The New York Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1877, Page 5

\. LOST IN THE SWAMP, A Detachment of the Herald Party Missing. A DAY AND NIGHT OF SUSPENSE, Signals of Guns and Rock- ets Fired. bisa ihe A SEARCH ORGANIZED. PLC Joyful Return of the Wanderers Unharmed. Mowvicet1o, Fla, Feb, 20, 1877. Having described the efforts made by the Hekap ex- Pploring party to run a line directly to the smoke which Wus descried from the observatory, and baving broken of the narration at their failure to discover either a volcano or a geyser at its terminus, tt remains for me to relate what further labors were performed in the great morass during the fret expedition. “The discovery of the stone monument which no white mun had ever bofore seeu incited us to fresh sourage in the pursuit of the oriyinal mystery which bad already led us 80 wearisome a chase. Little time, however, remained for the search without a renewal of our provisions, Tho negro whom we bad despatched to Linu Hill to report the relative bearings of the smoke seen from our camp and that produced by the mystery came back without adding anything impor- tant to our knowledge, The mystery during his ab- sence had made no sign; so his errand was fruitless, Powerlul rockets had been fired at our camp at night, but he had not seen thom. Probably the distance was too great ‘or them to outshine the starlight. ANOTHER EFFORT, On the day following the completion of our line of soventeen degrees south of cast the majority of the Party set forth to beat up some intermediate country lying near former routes, but which had not been thoroughly examined, ‘This was the forlorn hope be- fore being obliged to retreat from the wilderness to seek food, On several hunting excursions our mon had gone about duo southeast, and they had reported finding in tbat direction the continuation of the great chain of flint crags which 1 have betore alluded to in those letters, The accuants of these appeared so won- derful that it was deemed desirable to visit them in the bope of their strange formation and characteristics casting some light upon the mystery, A theory hat agsumed form in my mind sine the tallure of our line to the effect that somewhere in this ledge was the ori- fice or crater {rom which rises tho vénerable and eva- sive column of smoke, Portions ot it are well known; other-portions have never been visited. On the old road to Newport the rock fragments are piled up many feet high, The ‘Judge’? was intrusted with this final excursion, taking all the negroes from the camp, where l remained to prepare for our exit from bho wilderness, MEAGRE RATIONS, They started when they sun was well up, carrying two biscuits apicco and a small quantity of meat tor rations, The two ladies of the camp and myself bid them God speed. The day wore away and we were each busy with our occupations—reading, writing or taxt- dermy. The twilight came almost unperceived, and then thero was a sudaen consciousness expressed invol- untarily of an unusual celay in the réturn of the ex- Plorers Black shadows thickened under the vast co- lonnades ant **Aunv”’ Hannab beaved logs on the fire as Ma brighter glow could dissipate the moral gloom, Wo discussed the absence over and over again, and the droadful thought, “ost in the swamp at night,’ soon shaped itself into words. Excuses were easily framed for their late detention, but somehow no one had any faith in their being the right oues, Perhaps they had purposely remained away from camp until sunset for the purposo of fire-hunting on their return. Perhaps they had at last come upon the object of their search and were bivouacking near it so as assure themselves in the morning of an accurate knowledge of its locality, SIGNALLING FOR THK Lost, Nine o'clock came, and still the wilderness had not given up the lost. The black shadows that shut us in within a small zone of light were so glam and funereal as seemingly to forbid our hope whenever wo sought jo peer gut into the ‘‘varmint’’-hauuted distance. The failure of the party to return recalled fo our anxious sboughts all the dreadful and extravagant stories which bad ever been told of the horrors of the swamps. At one time we would supposo that they had dropped through into the lower depths with a sudden “land. sink,’ then that they had sunk through a floating bog like that which covers Feutherbed Bay, and were miserably suffocated; anon, the treacherous tread of some panther would remind us of other tragic terrors equally repulsive, and the possibility of one of them being killed and the rest being unwilling to leave bim a prey tothe buzzards was a still more horribic and loathsome idea, Yet, in that case, we ought to have received a messenger. ‘he shuddering surmises were many, At nine o'clock I began firing signals for the lost, We had a magnificent rifle, whose report could have been beard for more than a mile, Sounds sometimes reached us as if in response, FANCIED REPLILS, For several days the woods southward of the samp had been burning. Old trunks and stumps of seasoned pitch pine bad caught fre from the saw palmettos and saw grass which had been lighted nearthe tents in order to prevent the intrusion of snakes. We had grown accustomed to the frequent detonations caused by the falling of great trees whoso bases had been weakened by the devouring flames. There had beon less of these sounds lately, but on this evening we frequentiy beard distant reports which barely reachea us on tho lagging breeze. Could they be the guns of our party? The Joy‘ul thought filled us with excite. ment, Several rockets were immediately fired, with the hope that they might either hearor seq them They shot into the glowing sky with a tremendous hiss and brilliance, Another mistortune now hap. pened tons, ‘Tho only dog remaining theamp, ‘old Cuff,” took fright and scampered away into the mght with a dreadiul howl. Between the signals the inter. vals of painful listening seemed to strain every nerve, Imagined windings of a hunter’s horn were watted to ua so faintly that we were scarcely sure we heard them, Then there seemed to come the stray notes of a hound, but they, too, aggravated our anxious suspense by their indistinctness, DOWN THE PATH. 1 took a fire pan, filed it with flaming fagots, and Fhouldering the rifle went down the lonely path tow. ard the sink, so that, away {rom the crackling of the fire, | could hear more clearly, While | waited on tho edze of the dark pool the sounds seemed to approach and at length there wis borne on the wind the melan- choly hooting of a pair of owls. ‘The detonations had ccased, So, supposing the owls to have produced the illusion of a born, wo attributed the former to tho burving trees, Guns and rockets were repeatedly fired unti! long past midnight, when, with heavy thoughts, we went to bed secking needed repose so as to bo ready for a more active relief movement in tho morning. Occasionally