The New York Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1879, Page 5

ON 70 MEXICO. The American Industrial Deputa- tion on Its Travels, A WELL GOVERNED BODY. Many Interests Represented by the Party. NEARING VERA CRUZ. Viewing the Capital from the Cathedral Towers. THE CENTRAL .OBSERVATORY. : Crrx oy Mexico, Jan. 18, 1879. My despach dated to-daz and forwarded via Brownsville, Teas, yave you Ssummarized account of our progress from New Orley to this ‘famous tity ot the Aztecs, ‘To say that it wahan excee “ingly - Pleasant trip would be only doing j\etice to the party and to the management. For you ihust under- ttand we proceed under tho paternal guidagce of a tompetent cicerone, Colonel Whiting, and, besides, have our oryanizution very complete, with a prest- Gent, Governor Fisk, of Kentucky; vice presidents, O. M. Burke, of Ohio, and Consul J. F. Cahill, of St. Louis; treasurer, Mayor Black, of Milwaukeo; secre- taries, Byron Andrews, of’ Chicago, and George W. Allen, of St, Louis;"a ‘council of war” for pre- serving the peace, of thirteen members, representing 883 many States; Drs. Rice and Hazlett, of Wis- consin and West Virginia, respectively, to take care of our bodily welfare, and 9 special historian, Professor Rust, of Chicago, to em- balm our doings in the time-defying story that we fondly believe will call forth “n’yam n’yums” from all would-be travellers until Gabriel's trumpet sounds the lust muster. Besides the dignataries mamed abuve we have also a worthy descendant of a long line of African princes who may or may not have carried ther conquering standards from Ujiji to the sea, who acts in the capacity of baggage mas- ter, and whoso name is Easley spelled. ‘This cannot be said of all African names. The office of baggage master is no sinecure, for we have not a few of the fairest of the fair sex with us, and ladies are prover- blally indigerent to vuggage. You see, therefore, that we ave a very much governed nomadic commu- nity, aud we are quite independent of tho institu- tions of the countries through which we travel. WHO WE ARE. Collectively, the excursionists, or, as‘we love to style ourselves, “The American Industrial Deputa- tion,” represent many intercsts—commercial, indus- trial, general, personal, literary, scientific, artistic, &e., &e, We have jolly good fellows along, who de- sire to sell sddiery and the most improved “biers;” merry fellows, in the lumbering business; spirited fellows, who represent distilleries; men of rare Physique, who deal in costly and potent medicines; rough and ready individuals, who make and sell cul- ivators; knights of the quill and crayon; gentlemen who aro ready to supply all Mex- feo and Central America with materials for the iron roads of, what is ‘to be hoped, the near future; contractors, real estate specula- tors, majors who are miners, capitalists and lawyers, contectioners, chemists and merchant tailors, each of whom p2nts for an opportunity,to quote his Prices 10 as to create a vested interest in the city of the Montezamas. Lastly, it is hinted that we havo among Usa Wanwho is anxious to introduce to the Mexicans the newest Styles, in American coffins and cashots. Upto the present b. nas manageu w cou- eval his identity; therefore to describe him would be an undertaking beyond my powers. We are keoping & sharp watch, however, on the suspected individ- uals, and grave consequences may follow the discov- ery of the individual who represents in our joyous party the ead trade of costumier to the King of Terrors, And then there are the ladies, whos» bright smiles ‘were like Edison’s electric Mghts during the bricf periods of gloom that settled on the party during the journey from the région of 30 degrees below zero to 80 degrees above. Dusty roads succeeded slushy, snow-water covered streets; the sharp, vibra- tory movements of even the Pullman cars were tol- lowed by the slower and more graceful, but not less disturbing, movements of the good steamer City of Mexico as she bore us from the City of the “Cres- rent’? to the City of the “True Cross.” Now the ladies bore up cheerfully under all the viscissitudes of the journey, and when many of their male com- panions growled out their discontent at the trifling Gifficulties of the way the fair voyagers taxed their energies to make the best of everything, and were cheerful even when dancing on the waves that Bri- tannia may rule but has never been able to rule straight. Happily for me, [have travelled enough over the briny deep to have ‘overcome any susceptibility to the most disagreeable of all the experiences of safe voyaging. Ican, therefore, devote myself to consol- ing the afflicted. When the worthy chief magistrate of Milwaukee, Mr. Black, complained to me that he felt the influence of the ship’s motion somewhat I encouraged his drooping spirits by the suggestion that it was @ slight attack of mal de Mayor. His Hodor immediately retired to his cabin. S0 much for the gratitude