The New York Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1877, Page 4

4 RED DEVILS. The Indians in the Yellow- stone Valley. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. Sitting Bull’s Probable Strength this Summer. A LARGE FORCE GATHERING, The Custer Butcher at the Bottorn of the Mischief. — Toxcus River, May 12, 1877. In the near approach of the extra session of Con- gress, when it is expected the question of a large flecrease of the army will be congidered, and probably ‘onder the impression that the Sioux war is over or acarly so, we give the following statements of Mr. Fobn W. Smith, now a trader in the Sioux country, which, we are reliably informed, 1s substantially ace curate in every particular, Mr, Smith is weil known on the Northwest frontier, and bis opimions and knowledge of Indian movements have heretofore been founa correct in every instance and bave been of value, 1t 18 believed that any action of Congre: reducing the army at this time, under the impression and for the reason that the Sioux war is over or nearly | 60 1n a manner satisfactory to the country, would be premature and based on incorrect impressions. The | statements here given, we are informed, may be verified by. calling officers of the army or others of intelligence from the military posts and country in and about tho Beene of operations herein retorred to, Thw degree of success met by our arms during last summer is well known to the country. JENERAL MILES’ GOOD WORK. The admirable work of the past winter by General Miles hus brought and will bring good fruits. But to this date bis killed and captured torm but a small fraction of the enemy against whom we have to contend, while in coniormity with the customary Indian cunning the sixty lodges which came in avout the 24th of April wero mainly composed of women and pid and inefficient men. Tho surrenders so long talked of at Spotted Tall have at last been consummated, but the 1,500 people who tame in are only a small portion of those still un- accounted for. Are thege to vindicate the slaughter of Fetterman and Custer; to terminate the Sioux war; to bring lasting peace in their country and to prevent the ghastly scenes of Fort Phil Kearny and the Little | Big Hornin future? Thoso who belloye in such a result will be disappoiuted, Tho Indian character has pot changed, The aggression of our Western omigra- hion isaccelerated, whilo the history of red and white man bas been a regular repetition since the landing of the Pilgrims, and will 39 continue until tho Sioux war Js closed, which is not yet. The roils of the agencies show an immense number of Indians still out, and of \hose present a remarkably large disproportion of old men, worthless men, women and children, I nave had an interview with an old frontiersman about the In- Wians. The following are bis statements THY HOSTILE REDS IN THE YRLLOWSTONE VALLEY. Q What Indians, and in what numbers, will ve lott in the Yellowstone Valley it Crazy Horse surrenders to General Crook and those to General Miles that he expects will do so¥ A. There will still remain fragments from aii tribes pf Sioux, Arapahoes and Cheyennes, troperly belong: ing on the west and south side of Missouri River, and they will number about four hundred lodges. These are bitterly hostile, About one-third of them are Cheyenues, These fragments will probably go far into the Big Horn Mountains when pushed, or cross the Missouri River and join the Yapktonnais and the renegades with Sitting Bull, ‘These lodges will aver- age three young, well armed, brave men. 1 belicve the people who surrender will be the old and decrepit, and afew young men will come with them. The peo- ple who have lost friends wifl not surrender until they tre compelled by force, Ihave seen those that sur- rendered at Standing Rock, and there were very few young men among thom. The aceounts we have of their surrender to General Crook have been greatly reduced since they were first published, and of the large number expected to surrender to General Miles but sixty lodges bave come in, Military commanders are no exception to the general rule, that our wishes Jeadus, in all sincerity, to give the best view of tho case. SITTING BULL'S ERD, Q About how many warriors has Sitting Bull now near the line, including those who have beep steadily tostile, never having treated with the government, the hostile renegades {rom the agency tribes and the other semi-hostile bands that will be with him in the fight? A. The probable strength of Sitting Bull can safely be estimated as follows:—Uncpapas and Minneconjous who crogsed the Missouri River in September Inst, 250 | jodges or 600 warriors; reaegade Santeos, 230 lodges or 500 warriors; Sitting Bull’s immediate village as mado up and moving to-day, 300 lodges or 1,000 warriors, snd in all. not far {rom 2,000. warriors, riors of Sioux, Cheyennes and Arapahoes in the vicin- ity of the bead of Little Powder River, some of whom are disposed to surrender to Generals Crook and Miles, The Fort Peck Indians are semi-hostile and will tur- pish large reinforcements to Sitting Bull, They number about 600 lodges or 1,500 warriors, No one can accurately estimate the number of these that will be with Sitting Bull in the fight, depending much upon the cbaracter of the campaign, but many of them are with him now, and should he be hard pushed I do not see how they can remain at peace. Sitting Bull’s band contains more than two anda half warriors to a lodge, as it 1s a moving War or recruiting camp, and the samo may be said of the 400 lodges on Little Powder River. WHERE WILL THEY GO WHEN PRESSED? Q Whatis your opinion as to the probability of their crossing the line when attacked, and what would be their reception over the line? x A. They do not want to cross the line; they are nur friendly with the halfbreeds only so far as they ore * mutually benefited in trade, The authorities there will oppose it, They would rather surrender after a ruggle with our forces than to goto the British pos- ssions, 1 do not refer to the Santees, for an Indian to leave his native country permanent! Thero te little or no timber, and no shelter north; it 1 extremely cold; they have no relatives there, all of which will be considered by them, and all will be in- funerable arguments against such a move, If hard pressed they will recross the Missouri aud enter the Big Horn Mountuins, a country of whieh little is known, thoroughly locked in by mountain ranges, and vory difficult of access for our people. They them- selves even connect it with many superstitions on ac- Count of its savagencss, THB MINNESOTA