The New York Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1878, Page 8

“TD GUE. STRIAM. Pinions of Officers Attached to the Hydrographic Bureau. DISCUSSIONS IN MARITIME CIRCLES Daptain Coffin’s Discovery Confirmed by Other Navigators. AN ERRATIC CURRENT. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) WasuinGrox, Sept. 12, 1878. The reported discovery of a serious aberration in the Gult Stream has, as yet, been given no official sousideration at cither the Hydrographic Bureau of the Navy Department or the Coast Survey Otlice of the Treasury. Captain Samuel B. Franklin 16 now mief of the Hydrographic Office. Hesays he has read with interest the reports of Captain Comn, of the brig Dirigo, but 18 not surprised that the Gulf Stream has deen found out of its usval course, In fact, ne said, thie groat ocean currents always fluctuating and is seldom contained within the same limite, He recog- Alzed im the discovery of Captain Colin what he bad ways knowo—namoly, that tho Gulf Stream sbits ite position according to the direction and force of tne winds. A northwest wind drives it off shore and a woutheast wind tends to force it in shore. aN UNUSUAL VARIATION. ‘The variation of sixty wiles which Captain Coffin \bserved in tho eastern edge o! the current wasa treat deal, but Captain Franklin was unable to say what the average of ordinary fluctuations had been. the matter didn’t occur to him to be avything partic- Marly now or strange, except that the Gulf Siream bthis instance was out of its regular track moro fan it usually was, bat that it was liable not to be ‘ound in the same place was something which navi- jators knew from time immemorial, ‘his was a gen- wal fact, well understood among seagoing people. tho variation was more or less, pat was never, that ye recollected, very much. It was likely that the re- ent northeast gules had swerved the eurrent out of se course suffictently to make the considerable dis- wepancy i the charts which Captain Coffin bad pand, VIEWS OF COMMANDER BESD. Commander A. V. Reed, Assistant Hydrographer, of De Bydrographtc Office, saya that tho report of Cap- in Coffin did not attrast his atteation sufficiently to duce Lim to read the details of bis discovery. Mone cf the enarts furnished by the British Adm!- mity Office, by the Coast Survey or by the Hydro- fraphic Office preteud to give the exact width of the $Glf Stream, The most that it attempts to do is to fio an average width and a fluctuation of sixty miles Dan easter!y direction, the lines of the current vary- Og im width according to tho season and the con- Ition of the winds. 11 tue charts laid down an.exact fidth of the Stroam-i the northorn latitude a break- bg away from tho.recognized boundaries would de- werve attention. STATEMENT OF COMMODORE LAW. Commodore Richard L, Law, chief of the Bureau it Yards and Docksin the Navy Department, un ofll- ver who has seen @ great deal of setvice at sea, hap- ened to be @ listener when a part of tho foregoing tatement was made, He thought the discovery might wssibiy be exaggerated, not intentionally, of course, wut through @ misanderstanding on the part of Cap- etn Coffia. The east and west banks or edges of the tulf Stream bad this diflerence aud peculiarity: The rest bank wus sharp and well defined comparatively, be line between the bot water of the Stream md tho culd body of inshore water being wadily discernable so that the navigator knew most immediately when ho got iuio or out the Golf Stream, But the eastern edgo was 106 80 easily determined. The water of mid- wena Was warmer thao the inshore water, and hence he transition on tue enstern edge of the Gulf Stream was wore gradual, A pavigaier coming in from outhern Europe wourd be puzzied at times to say »xactly Whero and when he ontercd the Gall Stream, Commodore Luw lett it to be inferred, therefore, that Suptain Coffin had mistakenly believed himself in the Bull Suream soonor than he really was, and that the warm current be found was the tepid seperiicial mid- deoan Water drifting with the wind. MAKIIIM® CIRCLES IN THiS CITY STILL EXER- CISED OV“B THE DISCOVERY—INTERVILWS WI2H SEVERAL SEA CAPTAINS—A STATEMENT THAT THE REGULAR CHARTS ARE ALL WRONG. At the Maritime Exchange as woll as in the various shipping oMficcs along South and Beaver sireets yes- lerday Captain Coffln’s discovery of a much more Jouthern edgo of the Galt Stream than w given on the charts was the great topic of conversa- ‘Tho interest taken inthe matter generally by ag well as ordinary seataring men, was heightened by the acknowledgements that they were porsonally acquainted with Captain Coillo, that they placed the utmost reliance tu his state- monts, and that he was known to them as an cner- getie and censctentious officer. Not only captains now actually engaged in the soafaring business, but also those who, having acquired a competency, bad fetired irom the sea and now conducted shipping businoss of their own, wore interested in the discov- ery, aud wondered why in ali these many years past someone had not called pabiic attention to the matter Byery ove with whom the Huuarp roporter conversed turoughout the day acknowledged tho correctness of Captain Coffin’s statements, GOVERNED BY WINDS. Captain Loud, who has during many years mado royages to the West India Istands and to South Amor- (ca, mentioned that the Gulf Stream is entirely gov- yrned by Winds, The western wind: pecially, he aid, drive it off a considerable. distance, A north- ost galo will drive it Mfty and even sixty miles. “But bear in mind,” ho added, “it does not drive it off in Parallel lines, but in irrogavar curls, What you sce Pp&t down on the charts is yirtually nothing else than Verngo extent of the Gall Stream as it is found tho greater part of tho year. You can rely oly altor a gale you may as well pat your charts in your pocket, for itis thea that you may look for stron; curreoty, When the wind blows irom the shore un Sends the water to pisevs where there is no land the curls I have above alluded to go off « long way, thas forming the arms oi the Stream, and thoy keep oa Stretching themselves out to a tremendous distance, Captain Coflin’s disevvery must have been made shortly after a gale bad beeu prevailing ia bis vi ciumy; for in moderate weather, according to my long experience, the Gull Stream rans prety ust. formly. It i# important to kuow the exact course of the Stream—its stroogth, its curreut, its washings importance to our cutton 8. The entire cotwn crop of the Unitod States it Galf Stream. in summer ° shore, creating, owes to the high Bea heir temmporatare, a vapor whieh is of vase benefit to our cotton ficias, These Waters are driven into our coast by southeast and BUFthoast gales, and to know exactly how far these worm Waters cau postivly be driven mast be of great iImportanee to many planters.” HURRICANKS RELIMVRD TO HE THE CAUSK, “What do you consider to bo the airect canse of Unie Overtlow of the Gulf Stroam, if L may so call it??? Asked the reporter. “~he burricanea in the Caribbean sea and of the const of Fiorida ly upset all calcalations io reg to the limit of alt Stream. I remember oF that my vossel wont (rom Matanzas right over Fools to Fiorida without a single sail beivg set. The wind took our Vessel up, und with the aid of tue strong current We were shoved right along, aud tho Moment We Wore over thy reet we Were in smooth water, I remember this circumstance distinowy, tor With Us i (he same predicament. A orinenss Wink 1 cause tho waters of the Gulf Stream to expand amazingly, biow all the superfiavus aters mio Larbore aod rivers, aud hen hour o Casiounlly of such inuudations as the one ia Indianola, two years ago, whore sv many peuple were drowned. When the water rocodes it goes along the nore ero part of Cuba and along Fiorida, Now, shen, to make you laymen thoroaghly understand this, sup- 40 (he sstance Just mentioned, like at Indiapota, there had been no Jand tuere, you would bave beard oF the same expansion of the Gull Stream there a8 Cay Coflla bas met with toward the castern, on the otter mde of the Strenm, anv diecovery 18 1m- portant in this rexpeot, asia all otmers, that 1% most emphatically cont the theory above ox- plained to you, aud which is shared by our ablest fou captaios.”