of some people. LAND HO! The first glimpse we got of the Mexican coast was calculated to produce on those of us who nad never seen it before the most pleasing impressions. Out of the hazy distance, where the sea and sky welted into that beautiful uncertainty called by the milors ‘off there to the sou'west,”’ there grow upon ow vense of vision first # change of tint in the blue- gry which seomed as if the blue was gradually with- drawing itself from the gray. Soon the line of iiference became miote distinct, and the first oflicer, Mr. McCrea, said simply, “‘fhero's land.” He had seen it fifty times. Captuin McIntosh merely looked at it steadily for a moment or two and uttered a sharp word of command to the steersmanu, who, repeating it with ‘fan “aye, aye, wit,” changed the ship’s course half a point or so, and went on chewing his quid as it nothing had happened. But the passengers were excited, To somo of us the shadowy outline of deepen- ing blue was Mexico; to most of our party it was fur more welcome aa land, terra firma, hard ground, where all the rocks and rollings of the surface were stationary. 1 {coi confident @at the “City of Mexico’* must have been annoyed by the proximity of land, for ho sooner did our poople begin to euspect that the cloudlike shadows ware tho coast range of mountains than the yood ship begin to execute vicious caperings through the water. Now her bow would point heavenward for a moment, and then dip into the sea with a chop that would send the spray fying in clouds o her forecastle. Occasionally she would Perform an elaborate double roll and pitch stop, al- ways selocting the moment when the unwary pas- senger stood with levelled binocular gazing at the land and wholly unprepared for a sudden disturb- tuce of gravity. Then the unwary passenger would sit down on the deck ee ee with @ fixed sture in his eye und « wrinkled brow aud all his con+ » fidence in the stability of things mundane shattered, hike the ho of him who has heard the fair one’s “No!” for the third and last time. VERA CRUZ. Away ahead wo notice above the clearly defined horizon little protuberances like stumpy thorns. They rise ina little cluster. Whatare they? Only he towers of Vera Cruz and the lighthouses on San uan de Ulloa, which are visible long before the low lying coast can be seen, On we go aud the City of the ruc Croas rises like. the nalad queen ina transfor+ mation scene at Niblo’s from the surface of the sea, Yo vo honest about Vera Cruz, “distance lends en- ehantimont to the view.”” The pictufesque groupings of tower, dome aud dwelling melt away when ap- proached into acominon plice that has hada very Darrow escape trom being hideous. The sott tints of the distance that could be reproduced well, I sup- poxe, on canvas, become blotched with ugliness when one comes pear. The aromaof the mingled odors of vegetation, which is tempered by the sea breezes, loses its charm on landing at the Custom ajouse mole, becomes decompysed into ite NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1879. PORES ASE OS LAE DE AR EE A ener eee MNS (ET i ats Rk re OE ic AR AR TO Re a RS aA atc SRP a original elements, among which the most pronounced stinks assert their supremacy with @ success that is really wondertul, It would uot interest the readers of the Henatp to know what the members of our party did in Vera Cruz. I gave you by telegraph 4” brief account of the ings in the city, We divided into groups after our rendezvous ai the hospitable Commereial Club and started to view the city. My time was spent in visiting the public asylums and hospitals with Bis Excellency Gen- eral Luis Mior y Teran, Governor ot the of Vera Cruz. AsI informed you, the Governor most politely showed me over all these civil military ustitutions, the management of which is so eredit- le to the municipal and military administrations. was saddening to wwik through these homes of suffering and gee the sick and maimed with their emaciated bodies clad in the shroud-like hospital garments. Yet one could not fail to per- ceive that everything that tender care and intelligent foresight could provide to supply the wants of these poor people was there for them in abundance, Although the weather was very warm and the odors of open sewers in the streets were very offensive no foul, sick-ward smells nauseated the visitor in the hospitals, and I did not even notice that the officials adopted for their motto in sanitary matters the “similia similibus curantur” which, when applied to some of our own institutions for the sick, means—‘‘the cure is as bad as tne disease.” Paonle thay ask what induced me to abandon the bright and pleasant—such as they are—scenes in Vera Cruz for the sad spectacles in the hospitals durin, our brief stay. I can only answer that it is the duty of the HexaLp correspondent to see everything in- terest, Tnteepaotire of his personal tastes. His eyes are, for the time being, those of a million readers of the HeRaLp. many