curing the night we heard the distant booming which we supposed was caused by falling trees. The faithful heart of “Aunt” Hagnah was greatly exercised with the untoward turn of events, and she sat all the night by the fire replenish- ing the logs util the gray dawn. Tho hallooing ot the night spirits—“tao-whit, tu-whoo.o"-—seemed more than ever an unearthly message, ‘Aun? Hannah often mutgferod to herself, “Lord a’ massa, Jos? s'pose dese pore fotks got im do injun den and done git took! I b’lieves deyse some dere yit, I docs,” . ORKATER SUMPRNSH, ‘The pale morning light looked in upon us as if to ine quire if wo still clung to a hope of again seeing our companions alive, and seemed to say that on all the drowsy earth it had not beheld them, In that different perspective of a yesterday the possible tragedy lookea ever so much more ghastly, We began to suspect it was ren. And yctso strange a disappearance scemed so different from cvonts ordinary that scepticism would again struggle through the brooding gloom of onr thoughts only to be cast down by the sickening , @nd unimpeachable argument of absence, evils, . L The plight of the wanderers, should they really have met witn disaster, or if even they had simply lost their bearings, now presented itself to our imagination more glaringly. They had departed without an idea of being absent more than six hours at the utmost. They were unprovided with blankets in which to wrap them- selves at night, and must have suffered greatly from the cold dampness which after sunset - pervades the air, Nature herself seemed to conspire with the evil tate which had led them astray, and after midnight a pouring rain set inwhich continued until the dawn, They ba‘ eaten an early break{ast and had provided themseiv: with the merest pittance of food. The first day bad been extremely dark and misty. The sun had not been vigible after seven o’clock. Night had come carly, and ite darkness was like that in the farthest chamber of a cave, or one of the biack dungeons of old Fort San Marco, Had they wandered very long and made desperate efforts to find their way they had probably exbausted their strength. Their meagre lunch w: likely to be eaten at noon, and, if their ammunition hal been spent in firing signals, they could not obtain any game. Possibly before they could fiud a deer or a’coon they would be too weak to ose their guns, Tolling through the morasses is work that requires Plentiful nourishment. We knew that if they were able they wou!d h: returneu by the morning. A Mngerng impression that our alarm was tutile took its flight ana something very like despair remained in its stead, WHAT COULD BE DONR? was the appalling question. None of the negroes of our party had remained in the camp. alone pro- tected the two ladies who wero there, Some one must hasten to the house of the nearest “cracker” and en- list all the help that could be found in an immediate search, The day was Sunday. Teams were expected to arrive from Monticello in the evening to hau! us out ofthe swamp the next morning. I hurriedly tormed the plan of sending the ladies out by them, while in the meantime a party of “crackers” should bogin tho search. After getting out of the wilderness I proposed mounting a swift horse and galloping to the railroad, whero | could telegraph to a planter, who is the ownor ofa pack of sleuthbounds, to bring them to our aid, Some of the garments of tho negroes were in the camp. From them the dogs could obtain the scent, Anotber question arose, Who was to go for succor? There was only ono team at the camp, an ox team. Tho wagon which it usually pulled was a rickety aflair and could carry very little weight. In this time of tribulation “Aunt” Hannah tried to perform the part of aman and succeeded in yoking the oxen; but too lure it was discovered that they were coupled wrongly. “Buck” and “Bright” had taken each the othor’s po- sition, A wild scene ensued when an attempt was made to drivo them. ‘Aunt’? Hannah so excited tho cattle by shrilly hallooing at them that they became utterly unmanageab!e and staried at a run through the timber. Beforo they had gone ten foet they smashod the wagon againsta stump, and were halted thus by passive coercion, They then seemed to think their mission ended and thercafter were quite tractable. A DILEMMA, Our misery was deepened, An hour had beon wasted in wrestiing with the oxen, and the only vehicle we pos- sessed bad been ruined, The catastrophe would have been ludicrous under less depressing circumstances, bat it seemed but another link in the chain of ili luck that had manacled us, We were cast down, but not do- feated, As both the ladies ana the maid servants could no longer be taken {rom camp to the nearost hut of a “cracker,” it becamo u serious dilemma as to who should carry the message of distress. There were two If I myself went they remained without pro- tection im the heart of the wilderness, If I sent “Aunt” Hannah there was danger of her losing her way or of her becoming frightened at the solitude ana turning back. A TRAMP FOR RELIEF, . The lesser evil, apparently, was to go myself, and so I prepared tor atramp of eight miles through mire and waterto “Ole Man Eph Williams’.’? Ono of the ladies insisted upon accompanying me; the other would have done so but that her husband was the leader of the lost party, She dreaded lest he should be brought into camp ‘ll or wounded and needing hor nursing. Her herotc fortitude did not permit ber to indulge ina fear for her own sake, 1 took a gun and ammunition, and my companion a lunch, a flask of whiskey and a povket revolver, Can you imagine any but an Amer- ican lady sbowing such pluck in the time of need? Remember, we were obliged to wade one-half of tho way, in momentary, peril from the most poisonous snakes, through slush and water sometimee two fect deop. Our spirits, as well as our bodies, were heavily weighted. 1 struck a steady march. My companion followed closely and unflinchingly, Sometimes I would look back anxiously to ste if she were ‘altering with fatigue, but never an old soldier showed more resolution, This tramping through a wilderness, with a princess taith- fuily following, struck me as both a sad and ridiculous burlesque tn the last act in the drama of the “Sleeping Beauty.” 