MASSACRE, Q. How many are there of the renegade Santees who were engaged in the Minnesota massacre across ‘the line? A. There are 200 lodges under White Eagle ana about thirty-five with Inkpaduta; they usually range south of the line, Lam not acquatnted ‘with thore bands who remain permancntiv on the other sida Q What nambors of the Southern Choyenne In dians do you think have come north and joined the Northern Cheyennes? A. About two hundred lodges, poorly armed and pquipped, but very stubborn, They ran away from the southern country after the fight thera two years ago very destitute, many being on foot, afew atatime. They are very hostile, and are now pretty well recruited. ‘ WHAT WH GAIN IY SURRENDER: @ In the surrenders made at the agencies and now being made, what, im your opinion, are the young war- riors doing, and what hos been the character of the arms ponies they have turned in? A. The horses turped in are, without an exception, simost worthless, bemg old, broken down and with sore backs, None of the young warriors to speuk of bave in, Up to the timo of the surrenders brought about by Spotted Tail’s mission not to oxcood ue hundred and fifly warriors bad surrendered at all the agencies, The young men ore with the hostiles This is en- | \irely exclusive of the 400 lodges of about 1,000 war- | Tt is dificals | They came | | etocks and bouds issu making arrows, fattening their horves and genorally planning for the summer's work, Nearly all arms turned in at different agencies aro valueless, generally muzzle-loaders, and very few of that class. : | Q Where aro the Indians who promised General Miles to goto their agencies and surrender on the 8th of October last, just after their fight with Colonel Otis and himself, which it was supposed would namber 2,000 ? A. A fow have already surrendered, some twenty Indians at. the Cheyeune Agency, as they agreed, and sixty lodges near the Iast of April at Tongue River, Ot the rest, some are with the Yanksonnais and San- | tees; others on Little Powder River, and they are gen- craily scattored, the village having been forced to split on account of seareity of game and diflerence of fecling on account of the murder of the five chiofs at Tongue River early last winter by the Crows, SIVTING BULLS FORCH IN THR COSTER FIGHT, Q. Wisat portions of the indians now with Sitting Bull participated im the Fetterman and Custer fights, aud, in your opinion, what is their fighting condition now asto prowess and numbers compared with what it was on those occasions? | A. Every tribe of Sioux from both sides of the Mis- souri River, as well as large nambers from the Chey- enne and Arapahoo camps participated in the Fort Phit Kearny and Custer massacres. In the former there were 1,900 effective warriors and no villages near | the scene of the fight. Four months were consumed by the Indians in planning this fight. I was then at | Fort C. F. Smith, In the Custer massacre there were not less than 3,500 effective warriors. All tribes | of the three nations were fully represented. Eight | months were consumed in perfecting the arrange- ments, If Custer had not attacked them they would | in afew weeks, as soon as the sup dance was ended, have attacked our forces. Sitting Bull was the leading man in this affwir. The fighting force has not been diminished, and the Indians are to-day braver | and better armed than ever, except there may be a little scarcity ef ammunition, Sitting Bull sent to the Blackfeet, Crows, Flatheads, Nez Perces, Snakes, to the Lower Santees, at Yankton Agency, and even to | the hatibreeds to join him, His arrangements were not halt completed, THR PALLACT OF PRACK, Q. What will be the probable status of the Sioux In- dian war when the surrenders now being made to Gen- | orals Crook and Miles aro completed ? | A. Should these surrenders take place in consider. able numbers and a rigorous campaign bo prosecuted during the summer and fall many Indians will gradually become demoralized and return to the agencies; but it must not bo forgotten that the | Upper Yanktonnais of Fort Peck, numbering about 600 lodges, will refuse to surrender their arms and | ponies, and will become generaily involved in the | war. In fact, w great many of the young men of this | tribe are now with the hostHes, mostly with Sitting Bull, You can therefore count on their being engaged in hostilities during the summer; at least say 1,500 | lodges in both sections, unless unexpectedly largo | surrenders are made, which will somewhat reduco the | wamber, If the government docs not demand the | arms and horses of the above band of Sioux the war on their part will not be so extensive. ‘The govern- ment might patch up a peace at any time, as it dia with the Kiowas, Cheyennes and Arapahoes in the Indian Territory in 1869-70, merely by a cessation of military operations, but the war would soon have to | ve fought over again, us that was two years ago. Q. What constitutes the Fort Peck Agency Indians— about what is their numbers and what course will they take? A, The Fort Peck Indians are as follows: — Upper Yanktonnals, Minne Horn. | Lower Assiniboins, Redstone, . Upper Assiniboins, Little Chiet... KE. Suntees (Minnesota), White Eagle. |. Santees (Minnesota), Inkpaduta, ros Ventres Total. ocecseeesecees . ‘They will average two and a half warriors to a lodge. The Lower Aesiniboins, located at Wolf Point, wili not take par, ‘The others will not submit to disarmament without a struggle; they have never been controlled by troops und a large number of them are in fact with | sitting Bull now, Q How long have you known these Indians, and in general what facilities have you had for giving correct » | opinions upon all these subjects ? A. L have lived on thoextremo frontier for twenty- ono years, and thirteen years of this time was in the | Sioux eazy, Doth before and after the Sioux war broke | out in 1855—principaily in Ogallala-sad'Bralé' ¢arips on the Platte, Powder River and Republican country, | but for the past Jour years principally in the Missouri | River section, |THE CENTENNIAL AWARDS. COMPLETE LIST OF THE AWARDS MADE BY GROUPS AND COUNTRIES, We are enabled to publish herewith a complete list of the number of awards issued in each group, and also to cach uation, It 1s barely possible that there may be some silght change, but not of any importance, The total number of awards it will be seen 13 13,036, of which our own exhibits secure 5,154—more than one-third, The largest number granted to other coun- tries is specially to Portugal (953) and Spain (842), | which would at first seem singular, were 1t not ex- | plained that they are nearly all tor varieties of wine | exhibited by those countries. France ranks next with 697, then Great Britain with 644, closely followed by | Germany with 605, Canada with 520 and Russia with 450. Tho evidence is that every nation has been | fairly represented and that care hag been taken on the part of the judges to secure a proper acknowledgmont | to each, | In the groups it will be noticed that No. 4 received by far the largest number of awards—viz,, 2,806, more | thao three times iu excess of any other group. Its | utle is “Animal and Vegetable Products—Machinery,”? comprising lurd, tobacco, flour, beer, wine, starch, beef, hams, &c. Group’ comes next—“Chemistry and Pharmacy, with the Apparatus,’’ 939, followed by group 1, 758, “Minerals, Mining Metallurgy and Ma- | chinery.”