of whom may be interested in knowing how Mexico takes care of her siek and poor, ‘To her credit, be it said, that in Vera Cruz she ex- tends to all whosuffer or are in want the true ma- ternal protection, and if not to-day as prosperous as she might be commercia}ly and politically, she at least wears mg the glorious crown of char- ity. Vera Cruz # city of rectangular blocks or squares, with the inevitable Span- ish-American fountains, Cathedral and Custom House, open, sewers, busy buzzards, swarthy and mnerally not very c! looking loungers, ready to carry @ trunk to the station or mole, or to steal it, dueunas, donkeys and dirt. The old fortifications, which now look,ridiculously weak and ragged, give some picturesque outlines, SanJuan de Ulloa, an island stronghold in front of the city, serves only a8 @ breakwater and a lighthouse station to protect and mark the roadstead where ships and steamers discharge their cargoes into lighters, With an apathy that is probably due to the conscious- ness of financial inability the Mexicans have failed to improve the commercial facilities at the port of Vera Cruz, and there is to-day as rude and costly a Thich governed trade in the oatly dey of the Spanioh wi le in the early days o! occupation of Mexico. OUR INLAND JOURNEY. But bidding aliou to Vera Cruz, its heat, hospital- ity and smells, the American Industrial Deputation took the cars at the Buena Vista station and com- menced its advance in force on the capital. You know how we got to Orizaba, after ‘iug through the lovely scenery that begins at the Paso del Macho, the point where the road begins to climb from the tierrt caliente toward the upper valleys and the plateau of Mexico. It was ‘k when our train reuched this romantic region, but not no that we could not enjoy the w beauty of the country. One feels on entering a region so filled with historic interest that the pages of anoble, illustrated book are opened before the eye, wherein the text and pictures can seen at a glance. We were now in that wild country where the’armored followers of Hernando Cortez drabk down to their hearts with the air they breathed She ray seiolen to come @ land so fair and add it as te brightest jewel to the crown of Spain. Toil- ing up theso wooded slopes we could imagine the stout soldiers of the connbense. of Mexico marched to victory—the bright storlight flashing on pike- head and breastplate. Retreating into ‘ake gloomy valleys one co almost sco the reconnoitring Dodies of the Aztec race forced back overawed by tho terrible strength of the advancing foc. Bridge and tunnel, precipice and baranca, are pussed. We are at Orizaba, where the night is spent in rest. The morn- ing sua once more shines down on us, the giant snow-clad peak is glittering abovo; everybody looks tefreshed and happy, for ‘by night we will be in Mexico, . In the soft light of the morning our train moves out of Orizaba station and up rivus valley toward Maltrata. ‘The alr is clear and every object, be it near or distant, stands out with a distinctness that renders it difficult for anybody unaccustomed to such # climate to determine distances correctly. The mountains are clothed with verdure, most of them are wooded to their summits, und here and there we can see the curling white smoke that rises from the charcoal burner’s camp away up sniong the pine trees near the summit. Deep groove like valleys break the mountain sides, in which the black velvet shadows rest awaiting the sun, before whose diurnal march they yieid, vanish and reform again when ho sinks in tho west. Thps nature masquerades the year round in this land of beauty, and though rarely changing the color of her dress presents every hour @ new tint in Mkemony with the shangiog aspect of the sky. Away up tha mountain slopes I can trace the sidep grates of the railroad: as ie follows the curvings of the irregular‘contour. There lines show cuttings and fillings, and here and there a light bridge spauning ® yawning chasm,: down whose rocky bottom a sparkling stream leaps in innumera- ble cascades. I cun seo the water foaming and gleam- cod th eavOTUING AUDliGdL. hat no _snvnd peer away and 1,000 feet the level on which I stand. ' Besides, the wind sighing among the pine trees makes a melancholy music that downs all Sther sounds except those of the bustlo at the station, What a wonderful sceno this is! To. the right is the snow-clad peak of Orizaba, with ite Arctic climate. Before us is the valley of Maltrata, suid to be the most healthy in Mexico, and dotted with houses and pretty, cultivated plots or farms. To the ieft are mmountalis, covered with pine, green and feathery in the distance. Below and behind us lies the valley of Orizaba, where the tropical vegeta- tion makes a landscape totally different from the others. We have all the climatic regions- within view at onee. Can any traveller wish for # more in- teresting experience? the ‘Mexican iailroad, points ont to Mr. Shirley, of