? Wiknk THE GOLF STREAM VARIKS WiTh THe CHART. Captain Crocker, of the seuooner Victor, trading pet wooo tas Bort und.itm Mont Ladies, suids—''As cor- greatly made by several captains NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, especially in the months of Dave found the limit of the 8 with the limit tain seasoas of the year, January aud February, Gult Stream ditfer thirty to forty m as put Gown on the charts, esffeciully the edge of tue stream toward the eastward, It is principally here thatit widens. Have found there the tempera- ture of the Water go up from sixty-eight to olghty do- grees Pabrenbeit, and the moment we got out of it the temperature would go down to filty, especially toward the inner edge of the Stream. Tue velocity of the current on this extraordinary edge | never iound to be over one knot per hour rage, apd Was never 80 strong as the velocity of the currentin the ordinary Jimit as marked down on the chart, Aly experi ts that between 60 aod 62 degrees longitude and 37 aud 38 degrees latitude the Gulf Stream always widens more or 1 and I must acknowledge that w shere no oue can place {ull reliance upou the charts, whether they be English or American, The American charts, it is true, are more accurate so far as our €oast Hue 18 concerned, but when it comes to the southern edge of the Gulf Stream they aro 20 more reliable than the English charts.’” “Have you formed any theory as to the cause of tho expanse of the Gulf Stream in certain localities ?”? asked the reporter. “M. inion is that an overflow of the waters ot THE ERBAVIC GULF STREAM, Captain Gacor, of the stoamor Hudson, belonging to the Cromwell line of steamers, ruuning between New York and New Orleans, um a lengthy 1oterview bad with bim yesterday said:—"We know theGull Stream to be exeeedingly erratic. All the regular traders com- ing up the Gulf understand the variable course of the Stream as to its current, lt often bappeus that two diferont steamers, starting from New Orloans at tho Same time, from Havana or from Florida, will, on ar- Tival, compare DOK One captain will ask, ‘How did you find the current?’ and he will receive Jor an an- swer that not much was tound, while he himself was in the very thickest of it, One captain will say, ‘| was up to 31 in the current,’ while the other Captain wiil tell him that he found no current ai ail, Even to Hatteras some will fiod a strong stream, while cthersdo not. In crossing the Gulf Stream, bound south, there 1s always more surface to it than is found on the churts, especially irom Mantanilla Kool, 1t Varies Very much, Sometimes we ran out of it altogether at 34, and again at 30, while wo steer the samo courses 1m both instances, thus showing that the eustorn odge especially is excoodingly variable, You will understand that it is impossible Jor charts to note ail the vartations, and that only the general course of the Gulf Stream can thore be given. attribute this spasmodic expanse of tho Gull Stroam to the preva- lence of strong winds tbat force tbe currents in the direction where Captain Coflin found them. Of course on a steamer these cure rents do not excite as much interest us on a sailing vessel, and even tho extraordinary ex- panso does not surprise us, only it creates observa- toa, Our track docs not carry us as fur to the east- ward ag Captain Coflin’s position, but even where our track lies the Stream yuries very mucb. [ believe that Coffin’s discovery alludes to the suriace current caused by winds, and the water to fuund was forced out of its buturul channel by said winds; only the same suriace current docs not remain there but for a short period. Thore is ono thing you must bear in mind, that even in the face of any omissions on the cnart—if omissions they can be calicu—the Ine of the Guif Stream can always be aistinetly traced at seu by the vapor from the warmer water, Tbis vapor line extends all along the edge, Which any man can plainly see. WORK FOR ORNAMENTAL MEN-OF-WAR, “Lt would bo far botter if the: investigations of all those various matters were more compicte,und I cannot understand, since I seein the Herat that po examin- ation of the Gulf Stream has becn made since 1545, why some of our oraamental men-cl-war ou loreizD stations are not engaged in this most important work, which affects our ent mercuntile marine, ihey certainly might be most advantageously employed 1 tuis work, And yet 1 must admit that so far as my experience goes-a change of thirty miles in tho face coveres the Guif Stream docs not surp' me. During the it twelve years hardly @ month has passed that I did not cross the Guif Stream, Sometimes the current averayed threo and a half knots per hour, and the next trip Lbardly noticed Ruy current in the identical latitude and lougitude, To state the matter moro correctly, Lhave made, aided by the current, as much as 300 miles a day, and on tne following trip, oo the same ground. in the same locality, stcoring the same courses, everything else being alike—the same ship, the same Weather, running the samo in every other regpeet—1 only made 240 miles, showing the fickle and erratic character of the Gull Stream. Captain Coffin’s discovery must be regarded as important, in so tar that he bas found the surfaco of tho Gult Stream expanded in a far different place than many others have.” THE SAME EXPERIENCE OVER THE SAME GROUND. Captain Craig, ot the bark Skerryvori, has made 108 passuges across the Western Ocean; crossed last in June, from Marseilles to Cuba, and has repeatedly one over the same ground covered vy Captain Collin. fo said:—‘l have found the extent of the Gult Stream vary about thirty miles from the chart. ‘Agato at other times I have found the chart to be correct. { have, however, never experienced tbo great velocity in that extraordinary current as found by Captain Coffla, But ne has had the same oxperi- ence twice, aud I knew bim to be a mua of tntelll- gence. There can be no doubt about it that at the time when the notes were tuken according to which the charts wero drawn there must have been squtn- ern winds driving the water northward, According to my impression this yeur’s calm weather has caused tue northern current from Davis’ Straits and Greenland to go to the southern, The same current that brings iceborgs southward will also drive tho waters of the Stream further down.” NO CURRENT WHILE LOOKING ¥OR ONT. Captaip J, K Potter, of tho schooner a. K. Valentine, having traded across the Gulf Stroam duriag (be pust seventeen years, in an interview with the Hexanp reporter said :—"‘I arrived at this port September 1, from ;Port-auspain, Trinidad, where | expecied, ac- cording to the chart,to Lave threo. knots velocity m the current of the Stream. I have had four; my observations were correct all the time. In June, 1877, while going trom Wilmington to Havana, we ought to bave bad three kovts velocity in the cur- *| rent of the Stream I was 1ooking Jor, but we bad no Current atall. My experionce has always boen, how- ever, tbat when going to the castward tue current becomes very strong, Nevertheless, I must add that from Cupe Fiortda to Hatteras 1 always found the strongest cdrrent, and that when it goes to the north it has more room und spreads jvelf, tis quite likely that the flow of the Missiséippi, and even of ine