The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1877, Page 3

THE POLARIS. Official Narrative of Hall’s North Polar Expedition. IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. Steaming Northward Fogs and Foes, THE HIGHEST POINT REACHED. Through dn Winter Quarters Frozen Sea. in the DEATH OF CAPTAIN ———-- + HALL. A Disastrous Homeward Voyage. —_—-———— —— XYSON’S GREAT ICE DRIFT. Loss of the Scientific Records of the Journey. ——__— Narrativy ov Tak NortH Pouak Expedition, 1x THK Usirgo States Suir Potaris, Captain Charles F. Hall. Batted under the direction of the Secratury of the Navy, by C. H. Davis, Rear Admiral Cnited States Navy, United States Naval Observatory. 1876, Government Printing office, Washington, VD. UL, kver since the sad news reached the United States that the gallant Hall was Inid in a lonely grave amid Tho frozon wastes of the Arctic regions the public have waited for the narrative of his voyage and @ detailed Account of the dangers which he so boldly faced in his attempt to reach the Pole. The subsequent sufferings ef Tyson and his companions, as they drifted for months on the tloes southward to Cape York, and even past the hospitable towns of Upper Greenland, have luruished an additional cause for curiosity as to ali tne incidents surrounding the last vogage of the Polaris. Theso have now come to light in the form ef ® uurrative, compiled wader efcial supervision from ‘the journals, and statements of all the survivors, and Will soon issue from the governmont printing ollice at Wosbington for special circulation, From the ad- ‘Vanee sheets of this acceptable volume we are en- abled to present the readers of the Hxna.p with a synopais of its contents, A brief introduction in- forms us of the manner in which the materials for the narrative have been vollected, and how carefully the evidence, pro and‘eon, nas been sifted tor tho kernels of truth which yo to make tbo whole Story a vaiuable and reliable record. The sailing orders diructwd that such qualified person on tho Ship should keep @ private journal, wich was to be forwarded to Washington as svon ay it could bo sent there, The journals were not to be cupied by those who kept them, and were to vo entirely at the disposal of the govornment for the pur- Poso of preparing a history of the expedi- Vion, Unfortunately, a8 will bo scon later on in tho narrative, the greater part of the records of tho Polaris were lost during the terrible retroat Bouthward or wore abandoned with the wreck and have never been recoverod. Therafore the scarcity of actual docamentary evidence throws op verbal state- monts the barden of responsibiliiy for much of the materiul of the “narrative”? itis also unfortunately Woe that differences of opinion contriputed not a little Jo mar the offectiveness of the oxpeditiun when it had reached the highest latitude attained. ‘The survival of W-feeling engendered under such circumstances mani- festly detracts from the value of verbal statements made after the survivors had been called before an in- Vestigating committee at Washington. These two cous ditions do not, however, take anything from the merit of the editor’s work, for the office of Admiral Davis ‘was not to supply material for this story, but to ar- Tauge in their proper places those points of ioforma- tion which he nad selected from all the evidence col- Tocted- Captain Hall had entertained for many yoars a strong desire to load an American expedition tothe North Pole. To attain his grund object he began by making personal sacsilices Which none but an enthusiastic and practical explorer would deem necessary. kught years residence among the Esquimaux gave him a thorough kvowledge of the climatic conditious of the Arctic regions and ofthe means adopted by the natives to preserve life amid the wastes of snow and ico, the frighttul cold and long darkuess of winter and tho changing days of the brief summer. In 1865 Hall wrote in his Journal when about ty start North as follows:-— AvKiz 14, 1866.—We are noarly all ready tor the pro- posed removal, orth, north, farther and farther north 1 long to get, ‘Though the locality of King Wil- Jiam’s Land ig all I aspire to on this present journey, yetl never will be satistied jn voyaging and traveiliog in the Arctic regions until I sball reach that spot of this great and glorious orb ot God's creation where | thero ia no north, nu east, no west, Ol course, that | juundano point is the one nearly under Polaris, ‘And agaip, when pursuing bis exploration: Manon 4, 1866.—The end will soon be, I trust, when and then may God grant mo the opportuaity aod the proper tweans to make my way bo Lud Dorth exireme ot His glorious earth, Later on he writes in the same vein:— | Faurvary 16, 1869 —1 must (Deo volente) do up all my work tor which | camo ito this country this springand coming summer, for 1 long to revurn to America, to ropare at once for my expedition to tbe North Pole. ight and day, day aud oight, weeks, mouths, and yeurs, find my beurt and purposes Oxed, without a shadow of wavering, Ou tmuking the voyage. May Meaven spare my life to perforin it, ‘Thus an estimate can be made of Hali’s character and purpose, a8 expressed so many years before ho was placed in command ol the Polaris expedition. In his letier to the Sonate Committee on Foreign Re- Jations dated March 29, 1870, Captain Hall says;— For years I have bad it in my mind that when I should complete the mission relative to Sir Jobo brank- lin’s expedition—that Is, should recover some of Frunk- | Jiu’s companions, or should becowe satistied that none existed-—1 would return to my country aud prepare tor making a third voyago to the Arctic regions, especially for maktog geographical discoveries, even up to the | north oxtromity vf the axis of our gioba * * © Nenher glory nor movey has caused me to devote my Yery lie and soul to Arctic exploration. Captain Halls singlemindedness was conspicuous in all bis relaiions to his great project, aud as the editor of the **Narrative’’ justly says, ‘ho is worthy to be placed by the side of Parry, Franklin and Kane.”” On his return {fom the Aretic regions in 1869, Hall under- | took a Jung lecturing tour jn the United States to pro- pare the pablie mind for the comprehension and sup- port of his scheme of Polur expioration, Ln this he was succossiul, for through Congressional aid the fruit of his exertions was the Polaris expedition. The “Narrative” would bely its title if tdi not begin atthe beginning. This it does by intorming us how Hall tire interviewed President Grant in January, 1870, and found the Executive well posted on the Arctic question, besides bering well disposed toward Hall’s vroject, This was envouraging and Mall wrote to hie friends = Breyoort and Grinnell ex- pressing his satistaction, He next delivercd a Jecture at Wasbiogton wvefore tho President, Vice Prosident and Cabinet and both houses of Congross, as woll as many distingaiwhed ettizens, in which be ex- plained the objectol the proposed expedition and tho advantages certain to from it ti properly carried vat, The resalt of this effort was almous immediate Congressional action, which fisatly culminated tn the passage of & jotnt resolution appropriating the aum of $60,000 for the purposes of: Polar discovery, Soon aiter this, as related jn the “Narrative,” Captain Hall NEW YORK HERALD, Navy and the Secretary