? ‘These cover the groups in which the largest number of awards have been made, ‘he di- | ploma and medal already descrived in our columns have | been delivered to all foreign nations through their respective commissioners and a commencement bas just been made ob the deiivery of those awarded to our Jellow citizens, The commission have selected groups Qand 5to commence with and have already handed over group 2 to Philadelphia cxbibitors, Those to other cities are being forwarded as rapidly as pos | pibie by express, the diploma enclosed in a pastevoard | tube and the meda) first in a morocco case and then in a pasteboard box, Every exhibitor receiving an award by the judges is entitled to a diploma and medal, both of which will be sent as rapidly as they can be pre- pared by the officers of the commission, The following ts tue statement of awards made:-- 56 401 166 i 58 AWARDS BY Argentine Republic COUNTRIES Spain. Sweden Tunis, Switzeriand, urkey Layted Kinguor Baty 3B 206 stu Belgian sruzit. New South rman Empire * New Zealand . + 80 Hawaiian ts . Qieensinad.... « Iealy.. Svnth Austratta » 6 Japanese Empire tusmania , a) Victoria, +149 Vebezuel » 7 Norway. Granda Di Peru. embourg .. See Portugal . United States, 5,104 Orly DEBT. In Comptroller Keliy’s montily statement, jasued yesterday, the net city debt on May 31 of this yoar is shown to be $128,455,615 62. The total amount of THE | words, eve eens ee 1006 | 00 far for 1877 19 $13,201,508 00, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. [Nors.—Letters intended tor this colnma must be accompanied by the writer's full pame and addroes to insure attention. Complainants who are unwilling to comply with this rule simply waste time in writing. — Ro Hera.) GREEN PAINT AND WASHINGTON. To tax Epitor ov tix Henatp:— It may seem a trifling complaint, but I have been much annoyed by the mass of green patnt slobbered over the side of our Washington statue in Union square, The figure i3 too fine to de thus frescoed by some careless person. 1t could boremoved very casily. Will 16 be done t ARTIsT, MORE LIGHT, To tax Korror or tas Hexaup:— Why cannot we have a lamppost placed at the cor- ner of Fitty-sixth stroct and Boulevard? 1t being very dark and, furthermore, dangerous at night to pass through, it 1s very necessary to have one placed there 8 600U As possibic, A. B. THE DOG Law. To the Epiror or the Hrrap:— Will you please inform me, and many others, through your valuable paper, bow many more lives will havo to be sucrificed before some real action is taken in the Dog law? Do, Mr. Mditor, I beg of you once more, let yeur powerlul yoice be so raised that it will shake the very doors o1 Mayor Ely and Nr. Bergh’s houses, By loing you will confer a great favor on many citi- zens and save mauy lives J. K ATTENTION, BOARD OF HEALTH! To tae Epiror oF THY HERALD:— ‘The culvert to the sewer at the northwest corner of Forty-eighth street and Seveath avenues the receptacle of all the reluse of the Central Market, and the odor satisfy even the inspectors of the Board of Heulth if they could see it, STRAWBERRY. MORE EVIDENCE, To Tae Epiror or 1Hm HERALD: — You would oblige me by giving space to contradict the statemont of ‘Consulting Engineer” in regard to racing of the Staten Island ferryboats. I was alsoa passenger on the Thomas Collyeron the morning in question, and can truly say that the Castleton dia uot crowd tho Collyer on the flats in the least. 1fso, why did the Collyer challenge her to continue the race by blowing her whistle? If any accident had occurred it would not have been the fault of the Castleton, EQUAL RIGHTS, LEROY STREET, To Tur Eprror oF TH8 RERALD:— between Greenwich and West streets, which is horrible to man aud beast, There are carts and trucks on each side of the street, and the sidewalks aro in- croached upon. ‘The street has the Troy line, and ice Darges come on the foot of said street and public ware- houses aro on it, CONSTANT READER, BONE-BOILING PERFUMES, To rag Epitor or THE HeraLp:— A most intolerable stench greets us this evening as we sit by our open windows to get a little fresn air, and lwrite to ask if you will not raise up your voice against bone-boiling establishments, the cause of it, Are weto suffer this summer as we did last? Sin- cerely, FORTY-FIFTH STREET, NEAR FIFTH AVENUE, A SINECURIST, To tHe Eprror oy THE HERALD:— Will the Park Commissioners please explain how it is that the foreman at Mosris Park has no work to do, or does his work consist in strutting around Itke a full fledged peacock and talking to the nurse girls? If such is the case I think his services had better be dispensed with and afew men put towork to do what is really necessary, He has dono nothing all winter but draw his salary and sit by the stove, These are bis own TAXPAYER, A POSITIVE DANGER, To tHe Epiror or THE HERALD Can you not suggest some means more forcible than complaints by which we may rid ourselves at once of the great danger caused by the absolutely criminal practico or long continued carelessness of the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad Company driving the horses in their cars directly across the people’s sidewalk in front of the Heratp office and turning their horses around thereon? Wuere aro the autuoriuies? Perbaps, Mr. Editor, extraordicury large print might attract their official eyes to a nuisance of ibis magnitude, while the aciual perpetration of the outrage might be overlooked bg them 1n thelr com- fortable oflices, PRO BONv PUBIACO, JUVENILE LITERATURE. To THe Eprror ov THe HeEta.p:— lam happy tosee the subject of juvenile literature discussed in your ‘Complaint Book,” and trust it will be steadily kept before the public by parents until the State or municipal governments are forced to take cognizance of tt, Why do not the