1 must confess, however, that the long miles were passed moro lightly than had 1 been alone, A fair and always cheer/ul faco to turn to was a bright relief from the lugubrious look of the cypresses that frowned upon our way. Neither of our figures was particularly poetic, in dilapidated camp garb, and 2s we surveyed each other, equally bo- smeared with mud and soaked with water, even the bardship of the situation and the solemnity of our errand could not prevent an occasional hearty fit of laughter, ‘ 4 8aiL! A Sain! In a varying mood, trom gloom to merriment and from laughterto despondency, we walked ata truly remarkable gait, 1 estimated the passage of the second milo at twenty minutes—and that through slough, tens and morasses. After going three miles we sat down on a fallen log and ate a little lunch, but without appetite, although we discussed it with copious allusion to Robinson Crusoe for a sauce. The whiskey warmed us through and through, and seemed to chuse the fatigue from our limbs. So we plodded on, I adopted a somewhat slower pace, and the next three miles consumed an hour and a halt. Glad sight! Far in the distance we descried a team of mules, one of which was white, Our joy was equal to that of the storm-cast sailor when ho sees a sail nearing his des- ert isle Behind the mules rumbled a wagon, We hailed the driver with cries and gestures, and as he drew closer he surveyed us with a kind of stupid sur- prise, as if he suspected himeelf of dreaming. He was in doubt whether to take fright. I recognized his equipage as the caravan which was to carry us out of the wilderness, It had come more promptly than I had hoped, We quickly climbod into it and as quickly explained our plight to the good-patured negro, I asked him to go back to Mr, Williams’ house on foot and bring men, horses and dogs to tho camp as soon as possible. He cheerfully obeyed. 1 took the reins, and we rode back the way we had come, glad enough to be relieved of the last two miles of our pedestrian task, TWELP FOR THY SRARCH, Wo arrived in camp half expectant of seeing the lost there, but were disappointed. Those we had left Lehind were surprised at our return, bat no less joytul that help was certain to come soon, Two hours alter ward ashout whs heard and we saw approaching a party of horsemen, preceded by a pack of dogs, Thoy were the “cracker”? Williams, son and two negroos, We hailed them witha sense ot relief, “Old Man’? Williams 18 a tall, gray-haired forester, with an inscra- table face, to which cynicism alone scoms to bring a smile, and that a guarded and sinister one. His back bears the marks of stripes, bestowed by the rebels during the war because he would not forswear his allegiance to the Union, Like the majority of his class he hated the selt-constitated aristocracy of the country—com- posed of slave-holders—more, and the North Jess. From such a man | could not expect much hearty help in the distressful crisis except through the influence of lucre, So I hastened to promise him pay for himsell and son to start upon the search immediately. Tho night was again come, dark as the previeus one, and the for- ost depths looked very forbidding, The old “cracker” pecred into the blackness and in a confident tone shrewdly deprecated tho pressing need of plunging | joupista is to awa't them at the ruins of Pompet, at the into tt immediately. [ saw the motive for this kind of talk, and insisted om be and his son proceeding straightway in the direction taken by the lost party when they loft camp, and ordered them, after proceed- ing a mile, to fire repeated signals, A flrepan was pre- pared for them and thoy were about starting, Tho dogs had laid down by tho firo, but suddenly they | sprang up and gave mouth to peculiar and lengthened howls, which seemed to express a strange and mys- terious intelligence, Twice they rep id these sig- nals, snuffing the air eagerly, and, dashing out into the darknoss, circled swiftly around the camp. The old unter looked at them undecidedly a moment and ex- claimed :—“Thoy They'll soon be bye! smells ‘em. They're comin’, HOPE REVIVED, Just then we beard, or thought we heard, the faint winding of ahoru. The sound seemed to cast a spell over us, a8 we intently Letened, fearmg to hope “Blow!” I shouted, and Wiliams put his horn to his, lips and sent reverberating through the solemn arches of pines a long, shrill, but melodious blast, to which the air seemed still to cleave after it had ceased, as if loth to lapse into silence, Again we heard the faint response. Some one declared it to be the owls, but just then was borne to us the heavy, unmistakable detonation of a gun, followed immediately by anothor, We were no longer in doubt that it was fired by our party, but it seemed probable that some of them must be tujured, as the signals of the previous night—which we were now convinced were not the booming of tallen trees—had come from the same point of the compass. THE LOST RETURNED. The guns were now heavtly loaded and discharged, and the answering signals slowly camo nearer, We heard the’ baying of a dog, sounding as if his strength were nearly exhausted, Wood was piled on the fire to A great height to cast a strong glow into the aistance. Fully half an hour passed, seeming like an age, while we waited, peering beyond ‘the narrow realm of light. ‘The horn again and again awoke the solitudes afar off, but now there was no answer. Perhaps they were too wearied todo more than craw] campward, I would have sent some one to meet them, but the ‘cracker’ thought they must have fallen in with another ttler who lives near the coast, and that they were com- ing back with horses, Suddenly there was a shout, to which we responded with joy- ful cheers, und ten minutes _ afterward tho camp fire shone upon a group of sorry looking figures, Dallas rode in advance on a mule of gaunt and grotesque proportions; the “Judge”? and the others were ina wagon, They were all unharmed, but looked worn and haggard. An old squatter named Linn was driving, After wandering about fifty hours without food they had at length pushed directly westward, had cotne upon the old Stevens? path, which had led them to Linn'e dwelling, There they had received the kindest hospitality, which was vory welcome to their half dead condition, The narrative of their adventures , 80 that I could not go to business. is worth another chapter, which shall soon be forth- coming. “STUDY TOURS” TO EUROPE, A ROVING FEMALE SEMINARY ABROAD—A BEVY OF FAIR TOURISTS WHO WISH TO COMBINE INSTRUCTION WITH AMUSEMENT. It will be remembered that the business of the Eu- Topean steamship companies last-year was unusually dull, This was ascribed in some measure to the Cen- tenntal, which kept at home thousands of Americans who would otherwise have mado a European tour, The steamship companies are now eagerly awaiting the opening of the spring, which 18 always the signal for the beginniug of the great exodus to the Old World. It is expected that this year the current of European travel will set in carlier than usual, as many tourists who were kept in this country by the Centennial intend to make up for tt by starting earlier than usual on their European jaunt, In this connection it is inter- esting to observe the preparations which are already being made for all sorta of excursions and combina- tion tours, It seoms that human ingenuity, whieh exercised itself on sewing machines in all their vari- ous forms, on the telegraph, and, moro recently, on the telephone and the healing properties ot blue glass, has now