of the Interior for detailed ansiructions. U.S. GRANT. Capiain ©. F, Haut ; ‘The Periwinkle, a government tug of 387 tons bur- den, was designated by the Secretary of the Navy as the veesol to be employed, and after having been al- most rebuilt and heavily timbered and double sheathed sha was reluuvched at Washington and named the Polaris after Hall’s guiding star. Perhaps one of the most interesting documents placed in ovi- dence in the “Narrative’’ is that giving the sailing ia- structions issued tor the guidance of Mail by the Navy Department on June 9, 1871. It isa lengthy docu- ment which provides for aliost every contingercy likely to arise in connection with the expedition, But it 1s specifically clear on the question of autbority aud the movements to be made in the event of Hall's death or disability. Alter detailing how the Polaris was to move poleward, procure provisions, dogs, &c., the instructions state:— From Upernavik or fossak, as the case may be, will progeed across Melville Bay to Cape Dudley Digges, and thence you will make all possible progre: with vessel#, boats and sledges toward the North Iole, using your own Judgment as to the route or roates to bo parsued and the locality tor each winter’s quarters. Having been provisioned and equipped for two and a half years you will pursue your explorations for that period; bat, should the object of the expedition re- , you will continue your explorations to such a turthor Jength of time as your supplies inay be sulcly extended. should, however, the object of the Vid, attaining the position of the North complished at au earlier period, you will return to the Unitod States with all convenient des- pateb, As far as the scientific department of the expedition was concorned the following instructions wore added:— There be attached to the expedition a scientific department, tts operations ure prescribed in uccord- ance with the advice of the National Academy of Sciences, req' by the law, Ayreeably to this advice, the oli and direction of the scientific op- erations will be imtrasted, under your command, to Dr. Emil Bessols, aud you will render Dr. Bessels and his assistants all such facilities and aids as may be iu your power to carry into effect the said Jurther advice, as given in the instructions berowith furmebed ina communication from the President of the National Academy of Sciences, . Regarding the records of the expediiton the foilow- dng order was given to Captain Hall: — You will direet every qualided person in the expedi- tion to keep a private journal of the progress of the expedition and enter on it events, observations and remarks of any nature whatsoever, These journals sball be considered confidential und read by no per- son otver than the writer, Of those journals no copy sball be mado, Upon the return of the expedition you will demand of each of the writers bis journal, which it is hereby or- dered be shall déliver to you, Kach writer is to bo assured that when the recorus of the expedition are published he shall receive a copy; the private journals to bo returs to the writer, or not, at the option of the government; but each Writer in tho published records shall receive credit for such part or parts of his journal as may be used in said records. You will ‘use every opportunity to deterinine the position of ull cupes, headlands, islands, &c,, ihe lines of coasts, take soundiugs, observe tides aud currents and make all such Surveys as may advance our knowledge uf the geography of the Arctic regions, In viow of the dangers of climate and travel in the for North, Captain Hall w: | cessor in comimand im caso ho died or was disabled from directing the expeditior You will give special written directions to the ing and ico master of tho expedition, Mr. 8, 0, Bud- iwgton, and to the Chie! of tho scientific department, Dr. K, Bessols, that sn caso of your death or disubil- ily—® contivgenoy we dincerely trust may not arise—they shall cousult us tv the propriety and mauner of carrytog into turther eflect tha foregoing instructions, which I hero urge, must, ff possible, be done, Tho resulty of their consul- tations, and the reasons thereiore, must be put in writing. aud kept as parts of the records of the expe- dition, Inany event, however, Mr. Budington shull, in case of your death or disability, coutinue as the sailing and ico master aud control and direct tue move- ments of the vessel; and Dr, Bosseis shall, in such | case, continue as chiel of the scientific department, di- Tecting ail sledge journeys and scientific operations, In the possible coutingeucy of their non-agrecment as to the course to be pursued, then Mr, Budington shuil assume sole charge and command and revuro with the expedition to the United States with all possible de- spatoh, And in conclasion, 80 az to set the relations of the metmbers of the expedition to the Captain beyond question, it jv distinctly ordered ;— All persons attucbed to the expedition are under Your command, and shall, under overy circumstance and condition, be subject to the rules, regulations and luwe governing the discipline of the navy, to be modi- fied, but not increased, by you as the circumstances may to yoor judgment require, With tho Navy Departmont instructions, of which the above are extracts, if his pocket, Hall sailed trom Washington with the fullowiog party on board the Polaris:— Commander, Charles F. Hall; sailing master, Sidney 0, Badington; assistant navigator, George E. Tyson; mate, H, C. Chester; second mate, William Morton: chiel’ enginecr, Kmail Schumann; assistant enginecr, A. A, Odell, Sciwniific staN— Calet of corps, Emil Bes- sels, surgeon; astronomer, RX. W. D. Bryan (joined the ship at Disco); meteorologist, Frederick Meyer. | . Besides the crew of fourteen men there were two in- terpreters--the Esquimaux Joo aud bis wile, Hannan. Arriving at Now York the expedition was rocelved with cothusiasm, Hall expluined in an address to tho Geographical Society the nature of the shores of Ad- miraity Inlet and ice felds in the vicinity of Barrow’s Straits, He also expressed the belief that now and valuablo whaling grounds would be discovered. Ho exhibited a sound judgment with rogard to the im- portant scientifio results likely to follow the exped: tion, and proved himsoif to the satisfaction of his hearers a man of broad views and liberal tdeas, willing to accept advice where he had reason to believe it was goou. | Yadaly 3, 1871, the “Narrative” tells us, the Polaris | sailed from Now London flying tho famous flag at tho | fore, that was borne tothe Arctic seas by Wilkes, Do Havon and Kane, and which was presented to Captain Hall by Mr. Grinnell, The expedition arrives at St. Jobus alter exporiencing very hoavy weather, and thence departs for Greenland. The remarkable mirage und auroral eifocts witnessed at sea aro faithfully peapictured ia tho story before us. The looming up Ol the Greoniand coast 1s described as well as the ap- Peurance of the light kyaks or skin boats of the natives as they danced over the waves from shore to ship, Thea begins the tale of arctic voyaging—bhow | the crew landed and danced with ihe swarthy belles of | Fiskerna I shall bave done what I came to this country to do, | , the boat excursion of the scientist, Holstomberg and the Swedish expedition under Baron Von Otter, the dificulty in procuring skins for