Society for the Suppression of Obscene Literature take action against the publishers? It certainly comes uader their juris- diction. According to Webster obscene is anything foul, filthy, offensive or disgusting, and certainly those periodicals are entitled to the definition in its entirety, This sink of Iniquity should have been stirred up long ago, and | hope all who have the welfare of their chile aren at heart willadd their voice, JERSEY CITY. THE RITE OF MARRIAGE, To tne Epiror or tHe HERALD;— in the column, “Our Complaint Book,” in your is- sue of to-day, is acomplaint from ‘Clevs’? on mar- riage announcements. His complaint is in part well grounded, The announcement should not be “Mr. Biack to Miss White” nor should it be “Mr. Black and Miss White,” for such cn announcement wouid give no idea to whom Miss White was married, In mar- riago the woman 18 married to the man. She losos her name aud takes bis, she merges her identity in him aud becomes part and parcel of the man. God gave woman to be a helpmeet (oman, The correct an- nouncement, therefore, of a marriago is to slate that “Miss White was married t Mr, Biack,”” An acquaint- ance of both parties, returning ator a long absence, and ignorant of tho marriage, on inquiring for Miss White would soon find there was no such person. He would find thas she had disappeared, was married to and was identified as part and parcel of Mr, Black, who still existed in propria persona, I have myself thought many times of the erroneous announcements made, and bopo to see them corrocted. Yours, &c., . G CITY BAILROAD OBSTRUCTIONS, To tux Epitor ov tun Henato:— 1 have noticed of late several communications to your valusblo paper in the complaint columu in re- gard to the obstructions that encumber our streets by the horse rajiroads, 1am glad to observe in your re- port of a meeting of the Board of Aldermen, on Tuos_ day last, that a move was made in the right direc- tion, and I hope the Aldermen will not overlook those abominable turnouts, or, 1 delieve, they are calied switches. lam asuflerer to the amount o1 two wheels, and the railroad company deny all responsibility, as they contend they have permits from the Commis- gioner of Str lay these wheel smashers. 1 think 1 Commissioner Campbell knew bow those per- mits had been abused he would remedy tho matter in some way. Thero was a petition on this subject going around several weeks ago, addressed to the Mayor aud Board of Aldermen, which was oxtensively signed. What bas bvetome of ity Have the ratirowd men or the Board of Aldermen ‘gobbled it?” A SIGNER, ART IN CENTRAL PARK, To tax Epitox or THe Henany:— One of the most important conditions for the prog- ress of art and the culture of artistic tastes is to avoid placing in public defective work. Our parks are gradually being filed with a class of statuary which ts not calculated to improve our national standard ofart, Of course we will not accuse the authorities of a want of good Intention, but we must atiribute to ignorance their careless authorization of this growing tmpost- tuuon, Tho public basa right to refuse permission to Tom, Dick or Harry to impose uvon it the obligation of accepting indiscriminate contribations, which, co! sidering the promineuce of tho donor's name uvon said contribution, suggests otter motives for the do- pation than generosity or patrioiusm, I desire very respectfully to call the attention of His Honor tho Mayor to the propriety of appointing compe- tent judges to decide whether donations of the above mentioned character shali be given promincuce und s0 ve made a perpetual oyesore, If we can’t have good work we had better remam withoatany. These ridiculous figures, which destined to haunt the public tor generations, pet haps, are in facta poor compliment to the great men whose memory they were intended to perpetuate. Daniel Webster, for instance, i! he coald see tho un- gracotul gure that has boen dedicated to his memory ; | ithe could bear the usual remark of strangers (Wao | happen to see the donor's nate tirst)—viz,, “Ob, that | is B——; who was B—-/!’—we are Inclined to believo thathe would not, if he could, diasuade those stran- gers trom beleving that the figure represents b—— in reality. Theo there is poor Mr. Halleck, They made 4 statuo for hin—we should say againat him, iH we may Judge by the not very complimentary remarks of the ‘casual observer, @ sample of which wo give here- with:—"l say, Sam, do you know what's the matter with that ‘ere figure?” o, John, can’t say ash do. “Well, DH ten yer, When the feller who pionghed it out was nearly done the head, arms and legs fell off, 80 he bi ‘on aguin; but ho I we desir 10 Improve our appreciation of truth in 4 art We must certainly avoid expost ublic slatues ol merit, which teod to throw rae mon and digfgure our parka, AMERIC emanating from it now is comprehensive enough to | I make complaint of the condition of Leroy, | ; formed, He then continued:. A ROAD TO RUIN. HOW OFFICE BOYS AND CLERKS GAMBLE IN STOCKS—THE POOL LAWS OF NEW YORK EYADED—A NEST FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DEFAULTERS AND EMBEZZLERS. Keen observers in Wall street and vicinity bave won- dered why so mauy men and boys wero rushing in aud out of the great- hallways leading trom Exchange place and William street. The bulk of those youths aro known as bankers’ clerks, not a few of them aro in the employment of grain and produce merchants of South and Water streots, and all seem to strike—some- times by devious passages—No, 25 William street, and arc lost in iho intricate courts that wind about the great bulldings on the thoroughfares named. A Hyratp reporter yesterday saw a young clerk dash wildly into the mazes from Exchange place; he did not seem to be delivering stocks; there were no checks or scrip vouchers in his hands, and his manucr was such as to ead the writer to suppose that some absorbing busi- ness of personal character was on his mind. Upon beiug followed by the newsgatherer w conversation as | bolow narrated, evsucd:— Reronrer—Where are you going in such a hurry ? CLERK—To scll some Ilinots Central short, Rwrorten—You aro speculating; are you? Cienx—Yes; why not? Everybody takes a “flyer” these hard times. - Rerortex—Do M. & Co, (his employers) know that you are in the market? CLERK (nervously)—No, Do; mum’s the word. REVORTER--But it you have money with which to speculate why don’t you give your ordors to M. & Co, who are members of tho Stock Exchange? CLenk—Blow M. & Co.! Do you think they would trade for me without a margin? RerortTER—No, but who does business without some guarantee against