taken hold of European tours and ,adupted them to every possible requiremont of those desiring tovisitEurope, Wenow have “study tours’? to the Old World for young ladics upon a somewhat ovvel plan, A large party of ladies will shortly leave on tho Pomerania of the Hemburg Steamslip hae on one of these “study tours,” SCOPE AND PLAN OF THE EXCURSIONS, This is not merely a tourist’s plan—but a thorough system of object study of nature, art and history. It comprises both a complete system of protection aud caro for its members in all respects regarding travel. ling accommodations and first class hotels, and all mat- ters of hoalth and comfort, care of baggage, and full provision in relation to all requirements, and also includes a system of proparation in Berlin—for the full enjoyment and profit of the tour—in relation to the manitold points of history andthe fields of in- terest connected with evory step of the route in relation to its geological —_forma- tion and its fauna and flora, It embraces the castles of the Rhino, tho glaciers of Switzerland, the art galleries of Italy, and all the wonders and relics of the Old World as text books in the course of study. It appears the enterprise was started in connection with Dr, Ebell’s International Academy at the Cooper Union and at Berlin. The travels of the tadies in Europe are by no means the main part of these ‘‘stady tours,”? but at Berlin they feceive tustruction in mu- sic, art, Hterature, &c., and during the hot summer months, when all the academies and colleges of Berlin aro closed, the ‘object studies” along the route of travel are resumed, accompanied with lectures on zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and physical ge- ography. TRAVELLERS’ LECTCRES. Many of theso lectures are givon especially to tho class in tho museums and cabinets of the Berlin Uni- versity by protestors of the university and curators of the cabinets; others are given by the diroctor, with special reference to the places to be visited, illustrated with a large magnesium light stereopticon, both while in Berlin and during the round of travel. Tho lectures on history (in English as well as all the other lectures) aro designed to present the most salient points in tho history of Germany, Ausiria, Northern Italy (including Venice, &c.), Switzerland, Belgium, Bohemta, France, England, Scotland ana Ireland, so as to render the sub- sequent tour of object study througn Europe of very much greater interest and benefit than it could possi- bly be without, ‘The lectures and Instructions in art are of the most practical as well as most Interesting character, being, in connection with the superb Berlin museums, illustra. tive of the several schools and phases in the development of art, The most invaluabie system of preparation for visiting and appreciating the galleries of painting and sculpture of tho other chief cities of Europe, as Paris and the Louvre, London and the National Gallery, South Konsington Muscum, Vienna, Venice, Dresden, &¢., thore is also given a special courso of instruction in tree band drawing and the principles of art criticism, with special reference to practical use during the sobsequent route of travel in sketching ns well as im observing and appreciating the promi- nont points of beauty of the region we traverse, This instruction 18 given by tho first professors of the Royal Academy of Art. SHOPPING DISCOURAGED, Tt appears that the ladies on these tours are very different from our temale Saratoga tourists as far as the number of their tranks 1s concerned, “Each lady may take a trunk and valise to Bertin”. is the stern reguiation on this point, And tbat the delightful occupation of Broadway shopping is not transferred to Paris or Berlin is guaranteed as the following caution taken from last year’s address by Dr. Ebell to his fair follow tourists slows :— Most ladios. | presume, will spond more or lexs time and money on su rin shopping. Kewarding thiy [ would sk you to recollect that wherever for such purposes n dotract time that you could uxe for sight seeing or per- Sonal improvement you ‘are in revlity paying extremely hich prices for your parehase, whatever may be its nominal rice, as you have travelled thousands of miles, at a erent expense, to 8-6 or hear what you are thus losing: besides, the article sed wiil need to be cared tor and trans: ported a lo ‘rough several custom houses, betor reaching your homes, NO YOUNG MEN NEED APPLY, One of the most curious features of these tours ts that the ladies upon their return are required to give a sketch of some portion of their trip, so. that we have here atravelling school of authors, These sketches published in the International Academy Journal, and some of them contain curious feminine observa- for tions of foreign manners, Thus one young Ind instance, relates of her sojourn at Hamburg table d’Lote we were astonished to see common ¢ passed around and cigars lighted at them wii! wore at dessert, and gentlemen (?) puffed the hall blue with smoke, driving ua from our cakes and ices.’ Of course, now that the public {8 acquainted with these « \igbtful female excursions, there will be a great rush of applications from young men who would like to join the party, but alos! no such application cun be considered. The only way for one of these male applicants to meet the fair bevy of crater of Vesuvius, on the summit of the Rigt Kulm, at the Dove's Palace or at the castle of Ehrenbroitatein onthe Rhine. There, perhaps, Dr, Ebel may him to listen to one of the histort-geographical lec to the fair pupils, THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, Mr. W. A. Roobling, the Chiof Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, announces that witbin a few days the guide wires of the East River Bridge will be low. ered into a position ab 140 feet above mean high water, at the middle of the river, While they are in allow tures thie position a red flag will be keps flying from the “cradle” over the middie of the river, OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. DISPENSARY CHARITY, To The Eviror ov tHe Henaip:— On March 211 bad occasion to call in the Southern Dispensary of Brooklyn, situated on Court street, near Fourth place, Over the window at which preserip- tons were presented to be filled was posted the follow ing notice:—“Five cents will be charsed tor exch medicine.’” 