the can me aiutation perched ay up on the mountain side. It is Alta Luz, He says it is only # mile distant, but to reach it we must travel nearly nine miles by rail. Away we go, the engine boomin, mea im the grad- ually thinning atmosphere, ‘Through tunnels and dvep cuttings we reach the foot of the main slope, and then make a long reach on the tour per cent grade up the mountain side, gaining with every foot ‘& more magnificent view of the country below and around. Away to the east we can seo the ylistening ‘rails of our road winding like @ snake among the foothills, making extraordinary turns and appearing unexpectedly at points where we believed engineering skill could not reach, What a splendid road this is, to be sure! There is a watchman on every mile of the mountain sec- tion, who flags the trains at the curves and tunnels and keeps the ballast trimmed and tho spikes and fishplate bolts in good order, These guardians ot the way can be seen ut every turn. Vigilant and re- liable, these poor Indians are said to be the moat pa- tient workmen in the world, and earn well their pit- tance of fifty cents a day. Wimmer's Bridge is reached at last, and we roll over it as if indulging in a grand aly fa performance. ‘The valley below awe fardown. The town of Maltrata, with oy crak wellings and square, is laid out as on map. An ancient Aztec tumulus in the valley like # little earthen citadel and attracts the attention of our archwological member, who forth- with launches off into a discussion of the works of pre! ric peoples, but is stopped by the remark of al that the pyramid looks like alittle dirt pie. Up, ay 0, until at last we reac’ o suInmit, over 8,300 ‘Sove the sea level, at Boca del Monte. ‘Thege we are, on the plain of Mexico, and the scenery changes as it by magic. A VIEW FROM THE CATHEDRAL TOWER. I must now ask the reader to wcompany me from the Iturbide Hotel in the City of Mexico to the grand plaza in front of the National Palace, or residence of the President, and the great building within which may be found all the chief government offices. We are in front of scurious building which looks as if it bad as many architects as required yoars to erect. It is the Cathedral of Mexico—one of tho finest structures on the American coutinent I do not propose to describe it now, because it deserves to be described in detail; but I will utilize it for the present to give the reader a view of the city from its Rony beltry. Adingy looking doorway is reached, near the main entrance, We cuter aud find ourselves at the foot of.a winding stairway constructed in the massive wall. Up this we mount as if ascending the interior of a factory chimney, and the more we climb the less we like it, tor the air being rare our lungs work with tremendous euergy. The summit is reached at last, W8 are ainong the Cathedral bells, some ot which weigh many tons and look monsters in size, ‘The big one under the cupala is not ased now, beaiuse it is teared that the structure from which it depynds would not stand the shock of its vibrations, But oh, what a grand view we have of the fair city ‘and ts ourrouvdings! The valley of Mexico is be- fore Us—the lakes, the plain, the woods, roads, ave- nues, wqueducts, charches aud all—set in a superb framevork of monniains. Below are the plaza and the courtyards of the palace, Beyond are Chapul- tepec, With its famous castle; Guadaloupe, with its Church of the Holy Vision, the military school, the citadel or arsenal. Wo are rapt in wonder wt the beauty of the view, when ‘bang! boom!” over our heals go the big bells striking three o'clock in the ‘ternco! a nm. My companion, who is nervous and exhausted by the ‘climb, turns pale, shuts his eyes and pute his fingers in hia cars. ‘Bang! boom!” gocs the bell, Hrmaup. Sefior Perez and Sefior Davis, a native of Mexico, but of lish parentage, took me in hand and devoted many hours to ig the system of ations adopted by the observatory in all its ‘tails. I found the meteorological department equipped with the finest iusteuments of their kind. Standiny on a pedestal in the centre of the principal epartmeut is & inaguiticent meteorograph, invention ot the late Father Secchi, and the lust one issued under his authority befove the warld of science lost his services by death. The meteorograph of Mexico, therefore, ossenses an interest and value apart from its excel- uce which scientific men will know how to appre- ciate. ltis whoily automatic in its operation as re- gards the making of the elaborate graphic records and is fitted with electric apparatus tor the purpose. The Secchi meteorograph records continuously the height of the barometer, the range of the thermom- eter, wind direction and force—in a word, ail the meteorological conditions that canbe recorded by a perfoct meteorograph, ‘The clock attached iy regu. ated by an electric attachment to the observatory of Coeratnes, where the astronomical apparatus is Placed. sides this splendid