loss? Here the bright youngster, by a singular movement with the index finger of his right hand, pulled down the lower eyelid of his left eye, and with a refreshing smile demarded of the reporter “If he saw anything green?” Nothing of a verdant color was perceptible an the bright, clear orb of the youth, and he was ¢o in- “Come with mo, young fellow’’—the reporter was at least a quarter of a century older than bis guide—*‘and Dll show you how the boys gpeculate,’’ Foliowing bis guide, tho reporter was led to a large and spacious office overlooking the court, and over the doora large gilt sign was displayed :— Qeerese ne nero ee tenereeeeese nd Meet se IOlEDelers Dene : & COMPANY, ; 3 Jobbers in Stocks and Grain, QOPI RO LELLEELOLO NEIL IOL ELD IEIE DE TELE TEDEEEEE TE MEE Before entering, however, the house so novel in its arrangements and unique in its management, the clerk handed the reporter a circular of the firm, which seemed to explain the manner in which boys or men could gamble in stocks and grain, and it probably may beasolution of why so many boys are tempted by chances of a rapid fortune to become faithless to their trusts, 1t is as tollows;— e THE SPIDERS WEB, Dear Sin: Our method of dotug business at the new Stock and Grain Exchange 1s as follows:—As we make no charge for cxm- missions we have adopted the plan of buying stocks at one- eighth below the market prices, selling the same at one- eighth above, We buy or sell stocks from five shares and eat or corti from 500 bushels and upward. The gin which an operator may trade on is as fol- viz, $1 Ashare on stock and $1 on every hnndred of grain, it being optional, however, with the to make his margins us large'as he may’ desire. ‘ook und grain transactions being kept separately, margins deposited on stock will not apply on grain, an ie torn, ‘The operator has the privilege of closing his occount at any time; but should iT allow his margin to become ex- hausted thon his interest and liability in the market ceases. Margins may be deposited with us, or at any reliable bank or bankers in the city. Parties carrying stocks when dividends are declared and paid will be credited with the amount of such dividends, and in selling stocks short they will be charged avcord- ingly. ‘Partie carrying long stocks will be charged seven p cout per annum interest after deducting murgin trom pui chase price. Having in our office direct telegraphic co: munication with the Stock Board and Chicago Grain E- chunge we aro in constant receipt of official quotations, and will buy and sell on the same direct. All orders by mail or telegraph (limit permitting) will be promptly executed at rates current when received, Standing and stop orders will be executed at the limit price, when this is reached uring an open market, but at other times as near it as possible, —, IN THE NEW BETTING ROOM. The reporter, alter glancing at this curious circilar, the anomalous terms of which wero quickly spparent, entered the large and spacious offices of the firm who m no charge for commissiona and contrive to take $25 frem each person who buys and sells 100 shares of stock. It is a large, airy h oiayen with painted walls, elegantly apportioned walnut partitions, behind which clerks and cashiers were seated; clean striped matting was on the floor and’ huge painted blackboards on the walls, on which were preminently displayed tho initials representing the active stocks dealt in at the New York Exchange; on another por- tion is Chicago time and the prices of wheat and corn in the Chicago market, Io onc corner a stock indi- cator was placed, marking the fluctuations in sheres, and about the room, sitting, standing and loungin; were a crowd of men and boys, who constitute the patrons of this curious firm and the members of this new pool room, Among the number were bank runners and messengors, young clerks of stock brokers and a large number of broken down speculators, who, like mou still flutter about the flame that has corched them, The reporter addressed himsell to a member of the firm, receiving from him the following explanation as to their manner of doing busine WHERE IT CAME FROM, “The head of the concern is a Western man. He made bis money transporting supplies and cattle across the Plains before the Union Pacific Railroad was built, ‘The plan of operations which we buve put in practice here, ulthough new to New York, is well known in the it, When we first started we combined grain chances with ,our stock business, but we found it was not understood; the boys took very little interest in it, so wo gave it up, and how wo contine ourselves simply to siock speculations, OF course 1 will explain to you how we operate, e bave put so much money in the business, in other words to take our chances against the operations of ourcustomers. You come iu and find the price of Lake Shore, as it comes out on the stock indicator is 50; you think itis going up, and you want to buy 1, 11 you have to do is to deposit , and if iL goes your way, say 1, aud you wish to close the transaction, you can do go at once and we pay you the difference bestde tho monoy you put up,” ‘bat is all right “Then whew your margin transaction.” “And pocket the amount put up??? “Precisely. Just as othor siock brokers do.” HEAVY COMMISSIONS. “But you claim to clinrge no commission, How do you reconcile this with the idea of selling to your cus- tomers at one-cighth above the toeaag Hag when you close out @ ‘short’ account charge them one-cighth above the current price? This seems like $25 com- mission, whereas the regulag stock /:xchange price tor buying and selling 1s only $12 50.” The proprietor here smiled ana said:— Vell, you know we take great risks; trade in small lots for men and boys with but little capital.” During this conversation a crowd of wen and boys were coming m and = going out, and the steady click of the indicator wus drowned by the hum of voices, the young men who were taking note of the variations, calied out,” “Lake Shore, 4639; Kock Island, 90%; Central, $9,”” and so on, While busy boys chalked ihe figures on the blackboard, so that all in the room might sve them. Men wero going up to the cashiers’ windows, giving their ordors or receiving their money, exnctiy as in the pool rooms so Jately abolished by the Legislature. And yet the laws against gambling aro tn force th the city of New York, and here 1s an upbounded evil that may lead to ruin hundreds of clever cierks and men in positions of trust, if not of honor and profit « xhausted we close the TILDEN AND HENDRICKS, The Manhattan Club on tho evening of Tuesday, the 12th