1 saw several poor people with sick cuile dreu iu their arms turned away because they did not hi five cents to pay for the medicine. Now if this edicine tree to the poor R. NORLON, pensary xives advice and why this charge of five conts WHIP DEW To tux Evrror ov tux Herault Allow me to say aword in regard to the boys that ride on the backs of the sta; As I was riding down town yesterday morning in a Broadway stage a boy jumped up on the back, and the driver, in endeavoring Yo put him off with the whip, cut my face on ove side V. L. RIDER, ‘D. PITY THE POOR PRISONER. To vue Epitox or raw Heraup:. Could ihe readers of the Hexa.p realize the condi- tion of the “poor prisoners’ and of their families at home, or could the taxpayers be informed of the amount that they are swindled out of yearly to gratity the malico and “pure cussedcess’ of the prosecutors of poor prisoners in Ludlow Street Jail, a law would Vory soon be enacted that persons wishing to torment poor prisovers by patting them in jail for debt should pay the county charges tor this privilege, This would put a stop Lo the practice and keep together hundreds of families that are now being broken up and de- stroyed. VERITAS. STEAM BOILERS. To Tux Epitor ov tuk Herat T agree with the owners and users of stoam boliers jn not wanting their property strained to pieces by the hydrostatic pressure, 1 have had charge of un engine for the past tweuty-tive years, and [know It does more to wouken a boiler than anything else, besides more explosions, ENGIN THAT INFERNAL ENGINE, To tax Epitor oy tun Henary:— 8. 5.,’? the other day, did not half express the feelings of the neighbors in regard to the engine in Forty? second strect, near Second avenue; it makes the most infernal noise you ever heard—about equal to the howls ing of half adozeu dogs, Just think of such a nolse oing ali day, and, whet is ten times worse, all night, The charges used In blasting are equal tou large cannon and fairly make the houses jump, I understand that the reason they work all might 18 that they can bire men for $1 to Work ali night, and so the whole neigh. borhood must be disturied ail the timo go that tho contractor can save a few dollars, It isan infernal outrage, Yours, A SICK MAN, THE HERALD'S GOOD WORK, Maxcu 24, 1877, To rue Epirox ov tux Hexaty:— Thanks to your “Complaint Book,’ the five large cannon that encumbered Broadway were removed to-day, within the week after your notice, The Com- missioners of Police had been botilied of the fact somo weeks ago, but unul the HekaLD took the matter in bana there they remaiued, A READER, AN APPEAL TO PUBLIC MEN. To Tue Evtron or THe Herato:— The cause of my complaint 18 this:—I am a young stenographer and when I report I find it difficult after- ward to read my notes, The real causo this ;—Pub- lio speakers ure apt to forget that reporters uro but human beings, ana they ratée on without a moment's breath. ‘The result is, that when a person wishes to decipuer bis notes he ts frequently obliged to put na difterent word to what the speaker has really said, Could you not give w bint in your paper to speakers in general to remember that tho poor stenographer is but mortal ? YOUNG STENOGKAPHER, IS THIS FROM PETER COOPER? To tHe Epirox ov THe HxtaLD: Why cannot. revenue stamps be made to stick ns postage stamps do? It 1s impossible to keep the stamp on a check unless it is pasted un with the ald of glue, This is a nuisance, | CHECK-WRITER, ABOUT BLUE LigHT, To tux Epitor ov tux HenALD:— Would not biue shades or blue draperios of damask or other material piaced within common glass bavo the same effect as blue glass? If 80, 1t would certainly be in tuch better taste than to have one’s windows patched up alter the manner that is now the rage, Pieaso enlighten your many interested readers, LUCY, WARNED IN TIME, To Tux Eviror or Tue Heraro;— The terribly fatal Brooklyn fire; and, later on, the sad catastrophe in St, Fraucls Xavier's Chureu, caused the Department of Buildings to show « commendable activity in compelling a proper mode of egress and in- gress to ull public buildings, 1 watched the papers to see any mention mado of St, Laurence’s Church, Eighty-fourth street and Fourth avenue; but, as it secms to have been forgotten, 1 dectn ita duty to ask that the proper autborities se6 to it that care be taken, velore tov late, to prevent another dreadful sacritico of human Iife, I need not mention the danger attend- ing @ panic in the galleries of that builuing. 1t 1s ap- purent to all acquainted with the stairs leading thereto that they are wholly insufficient and that the manner in which they are built 18 deserving ofceusure, 1 hope that this will be suiliciont and that means willbe taken immediately to remedy what might prove the cause of even a more terrible loss of lile than any which has preceded it. SAFETY, THE CALCIUM LIGHT NUISANCE, To tux Eviror ov tae HereaLp;— Why is it that New York is considered the worst governed city in the world? Simuly because those to whom (he goverament is intrusted are totally unftted for executive positions, Take the following ng an ex. ample. Several of your correspondents have lately complained of the numerous calcium lights throughout tho city, particularly of those on Broad at the Theatre Cowique and Tony Pastor's, which are an acknowledged — oui- sanco tO thousands of pedestrians nightly. The existence of those lights 1s a flagrant violation of law, and their continuance, in spite of all complaint, a de- flunce of public sentiment, and yet the Mayor and police are so indifferent to the rights of our citizens that these nuisances are allowed to continue, to the disgrace of our city and the annoyance of thousands who are obliged to encounter those binding lights, to say nothing of the accidents of which they aro con- tinually the occasion, KNICKERSOCKER, To tne Epiror oy tne HetaLp:= Would you kindly direct the attention of the street car managers to the !mportance of instructing their conductors to look out for waiting passengers on their right? L often have to tose a car, or shout and run a good part of a block tor one, from the conductor's eyes being directed to the left or straight ad. AN INVALID. WALK FOR A WHILE. To Tux Eprror ov tae HeraLp:— When a pamber of mechanics wish for more wages and cannot get it by fair means, they strike. Thea let tho riders of our street cars strike and walk for a litte woile, and they will soon seo that the mighty car com panies will fall down and give them a seat and allow no more squeezing, Let the public try this, A READER, CONDUCTORS, ATTEND, To te Error or tun Herat. 