instrument there are. all the ordinary ones tor determining the provailin, atmospheric conditions, such as ive humid- ity, temperature, maximum, minimum and ‘mean precipitation, evaporation, ozone, &c. All ¢@ observations are published daily ma bulletin, of the observatory, issued under the anthority of the Minister of Public Works, and possess no ordinary value to the meteor- ological science of the world, Besides these there are special observations made in connection with the international meteorological system at the sam physical moment as those taken at the Signal Service office in Washington—namely, thirty-five minutes me seven A. M., Washington mean time, which has a udonted by’all the, putions co-operating in the international system. , hese synchronous observa- tions enable meteorologists to chart the conditions of the atmosphere and wark the progress of changes, storms, ‘The ‘importance of the Mexican obser- vations is very great, because they fill a blank in a region where the conditions are peculiar, owing to the influences of latitude and topography. Regarding these I can only express the warmest adgiiration for the skill and industry exhibited by Sefiors Bircena, Reyes, Perez aud Davis, aud the several local olwervers who make observations tor the Central Observatory at Aguascalientes, Cordoba, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Jalapa, Lagos, Leon, Morelia, Oaxaca, Orizaba, Pubellon, Pitucuaro, Puebla, Querétaro, San Juan del Kio, San Luis Potos: Silao, Tiacotalpam, Toluca, Vera Cruz, Zacatecas, San Jaan Michapam, Apizaco, Chapultepec and ‘lacu- a. 'wo observations are made at Orizaba, one being at the Colegio torio, two at Puebla, at the Preparat Colegio del Estada and the bagien. 89 del Corazon de Jesus respectively, and two at o » one of which ig made at the Instituto. The Observatorio Nacional, at Chapultepec, is an important meteoro- logical station near the City of Mexico, and is the headquarters of the astronomers of tho Republic, being under the direction of Francisco Jimenez and Angel Anguiano, two very eminent and accomplished gentlemen. A really interesting feature of tho daily bulletin of the Minister of the Interior is the botanical calendar of the Valley of Mexico, in which is given a ciassifi- cation of the flora of that fertile plain. This is ar- ranged so as to give the families, common and scien- tific names and’ oral periods ‘of each plant, with those oc the places where they are observed, and a distinction is made between cultivated and natural eagieon ‘Thus, tor instance, I find, under the fam- ly head of Orchidacew, the cultivated plant com- monly known as Jirio purani, aud scientifically named Laiia anceps,which ou the 28th of last Noveinber hud attained its inaximum dovelopment, and was ob- served inthe garden of San Francisco, Mexico. As arule about eighty varieties of plants are observed from day to day, and the records cannot fail to be highly important to botanists. Furthermore, elab- orate observatious are made of the vuriations of ter- Testial magnetism and scismic conditions with the most perfect:instruments obtainable. THE NATIONAL ASINONOMICAL OBSERVATORY. ‘This institution deservedly ranks very highly in -the estimation of scientific men. The instruments CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. Report of the Yellow Fe- ver Commission. CAUSES AND EXTEN? OF THE EPIDEMIC. ——_.+__ the Disease Is Transmitted Through Trade Channels. How MEANS OF PREVENTION AND CURE. New System of Quarantine Recommended. Wastneron, Jan. 30, 1879, The Board of experts authorized by Congress to investigate the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 sub- mitied their report to the joint Congressional com- mittee at its meeting this morning. After quoting the several questions which were laid before them by the joimt committee upon which they were to base their inquiries the report sets forth that a great number of facts have been gathered respecting the history of the late epidemic of yellow fever which have guided the Board in urriving the conclusions which are respectfully subm! in reply to questions of the Congressional committees on epidemic diseases, It should be borne in mind that these conclusions are based upon evidence of ®@ necessarily incomplete investigation of the epi- demic--incomplete because of the urgent demand for public health legislation during the prescnt ses- sion of Congress. Otherwise the Board might not be held excusable for the seeming haste in dealing with this great subject. For, among the most difficult questions which confront us, are ae: which relate to the prevention of disease and u! ely death, and this is especially true in respect to yellow fever and cholera, the mysterious and illusive causes of which become associated with man in his travels and traffic. The Board is unavimous in the gpinion that the investigation of the late epidemi® should be com- pleted, and the study of the natural history