inst, is to hold a grand reception in bonor of the standard bearers of the democracy in the late Prest- dential campaign, Tilden and Hendricks, and of the present Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this State, Robinson and Dorsheimer, The reception is expected to be the grandest afar of Its kind that the club bus given in inany years, and invituions have been extended to and accepted by most all of the prom- ment leaders of the democracy throughout (he coun- try. ‘as to whether at the optortaimment things will be said aid plaas suggested “luoking to a reopening of the Presidential question ab the approacuing session of Congress. THREE TILLY SLOWBOYS, To tun Kpitor or tar Heratp There are threo of the so-called representatives (?) Of tho people who must not be permitted on the plat form at the rapid transit meeting to-night—Hayes, Spinola and Strahan, If the managers of the demon- stration havo been unwise enough to invite them the remedy 1 in placing thom among the audience, that they may slink away unknown at the tirst opportunity. Our citizens are wondertully in earnest on the question of rapid transit, and it would not be safe to thsuit their manhood or their intelligence by asking them to lie. ten, even for a moment, to give attention to anything either of these worthies might offer tn paihation of their recent record at Albany. ‘A day of reckoning will surely come for those who bave been instrumental in upholding and advancing the interests of the capitalists who own the strect cars, Lot us hope (as tho writer believes) that the UUme is not far distant. ANVIL-MONOPOLY, A BRAVE POLICEMAN. a e Goorge Molutyre, twelve years of age, fol! into the river on Sunday, at the foot of Fulton street, Brook. i Officer Graham, hearing bis crica tor heip, Jumped inafter bin, ho Rallant officer will receive a jal ior bis bravery. | In political circles in Wuis city speculauon ts rife | | THE AMERICAN ISLANL nt ——_—___—_— A Glimpse of the True Inwardness of Polygamy. THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS BOOTY. The Mormons’ Sensual Vision of the Hereafter. A SAMPLE SAINT. (Correspondence of the San Francisco Chronicle.) 2 Saur Laxy, May 4, 1877, ‘The “Urim Thummim”? isa ‘‘peep-stone” peculiar to the Mormons, through which they pretend to sce overy- thing in the past, the present and ibe tuture, even tothe “discerning of spirit.” Indeed, it has very wonderiul powers, for in the hands of a Mormon it will draw women to bim like a snake charming birds; it will draw mouey out of other peoplo’s pockets nto his own, and it will often draw the lite out of their bodies, But! nave brought it to bear upon their own system, and the developments are as remarkable as a lecch undera microscope, 1 tind that Mormonism is a big thing in one way, but in another way it is very little, 1t 18 a big thing for men who have a genius for pocket stufllng, but it has very little for those whose hands are busy with honest hard work, It ts a big thing for men who beur alarge sack and rake, but a very little thing for those who use the sweat handker- chief and the plow. It isa rich bone for big dogs, but rough on the little ones. It is a big thing jor men whose arms are long enough to embrace seven women atonce, but the devil for those whose arms are co short that they can hardly hug one, It is a big thing for those on the top, but ‘**bindin’’? on those at the bottom. Itis built upon the principle that the muss of mankind was made to labor for the favored few, and that this mass must sneeze when their dictatérs take snuff, HOW MORMONISM WAS BKGOT, Mormonism is now over forty years old, having Deen born the 6th of April, 1830, Its mother was Superstition and its father was Josoph Smith, who begot it onthe hill Cumorah. Joseph being an utter failure in everything else, ho conseqnently mado a good prophet, Socioutists aflirm that ho was partially insane—e maniac on religion, wonan and money; but superstitious fauatics claim that ho was inspired, ‘There is au inspiration of evil, ag well as good, and people are more often inspired by the evil spirit than by the good one. This much we know, that he was chiefly inspired by two men wholly of the world and tho flesh, One was a munof somo genius, learning and great cunning, and the other was a laborious serive, From Solomon Spaulding’s remarkable ro- mance, claiming to give ap account of some Hebrew tribes that lived in ancient Amenica, and a couple of copper plates inscribed with picture writing, found io an old mound by aman digging a foundation fora house, they manufactured their gross and abominable idol. Using Joseph Smith as a willing dupe these nurses and god{athers fedand nourished him with the usual tricks and mysteries peculiar to such imposi- tions, Recent archwological researches in America have discovered copper plates and other implements with picture writing opon them; but, fortunately, this has peen done by aclentific men who knqw their real significance, That an angel came down from heaven walking on nothing, in detlance of physical laws, and told Joseph Smith where inscribed plates were hid, and Smith dug out those plates and read the’bieroglyphies thereou, when he could hardly read English; and the angel suddenly snatched away the plates before Smith had read half of them—per- haps for his bad reading—and then went und buried them ; and that what Smith read should bea superior system of religion, is one of the absurd fictions only believe? by that class of minds that are afflicted with a diseasod mental action, or wholly ignorant and su- perstitious, It is one of those marvels of human credulity that provo that the boasted progress of the human mind is itself a delusion. Of course, many of the leaders do not belicvo it, but it has plenty of women and moncy, and therefore a good thing to have. Even from its birth, this child—Mormonism— was not comely, being given to scratching 10 the dirt and looking through ‘‘peep-stpnes” in its hat for hid- den gold, And, asthe child is father to the man, it continues to seek and gather gold by filching it from other people’s pockets, As it matured and ‘‘waxed wantun"? it developed a good deal of energy. It passed from one State to anther, and at last to this Territory, the chief roosters continuing to appropriate all the good “rab”? and the prettiest hens to them- selves. It built villages and towns and unique tom- ples, in whose dark recesses it practised 11s infer- nal mysteries, only known to the devil and them- selves, TH PLUNDER OF THE MEADOWS MASSACRE, A superstitious awe and a dread of death have sealed the itps of the deluded