Orinoco, L4s somecning to do with the cause that leads to" this expanse of the Guit Stream, but 1 most incline to the belief that the currents are, iu many ees, made stronger by winds.” THE CHARTS ALL WRONG. Captain Uriah Timmons, com! ding the John, trading betwcon this port and whe Gull of Mexico, said:—“There is a great difference in the width of the Gulf Surcam. My experience has always been, when running for Hatteras, that I hed to make a great many changes so as to keopaclear of the bother. Some currents. In Juno, 1872, especially, whea going from Virginia to Charleston, 1 distinctly remember that I could notrely upon the chart, ior the winds changed the current continual Vance, while going from Hatteras to Brunswick with a load of iron, I met it current where 1 ought to have had noue, and auother vessel had to anchor. In December, some yours ago, I remember a current off Cape Hatteras with a velocity of tive knots an hour, Ln fact, the currents as truced on the charts all along Now Orleang, Ship Island and the Passos are all wrong, and so 18 their velocity as marked on the chart off Cape Florida.” ADVICE TO OTHER CAPTALNS. Yhe Huratp reporter chanced to meet Captain Coffin, the discoverer, yesterday, when the following colloquy took place :— Kevorrer—Wbat course would you recommena to captains sailing from Europe by way of the middle assage ? “ Capesie Corvin—Well, let everybody act as he sces fit. I bave markea my chart, aud 1 shall avoid striking the Stream there wiere [found it, ifican. I would like to say, furthet, thas I simply state simple facts as I find them, end thatldonotscekany noto- riety. I never supposed my observations would occa- sion such comment. Rurorrka—Do you think you ceuld have been mis- taken in your observations? i in Corvix—1 am positive I am not mistaken Two years ago | found the same thing, The captain of the bark Clifton aud others have also noticed 1 I buve observed the “rips” or lictie ripples of tue water along theedge, ‘The current and tho temperature of the water show that I was not mistaken, WHAT THE NAVAL OPFICRRS SAY, The Herarp reer again Wended Lis way to the Brooklyu Navy Yard and boarded the United States mao-of-war Fowhatan, which is now boing repaired und equipped with new guns, The commander of tue vessel Was abi Lieutenant Ivison, when called upon to give bis additional views as to Captain Coffin's discovery, freely expressed them. Dr. Robert bi. Dixon, also Of the Powhatan, eutered the cabla where the interview was held aod readily joined in the colloquy. Mr. lvirou brought out wis Charts and, pointiag to the southern edge of the Guif Stream ug marked upon them, said:—“in most years they Gnd that thu ordinary limit of theStream is best deflaed by \his line; some yours it is driven out, Again, in winter, with plenty of winds from the southeust, it contracts agaiu.’’ The reporter then alluded to Pro- fessor Trowbridge’s statement thut “the part of the Gull Stream, 500 miles in extent, Letwoen 50 and bO degrees West lungituus, Was almost Wuolly unknowD,”” and the hicutenaat admitted that its limits were not precisely defined, adding that thoy could not bo do- fined ou account of their tendency to vary. “Hero is the southern limit of the Gall 8: he continued, “laid down at 38 dog. 36 miu. Captain Coffin says he found it sixty mules further south, Weil, ail right, sixty mu ie very hile. tn pot years, when water ig heated mach more than Ustal, It @xtenus away out. Down in the Gall, where this Stream comes trom, it ts lkeu kettle whe tropical sea 6 being Leated all the tine, The war the water the moro force it must have aud the nore it spreads when it comes out in the ocean, If you witi notice bere in New York Hurbor when wo have high southeust winds we have highor tidos,”? The reporter ventured (o suggest that this was be. cause there wos no sufficient outlet for the water driven in through the bay. Lieatenant ivisou replied that if there were irec outiets the water would be spread out over a greater extent than it before vc- capied by the prevaiuing winds The Lieutenant then marked ous on his chart tho positions of tho “You can id he gard, “that te winds wore ag oy probably blew jn One direction lur seme ume and Catsed the Stream to move furthor south. THE POLAR SUB-CURRENT AND ITS CAUSES. Dt. Dixon then informed the reporter that on the botiom of the ocean directly underneath the Galt Stream there was @ current of ice-cold water, wit @ tomperacure as low as SZ degrees Faurenbeii, moving ih 8 Oppose direction vo tho Gull Stream’s course. ‘This wator Was heated wo a bigh degrec of tompora- ture on the suonis of Uampencny, off the peninsula of Yucatan, in tho Gail of Mexico. “i Lave noticed one y singular thing,’’ continued, “ihe origin of the Gall Stream cannot be definitely found. We crumed for Weeks up and down off the western ond of Cuva about this matter, to find the Stream, and we get no trace of it till we got as far in as the Dry Tortugas, There all of a sudden 14 rises gud sweeps past Key West with great velocity. it seems to come under water to that point. I have seen water on suoals of Campeachy ‘a8 bot as 84 degrees Fabreuheit, You can’t give avy hhmits to the Gulf Stream in the ocean, on account of the prevailing winds whiob will contract or expand it. Another curious thing is that the Stream will vary in 5) at the samo point. In winter it generally moves slower. In summer it 1a at ite greatest velocity, owing to eub-current jerced more Tapidiy southward, It ts high water about tnis time of the your for the Gulf Stream. The polar curreut is caused by the melting of tho snow and ice at tho North, and the cool water being denser sinks to the bottom and flows southward, the warmer water taking its place acd flowing northward. Tug the Galf Stream is formod oXactly ag the trade winds,” CANNOT BE DEFINED. The reporter asked Lieutenant lvison how mucb he sup! the mits of the Stream might varv, “lt might be 120 miles,” he answered. ‘I'he chart gives only the ordivary its. Now this year it sooms Dave extended beyond its ordinary limits.” suggested’ that Captam Coftin’s chronometers might have been out of order. “Ihe iirst thing wo know,” he said, “the Hxxatp’s action in this * matter wilt lead the government to send halt a dozen sbips down 6 hunting for this southern limit of the Gulf Stream, and according to my opinion it will be all useless when they set there, for thoy cannot define it; it is too variable. They might define 1% for ene year, but tho next it might be sixty miles eut.’”? ‘Tho Liouteuant concluded tho interview b; the reporter the yovernment forms, from tho ree pono Othee, for taking meteerological observations, ‘The times of enteriog, leaving and crossing the Gult Stream were to be noted, together with the tempera- ture of the water in all parts of the ocean; the wind, with ita direction and velocity; the specific gravity of the wator, and other matiers. “lt was an awful bother,’? he concluded, “and took nearly all the timo to get them up.” NEWPORT. BROACHING THE QUESTION OF IMPROVED DRAINAGE—WHAT TH“ COITAGERS ARE DOING—AID FOR THE -.YELLOW FEVER SUF- FERERS—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Nuwvorr, R. L, Sept, 12, 1878 The City Fathers are determined to do all that is possible for the prosent as woll as for the prospective welfare of the place im a sanitary poiut ef view, and to this end the City Council, a fow evenings ago, took up the sewerage question and discussed it in 4 very intelligent manner, aod went 80 far as to appropriate tho sum of $1,000 for the preparations for plaus for the proposed system, Tais 1s an important step in the right direction, 48 will be seen by the following letter addressed to the Postmaster of this piace by Mr. Tuckerman, of New York, several years