of yellow —TRIPLE SHEET, 77 of these 88 years we have evidence, more or less complete, of importation; and in 71 out of these 77 the evidence points to the West ludies asx the source of the infection. Four thacs—na. in 18d, Ista, 1s47 und 1867—the infection has Deen traced to Mexico, but in 1867 it was ulso traced to the West In- dies, It is said that in 1800 aul 1538 the disease was beought from Demerara, but in 1480 it was also brought from the West In The fever of 1870 is uttributed to Honduras. Every epidemic of eg tad fever that’ has occurred in the United States tas been in chronologicul sequence to the increased prevalence of the disease in countries to the south of us with which at the time we were in commercial communication, The testimony that has been relied upon to prove that the disease has sometimes beew of indigenous ongin in some of our southern sea- ports—as, for example, New Orleans—is mostly of @ negative character and is certainly not conclusive. While we know of no tacts which establish the prop- osition that yellow tever has become indigenous or epideimic in apy part of the United states there are facts which seem to warrant the inference that in some of our Southern cities the specitic poison of the disease, when hidden away from the cold tn sheltered places, may live through # mild winter and give rise, during the succeeding summer, to seattcred cases of the fever. It would svem to be theoretically probable that these scattered cases would in their turn give rise to an epidemic, but the proof that they have ever done so is not conclusive. HOW TRANSMITTED, Yellow fever is transmitted across seas and oceans in steamships and sai y vessels, ithe infection may be connected with the vessels mselves or the cargoes, or with the crews and passengers. Ordinary merchandise in origiual or unbroken packages may become infected and lead to outbreaks ot yellow fever, but for obvious reasons it is much less likely to prove dangerous than vedding and wearing ap- parel.. Packages of this claas may become infected from having been stored in an infected house, or trom having been shipped in an infected vessel. Alter briefly treating cholera the report says:— Every epidemic of cholera in the United States bas followed as a sequence to its epidemic prevalence in Europe and India. ® MEANS OF PREVENTION. Under the heading of the third question with which the Board were charged with regard to the proper steps necessary to be taken for the prevention of the introduction of yellow fever and cholera into the United Stutes appears the following :— ‘The legal enactments of various countries in re- spect to the sanitary management of ships and the sanitary memoranda from time to time distributed for the guidance ‘of owners and masters of ships have all failed in accomplishing the yreat end of making them healthy. ‘They still performed the anenviable role of carriers of pestilence. We thercfore find that the recommendations most worthy of confidence in- clude—tirst, the surveillance of ships at the time of sailing from infected ports to any port of the United States; second, their inspection, detention and disin- fection when found necessary upon reaching our coast. QUARANTINE RECOMMENDED. ‘The folowing scheme of quarantine, constructed from purely medical standpoint, 18 reeommended:— This scheme contemplates two classes of medical officers—one class for foreign service and one class for home service. Medical officers of health for for- eign service should be stationed at the various foreign ports having commercial relations with the United States where ycllow fever, cholera or other epidemic infectious diseases prevail. ‘Their duties should be fever should be systematically pursued, and especially that the inquiries should embrace the perpetually in- fected ports of the West Indies, whose fields give the greatest promise of practical results as the reward of fuithful scientifiqinquiry. It is accordingly recom- mended that two or threo skilled experts be charged with the completion of the study of the late epi- demic, which can be concluded in a few months, and that at least two such experts be authorized to proceed to the West Indies, there to are in position in the ancient Castle of Chapultepec, whicb is built on wun eminence near the City of Mexico, and on the site of what was the summer palace pt Moctezuma. My visit to Chapultepec with Sefiors Perez and Davis, of the Central Metcorological Observatory, and Seilor Garcia Cubas, the well known goographer ‘and scientist, was highly enjoyayle. , Starting out from the city in the cool of the morn- ing we reached the castle by a comfortable street car route, The sconery is exquisite, being mai: com- posed of wood and cultivated plain. The famous aqueducta of Mexico converge toward Chapultepec, near where they receive their flow of pure water for the thirsty thousands of the capital. Around the base of the volcanic hillon which the castle stands are