with the hope that it will he, with all the detective talent he bas ene for, have not succeeded in. NCLE SAM. RECKLESS SHOOTING. ~ Robort Hodge, of No. 311 Madison avenue, was terday slightly wounded in the tok ray stig in pistol red by some wokaows gcreou, a aia :