ago:— Union Leacus C1us, New York, Tuomas Cogousuaxt, Es Dour Sir—I desire to cull your attention to incalculable importance to the future welfare of the city of Newport, and one which, to the best of my knowledge, has thus tar fuiled to impress, the authorities and leading citi gous, ax Tun sure it would if a full knowledxe of the facts rolating to it were known and felt, I uliude to the neces- sity of thorough drainage. You may bot be aware that neurly ali the cuses of fever, and many of dysentery, which have occurred in your city during the Last few summors have been directly traced t0 the iadequate provision fur currying off from inhavited pre the waste wuter, Some instuuces within my kuowiedge have boen declared, by udequate medical authority, to have risen onticely from b local cuuses. nt investizations have proved that sknitary measure: a sure ‘ative of epidemic dis- ‘oases in places where they have been periedically provalent, and certain luws on the subject uve been proclaimed by science. Independent of the claims of humanity and she piale duty of Christian citisenship in thia matter. you well know that tho prosperity of Newport depends, in a reat measure, upon the just reputation the city and island have lor suiubrity; once let this fair fuime be blasted or seriously quostioned und tho value of proporty, the influx Of visitors and the number of woulshy residoais will par- tlully diminish. ‘The situation of the city and the mauser iu which it is buitt rendor it comparatively cusy to estab- lisa w complete und thorough system of dratmage. aad no money eun be botwor invested, as far us regurds tho public good and the common prosperity. Knowing your pablic spicit and personal oficioney i take the liberty to call your attention to the subject, and hepe your voice will be Taised in the Clty Couveti in’ advocacy of this vital | improvomont, Yours ly eNpy T. TUCKKRMAN. The above letter, notwithstanding it was written nearly five years ago, will eurry a good deal of weight ‘with it just-at this time, PLENTY OP WATE. ‘Thanks te tho public spirit of Mr. George H. Nor- mun the city is enjoying the nocded introduction ef water, and with a thorough and complete system of sewerage no one need have tear that ber fair fame and pamo will remain as untaroished in the future as it bas been ip the past, and she will continue to grow in popularity throughout the lengih and broadin of the land, Tho leading cuizens of the place will agi- tate an improvement in the present sewerage ques- tion, and thore is no doubt the necessary appropri- ations for such work will be made in due season. The villa owners, who, by the way, a8 shown in tho tax list recontly published tn the Hzrao, aro the heaviest in the roll, are anxious that the work shall be com- menced as soon as possible; for, while the city has not experienced auy serious results from the present system, they can readily sce that an improvement is desirable, . ‘MISCELLANEOUS GOSSIP, Governer Rice, of Massachusetts, bas been spend- ing 4 few days in this city as the gaestof Mr. G. H. Norman, at “Belair,” ‘The engagement of one of the officers of the Euglish men-of-war recently in thts ‘harbor is rumored. ‘the young lady is ster of a member of the English Par- liament. She hes been spending the seasou hero, Mr. and Mra, Keraechan, of New York, gave a graud dinner on Tuesday. Captain Paget, of toe Royal Army, and wife, née Stevens, were prosens, Colonel Lawrenve Kipp, of New York, is in town, as the guest of his brother-in-law, Mr, Pierre Lorillard, of Now York, ‘His Excellency, Governor Van Zandt, goes to New Hampshire to-morrow to attend a great cold water meeting, The Goversor is a consistest and popular advocate of the temperance cause. Hie administration givos goneral satistaction. dir. F. A. Stout, New York, has jost returned {rom a brie! sojourn in Europe, bi , of Cambridge, is visiting 00. . jw York, has been seriously ill at bis summer*residence ip the adjoiming town of Portsmouth. He is now out of danger, ‘The Xouug Men’s Christian Association bave placed contribution boxes in various parts of tho city ior the benefit of tho yellow fever sufferers. It wasa bappy idea, ag they are being liberaliy patronized. Mr. Lorillara’s steam yacht Lurlioe, of the Now York Yacht Club, is at Bristol, were sho bas been dismantled preparatory to receiving coil boiler, Newport has sent nearly $3,000 to Now York for the benelit of the yellow tever sufforors. Aptommas has been pleasing the summer people with his barp recitals, He was receutly robbed of a considerablo amount ef money by a young man in his employ. Mrs, Lioulenant Logan, the daughter of Admiral Porter (who, by the way, bas not made bis customary visit to Newport), is iu town for a few days. ‘The last entertainment to Admiral Inglefeld of a private characier was tendered by Commodore Bald- win, Unite@Staces Navy, Monday afteracon, It was a noticeable event. Captain M. Ramsay, United States Navy, witl take charge of the government torpedo station on Monday next. The tamily of the lato W. 3. Calawell, of New York, will vacate theif cottage on Kay stroct this weok and will spond the remainder of the season at Saratoga, ‘The regular poto season, to the regret of many, is over. Several pructice games will be played by the various members of the Polo Club who remain he: Mr. Wiiham Travers, of New York, has k! iy placed at the disposal of “a number of ladies a room fn hig business block 10 Bellevuc avenao tor the re- ees of clothing, groceries, wines, medicines, tea, coffee, sugar and canned vo; » the same forwarded South for the beneilt of tho victims of yol- low fever, The ce al ladies interested in the matter aro Mra, M. Blatchford, Mre, R. M, Huot and Mrs. General R. B. Potter, of New York; Miss Helou Mason and Mre, R. M. Cushing, of Boston, and Mrs, Judge Dickey, of Chicago. The movement prom- ises to be a very popalar oue, and the summer Freal- deuts will pot be backward in uidiog the laudable en- terprise. Mrs. W. W. Tucker, of Boston, aud Mrs. 8, Abbott Lawrence, two of wport’s: weil known summer rea- idents, sail for Europe oa the 25sn inst. Prot. W. B. Rogers, of slarvard College, ga' dinner party to-day to a few of bis Irtends, Mr. James Lounox, of New York, soft a good sized check to the Touro Chapel 1m this city, Some of tho deserters {rom the English ships have come out from their hiding place since the departure of tuo fleet tor Hatifax, Mr. and Mra. L, P. Morton, of New York, who have tig revurned from Europe, are exvected bi Tho throng of pedestrians im front of the Astor House yesterday alternoop about one o’ciock were surprised by the sudden appearance of a mounted cavalier, with Jance at rest, who, in spite of stages, trucks and all otbor obstacles, rode at full tut, as though he were tho bearer of government despatches On the corner of Barclay strect he rode down a gonticman, who was subsequently ascertained to bo Mr. N. R, Haskell, of the New York Life In- suraneo Company, and his further car was checked by Gillver Andrew H. Rowly, of the Broad- way squad, Ho was compelled to dismvant, his horse Was Sent to @ convenient siable, aud (he rider, with his lanco, was taken ‘Yomnbs Police Court, There the prisoner, booted Spurred as he was, anuounced bimsell ay Kath Mi zigie, of borest avenue, Bergen Mul, N.J., oo of Vhird New York cavairy, on a visit to Captal Fetteror, of Kitgabeth street, the commandant of hi troop. Huntaiger was in a hilarious mood and said, “Judge, Ldian’s want to burtunybvody, | am not a Communist, I am oaly a Frevepman ou a drank.’ Judge Dully—What is the moaning of the insignia on the banoor? (referring to the letters M. i. D, which were embiazoned on the streamer flouting trom tho lance houd). Huntziger—i don’t know what they mean; I had them thero singe the Inst Hayes eteciiun, The Bergeon lancer was fued $2 and sent down belore Judge Dufly at the nd FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 4BRANGEMENTS FOR THE HORTICULTURAL SHOW AT GILMORE’S GARDEN—LARGE NUM- BER OF EXHIBITS—GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS AND PREMIUMS AMOUNTING TO ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDBED DOLLARS— THE GARDEN TO BE OPEN APTELNOON AND EVENING. At a rogular meeting of the New York Horticultural Society, yestorday afternoon, it was determined to give the fall exhibition of flowers and fruits in Gtl- more’s Garden on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 25th, 26th and 27th of September. The spring and Qutuma exhibitions of the society have attraciea wide attention among the lovers of flewers, and con- tribations are received not only from local dealers, but from the florists of Breoxlyn, Long Island, Bos- ton and Philadelphia, * A communication was received from Messrs. Shoo! & Gilmore to the effect that they would offer aadi- tional premiums, to be awarded under the general rulos governing tho exhibition, and if the judges de- cide that apy exhibit is not worthy of the premium offered the reward will be given to any special exhibit they may fad deservingot 1. The premiums offered by Shook & Gilmore are ag follows:—$25 for tho best collection of foreign ana domestic fruits; $25 ior best edliection of cut flowers; $25 tor best and nowest de- aignof choice cat flowers; $25 (te private gardeners @nd amateurs only) for best exhibit of specimen stove and greenhouse plants, Considerable discussion enaucd as to tho nature ot exhibits andthe amount of premiums to bo offered, and nally tho whole matter was referred to a com- mittee with power, which reported as lollows:— PLANIB IN POTS. For the best group of stove and greenhouse plants, Bot leas than filty distinct reties, li second bewt ditto, $25; twenty si bouso plants, distinct varieties, gold meaal; second Dost ditto, $10; best ten stove und greenhouse plants, distinet varieties, ia bloom, large silver mn Ond boat ditto, $5; bout six stove und gi Plants, distines vurietios, in vioom, $10 and $5; best Bingle specimen of stove of greenhouse plant, in blvom, showing superior cultivation, $5. Oxcuips. —best display, not less than tea specimen plants in bloom, gold medal; second ditto, $10; best 1X distinet varieties, largo silver medul; second best ditto, $5; best three distinct varieties, $5; best single specimen, silver modal, VanizGatsp Leavep Piants.—Best twenty dis- tinct varieties, two promiums, $15 und $5; vest ton distinct varioties, two promiums, $10 and $5; best single specimen, $5, DRacavas.—Best ten distinet varieties, two pre- miums, $10 and $5; best six distinct varieties, two premiums, $5 and $3; best single specimen, $5. FRRNS.—Best twelve distinct varities, large silver Medal; second best ditto, $5; best six distinct varic- tics, $8 and $5; best single specimen, $5. ‘Tree Ferxs.—Best six distinct varieties, two pre- miums, $15 und $10; best single specimen, $5. LYCOPODIUMS AXD SELAGINELLAY.—Best ten varie- Sos, two premiums, $8 and $4. Patms axp Oycaps.—Best ven distinct varicties, large stiver modal; second best ten varieties, $5; best single specimen, $4 AGaves.—Best twelve distinct vari two premiums, $12 and $6; best sx distinct varieties, two premiums, $6 and $3; best single specimen, $9. Succu.eyTs (other than agaves).—Best twenty-live distinct Varicties, two premiums, $10 and $5, 1 distinct |xoRas.——Best three plunts, in bioom, varieties, $10; for tho best single specimen, $5. Mananras,—Best two distinct vurioues, two pre- miums, $10 and $5; best single specimen, $% Croroxs.—Bost six distinct varieties, two pre- miuins, $10 and $5; best single specimon, $5. Exicas.—Best stX ericas, distinct varieties, two premiums, j Dest single specimen, $5. Ror — Bet 0808, 10 pots, distinct varie- eRe and $5; best six ditto, two premiums, $5 and $3. Fucnsias.—Boss six fuchsias, distinct varieties, two premiuing, $5 and $3; best stagle specimen, $3. ‘AucriLoxs.—Best six abasilons, distivct varieties, two premiums, $5 and $3; best single spccimen, $3, ACHIMINES AND CaLapiuMs.—Best three achiminee, sorts, wo premiums, $3 and diploma; best twelve caladiums, different varieties, two premiums, $8 and $4; best six caladioms, different varietics, two premiums, $5 and $3; best single specimen, $3. New Puanrs—Best plunt ef late iutroduction—it never having boon sbown befero at any exhibition of this society—$5. Vereunas.—Best twelve distinct varieties, in pots, two premiums, $5 and $3 ZONAL PERLARGONIUMS.—Beet twelve distinct varie- ties, two premiums, $10 and $5; best stx distinct va- a, two promiams, $5 and $3; best single spoot- Dovs Zonal PuLaRconioms.—Best six distinct Mortage two premiums, $5 und $3; beat single speci- men, $3. R ‘TRICOLOR PELARGONIUMS.—Best six distinct varic- tes, swo premiums, $o aud $3; best single specimen, be ‘MisceLLANKouS PLANTS.—Best collection of giadio! grown in pots, not less than twelve distinct varicties, two premiums, $5and $3; best twelve phloxes, in pots: two premiums, $6 uod $3; best twelvo dablias, in pots, two premiums, $10 und $5; dest six daiias, in pots, two premiums, $6 and $3; best collection of asters, in pots, distinct colors, bwo premiums, $) and $3; best collection of ornamontal evergreens, not less thun twonty varieties, two promiume, $10 and $5. Vasus,—Best rustic vase, filled with plants, two premiums, $3 and $8; best pair of banging baskets, two promiuma, $5 und $3; best Wardian case, two remiums, $10 and $5; best fernery, two premiums, $s and $3, (The above must have beep growimg not Tess than two months.) Best und most economical design for 4 window box or garden, containing plants best suited for house culture, two premiums, $10 aud $5. our FLOWERS. For tno best collection of cut flowers, large silver medal; second best ditto, $5; best a ft pamed roses, $10 and $5; best twelve nam each, $5 and $3; best twelve roses of any variot $3; best display of daniias, not less than thirty gor’ named, targe silver modal; sccond best ditto, best twelve named varieties of dabiias, two pre- miums, $5 and $3; bost six uamed varictics of duh- Has, $3; best collection of vorbenas, Bamed, two pre- miume, $5 and $3; beat new seedling verbenas, certifi. cate of merit; best collection of gladioli, not less thaa twonty-dive sorts, named, two premiums, $8 ana $4; Bt twelve gladioll, named varioties, $5 and $3; beat ndw scediing gladioius, the vest display of asters, two premiums, $5 and $3; bost six cockscombs, turee varioties, two of each, two prom- tums, $3 and $2; best display of cut blooms of liltes, $3; best collection of native plants, not less than lity speeres, correctly named, two promiums, $5 and $3; Dest collection of native grasses, correctly numed, two premiums, $5 and $3. FLORAL, DESIGNS. Vor the best tavio avsign, other than a basket of re, shver medal; second age ditto, $5; dost basa jowors, two premiums, $10 and $5; best pair of band bouquets, two pre! and $3; best pair of tablo buaquets, tw $10 and $5; dest bridal bouquet, wreal age bouquet, two premiums, $10 and $5; best iuneral de- sign, large silver medal; secoud best, ditto, 5 bess design tormed of cut flowers, lurgo silver medal; sec- ond peat, ditto, $5; best bouquet of native yrisces, two proimiums, $6 and $3; best desigo of autuma loaves and pressed ferns, two premiums, $5 and 33. FRUITS. Grarus.