1s there no way to prevent the continual annoyances which occur on tho Third Avenue Ratiroad by passengers being carried past the street at which they wish to get out? Would tt not be a good idea and very little troable for the conductors to call oat the names of the strects? am sure if the presi dent of the company would make this a rule aud eu. force it he would have tho thanks of many oe Kf GW. B UNSAYE BUILDINGS, “Citizen” says a frame building ia in course of erec- tion within the fire limits, 160 feet west of Kighth avenue, and running from Fifty-third to Fifty-fourth street, ‘Twelfth Rogiment’? writes that the State arsenal on Seventh avenue has been pronotneed unsafe, and Yet regimental drills ure m progress there, “A Pedestrian” calls attention toa tumble down chimney on the nouse No, 104 Wooster street, and says it is in a dangerous condition, i DIRTY STREETS. “Business Peoplo’ ask why Forty-first strect, be- tween Eighth and Ninth avenues, should remain in its present disgraceful condition. “A Sufforer” announces that the garbage wagons have not collected the garbage between Filty-secend | and Fifty-fourth streets, on Kighth avenue, for moro than @ week, to our street cleaning authorities, and cluims that enongh material for that purpose can be raised in Aun sireet alone, A DARK SPOT. “An Old Subscriber’? says that tho Seventeenth street end of Union square is one of the darkest spots at nighttime in the city, and suggests a ciuster of Nights to be used there such as are used in Madison sudare . | | | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. THR NEW DOMINION, The Sioux in Canadu—A Cold Shoulder to Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, —_——-—____ A GENEROUS INDIAN POLICY. | How the Red Man Is Treated in the North. | west—l'eace, Piety, Prosperity and a Respect for Treaties—Buf- falo Dying Out. H sO bis Bec Te Ortawa, Canada, March 23, 1877. The fact was published last week that the Sioux, who have been gradually retreating before the advance of our several columns, have at iast crossed the boundary and taken retuge on Canadian soil, Further information from the locality of the Cypress Hilla, where they are supposed to be tenting—a point in the Northwest Territory distant from the border about | sixty miles, and say 300 miles from the scene of late conflicts—is anxiously awaited by the Dominiot authorities, owing to the tear that the bostiles will o deavor to exert demoralizing influences on the Cana- dian tribes now peacefully at work, possibly embroit them in war, and cause international complications, to say nothing of a change in the wise policy which has for many years been pursued by this government in reference to its Indian wards. Tho suvject ts so tull of interest that I have procured from the Hon. Dr, Schultz, a momber of Parliament from Manitoba, and a gentleman thoroughly familiar with THR INDIAN. QUESTION, the Information which follows:—On the 16th of July, 1870, the negotiations between Canada and the Hudson Bay Company were closed, whereby 3,090,000 square miles were added to the Dominion, In this territory thero was a population of 68,000 Indians, who wero Practically tho lords of the soil, with undiaputed rights, and from whom subsequently it became necessary to buy certain privileges counceted with ther lands, The Hudson Bay Company received $1,500,000 in money and wore allowed to retain ono-twentioth of- all the land, together with largo special reserves around their posts for trading, hunting and other kindred purposes, ‘The bargain being thus concluded, nnd the responst- bility incurred, Canada grappled with the question of filling these newly acquired valleys with the popula. tion of the Old World. Railways and canals were pro Jected and steps taken to develop mines and min- eral resources, North of the international boundary the condition was one of profound peace. In every part of the vast region the life of a white man was, and still ts, safe. No lodge refuses shelter, and tts food will be shared without tho expectation of reward. Of their hunting grounds the Indians remain in almost absolute control, the half-breoda being allowod to par- Licipate in common with themselves, but parties of En- glishinen and others hunting for pleasure being com- pelled to pay a royalty for the privilege to these mas- ters of the soil, This condition of ‘peace which exists iw in strong contrast to tho state of affairs in the Indian country of the United States, where faith between con- tracting parties has been cruelly broken, and strife will only end with the death whoop of the warrior, To iulustrate THR SIOUX INDIANS correspond with the Canadian Cree tribe, who ocenpy @ similar geographical position on this side of the boundary line, The two tribos are about equal in num- vers. Both are Indians of the prairie, both practiced horsemen and excellent shots. Fifteen years ago tho Sioux wore i as profound a state of peace with tho United States as the Crecs now are with Canada; but grievances grew, treaties were iznored, remonstrances were pigeonholed and warnings by balf-breeds and traders ignored until suddenly the story of the mas- sacre of 1863 was echoed through the land and tno ‘horizon for hundreds of miles was lighted with burn- ing buildings in which the shrieks of women and chil- dren had been silenced by the tomahawk. The soldier in the end overcame the savage, but not until A vast uroa of country had been depopu- lated, foreign emigration had been diverted and three military expeditions in three successive years had traversed the Indian country, at a cost to the United States government of $10,000,000. With tho.ternble incidents and sacrifices of the Inst two years the people are sufficiently familiar, They aro tho result of **the old, old story."? Here, on the other hand, there has been followed a policy of gonciliation and fair dealing. The Indian commenced his relations with the white man with NO HEREDITARY HATREDS, no traditions passing from tribe to tribe of broken faith aud no promises unfulfilled. He weurs the medals of his foreiathers, as he does those of tho pres- ent day, a8 a type of religious loyalty to the Qucen and to the local government. He parts with nothing for which ho does not receive just pay. Partially ne has become an agricniturist and a worker, His chil- dren attend school. There are churches and religious missions, seminaries for the youth who are advanced and employment among the whites for those who seck the profits of civilized associations, [n fact there are hondreds of settioments tn which the Indian nature has so far changed as to make him in point ot in- dustry, of truthiulness and of obedience, the equal if not the superior of the average white man, As an Ii. lustration of the sturdy honesty and the strong com- mon sense with which the public men of Canada have dealt and are still dealing with this question which has given us so much trouble in the States, | quote from a speech made tn the House of Commons by the Hun, Dr. Schultz He say! ; A CANADIAN VIEW OF THE QUESTION, While it wiil be the easiest thing in the world by the adoption of an unwise policy to sow the seeds of un everiast- ingenmity, yet { hold that it is equally possible by wise ineasures to retain thelr friendship even while we are pur. chasing their lands; that, in fact, we ean economize bm, if 1 may be allowed the expression, while we are protecting To do this, I hold thut treaties must be made with ‘al basis then tl ally for » stipa & payment in able f the present reserve of 160 six L would suggest at least 160 1 individual, aud atipaiate that the reservation ring ground, hi luances of the id respect that a reservation of oF section out of eneh survey ship, ay in the ease of lands, would by ity ule at a time when its