cloth- ing, icetergs, Godvaven, Greenlaud officials and tho Dauwh Church and its congregation, All these sub- jects are touched on in the order wo give them and aro made interosting to the reador, Chester, the mate of the Polaris, makes quitoa long boat voyage in search of Haus Christian, the wative hunter and dog driver, whose services Hollis very anxious to secure, Thou the United States Congress arrives with tuo balance of supplies for the Polaris and tne icy clits of Greenland aro shaken by tho thuader of ber guns as she saluves the Davish flag and the Governor. All theae little incidents follow each other in rapid succession, and we are quickly ried northward day by day, uati!, instead of the little hate and tur-clad roatents of U peroavik, we see nothing but tco and biack rocks lining the ‘leads’ that thread the flues toward hewnody Channel, In succession the bold headlands of Capes York and Dudluy Digees pass on either bow, Sleeping Walruses aro roused by the rude attention of Haus, who sounds rgpeilé on their riba with his rifle, But though the marksmanship is good, tho lack ix bad, aud the sportsinan is disappointed at wecing tho biubbery bodies of the wounded walruses tumbling from the floes into the water to dis- appear in & moment, Passing Capo Parry and through =the famous = Smitl’s ~~ Sound, past heavy ico and successively Capes Frazer, Nortonshaw, Mevlintock and Lawrence and witnews- | ing a mowt glorivus arctic sunrise, the voyagers enter Kennedy Channel. Discovoring au jaiand jn SL dey, 20 min, norih, they also moet fogs aud floes that groatly retard their progress, Finally, however, the highest point of latitude is reached, although the observers on the Polaris differ as to whethor it 18 $2 deg, 26 inin., 82 doy, 16 min. or $2 deg, LL min, north. Anyway, it ja the highest point on record yot reached by au ex- podidionary ship betore the Britiah expedition had gut alittle higher in ‘1875, Wo are now near that point of the narrative where tho dangers and dissonsions and ‘the drilting and death of Halt came to ruin the pros. pects of success, hitherto so'bright. A consultation as to the policy of going Into wintor quarters is id, and develops the first clashing of opinion, Amid the snows and howling winds, the Polaris, beset by tho floes, drifted in ber zigzag course toward the south, aud suffered atone time from such & severe nip that the stores were put on the floe in anticipation of the crushing of the ship, Finally, howev e was gol into the bight known now as Polaris Buy, and was was commimsioued by l’rexident Grant as commander of the oxpodition as follows:-- Exnconive Maxson, Wasmixoron, D. U., July 20, isto, Daan Sin—You are hereby appointed ty command the expedition toward North Vole, to be organized and sent out pursdant to ab Kot of Cobgross approved July 12, 1870, and will report tothe Secretary of the, secured vader the lee of a mighty toeberg which for- tunately had grounded in tho bay and served as an ico guard and shelter for the ship. Here wo are told in the “Narrative’’ Captain Hall discovered tho remains of Kaquiinaux summer tents, showing that the placo had n visited by these people ou hunting expeditiona, From the summit of Cape Lupton Hall and his ecientife instructed as to his suc: | party obtained a good view of the surroundings, al- though the labor of climbing the snow siopes was al- most 100 dear u price to pay for it Surveysof the viciuity were prosecuted diligently, but the shorteaing of the period of daylight warned of the approach of that long night which paralyzes action for more than halfthe year. The proparationa tor winter were, thero- fore, commenced and these are faithfully described in the ‘‘Narrative.”” Between the movements of the ice, duo to changes ofjthe wind and the depth of the snow, the surveyors hada very uncomfortable time of tt, especially so when on oue occasion they were over- taken by night away from the ship, In the effort to reach her the unfortunates fell into the open water spaces several times and succeeded only in getting on board atter a terrible march in (rozen clothes. One of the party--Bryan—who lost con- sciousness after reaching the ship, remarked as he slowly recovered :—*Captain—travelling—in—this— country—is—vory—discouraging."? This scems to inve amused his companions immensely. As winter ad- vanced, however, Hall found it necessary to caution his men to maintain iriendiy relations between them, Whother this was the result of quarrels which he bad observed or that he only deemed it generally necessary is not stated, but to judge from recent disclosures it looks very much as if the action was forced on him. According to the ‘Narrative’ punting parties tried their tuck on tho snow-ciad hills around, but with in- different success, Geese, hures and a musk ox wero among the spotls, however, It was also resolved to utilize the doge tor a slodge journey northward. But the ice movemen: niu became threatening, and extra pre- cautions were necessary (o save the ship trom being crushed, Again we notice some evidence of trouble on tho Polaris, Captain Hall sued an order forbidding Profanity, He overheard the men swearing at one another, Belore starting on the sledge journey Captain Hall issued instructions to Mr; Budington, tho ice master, relative to the ship duting his absence, and particu. larly with regard to the possibility of the Polaris being forced from her position by the ice. Theso instructions convey a very good idea of tho ex- tremely bold yet cautious cbaracter of Hall He \s anxious for bis ship avd her crew, and urges every precaution for the safety of both, yet he boldly plunges into the icy wastes northward without regard to the fact that even a partial disaster to the Polaris, such as being forced from her anchorag would prove a tatal ove to himeelf and his companions, The long Arctic night bad now commenced, the sun fling to rise above the summits of the mountains and gradually lessen- ing bis elevation above the horizon at noon. Tho running {co in the strait was sometimos shrouded with {rost smoke so that it could not be seen—the long dark and dreary winter bad come. 1ts arrival was about to be marked by an event still more dreadful the frost smoke was soon to rest over the grave of the brave commander of the Polaris, After short absence Captain Halland bis sledgo party re- turned to the sip, but Hall complained of being weary and sick, The story of the sledge party is given in full in the ‘Narrative’ and the matter for some of tho most intoresting of ite pages. Lakes, rivers, plains, mountains, bays and ra- vines were found by those adventurous men, who tradged by their sledge by day and slept at night in thelr “igivo,” or snow house, Even aiid the desola- tion of this pathiess abode of the Arctic fox Mali and his party gave praiso to the Creator, Pray- ing at soa is surrounded by all the im. pressive majesty of the ocean, bat in the Arctic wastes it is overabadowed, as it e, by the immeusity of slionco, Hail and Chester, being the two white men of the party, were constantly on foot exploring the coast, Their Esquimaux compan- jons did the hunting and dog driving. The party reached 82 deg. 00 min, 30 sec. norsh at their sixth and last oucampinent. Hall at last concluded to return to the ship, and was about to start when a violent storm came on, which compelled tho party to remain under