—Best and most tastefally arravged collee- tion of foreign aud domestic iruits, gold medal; vest Bix named varioties of foreign grapes, two bunches of large silver medal; second best, ditto, $5; Dest two bunches of biack Hamburg, two promiums, $5 und $3; best two bunches of white Muscat, two emiums, $5 and $3; Lest two bunches of black rvarossa, two premiums, $5 and $3; beat two bunebes of any other variety, two premiums, $5 and $3; dost specimon of foreizn grapoving in trait grown in pots, two promiams, $10 and $5; best collection of native grapes nated, uot less than ton varictics, two bunches each, large sliver medal; second tive rapes, two bunca $3; best dish (tb Ha, OC E 5 of each, two promiums, $5 bi ) of Concora, Dela. wa Catawba, Hartiord proiiic, Barry, Wilder, Croton, Senasqua, Croveling, Alien’s hybrid, Iona, Bisinburg, each, $2; best now seedling, cortifi- cate ol merit. ArpLes.—Lest collection, not less than tan five named varioties, six of each, gold medal best, ditto, $10; best collection, not loss than twelve Named Varieties, six of each, two premiums, $10 aod $5; best dish (ven fruit) Baldwin, Duchess of Viden- burg, Esopus Spuzenverg, fall pippin, fameuse, Gravenstein, Hubburdstun pouruch, King of omp- kins County, maideo’s blush, Newtown pippin, North. ern spy, Porter, Rhoae | greening, oxbury russet, tweaty eunce, yollow Lelleilower, crab apples, moth molon, primate, Jouathan, Astrachon, red ada, iady apple, each $2; bost new sovdliny, cortificate of merit. PKARS.—Best colloction, pot less than twonty-five Ramod varieties, 61x of cach, gold medal, secona best, ditto, $10; best collection, not less than twelve named wieties, #ix of cach, two premiums, $10 and §: est @ (eight frum) Burtiett, beurre bi Anjou, bi tw crative, beurre Hardy, Buffam, beurre Bose, Ciapy’s De yo Bouasock, De. Reeder, wenty- Duchesse D’Angouléme, c Doyenve da Comice, Ki |, Fulton, Hower Lawrence, Louise Boaue do Jursey, Onondaga, Pura- dis WAutomme, Seckel, Sheldea, souvenir un Cou- gross, Urbanisto, Vicur of Wakeliekl, euch $2; bost How seeding, certificate of merit. PLuMa.—Dest collection, not less than six named ‘varlotics, twelve of each, two premiums, $6 and $2; best dish (ton iruit) green page, transparent guxo, MeLaughiin, Reine Claude de Bavay, Prince’s Impe- ue’s lavoriie, Coo’s golden drop, (Boghsb), blue imperatrice, Prune D’ Agen, Shropshire damsoa, each $2; best dish of any one variety, $2. Peaciks.—Best collection, not less than six varte- tox, #1X Of cach, Inrge silver modal; second best ditt $5; Dost plate (six fruit) George tho Fourth, Gro: Mignovne, Old Nixon tree, Grawsord’ riy, Ore tord’s lave, Svamp of the World, cach $2; vest dish of one Variety, two premiums, $2 and diploma; best now seedling, certificate of inerit. Nroranines.—Bost colieetion, six of each varicty, two premiams, $10 and $5; beat dish of one variety, two premiums, $3 und diplom QUINCRS.—Best twelve qainces, two premiams, $5 and $3; best six figs, premiams, $3 and dipiom: bost ornamental basket of frutt, two premiuins, § and $3. CuareRRaims —Best dish (not lees than one quart), WaATKRMELONS —Best three mountain sprout, three Mountain sweet, iceing, and threo Bradlord, each $2. MusKuaLONG,—Beat five green citrov, Allun’s ditto, $5; best six named Varicties of na- | 1878.—TRIPLE SHEET. superb, large nutmeg, Cassaba, white Jepaa, Skill man’s netted, exch $2. ‘VEGRRABLES. For the best collection of v: pot less than twenty varieties, large siiver medal; second best ditto, $5; best collection of potatoes, named vari- , two pee 10 and $5; beat pot two premiums, $5 and $3; besi collection ol less than six Varieties, six best twolve ‘ tomatoes, any f i collection of turuips, six of each, $3; lovg blood beets, turnip beets, carrots, salsity, scor- zouera, white onious, yellow onions, red DS; Bix cabbages, six cauliflowera, six colery; table coro; peck Lima beans, in pods; quart Lima beans, shelled; twelve okra, three egg plants, six artichokes, euch $2. Exbibits of tras or vegetables of merit, oF any ar- ticle properly connected With horticulture or foricul- ture not enumerated in the above schedule, will be awarded premiums at the discretion of the judges in the several departments, CONDITIONS OF THE uXHIDITION, ‘The following rules and regulations were unani- mously adopted :— 1. The premiums oifered In this schedule are open to ai} competitors, uniess otherwise specilied, 2. Exhibitors mast give notice in writing at least one day prior to the opening of the exbibition, with their full uddregscs, of the class or classesin whica they insend to compete, and the number of square feet Uney will probably occupy. This 1s to be done by filling up and iorwarding to the recording secrotary tho printed forms provided for that purpose. 3. All competitors must have their exhibits ur- ranged by one o’clock FP. M., 08 the room must then bo cleared for the judges to ake their awards. 4, It is necessary that all plauts or flowers be care- sully labelica with their scientilc names aud, when practicable, with the name of the raiser and tne coun- Ury whence ivtroduced. Fruits and florists’ flowers must bear their customary pames. It is undersiood that all plants exhibited must be in Gower, with tho exception of those ghowa for their foliage or iruit, 6. When a certain number or quantity of plants, flowei fruits or vegetubles is desiguated in the schedule, there must bo ueithor more nor less than that number or quantity, and nono exhibited in any ono Glass can compete in any other. 6. No plants, floworg, fruits or vegetables will be entitled to a premium uniess they possess points of superiority. 7. ‘The judges will be strictly: required to witnhola the promium or premiums when tne exnibits ace not iu their opinion of sufficient merit, ana their decision ‘shall tn all cases be fual, . 8. Exnibiters may attach their names to tho ar- ticies exhibited, alter examination by the judges and the award cards are appendod; but they must be on- tered aud staged by numbers, which tho secretary will 1ssue on réecerving u list ot the articles. No busi- Devs cards or pamphlets will be all 1d, except those Attucbed to the ernibil, the size of which 1s limited to six by eight inches, and not more than four cards allowed ou aay one exbibit, . 9. All spegimens must be the bona fide property of the exhibitor or of bis employer, or they will not be eligibie to compete for the premium. 10, The committee will exciude from competition oli inferior specimeus; also ull such designs as in their opinion evinces iucorrect taste, 11. The judges bave discretionary power to award premiums to uny plants, flowers, fruits or vogetables, Or ayy aru properly conoected with horuculture pot speciiied in the schedule, that they consider worthy of special notice, subject, however, to the approval of tue Executive Committee. 12. After tho articles aro arranged they will be under the exclusive charge of the committees, and not oven tho owners will have liberty to remove them until the exuibiion is closed, 13, The society cannot ve responsible tor mistakes arising (rom non-obacrvance of these rules, 14. Dishes aud glasses fer cut flowera, &c, will bo fornished by the society. 