victims in silence, The tew who havo whispered were hushed with death. As the earth is the Lord’s, and Mormonism, bis only represen- tative, to it, of course, belongs the earth, with all the fulness thereof, Consequently, it appropriated the goods of other people that it found lying around loose, But as one of its doctrines is to hate and curse its enemies, therefore they consider It logical and right to kill them, When it could, of course, it would kill them, sometimes openly, sometimes assassinate them tn dark alleys, Notglutted by slaying its enemies it also mas- sacred more than 130 innocent men, women and chil- dren at Mountain Meadows, By this awful atrocity 11 obtained more than $100,000, for it never hesitates to fill its pockets with tho bloody fingers of murder. Thus, notwithstanding its unpromising origin, Mor- monism ‘has grown to be quite a lusty individual, with all of its original traits intensified, but chietly its love for women, money aud robbery. As a tree is known by its fruits, and men by their actions, so is a religion by the effect it produces on men’s conduct, We do not gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles. It makes no difference what men profess—taik is cheap and proves nothing—it Is their actions that tell, It a religion is pure it will make men virtuous and honest; but i iis protessors are vile and dishonest it proves that their rohgion is impure, or rather that they have none at all, THE APOTHEOSIS OF LUST. Tried by this stmple and true test Mormonism is gadly found wanting. Its doctrines are more vicious, cold and remorseless than those ot Machiavolll, Lt never appeals to the finer emotions or the more pure and elevated attributes ot the soul. It is the apotheosis of lust, robbery and murder, It 1s the deification of shame. Its grim-visagod god offers money and blood with one hand and Just with the other. Indirectly tt seeks to revive the barbarous practice of human sac. rifice, Jor that is the real meaning of their blood atone- ment, Jt is literally of the earth, curthy; for tt ts the doctrine of the Mormons that this earth will be their hoaven; that .it will be changed into an enchanting “earthly paradise,” peopled exclusively by Mormons, who shull become the sons and daughters of God, And it is their mission to change it so that it will be- come. fit habitation tor their god. God himself shall reign ére in person, for he is not a personal god, but be has a body, parts and passions very much like a man. He bas {air hair and blue eyes, eats and drinks, loves money and woineu and k bis enemies. He will also behave like other great kings, enjoying sen- sual pleasures in a great degree, for he has absolute control of tbe prettiest women of paradise, That's polygamy for you, All the dead that havo died in the faith have only gone on missionary tours to the spirits on other planets, and will ultimately return with hosts of spirtiual immigrants to this earthly paradise, where there will be neithor marrying nor giving in marriage, but universal promiscuity, MOSLEM DREAMS SURPASSED. Now, Mohamned taught bis followers that after death, when they reached his paradise, they would not only have all the wives they had here, but seventy-two of the pretty girls of paradise; and that a child would bo Degotten, born and come to maturity im one hour, to do things alittle quicker. In their paradise a man has on!y to look on a woman and desire a son, when lo! he stande bearded and in (ull maturity betore him, Their place of tuture punishment, or heil, is a dead world—the satelhte of an inhavited plane—like our moon, for instance, where there is no air, no heat, no light or ordinary, animal life; nothing but coldness, darkness and utter sitenco, Here all unbelievers aud wicked apostates must go. If any apostates or unba- Indeed, that is quick work, but the Mormons propose, | Nevers “hduid bo found in their “earthiy paradise” sue7 are killed at onco and thrown out to this cold, dark world, to be the stiacows of death ever darkness, und to breathe invisible woe. At various mes during the history of the earth many reiig:ous systems have started up to conquer the whole world, but they have not yet succeeded. Just now the world fg pretty equally divided between three religious sys tems—viz,, Buddhism, . Christianity and Mobamme- daniam, to say nothing of the smaller sects, and say- age people who have a religion peculiarly their own and who uever scok to make proselytes. If the Mor. mon horned frog of the American deserts attempts to swallow up all of these and spread itself over the eurth it will meet with the fate of Esop'’s trog—burst, But seriously, the very genus of Mormonism is ite pretensions to swallow up all existing and future sys. lems, with the wealth of the world aloug with them, The money must be taken (especially from unbelievers) at all hazards, for tho end justifies the means, NO CRIME BUT APOSTACY. With Mormonism nothing is a crime but apostas, As all unbelievers are wrong and none right but them. selves, und as they have a patent from Goa forthe whole earth and all of its woalth, of course it is right for them to take it. No unbelieve? has any rights which the Mormon priesthood are bound to respect, As their wishes and demands are revelations, there. fore they aro the oracles of God. To resist them fs to oppose the inws of God. For who has any right to live that withholds their wives, their daughters or their property from the Lord, or what is the same— Mormonism, His agent? ‘Therefore, robbery and the taking of other people's money and lives is no crime, For the wealth of the world belongs to the Lord, and they aro the Lord’s, The whole social system, with their church is organized on this principle. All who come within its influence, and especially unbelievers, feel tho invisible pressure, with unseen hands in their pockets, and they rarely get out without being floceed. This they call “buildiug up the Kingdom of God.” Any one who can believe that robbory, lust and mur. der will build up a kingdom to God may be a Mor. mon—he certainly can be nothing else, A SAMPLY SAINT, Just now a leading Mormon bishop is o striking ile ‘ustration, Ho isin the prime of life, has a chronia: smile, and very smooth hair which be is always touch. ing with his fingers. Indeed, he can smile in your face while ho is slipping his hand in your pocket; for ‘the js tho mildest mannered map that ever scuttled ship or cut athroaj,’’? He isa merchant and saint by proe fession, but a robber and imp in reality and practice, Passing over mavyol his more bloody crimes, he ro« cently obtained a large amount