the shelter of their snow hut for some time, Ou the evening of this stormy day Hall writes in bis jour- nal: As for myself, I have been out now and then lookin; around secking mens of plunts, and trying, a6 have often done lore, to ud something of @ coal vburacter, 1 am decply anxious to find coul in this country, a8 thig min would contribute ota to our success iu getting the Polaris to u far higher luti- tude next jon. Wherever one ee he finds specimens of stones that look like |, but on close trial it proves to be slate-stone. It will be remembered that Captain Nares found coal on the opposite side of Kennedy Channel when his ship, the Alert, auchorod there in 1875. The im- portance of fucl seems to have been strongly impressed on Hall’s mind as ho traversed theso regions of eternal cold so far from assistance. Hall, vefore leaving his s)xtb encampment, built a cairn and deposited thorein a record of bis movements addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, dated October 20, 1871, The substance of this record was as follows :— Sixtu SNow-novse ExcampMent, Cave Baxvoort, Noatu 3108 Exrkaxon to Newatan’s Bay, (Lat, 82 deg. 3 min. north, ton. 61 deg. 20 min. we October 2v, 1871. To the Honorable Secretary of the United States Navy, Gxrorok M. Roussos, Myself and party, consisting of Mr, Chester, drst mate, my Esquimaux Joo and Greenland Esquimaux Haos, left the ship in winter quarters, Thank- God Harbor, latitude 81 deg, 38 min. north, longitude 61 deg. 44 min, west, at meridian of October 10, on a journoy by two slodgos, drawn by fourteert dogs, tu discover, if posible, a feasibie route inland for my sledge Jouruey next spring to reach ine North Pole, purposing to adopt such a route, if found, better than a route over the old flocs and hummocks of the strait which I havo denominated Roveson’s Strait, atter the honorable the Seoretary of the United States 2 Navy. We find this a much warmer country than wo ex- pected, From Capo Alexander the mountains ou either side of the Kennedy Chanuel and Robdoson’s Strait we tound entirely bare of snow and ice, with the ception of a glacier that wo saw covering about Jatitude 80 dog. 30 miu. east wide the strait, and ex- tonding east-uortheast direction as far as can be socn from the mountains by Polaris Bay. “Wo have found the country abounds with hfe, and seals, game, geose, ducks, musk cattle, rabbits,,woives, foxes, bears, partridges, lomminy co, Our soalers have shot two seals in the open water while at this en- campment Our long Arctic night commenced Ucto- ber 13, buving seen only the upper limb of the sun above the glacier at mefidan October 12, ‘The last days of Captain Hall are surrounded with a certain mystery which conveys unploneant sugyes- tions, Tyson, in his story, dues not render these loss pointed, although he is non-committal, It 1s remarke able that a man of Hall’s physique suould succumb to fome malady which his companions aro not able | even to name. His own suspicions of baving been Poisoued aro without doubt the ravings of a dying map, but it is strange that his symptoms should have beon aggravated alter ho bad drank coffee, Anyhow, he died and was buried, and with him the hopes of the expedition. After adeseription of tho closing scones of his Nfe the “Narrative” takes up Hali’s early Artic voyages and travels, in which he became inured to the hardships of the polar regions, it desorives Hall’s Stuy among the maux, with whom the survivors of Franklin's fated expedition bad passed the previous winter, and departed only to die on the threshold of civilization. Captain Crozier and his inen were ween by the Esqutmaux, with whom Hull conversed, aud who doseribed to him the famished condition of the wanderers when last seen, After bis return to Now York Hall wrote to Judge ©. P, Daly, Prosident of the Ainerican Geographical Society, detailing his discov- eries and all he had learned about the joat Fraukln ex- edition. This lever appears in the “Narrative,” and is vory interesting, Altor it lollows biographical aketchos of the chief and mombers of the selentile corps of the Polorie and of the principal officera, ‘Tho services of tho Sclentific corps are also given, with the principal incidents of their daily lito at Polaris Bay, Violent storms swopt these bleak rogions inces- sautly during winter, compelling the party to remain under cover the greater part of the time, The con- stant etrain ou the ship, created by the ice p ure, was @ onuse of anxiety, and there was danger almost every moment that she would bo crushed, The exposure of the crew to the terrible cold causea much suffering. Bat oven under the circumstances they could enjoy their Christmas dinner, which they orgau- ized on a grand scale, New Year's Day was celebrated by other festivities, but the situation was decidedly cvoling CVon on the most exuberant spirits, Chapior 11 aud 12 are mainly devoted to scientific matter and form @ highly valuable record, In Chapter 13 wo have on account of the preparations for sledge cx. Peditions which, bowevor, were not mnde, owing to diffeultios insurmountable, All through this time the ice changes and storms necessitated con- stunt labor and cutailed numborless dangera on the party, all of which are related with mach spirit, Finally it was resolved to leave the old anchorage and proceod southward, and now beyan the events ich ‘were to end with the destraotion of the Polaris and the awful voyage of Tygon and his companions on tho flocs, Tyson descrives the parting with the ship on MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1877.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. that torriblo night, Wo bave in the Narrative” the ower story, as tolu by those on the Polaris, ‘The closing chapters of this most suteresting record mre devoted to the descriptions of the homeward voy. of the crew of the wrecked Polaris and their rescuo by the Juniata and the Tigress, This story, so full of cident, cannot become uninteresting to the reader although the main Jaots are uiready widely known through the press, It 4s full of important scientific data, which can- mot fail to be vatunble to fuiure expeditions, with am appendix, which contains, among other matter, the valuable instructions by Professors Heory, Baird, Hilzord, Meek and Louis Agassa to tho | Scieniific officers of the expedition, al¥o the corres pondence beiwoou the British and the United States government as to the stores lef. by the Polaris expedi- tion on the west coust of Greenland, Lt closes with the Journals v! Mr, Chester and Captain Tysoa while on boat Journeys ia Juno and July, 18: ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. To m1 Enron or run Beeaup:-- T have tollowod with muon interest the controversy started in tho Mxnany by an * Koglshman,” who ex- septs to your taking siden with the Russians im the conflict uow carried on im Europe, aud who claims that any antogonism to England (i, ¢., Turkey) 1s un- warranted and unjust, ‘The champions on either side have discussed ihe merits of this question quite Jongthily, avd havo put forward all the arguments which no doubt tuecy believe go to prove the truth of their position, so that any further discussion may be considered supertiuous, I do not propose, therelore, to enter the lists as a partisan of either the clafins of Russia or Turkey (both of whom I consider to be