15, Exhibitors not members will be turnished with passes te the exhibitions, subject to the discretion of the committee, Passes will also be furnished to em- ployés according to the number of exhibits, 16, The committee, while thanking those exnibitors who so kindly renewed thoir cut flowers and designs at tbo exhibitions of the provions years, hope all will again ada to the interest and success of these exbibi- tons by renowed efforts iu the same direction. There will bo music afternoon and evening, and arrungewents havo veen made for special pro- grammes by Thomas’ orebestra, THE WILLIAMSBURG POISONING. WUBTHER TESIIMONY TO PBOVE AN ALILI— MgS. SEIFKE HELD FOR THE ACTION OF THE GBAND JURY. The evidence to prove an alibi in the case of Mrs, Caroline Seifke, charged with sending arsenicated pot- cheese to her mother with intoat to poison hor, con- tinued co excite much rntérest in the proceodings be- fore Judge Elliott, in Wilhamsburg, yesterday. The court room wag crowded loug before the bour sot tor tho fival session of the examination, and groups of in- dividuals, unable to obtain admission, discussed the singular features of the caso on the sidewalk surrcand- ing the Court House. ‘Tho cuse was called at thirty-three minutes past ten A. M., and alr, Wiliam Allon, counsol for Mrs. Seitke, placed heron the Stand, Once or twice during her evidence eho was moved to tears, and her tace shows sigas of suffering urising trom the painial charge againat her and her confinement, She was supported by Mr. Henry Seifke, Sr., and two or throo lady frionds, two of whom, just bolore the case was cailed, stepped up to her belore takiog their seats and kissed re. When her hugband, Henry Seifke, Jr., was placed on the stand he openly ackuowledged a tocling uf un- Iriendliness toward nis wotber, but bis testimony corroborated that of the other witnesses for the de-* fence in reference to the alibi, Both he und bis wile denied in tolo any knowlodgo of the poteheese or ulieged attempt at poisoning until the time of the a rest. suid emphauically that ho did not believe anything of tt. WIPE AXD HUSBAND Mrs. Seifke testified thut sue hus been married for more than five years; on Saturday, August 31, she ro- maiued within Ler house corner of West Third stroct and Sixth avenue ali duy, except for a few minutes when she went fora ptut of beer in the saloon next door. Her wstumony mataly corroborated that of the Witnesses Stensvorn and Soyder as to the alibi, bor virit to the saloon having been betweon eight a: nive o’ciock, for just after she and her husvand drank su id that she had proof cloak, but had bot worn it siueo the spring; She denied any connectivn with th atvempt at potsoning, and said that she had not been in Willamsburg for several mouths, Oa ber cross- eXamination she Was pot Lue least confused, but only gave more emphasis to her teatiinony, She satd that owing to family litigations she bad not spoken to her mother jor a your and a half, and theu the lutier would not recognize her. Only the family knew of Mrs. Cook supplying the potcheese, though witne: never knew Nickey, the boy, bought it; she did not know who sent tif cheose nor any one who resembled hersell. Henry Seifko, Jr., testified that he was husband of the accusody’and was not iriendly with bis mother la-law. He thea gave an account of bis doings on Saturday, August 31, which coincided with the testi- mouy of the Wile and tho other witnesecs, and om- phatically swore that his wile did not go out on that evening except for about tweuty minutes to got tae boer; le hud no connection in any way with the sending or preparation of the potcheese. On bis Cross-cXainination he said he would do all io bi power to save his wife, knowing her to be innocent; if apy oue put poison in the potcheese Mrs. Pope did it, aud wus the only ove with an object to do it; neither he nor bis Wife coald gato anything by poi soning them. ‘The case wag thon argued, and Judge Elliottdeciaed to hold afrs, Seitke for the action of tho Grand Jury. The prisoner, with the consent of Assistant District Attorney Jon Oakey, Was taken to the Court House to Lave tue amount of bail Axed, Jaage Dykman, of the Supreme Court, fixed tho amouut of dirs. Seifke’s bail at $5,000, in two su tles of equal amount. Messrs, Adoipn Runken, of 161 Penn street, aud Hugh Carrick, of No, 243 Hughes street, were accepted us her boudsmen, The prisuuer Was thereupon released. THREE SUFFERING CHILDREN. AD anonymous lettor was received by the Society for tho Vrevention of Cruetty to Children a day or two since, giving iuformation of the alleged cruel treatmeut of Lottie, Chariie and Harry Grabam, orphan childron of the late drum major of tho Seventh Regiment, Mr. Graham hved ia Morrisania and leita house and lot thote, besides ubout $1,000 worth of personal property, to bis threo children. His wile died soon ufterward, and letters of administration wero given to Mra, Kino, hor sister. The children wero thereupon taken to live with their and het husband on an upper __ floor No. 1,993 Chiarai, agout of the s @ Sad condition of destitution, at bird avenue, and it was there that Mr. ety, found the litte oves 10 They were lying on the floor, half starved and balt uaked, and seemed almost unable to leave the pince in Company with the ot officer, Inmates of the huuse tell paintal stori: the Way to whieh te gitl und boys were treated hen put upon the « Court und subsequently exas the little things would thing tor themeelves, Mr. and mitted to await trial, and the children, whose ng eo thirteen, seven ond tour years, were taken in chargo by Mr. Chiardi. WANDERED FROM HOME, Mr. Robert Honry, the clerk in the Bank of the Republic, concerning whose te1aporary absence from honfe considerable alarm was telt by his family, was found yosterday by a detective of the Twonty-second Precinct police, When the detective met him he was quietly Walking through Fittieth street, near Broad- way, with his little son Robbie, who left home with bim on Tuesday eveumg. He wastaken to the statien house and Word Was sent to bis friends of his where- abouts. Ho refused to expluin the reason ot his ab- sence from home, but said that he nad suffered yroatly with neuralgia In bis head for some vime, aod it ie Supposed that mind j@ temporary affected, He was identified by his ti 4 that there Was 00 foundation other than bis absence for the son- satioual stories published in certain morning news- papets yesterday, His aceo reo! the bank, aud he has bad no doi bat 1s devotedly attached to his family. SLOW ‘RAPID’ TRAXSIT. General Complaint Against the Third Avenue Elevated Road. CAUSES OF THE DISCONTENT Apparent Indifference of the Company to the Public's Comfort. paannns Ue cones ny ‘The wide-felt and profound dissatisfaction existing along the line of Tnird avenue and its vicinity at the slow progress and present wrotébed condition of the Third Avenue ‘Elevated road appears, according to careful investigation. made yester- day, to increase in intensity and bitterness, and threatens to assume vory serivas proportions for the Now York Elevated Company. The writer, who waa long the Iino of the road and rode upon it duri groat portien of the day, found a strongly grewing sentiment among the travelling public that the com. pany had treated the people most shabbily in retura for the magnificent franchise conferred upon it; that tho progress of the work had been inexcusably delayed to the inconvemience of thousands of people and in flagrant violatiow of the many fair promises made by tho officers of the company; that the company had shown a reckless disregard for the eomfort and con- venience of the pabdlic in either failing to put up sta- tions where they were promised and Jocated on paper many months ago, or in erecting, on the “‘cheap and nasty” principle, stations replete with every discom- fort; that tho trains were run so slowly as to be scarcely any imprevement upon the horse cars; that the cars themselves wero also of a very shabby and inferior character; and that the only way of com- pelling the company to do its duty by the public was for the people to refuse to ride upon such an uncom. fortabie and slow coach elevated road. The company was also indignantly denounced for ite “meanness’? in exacting twonty cents fare trom pussengers deair- ing to get trom one siao of tho city to the ether, and for 1ts aimost incomprehensible neglect of the most important Chatham street extension. WOE CHATHAM STRAET EXTENSION, In whe bulldiog of this extension there appears to have been the most wanton aelay, Some of the foundations—about twenty-—wore put in last winter, and, as the entire extension is only a third of a mile long, it is tho