of goods and money all over the country—in nearly every State in the Union; and, with a smile upon bis face and a lie upon his tongue, ne borrowed the Jast hard earned dollar from many of his neighbors, He then suddenly closed his doors and paid off his devts by swearing. Hv then opened them again, in full possession of all his prop- erty and $150,000 of hia debts paid, by a twist of tongue and fingers. The next Sunday evening he went. to church and rolled up the white of his eyes 10 prayer, talking unctuoasly of virtue and honesty, and blessing with the biood and tears of his robbed victims, When be opens bis mouth the pure air of heaven would scorch and blister his topguo only for the fact tbat, it was forged by Pluto and tho tather oft lies, He preaches nearly every Sunday on tho ‘‘butid ing up of tbe kingaom of God,’’ and how much he has- contributed to it, The more he steals the more he prays, But the hideous brand of Cain Is on his brow and the print of the little hands of starving children on his tace and tne curse of a just God upon his head. Can any church or religion live bugging such mon- Sters to its bosom? Can a puro man live with a dead carcass tied to him? Can a man take fire in his bosom and not be burned? Can heaith and beauty flourish in the charnal house of death? Can heaven exist with hejl ? Mormonism must die, if !t continues to food om the blood and fears of its victins, POLYGAMY 4S A BAR TO THE ADMISSION OF UTAH AS A STATE. {From the San Diego Union, May 26.] ‘As to the assumption that Congress bas passed tha opportunity to do enything with polygamy, and must admit Utah asa State, polygamy and all, when she ap- phes with a Siate goveroment, republican iu form, and has complied with the usual requirements—all this falls'very for shert-of tho truth as to what Congress can do and has done in ¢xercising the power to admit now States, -Congress may or may not admit Utah, and Is entirely freo to act according to its best judg- ment. It may decline to admit Utah except upon con- ditions such as have been imposed on several of the States, the most famous of which 1s that one which probivited slavery or involuntary servitude, except for crime, in several ofthe new States. It may decline to admit that Territory to the Union altogether. The prohibition of polygamy asa condition for Statehood docs not differ, 1n principle or as a matter of national policy, from the prohibition of slavery. Then, again, Congress may divide the Territory, cutting off portions of it and establishing new boundarics, as has been done in the instances of Arizona, cut from New Mexivo, and Washington, cut trom Oregon, and in other instances. This is one of the ways by which the pestiferous Mormon vote in favor of polygamy can bo whoily neutralized betore admission, There is nothing final or conclusive in the territorial condition in its ree Jation to admission State. POETRY BY CABLE. {From the Philadelphia Times. } A poem’ by Tenpysen is an event in the Itterary world, although he has written a good deal more than hig quota recently, The sonnet addressed to Victor Huyo, which we publish to-day, will appear in the forthcoming humber of the Nineteenth Century, and was cabled to this country by the London correspond. ent of the New Youk Huratp. It has no doubt suf. fered by the sea voyage, butthe Hxeranp is none the less ontitied to credit for enterprise in a new ficld. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. A COMING CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN MIDDLETOWN, N. J. citement runs high in tho village of Middletown, , on account of the forthcoming centennial birth- day celebration of Miss Elizabeth Dorsett, Until ree cently she was able to read the Hexaup, and her ap- pearance far from decrepit. Her hearing js some- what defective, but she is able to recognize people whom she knows by their footsteps as they enter her house. The villugors are very proud of the old lady and her wondrous vitality, Religious cere~ monles at the Baptist Church, founded m 1682, and to which Miss Dorsett belonged, will probably be hela on the birthday celebration, on tho 15th inst, and @ grand gathering of tho relatives of the Burrows, Os borns, Fields, Seabrooks and Michurds, inctading @ goodly number of great-grandchildren, will be present, | Governor Bedle, of New Jersey, whose grand aunt Aunt Betsey is, will, itis understood, be one of her visitors on the occusion, She lives in @ beautiful little villa, situated on King George's highway which rans from the — waterspout on the highlands to Tinton Falls, near Red Bank. [t Hill, down which E is eituated at the base of Rutman the fugitive British troops ran after their deleat in the baule of Monmouth, The bouse is two stories bigh, embowered in trees, and has a well-stocked flower garuen, Aunt Betsey was born at the Dorsett home- | stead, at Holmdel, distant a couple of miles. She re- inembers well tae capture of her father by the British troops and the var efforts of his staves to gave him trom bejng taken to New York, where he was incarcerated in tho sugar house, Her political reminiscences are very extended and she spoaks with enibusiasm of Senator Garrett Wail, whose political courage she greatly admired, She was.also kaown as a wondertul newspaper reader, She has curious stories to tell She speaks with pride of Mid- dietown being one of the twelve villages in New Jersey honored by having a post ofilce and the crowd who used to see the postinal go by on horseback, On the fei inoom ie eolebration some family relics will be exhibited, Miss Dorsett possesses no little literary taleut and on the occasion of the golden wedding of Governor Bedlo’s parents # couple of years ago contributed an admirable poem. Sho bas never yet trave! by ratiroad, but has seeo the curs. Polee Superintendent Walling, who is.@ re- lative of Aunt Botsey, paid a long visit to her on Sun- duy last, VIVE L’AMERIQUE. Tho French;steamer L’Amorique wag towed to her old dock at the foot of Morton street yesterday morning, having been thoroughly repaired since her stranding at Seabright. The repairs, which have beom of a most extensive character, wore made at Red Hook, where she was launched yesterday. A large party from tbe cily Witnessed the launch and atterwards sailed in the vessel up the North River to the dock, TAmerique wilt start on ber first voyage to Havre from this port on Thursday, the 23d inst Her name will not be changed, but it 1s possible that sho will be transferred to the Aspinwall division of the Trangaliantic Come _papy's jvenmers, people by laying on his hands. Such bands! dripping Mi