equally unworthy of the moral sapport of anybody), but I désire simply to advert toa side matter which cropped up in your issue of to-day in the letter of your correspondent who signs himself ‘Irish-American,’ The effusion of this ventleman, considered as an argu- meat in favor of **Oid Britaunia,’? may be clearly uo- derstood when he states “ia his oplniva,’? that Sue- titia’s’ criticism was nothing but a conglomeration of nonsense und ignorauce that no legitimate American would bo guilty of expressing.” Justitia wall, Lam gure, seo the force oi this crushing and conclusive argue mont, and, in the absence of any reasons to sustain this high’ sounding and wordy sentonee, will accept “Irish-Ainericun’s”? opinion, albeit. ax a “legitimate” American, it imay appeur to be “ali sound and fury, signilying nothing,” “Irish-American,” having thus delivered himself of bis frst nt for “Old Britumuin,’’ steps aside Irom the point at controversy, upon which he did not put forward a single argument in his entire letter that could staud the test of common sense und facts, und jumps int the convenient aad cougenial rut ot fing. ing wud at lrisuinen whose opinions do not run in the suare groove With his own about “deur old Mugland,’? Tn all seriousness, Mr. Editor, I am wt ioss to under- stand how a friendly disputation us to whether Russa or Turkey merits the support of Americans should naturally loud “Irish-American” tu ve, at this iate day, uretatior of oxpiodud culumuies against nearly afl the best Iristmen in thie country, or that that fact should induce him to divplay bis spleen and igooranve, ULbecoming the Churacter Of avy mun, much less oue who rushes into print to eulighten the many thousand readers of the Hunan, ‘The extent of bis information on Irish mattors 1s evinced by placiug Feniaus and Molly Maguires in the waine cutegory. ‘{buso Irishmen who thought Femaus were not respunsibie tor its mistakes or who were not Parties tu the causes te which cu be attributed Its i glorious failure will no doubt be bighly grateful for this Fovelation, though itis beleved they will not tuko im this light, and that having been too often the butt of Lhe ignorant aud malignant they ure not disposed now to be disturbed ut “irish Armerican” in his at. tempt to perpetuate a tremendous invective on the 167 battles und Lhe “Budgets of tho United States,” 1 wili wot deny but thut Irishmen lay themselves open towpart of the abuse they recwive, und that thor follies sometios deserve uo consideration, even at tue huuds of the impartiai, but is this a reason why slan- dergnd wisrepresentution suould be always rampant wheb Lrisimen ave introduced, or tbat we should be continually treated to a rehash of threudbare falschoods to supply our traducers the place of argument? Tho uct 18 undeniable that, whether right or wrong, the sympathy of, America is with Ruasla in common with the greater portion of the Christa world, except Kogland, sud woen av Irisuman in hke manuer expresses a preference in ts desire tor the success of (he Christian against the Turk be ts dubbed ag one who has not beon properly purged of *“anatic Feniapism or born hatred to old England.” | am sorely tempted to reviow further what “lrish-Ameri- can’ supposes to be rvasons for rushing to the de- Senco of “Old Kugland,” but it will be unnecessary to do 80, ug their fliinsinoss will be appareut to anybody who reads them, aud it will be aeen bow tmmaterial are his pol when divested of the convenient Cloak of al Moroover, it 1s no part of my object tw take sides with cithor Russia or Turkey, my d being only to protost ugainst the smallness aud bigotry that is too often manifested, in this country, against those whose only crime 18 being Irishmen. A LONDON IRISHMAN, CRITICIZING THK DISPUTANTS, To tax Kotror or tue Hxeaty:— Inthe Henaup receatly you published two lottera, one purporting (o be written by an “Irish-American” ana the other adtnitiediy the prodaction of ‘A Britisher,”’ It is hardly mecossary for me to remurk that the letter of “Irish-Americ: should bo written over the sig- natcre of an “Engiishmav.”” A donkey may agsume the gurb of a hon, nevertheless bo is sulla long-eared quadruped. Both of those writers seem to take umbrage at “Jostitia’s’’ letter in the Hixatn, and the Englishman, alias “Irigh-American,” instead of par. rating facts 1m answering “Justitia’s’’ apimadversions upon a letter signed “An Englishman,” bas thought tit to Iudulge in 4 style of invective absolutely indiffer- 1 to aud regardless of truth, W, 1B reation to the Enstern conflict, the two irate correspondents will concede that prior to the declaration of war the peopie and press of Kngland, without exception, I may suy, eapoused in a moral point of view the cause of the per- seouted Christians in the Ottoman Kmpire, ‘They deprecated then the atrocities perpetraied upon the detenceless people that worshipped Christ ‘Tho London Times was particularly outspoken and em- platic in it declarations. No sooner was wor pro- clutined than tho press and people, or a majority of them, turued round hod dopounced Russia, belioving that her ascondancy and success in the “injamous’? war meant Hoglund’s humiliation or would lead to her deprivation of India, The anomalous position in which she ts placed i rather singalar, inasmuch as sho is to-day the great defender of the Mobamusedan faith, ‘The spurious “Irish-American,” who seeksto conceal bis British nationality, says:—"lf there is wo monarchical country on the face of the earth that do- serves more sympathies from the American people it is America’s founder, Great Brisa’ Weil, now, this soutence is somewhat paradoxical, and ja, if bot ridiculous, certainly ludicrous, (ireat Britain was just the only Power, except so far as to help w colonize it, that opposed by tire and sword the of the United States goveroment, He scoms, sO the other critic, t2 attuch a Vast deal of ims portanee to the Jact that we speak a common lan- guage, and shat consequently the bonds of friendstip ought necessarily be cemented closer. This isa now | and @ povei idea for the purpose of enlisting Uncie Sam’s commisoration, Bat, Mr, Uritisner, did not | tuo men who sigued the Declaration of Independence. that inestimable document—and the men whe partic pated in the Revolutionary War also speak the Engiisu | language? Did a common tongue then save them iron 6 incidental to British warfarey No. Mr. “Irish American,” can you gainsay it? =ino Deolaru- tion of Independence says thore were inflicted ou tho struggling patriots and colonies *a long train of abuses and usurpations,’’ evinein; devign to reduce them auder absolute despotism.’ Whero were the British. ora phet~-#ave one or two—to intercede tor the mitiga- tion of the patriots’ tribulations by imvoking the ties of acommon language! ‘To further show tLe shallowne and fallacy of his urgumeot let us sappose tuat Lr land, aise speaking this common language, should to- | morrow or next day imagine that Jest a Wartare as if they spoke (he language of the Hoi- tentote? Furthermord, im his psondugraphy be says some Uiings Which Iam coustrained to lay bare, He, wing his inulignity and ihorance, cou: founds the Penians with the Molly Maguires by saying that they ure or form a sisterbood. Well, T coniess my Inability to define the object of the Molly Maguires other than to say that from what 1 have learned in pers they form a highly unenviable organ. my British trieud may be coxnizant jwira and workings, But that be should put luniet In such a category ts not much | to be Woudered inasmuch as it is the ouly power or agency in Irish pottties (hat ever wiil be iostrumental in getting her God-given and inalienable rigats—Uor | national Independe: Fenianistn accurately denned means no British despotisin or usurpation in’ Lrelund, and a termipation to that system Of government by which Engiish spendthrilts may rollin reveiry and luxury wade the people are siurved to comply with the most exacting demands So tnat a proper detini- tion of Fenjuniai toeans a detoswition of Engiaud’s mis- rula, Look wt the walaxy of nauics that represeuted the principies of 1. Woll Tone, Lord Kdward ald, Sarsteld, the Orra and Sheares and FE Mi is, Martio anda hostor others, th Briush irieuds hold mm suev unguuiitied abborrenve, Awd now if anism means a desire to overthrow Kvgland’s domination and tyrapay, | hold tbat ibe AWerican patriots were succossiul Fouians. He, bow. ever, says one thing Whieh I au willlng to give him credit tor its veracity, when he suys that the ‘boys are itehing for a thorough fraction,’ was never enunciatod. 1am apparently lies incruy, it is yet rampant, and make itself ielt wheu the proper time’ arrives, Ase distinguished Americau lecturer bas rai no Wonder that tottering, erambiing Old Kg! should wish to loam ou the young arm of America, hotwithstauding the fact that ut every crisis of our national trouble: has sought to enrich berselt at the expense of us,’ To-day she is almoxt demented in View of the fact that she caunot rely on any Power in Europe to fight her batves, and without an ally she io a8 josignificaus us an old woman with a broomstick, Sorry to be necessitated to follow up tno “thrush”? of such & censorio er, but, ipasiuach ay it has found pares the columns of the Henxaty, 1 tr you will give There men inearpacion of those principles which our ‘Though the spirit of a truer saying | eh ite! from the foul aspersio=e se" yyon it. “VERITAS,?? THE HAYDEN SURVEY. je = Organization of the Expedition for This Season. abana THE WORK TO BE DON Through the American Deserts. tees Cawe Davis, Cunvexxe, Wy. T., May The formation of the United States geol Professor ¥, V. Hayden United States ;:cologist, bas been completed, and the parties will bo all im the Geld by the time this letter reaches New York, For two yeurs tho rendezvous of the survey has been pon the ranch of Mr, N. R. Davis, twelve miles south of Chey- enne, upon au insigalticont though uniailing rill of water dignilied by tbe name of Uwi Creek, probably on account of the number of prairie doy towns along its bauks, in all of which the litle burrowing owls aro citizens, For several years Mr, Davis hus bad charge of the horses and mules of the survey during the win- tor, togetuer with its permanent property, so that itis Voth cunvenience and economy to organize at this point, although the operations tho preseut year will | bogin many miles away, AsrkOr OP THE CoUNTRY, The situation of the camp is wore interesting than beautiful, ‘Ihe country bereabouts has every charac- teristic of the pining except levelucss, 14 ts not more than forty miles to the foot hills of the Rocky Moun- tains, und ihe ascent is rapid. The action of water during tho long centuries that have passed since these plains were laid down bas boew the most powertu! near the mountaing, und the result i# & broken succes- sion of bludlz, ravines, buttes and hollows, carved out of the friable rock and worn into the gravelly soil. Except the topmost outcroppings on the summite of the ridges the whole region is clothed with the scant growing buffalo grass, green now with spring growth, but soon to turn sere under the summer heat and be- come cured into natural bay. ‘To the eye accustomed to the dense turf of the prairies—tor ‘prairies’? aud “plains” are two very different things—or of Hastera | pastures, this short, thin grass, sprouting in little tults between which the soil plainly appe aford a very poor teeding ground tor but enormous herds of cattle aro raised here for Eastern markets every yoar, and thousands of horses and mutes recuperate from their summer's work in the mountains, aud grow fat along with the cattle dering the cold and snows of the winter upoa this game scant buffalo grass alone, Southward from this point along the streams flowing out from tho mountains and draining toto the Platte or tho Cuche la | Poudre River, or Josing themselves in the loose soil, are to be found ranches ana catile grazing Thence eustward, north of the South Platte, for hundreds of iiies the plains are ranged over by the cuttic of vari- ous owners, whose herdsmen live in huts or comfort. able houses here aud there uloug the line of the Union Pacific Railroad. ‘the beef ot this region Is cousidered in Chicago us coming next in quality to the “fancy”? brands of corn-fed cattle raised iu the Mississippi Vale ley, and as far superior to the long-horned Southern breeds, whose frames must be gaunt and tough to with stand the climate and endure the wild running Incident to bovino existence on the Texas plains. Cuttlo raising 18 therefore profitable here, a thousanu head of cattle representing un average wealth of 900; but it is @ business in which it requires a con. siderable cupital to embark, and under ordinary circumstances there 18 little chance fora man sturting with only a few head to increase bis stock to 4 bord, Each rapchman nas thousands of cattle which are brought up once a year, branded and counted, but tho Test ol the time mingle with thoge owned by other per- Ons in the course of their wandering over tie plains after grasa At the sumo time a number of herders are always kept busy, particularly in early summer, io looking after the young calves und attending to the herds, TUR BNOWY RANGE OF THE ROCKIES, But this is a digression growing out of tho fact that the camp is placed right on the open plain, where there {a pot a tree within a dozen miles, and where the cattle would cuine to feed if notdriven away. From the hitle group of tents the gye takes in only the broken greenivh-gray ridges of gravel, the neat house aud extensive barns and corrals of Davis’ ranch, where the genial proprietor aud hia charming lady dispense the heartiest hospitality, and the snowy peaks of tho distant mountains from the gleaming snowiino away up toward the Medicine Bow down to Pike's broad white bead 175 miles south of ua The weatner hus been somewhat misty ever since we bave been here, and the mountains co not stand out With as sbarp and detinite outline as they do later iu the season, but the moro prominent heights are very plain a hundred miles away, Long’s Peak shows all hia gigantic propor- tious, everywhere mantied in snow, aud in clear mo- ments I can catch sight of the silvery crosts of snow covered mountains behind Lim, away ou the outer side of Estes Park. Coming northward trom Denver ou the railroad the graudest exibition Is uflorded o: this, the main or snowy range ot the Rocky Mouutuins, Rising abruptly from the pluins, standing 1 orderly array porih aud south, tue peak tower up among the Sioru: Glouus Unut driit past ther unul, a8 you Watch, it is the mountain peaks which soum to be moving, cutuiag the uds Asunder and dashing the flurries auow from