value had beer enhanced by contiv settlement, provide «fund which would materially lessen the amount nqcessary to be appropriated for the Indian De- partinent. How far these sagacions suggestions have produced their effect on the country will be known by the fact that treaties have been successtully negotiated which secure to the several Inuimn tribes the mose liberal privileges. in several instances numerous bands b been united under a sipgie cliel, while irrita distrust have been replaced by an almost unt feeling of content and gratitude Lo the governmen its liberality and venevoic PROWINTION AND POLICE, Two of tho most important acts passed in connec- tion with Indian affairs in the Territories are those Which probybit the importation or mianuiacture of ail dutoxicating liquors, enforcing this prohibition by the Most stringent legislation and authorizing the ostab- lishment of @ mounted polico force in the Territories, The jatter is simply a@ battahon of men, Who represent in many best’ families, «love the life of and ate mentally and physical to command the respect of the red men, they never drink, it being impossivle to obtai water in the forest, and are consequently as bardy, active and useful a'set of officiis a8 can be found any: where on the globe, These 300 men are scattered over an area of hundreds ot intles, Tt was thought at first that the entrance of the mounted police in the Terrie tories might arouse the suspicions of the Indians, and | possibly resuit im vloodshed and serious troabie, but the contrary effect bas been produced, and the officers and men are said to be everywhere among the t regarded with pecullar warmth as iriends factors, The Minister of the Interior mak lowing observations concerning THE INDIAN NATURE, It is gratitying to Know that the Indians on several of tho reserves are beginuing to acquire individual property. They are making small clearances on their allotments, raising patches of grain ana vogotabies, and procuring farm stock. Wut the progress is slow, Habits formed by a people generations back are dilll- cult to overcome, The system ot living with the rude Indian is from hand to mouth, He bas no inducement to acquire property, because it would only furvher ex- poxe bim to the attacks of bis enemies, He is active on the warpath or in the chase, bot when danger 1s | over, revenge 1s satisied or bis tmu w : ‘Another correspondent calls (or a monument of mud “ x thems 9B he Soi peased, he relapses into his accasiomed indolence, Lt ay be said that this inertia is the chief legacy which bequeaths to bis children, The great diff. culty with the Indian i that he cannot all at once rid himseif of this inberitance, Even under the most favorable circumstances me must bo given him to understand the motives and acquire the habits of the white man, who labors to accumulate wealth in order that he may have the means of sup- port in sicknoas oF old ago, oF Of giving his ollepring a start in ile, But when these motives come to be wn- derstood and acted upon by the Indiau, the evideuco Satan Sy in m of wnien ww tne possession of considerable acquired by considerable todustry and thet, it that be may safely be intrusted wun spa eee ot a | ettizenship. To grant entraaeniser to the int | gent and well bebaved Inamns would y train them to still turther self-reliavee and encourage their Dreibren wi are lagging bebind to make greater ex~ ertions to overteke the Anglo-caxon in the race of progress, Accompanied with enfrauehisement they | shoulo ebtain, probably, at drst an allotmentof their proper share of the reserve to which (hey belong, then, after four or five years of good behavior, the fea simple of said share, aud, perlaps, eventually atter @ suli longer probationary perwd, they might receive some proportion of the invested capital funds of thew band.- A RELIC OF AN INDIAN MASSACRK, | Among the Indians who are pow in the Northwest are several of the chiefs and bead men of that portion of the Sioux who fled to the British territory alter tha Hudian massacre of 18 Tbe testimony is that they are working in the harvest delds oi the settlers, and are conducting them: as pevceable and hovest people, although they are fully sensible of their post~ tion as exiles, aud seem to feel towt, having no terri torial rguts tu the country, they have been kindly dealt wih im being assigned a reserve. There is no danger that, under existing treaty stipulations, the United States Indian will be permitted to live perma. hently on this soi! unless be abows by an experience of years Uhat it is bis 1miention to become a peaceabie and coutrbutive member of society. Even the local half breeds, who have lived nearly all their lives: as In- diatis and among them, God ita matter of difficulty to be recognized and embraced to the privileges which aro extended to the race proper, HOSTILES AND NUFPALORS Another reoson why the hosties trom the States aro not likely to be welcomed warmly by their copper-colored brethren on this aida of the line is that the former are treach- ing upon ihe bunting grounds that supply food and raiment for the families of tue Crees, Assinibowus and Blackfeet, bow the most powertal of the Cauadian trives, There 1s nO quesjion whico bas more sorely disquieted the mind of the Canadion Indiaa than this, How shall be fod subsistence when tne baflalo ts destroved? Until within the last two years this ante mal has roamed over the prairie ia appareauly ex. haustices Lerds; but in avother decade of years, unless prompt measures be taken to prevent the catastrophe, the baitalo as a source of supply of foud will be extinct, This 1s a subject which ere jong will’ ovcupy the attention — of the i an authorities, Kocalling the namo of the Blackleet tribe, 1 am intormed that some twelve or iifteen years ago they pumberdd upward of ten thousand souls, aad were then remarkable us & warlike and haughty nation; but they bave since been reduced by one-Wall of their number, partly in conse- quence of the introduction of bad whiskey and paruly by the smallpox. Thoy were pressed byesitting Bull and Crazy Horse during the last summer wo tke up arms against the whites, but declined to do go, tor which they officially received the thanks of the Queen. From the Toregoing remarks it will be observed that 10 nada the Indian 1s entitled to rights which the white 18 bound to respect, and chat to the fostering care the government, Lue honesty of its officials and tke merous sympathy wh the stronger can always aflord to bestow on the weaker 18 due the peace, proge ross and wellare of hi y colored inhabitants, THE HOSTILES. SIOUX WARRIORS TAKE SOME NOTED S8SCALPS-— ANA TROOPS ON THE MARCH— PROSPECT OY A STIBL: 4 SPRING CAMPAIGN IN THE BIG HORN COUNTRY. ‘The following tems of news relative to the Indian war in Montaaa are gathered from late files of tho Montana pape On the night of February 21 the Sioux stole over 100 ponies irom the Crows camped at the muuth of Canyou Creek, six miles below iho mouth of Ciark’s Fork. The Crows toliowed the Sioux over 200 miles and re- captured a portion of their horses and brought them te camp within twenty miles below Stiliwater, This morning (February 25) ews reached here that a band of 300 Sioux followed the Crows buck to within twenty miles of this place, trying to regain their lost booty. butdia not succeed.