universal opinion among exports that it could and shoald have boen opened simuitaneously with tho main Iino to the Grand Central Depot, And yet the digging of the foundations for the station near Tryon Row has only just begun, ana the iron for the extension, ancording to a statement of tho engi- neer on the ground, has not even beenordered! How extraordinary this proceeding 1s, may be gathered from the tact that all the iron work for the Metro- potitan road had been ordered long before the foun- dations were dug. The eonsequenco of this procras- timation is that, even according to tho engineer, the extension (which, though a joint road aveve Chambers strect, is built by the New York Elevated) will not bo ready for six weeks yet, abd, if the work goes on at the rata in whieh it bas Deen progressing since the first founda- tious were put in lust winter, the extension may porbaps be im runuing order some time next spring. ne public aro very much {ncensed at the New York Elevated Company for the sertous discom fort to which they are pat by this negligence. Luca sands who would take the elevated road from Park row or the City Mall are row compelled to walk down to Franklin square or Fulton strcot, or to resort to the horse cara instead, I'nere 13 no doubt that the com- pany bas lost already thousands of doliars by tig failure to uecommodave those maititudes of pussengors whom it bas thus deliberately driven to the horse cara, SCARCELY BETTER THAN A ONE-HOKSE CAK, Trains ere run trom the South ferry to the Grand Central Depot in twenty-five minutes, wuile it wat romised all along that the running timo even to ‘\ity-ninth street would only be eighteen or iwenty minutes, When it is cousidored that thetrains now skip severul Stations, Whére they makeno stops at ali, It will be realized at what # wretched pace they go. People who ride on the road flud it so slow that they declare they might just as well take the street cari without incurring auy loss of time and save money, Iudeed, 46 the trains only rum at intervals of five inutes, wad as the stairs ure so awkwardly high that it takes ¢wo or three minutes to climb tiem leisurely, there ig very little, it uny, saving of time now, Said up intelligent lady om tho road yesterday :—*+1 believe this road runs scarcely bower Lhau a oue-horse street car.’? There ts also a great doal ot jolting and jangr Ing on tho road which, in the reapect, contrasts did reeubly with Ure singoth motion vf the Slutropolitas Hlevatea road, STATION DISCOMFORTS. But loudest ot ali are the compiuints about the sta Vous, So aunecessarily bigh are the stairs in some of those that alter climbing away above the track the trave etier Bas to cilmb down aguia belore he reaches the some O1 the Stations, be Will ud eves nst the rain—nothing but a rough, loug platform 4 eitber no station buildings what ever, or build only begun and progressing at such arate that some of them wilt aadoubtedly be ready next spring. With a satuity whieh would be incredt bie were it not Open to ocular provt to auybody who take the trouble to ride up Third aveaue, ine compa ny bag built aud finished somo of the statioas above Forty-second stroet whero the road is not rouoing at all, and where there is no earthly need tor aby statiois until the road is opexed, while some of Lhe siutious along tne operated road are lacking alto- gether, Forty-second street aud Third avenue, tor instance, 18 @ Most important station, agd not oven temporary Stuirs have been provided for preseut use, Suppose 4 traveller desires to go to Forty-tuird street and Ihird avenue. He must wow ride tu the depos and then Walk back to Third avenue. The abseuce of uwny stations at Chatham square, Housioa sirect and ighteeath astreot has compelled hendreas of people to walk nearly half a mile in order to get to the next statron. ‘Tue stuvions tbat are ready—Hanovor square and Grand Central Depot—are gonvraily declared to be so uncomloriabie that the road Will loge thousands of riders by the an- wise economy wud Dad taste practised in their crev- tion. Lodics say that they cannot climb to the ridic- ulously bigh and badly arrapged stations, espectally it they have children with thom, The refusut of the company to provide water closots, feed wator and such necessary conveniences, which could be pro cured atatniling expenditure of moues, 18 universally stigmatized as u pice of sLocKlug peourioasuess on the part uf this wealthy company of miliiounaires, “REGULAR BaRNS.’? those statwus arc regular barns,’’ satd one compared to those on tne Sixta avenue It soem’ to me tbat when we pay (en couts wo are en: tilied to something botier than this!” Similar prossions of discontent ana of ‘“odivus comparisons’ With the Sixth evouge elevated road could be heard almost everywhere, At the south ferry, where the iwo roads, the Third and tue Ninth avenue, connoct, the station is go Utterly Uasuited to such a grout terminus and starting potat for trains on both Sides of the city, that the most bewildering contusion provails, Wneu tho west side train comes in, paswen- gers waitiog for au cast side train all rush for it, and avo to bo ariven buck, systom or order, and the passenger gether tu @ stuall, close, musty room like so sheep in a pen. PUT CROSS SEATS IX THB CARS. Everybody will bave noticed ou tue Metropolitan Elevated Ratlway that passengers on emteriug a car make 4 straight live for the croes seats., The length- wiso seats ure only occupied when tho others aro already iuil, This tact iu itself clearly indicates the decided preference of puviic tor no protection uj ay ais across the cars (like those the middie of the Motropolitan those used altogetuer on tho Undergr Loudon), aad itfully bears out the HsRa.b’s oarnest advocacy of such an ai gement Of seats when |! designs for cars were Orst spoken of In spite of this exporienco on the Metropolitan road, the Now York Kiv= vated Company stubboroly adberes to the lengthwise arrangement of seats, and Will not pay any atiention to the mantiest wishes of the public, Butaiso in orhor te- spots mucn fault is found wath th being uonce- essurily cheap aad common and u ‘oid oi all ele. or attructiveness. The perforated wooden veneer seats arc not nearly us Comfortable oF piowsant as the Friel moroeeo and Cool rattan seats ON the Sixth avenue elevated road, besides veing unnecessarily ugly, aud they itzpart u decided ait of choapness and common. Nese to the cars, SMALL TRAFFIC, It is probably owing 10 this discontent, amounting to positive disgust, which appears to bo felt by the puolio go, that the iruflic om the east side road 18 wot rly what it was expected to be of What it should of the company have given ve Sowe of tho office! out that the road hag carried avout twenty thousand passengers # day; but from a genticinan Who claims to beim pogsession of tho precisa tigares it was fourned that the traffic had rau down as low,aa 14,000, It socwss to bo geuerally conceded 4 uuiess the company oxbibit more regard for the juat expocta- tious of {ts patrons; unless new life and spiritis put into the Work; @oless tho road and the stations are faised to a mach hignor standard of comiort and convenience; and uuless the rousonable public do- fhaud lor ao energetic and rupid completion of the rail- way is satistied by the Now York Elevated Company, tho people will steongiy appeal to the Logisinture lor a iorcivlo remedy. TRUDGING WEST, Daniel A. Reed, a young man of Maldo on August 12 set out from No. 258 Washington streot, Boston, to walk (6 California, 3,725 mites, at the rate of twenty-fivo miles per day, He was confined wit Hiness at Abington, Mase, for a Wook, but recover: resumed his waren, arriv:: + the HH i») oboe yosterday atoloven A, M, He supports himsell by Wo sale of photographs on the line of march,