their trouis us ships beforo a gale pars: the =wute spray | of the waves, [hls grandenr of’ the tro- mendous coutest of the elements among the serried ridges 1s better to Le witucased in this season of thundersiorms, When winter disputes every step of eutmer’s advance, than at any other ume fhe mountains are still piicd high with snow, only the binck cresis of the culls streaking their white cones, And while you ure watching the pure gleam of the snow, o¢ the rosy play of sunilg&t upon it, an mdigo Cloud, dense aud square-tronted with rain, wil march up frou: tue valley ut one side, cutting off uli the rest vi the landsoupe, und a sumtiar phalaux will aweop up ob the lett baud biding the other mountains behind its | Diack veil, and together they wiil assault the imouu- tain Whose white aud Joity bead wiil stund ont between them tirm aud clear agaist the angry sky, But asthe and close about bis base, sounding the lovg-roil ia their thunder and burliug tue bolts of tueir Lightning, the donse blue-vlack of the rain t8 changed Lo tue tnisiy white of suow, the darkness gradually vanishes, the ammunition of the lightning 18 exhausted aod tho mountain emerges irom the battle whiter thun ever With feecy Wopi.es Of Victory, White triuinpount ban- were Ol crimson and gold aro hung Upon the clouds so | Diackly dellant # moment ago. ORGANIZATION OF THY SURVRY, But we have souothing else to do bere than apostro- phize mouataus The prosaic teavures of bed and ourd are tavre pressing Upon our attention, and every ue tx buay in preparing tor 4 four mouths’ Isolation in the woods, ‘The survey is divided into aeveral parties, ouch of which is assigned to Work over # curtain terri: ry or to do a particular service, ibe buses of topography will be more prominent this year than ever velore, While goulogieal aud iniueralo Livns Will take @ second place und natural hinwory re ceive no systeUIAtc atteution at all. The argu got country to be worked during the season is avout 46,000 square miles, Maitly iu Souibwesiera Wyoming ‘and Southeastern luaho, 1b embraces thy country about tne heads of the Swootwater, Groow River, bear and Sunke rivers—a mountainous and well Wuabered region, tor the most part. Fauge, Whose peaks average notween 15, Jove iu altitude, aud the group uf tue Tet 090 and 14,000 the Lighest of wich Fe ud trom the top of which your correspondent hopes to uddrcas a letter to the HeRaLD. Withia this urea aiso is the Green River Basin, oue of the “great Americau deserts,” Which Was iidicated upon the yo area of fine dots, supposed to represont sand. Inde this whole district was put down a# “uuoxplorea Upon One Of Lhe latest Ways I have seen, TUB GROUND TO GONK OV RE. So fur a8 ny aystomauie survey with evinpetent in. | Siruments Is Concerned tuls 1s [rue, bul we regioa 1s bot coirely unkuows. Ag oariy’ an ISLZ Lewis and Clarke, government cugivours, Wont down Suake Kiver (viten ‘culled Lewis’) to the Coluinbw. A few yours afterward Captain Lonneviile passed through there to Oregon, und Couper told the story of Ins tmaret in “\stora.’’ Tho Rev. Mr, Parker, a Presbyterian mis- wionary, Crossed turougn from the Uppor Missouri to the Dalles, a Oregou, about 1834, and | think Fathe Do Smet, about Whom so much has been said in connection with the Black Hills, pe trated somewhat iuto the district embraced in the —survey’s = proposed — territory. woutheastera portion of tho district, that part assigned to Mr. senden, is full of historic interest connected with tho early surveys fora tailroud route ihe Pacitio ‘Tbore 1s the Valley of the Sweetwater aud ihe South Pass, and those mountains are sail of gulches in ware trappers wad Indiang fought the first buttios of the doug Wat Which has wi over since in tho West be- tween the two races. The head of the Greou itiver, the Portuwat aud other streams in What {8 now Soutn- ern ldaho were javuriio points of rondezvous for wap- ts ‘3 and hunters tu Wiose early days, belore Stave. Fremont or other of th are now famous bad marched throughs the unkoown mountains, ‘The geologioal features of tho western at least, of the territory indwated are unkown, even In Wie it (a atatad a8 wrohabie thas all bho most generul wav, | vey at the Washington oltice, geographical survoy of the Territories tu charge of | °* “f | Valley, Idabo, aed will connect with astronomical lo. | didey. 46 min, and 45 de crowd together aud | | marched to the station. | 1amily, occupied the upper floor, | In a delective tue, which caused the al Lnvestigns | | Joiming building, fell Withta this area is the Wind Kiver | apy | ured to study by a pulverutent | | Istund. e old overland trail Catitoruia and xplorers formations, from the archwan up to the r wild be found im the district, ana the detailed study of them will Dribg to Dit inany facts, not ouly of importance 1 @ sclwutille point of view, but uf great practical imter- oat. The shales 01 the Green River basin are known to be full of fossils, which the paleontologiets are eager to Lexin the collection o& ibere ty litle doubt that ex- guul beds will be tound there also, aud y large deposits of salt, ‘loward the west granite and gnelisic rocks ure presumed to exist, and in them mineral deposits may ve jooked for. | Hunters aud prospecters whe have traversed the country give iuy accounts of the maynificeuce of ttx scenery, ve sod extent of its Jorests, tne abandance of ane, Aud its FiChNess 48 an agrivultural and grog dng region, TUE PRRSUNNELy in the personne! of the parwes there will be few changes, Ur, Huydeo himseli will not take the fold wut Inter in the season, beng busily occupied with eological publications requiring uw personal eare, Nor Will Dis aide-de-camp, chit general puper> intendent and old inend, Major James 5 during tue early years o the the whele survo¥ of whieh Dr, bas been here fur some weeks prepar ation, bat Bpou the departure of the parties will 1e- rh to ore Maporiant dulies connected with the sure Yhe primary tinnsue lution of the whole area ty Le surveyed will devoive upou Me A. 2. Wilson, « eccond topographical usvstant, two packers and acovk. He wil: joi his work to that of the survey of the foriietu paraiel, under Clarence King, aloag the soutuern line; will moweure » base, probaviy i © cations at Fort Steele, Sult Luke Cnty, aud probably also at Franklin, Utub, The three divisions next meu. Uched curry on the systematic topographic aud geolog. ical Work of the sarvey, ‘To each of these 14 assigned adistrict or deliuite area to by youe over, whic approximate rectangles bounded by parallets of Latitude aud Ineridians of longiude, Ene of these areas con- twins about 11,500 square miles, fhe Northera or Snake River Division, will consist of Mir. G. RK. Bou. Jer, topogiapher in charge, Mr. Orestes H. St. Jobn, gevlogist, un agwivtant topographer, two packerd aod a ‘cook. ‘Tbe distr hea’ in Wyoming wud Idaho, and is limited as fotlowa:—On the cust by the meridian of 100 dey, min. ; OM the south by the paraliel of 43 deg., on ibe west by the moridian of 113 deg., andon the worth by the parallel of 44 deg, 15 min. fhe Southwestera or Green River Division is to be in sburge of Mr, Henry Ganuett, topographer, ond to be wc companied by Dr, A. C. Peale a8 govlo gist, (WO Asmistant4, two packers and @ GOOk, thy area ngsixnod Mr, Gannett lies between the meridian of 109 deg. UO min, and 112 deg, and the parallels 