“ A® goon as the news raache here every Crow buck out of about sixty lodges was, within halt an hour, on bis horse dashing down to relivvo their comrudes, ‘the Crows, being tov conti- dout that the Sioux were beyond their reach, split up in small partics, but this will again unite them. CROW AGENOY LETT ‘The troops, Company F, Captai pany G, Captain Wheelan, Second cavalry,’ moved out from Biliy with torty days? rations, for the agency, The roads were almost tmpassable, and but six miles were made the tirst day. ‘The snow was very deep, & aving to be shoveled a great part of the wi L night out was a terrible one; the cold wa very severe, and many of the men bad ears, hanas aud feet frost bitte A NOTED SCOUT KILLED, Muggtns Taylor (who rendered such goo! service in the mpaigh) and seven men were Killed on Stile water; Cox (Hubble’s partner) 1s killed—all by Sioux. Tho Mugg ns Cuylor party consisced of Cox, Hubdbie, Blunt, Milligan, Brown aud two others, and the Irwin party of seven from Deer Lodge, who were hunting on Clark's Fork. It is this jatter party which is supposed to have been MO: eR. Tyler, and Com. the sa: time two dismounted men were seen down the rive ou the tee, evidently eseap- the Sioux, ‘These men were, tt 18 teured, W, ull and Zed Daniels, who Were bound for Baker's Battle Ground. Major Stanton (paymastor) returned to Fort Kill# on Sunday and departed Kust the next day. Me reinained at the agency until Friday, wuen, immediate dauger appearing Lo be past, he returned, mukiag ap elaborate report to Generals Giboon and Brisbin. He stated that the (i Trow reports regarding the strength of the Sioux 1 currect, and Lhat circumstances appear ta correctness of their predictions im the premises, On Rotten Grass 4 Sioux map was found, correctly he features of the country in the vicinity of 'y, tho latter being jaid af cled by a Sioux war trail making for the weake ‘Lol the stockade. When Major Stauton left tha Crows had entirely abandoued the agency aud were mnaseing at and below Country man’s, relusing to retara until troops might arrive. SITTING NUL The Major concluded from the data he gathered that Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse aud Dull Knife are with tha camp, and that spotted Tail, who hud been seut to treat with them on beball of (he goverument, had ro- turned to Crouk without success. KILLING OF COX. A. 8. Hubble bas come in, and relates the follow. ile (Hobie) and Chariey Cox bad wolf baits out on hast Fork of Pryor's Creek, two and a half miles below the oid Bozeman wagon road crossing, when, on Monday, Febraury 26, at two o'clock P. M., a party ‘ot Sioux attwcked them, they bemg about one ball mie apart and one halt mile trom their camp. When they heard the first shot they both started towards the camp, but Mr Hu blo seeing he would be cut off turned back into tha .to run two hundred yards to get there, with the Sioux close to his heels AS Le siruck the brush fo took @ stand, and immediately shot one S:oux and tis horse, who wore voly fifty yurds behind him, Mr. Hubble saw Charley Vox running toward his camp, and in about five minutes ho heard a volicy of about 100 guns fred, and from that be suppo-es that Cox is killed. It he fails to make bis appearance tu twenty-four hours he will be given up as killed The Sioux bad captured Mr, Huvbie’ they made the attack. Being set on foot Mr. Hubble travelled (wo days without food and sustaing a loss of $500, 101s sixty-five miles southeast trom Sttilwater whero tue above took place. The Crows are so ed that they are all moving into one camp and corral their horses every night. AN INDIAN CHIER'S LETTER, General Brisbin recently received the following let. ter from Blackfoot, the leading war chief of the Crow nation, horse before Crow AGExcy, M, T., Keb, 22, 1877, To eral Bisiix, Fort iliso— Last winter Major Randall sod Major Carpenter cama to my camp and what they sald was very good, Majut Carpenter saw the Crow ‘horses—the best ones went with those that joined Major Randall, When Major Carpenter caine to me and wanted me to go with Major Randall 1 wished to go to the Sunkingwater, out 1 let my men go with Major Randall frotw The hol we ace General in is the Crows! b is the pi Crovk promised tu pay my men at. When they pay I want to see them, aud after tho moneys paid to am going to talk tomy young men and say :—My 1g men, Your horses aro getting ta are going along with General Brisvin, As soon as the Show moits the » along the Big Horn Mountains, ral Brisbin sent word to Major Care ponter to send scouts to see where the Sioux were, I sent thom. Tam too heavy and my horses are too poor to zo to Bozeman. 1 will bo ready any me to go with General Brisbin, Crazy Head said he would go. I think it is good for him to go, 1 want General Bris. bin not to be aneasy, Blackioot and the Crows wil go with him when he comes, bat my horses woald got be ft to go with him tf L use them to go to see him now, ax they would be too lazy, ard | want to be ready when he comes, Tho reason why I go with Genoral Brishin to make Wat against the Sivnx is becaase [ want this rerervation a little larger than itis. Thos ta all have to say now; when they on: 4 pay off tho Crows, then L will say more, CHIKF BLACKFOOL, GETTING RRADY, General Sheridan ordered an immediate junction of Miles and Brisbi The Second cavairy will march for Tongue River by the Lh inst. The ordor pro- vides for transportation for every available pound of forage and supplios, and the cavalry colamn must join Miles by April. General Givbon, who has been at Elita for some days, left for Fort Shaw on Tuesday, March 6, expecting to meet at Helena important do- spatehes, Upon their receipt tinal orders for the campaign will be issued, Tho cavairy now ontheway to the agency will algo join the command, anda gon eral movement foilow. General Crook will not require the aid of the Crows, having decided to use the Spotted Tall Sioux 10 bis Operations, Thus the Crows will be left entirely to the Montana column, which can naturally eect more with them than can any other command, Ibe news lotter frota the Influential chiet Blackfoot, whieh assures the co-operation of his tribe, 18 published elsewhere, and could a suificiently large force be sent out now It is the opinion of Generals Brisbin and Gibbon and Majog Stanton that a very effective blow could be strack at Sitting Bull’s camp, Bat, unfortunately, such a force ia not at command of our local military authorities, ‘and the opportunity must bo lost ‘