41 deg. 15 min. and 43 deg., being directly south of Mr. Bochier’s told of work, ‘The Southeastera or Sweetwater Division wil be direcced by Mr. George B, Chittenden, topograpler, who wilt be accompunted by Dr, F. M. Kndlich, goologist, a topographical abslat- abt, two packers aud & cook, ‘Their country lies ve- twevn 107 deg. und 100 de; jeai party under Dr. C, A. White will make study of the ‘k Range in Norw orauy, the Uintah and tbe Wabsatch Moun- ing in Utah, with a view of settling — cer. tain vexed questions ip the geological structure of that Tegion, He will bo accompanied by an assistant aod the necessury iaboring men, Another special party, under Mr, FM. Pourson, tor the purpose of making certain levelling connections, 1 to be sent out this your, I'he elevation of Fairplay, Col, requires to be accurately determined, and the barometric buses to be eétublisved during the coming Feason are to be cone nected with the Union Pacitic Rutiroad by local lines, Every one of the goutiewen menuoned are men of experience ib their work and long connection with the survey. ir, Wilson wus the topugrapher of tui survey of the fortieth parallel under Clarence King, and bas become well known for the elegaut mapa which be has drawn of districts of the West, the de- piction of whose topography was attended with the greatest diMculty. He bas succeeded Mr. Gardiner, the former chiel topographer of this survey, who 13 now superinieading the topograptical survey of New | York. Mr Wilson is 8 aman of cool judgment und the most intrepid courage, Mr. Beepler has been with the survey for many years, occupicd ju topographical work wod measurements, in which he is singularly proficient. Mr. Gannete and Mr, Chittenden ure younger mop, Who within three years buve superseded to the positions of ¢! older men who huve resigned or di ther ability in the most satisfactory manner, Dr. Peaic bas been u geologist in Dr, Haydeu's corps tor many years, und togetuer with Mr, Holmes, who doce not go out this year, is well known to lis profession, ‘rhe samo ie true of Dr, Kuaeb, the mineralogist of the Smithsonian Instituuion, whose kuowledge of motailurgy is unexcelied in this country. Dr. White is the Well kuown paleontologist, formerly State Goologist of lowa, und now the successor of the jute Dr. Meek aa the paleontologist of the Smithsonian. Mr. St. Jonn Was his assistant on the lowa State wa paieontologist of Dae c. Both have lal reputi Ubrough their studtes of fossils, The preparations for the trip will be completed by all the parties within forty-cight hours, when tho outfit of each party will be taken te Cheyenne and shipped west by railroad to points of departure most convement tor each party, whence they will im- mediately take upthe march. But this lettor of in- troduction ig jong und 1 hovestly fear dry enough to Lave weaned all readers, and there will be excitement enough when the toules are first packed to make it worth saving for abother Lotter. HE BOLLENGER OUTRAGE, AN ACOOUNT OF THE COWALDLY CONDUCT OP THK HUSBAND AND FATUER—SOME OF THE FiENDS STILL At LARGE. Horrilying as wero tho facts published in the Heard on Thursday last reciting the criminal as saults on the Bolicuger family at their home on the Newark meadows by a gang of fiendish rufflans, they are tame reading compared with the story retated yes- terday to a Hewatp reporter by the outraged mother and daughter, The tamily have not dared to return to their home, and aro stopping with a friend named Van Alem, in South soventh streot, near Court, on tho outskirts of the city, near the Orunge itue, Here they were found by the reporter, the police botny ignorant of their where. abouts, Mra, Bollengor and her daughter are rather comely in uppearance, the daughter being a round, plump, rosy cheoked girl fourteen and a half years old, ‘The mother spoaks Kuglish very twpertectiy, but tho danghier expresses Lerseif quite intelligently, She suys tuat ber fatuer and bia male friends who went to (he house ufter the first assault acied very cowardly, aud when tho assauitiog ruiluns returaed they wero cantly overcome und bustled into a room and tie door lucked upoc thom, Thea three of the ruiians seized her mother aud subjected ber to repeated assaults. Th other four wok her intu the wood t Waverly, refusiag to aliow her to put on favy article Ol ciotuing except her wight dress, aud there ireated ber in a manner impossibie to deseribe, Alter the trio who assaulted Mrs. Bollengor had left the house, Mr. Bolleager summoped courage to visit the station ‘wish his boy, and the Little tellow acquainted the police of what had occurred, A torce Was sent and the girl found three of tho villains, The latter showed fight, and one got away, the othor wo—William Kav- auagh and Owen Gillon—veing overpowered and The giri accompaniod the oihoers, stil 1n hornight dress, the early morning shiei ing her from tho gaze of the curivus, hu one being y abroad, ‘The Newark police profess to be doing thor best to hunt dowa the companions of Kavanagh and Gillen, The latter adanus the charges against bim, Ho advances the exeuse that be was drunk, People re- | siding in the lower part of Newark, 1m the section bor- storing strike the mountuin’s flank and chimb his sides | dering Waverly, dociure the gang named above to have long been the terror of the neigaborhood, FIRE IN JERSEY CITY, A fire broke out at hall-past ten o’clock yesterday forenoon im a two story frame building at No, 355 Hend in streot, Jersey City. The first floor was used as a junk shop by James Doviin, who, with his The fire originated arks to descend on the inflammable water below, such as rags, paper, &c The flames spread rapidly, and the bulidiog was destroyed, The burldiags on either side caught tho biaze, abd bus lor the prowpiness of the firemen they , too, would have been destroyed. A little sun of Mr. 1, white trying to escape to the roof of un ad- 4 broke bin arm. The loss on ing ana stocl 1,000, on which thero 18 no in- ooo ‘The loss od the adjoining buildings is about SU, A GOOD ARREST, A Brookiynite named Joha Dunn was arrested and held in $500 at the Filty-seventh Sircet Court yester- | day, for attempting to sell a giandered borse in the market toot of Kast Seventy-fourth street, on Sature day night, BASE BALL Tho Tecumsehs, of Loadon, Ontario, champions of Canada, play a game with the Choleeas, ono of the Sirongost clubs in tho International Association, to- day va the Union Grouads, Brooklyn. DAOWNED WHILE BATHING, Two boys, named Joseph Donahue and William Clinky, residents of Corona, wore drowned yesterday while bathing ta Miusbing Crock, near Corona, Long The podies were recovered some time after, THE RIGHTFUL BUUNDARY, [From the Philadelphia Kaquirer.) Whether war results or aot from the action of our government It is manilest that tho outrages on the Rio Grande must be suppressed, so much being sottiod wo must address Ourselves to the task at once, ‘The Mexican government Is powerless ia tho matter, aud it rouaios lor eto consider thovld project of ueral Pillow of placing tho boundary south to a sate 0, Jo the Si@rra Madro Mountaia which ie really ly oubural boundary between tho countries, as long aa there Needs be autonomy tor Mexico, vonqiust in 1849, and asthe tu- Labitanis desite to be ortigens of the Un our best plag is to incorporate the wed wien ae |; caramany a nasetbla .