magnificent trees, some of which are not less twelve feet -in diameter and are considerably more than & hundred feet high. From their gnarled and twisted tranks spring enormous branches covered with rich green fronds, not unlike broom in appearance. The trec bears the lndian name of Abuebuctl, in Spanish Subino, aud among tanists azodium Mericanum. "They En @ very imposing but sombre appearance, ing covered with heavy festoons of parasitic moss. Literally translated, the Indian or Aztec name of the tree is “old water” —huelue meaning old and All Ur iinmenso’ ago. We walkeu"tnund and must be these grand old trees for more than an hot#eof then mounted the slope of the hill until we reach Ahncavnve loa uote thecarile A slendidiron gate into the immediate spans of the castle. Handsome bronzes surmount the gate piers, brought to Mexico by “The Man of Querétaro.” ‘I'he Hapsburg is zone, but the bronzes remain. The castle was intended by Maximilian to be o splendid pulace. Indced, tho plans of the proposed improvements show that no luxury which moncy could purchase was to be miss- ing. Co 8, s, fountains, terraces, ban- quet balls and throne rooms—all these were planued, Dut never executed. But much was done of a pre- paratory character to show the scale on which the whole was to be finished. A fine marble staircaso leads up from the plateau to the floor proper of the : Pohis ds eng finished ow, and is very beautiful in its material and detail ‘The rooms are ‘chiefly devoted to the purposes of astronomy ae meteorology. No better site could be selected for such a purpose than that of the Castle of Chapull , Which was at one time the Mili- tary School or Mt and the scene of one of the must desperate engagements of the Mexican war, I notived among the peucillings on the interior of the turret walls the names gf many students who once learned the art of war in this place. Were they among the fallen braves who vainly tried to detend the castle against the soldiers of Scott, or of a later brood of fledgling warriors? In the tay fees of the country, I can Only say Quien sabé? specting the astro- nomical instruments, under the guidance of Sciior uiano, occupied ‘an hour most profitably. I saw sun spots and other marvels through the bi, telescope, lighted my cigarette in the concentrate: rays of the god of day, and talked star altitude, mag- nitude, right ascension and transit under the metal dome of the special observation chamber until a cer- tuin sensation in my interior warned me that the hour for breaktast was near at hand. Thon, after a hurried walk through this house of many chambers, a visit to the grotto where the name of Humboldt is to be seen among those of less distinguished visi- tors, a visit to the famous baths completed my too brief stay at Chapultepec. THE YACHT AMBASSADRESS. ‘Tho large and beautiful yacht Ambassadress, owned by Mr. W. W. Astor, arrived at this port from Jack- sonville, Fla, yesterday morning, and anchored off Stapleton, Staten Island. She left Jacksonville on the 23d inst’, the weather proving tolerably fair until ight of the 25th inst., when a fierce gale arose. At halepest ‘twelve A. M. on the 26th inst, agbeavy squall came on suddenly, carrying away the maintopmast, splitting the maintopmast staysail and slightly crack- ing the mainmast head. During the remainder of the trip she could not carry much sail on the main- mast, owing to its damaged condition. STAGE FARE REDUC ‘The fare ou all tho stage routes in this city was yes- terday reduced to five cents, When stage lines were started many yeers ago the fare was six cents, but during the period of inflation that accompanied and immediately followed war times the fare was raised to wn cents. This change occurred in 1864. A few months ago the prelimmary swps to the prevent reduction were taken by allowing p: sengors to purchase seventeen tickets for # dollar. The reduction in the price of labor, of horses, of feed and of all kinds of materials has enabled the three companies who control these lines to make the reduction without any great loss. It is thought that an increased number of passengers will more than compensate for the reduction, The “L" road competition, the officers aay, had nothing to do with the reduction, ‘All the stages yesterday bore flaming patriotic in- scriptions in |, white and blue, steting that ihe fure was five cents. These inscriptions were pasted on the windows of tho stages, which were much more crowded than ugnal. They served to take off uD. the suplus ers from the overcrowded horse cars. ‘The ‘bubtail Bleecker street line was most affected by the reduction, all the Brooklynites who formerly patronized it preterring to take a stage ride at five cents to being packed in the little boxes, d/a sardine. At the offices of the like the roar of ® hundred-pounder, Another ex- plosion of sound, and I put my hand on the solid imusonry of the tower. It actually vibrates. No wonder they do not care to strike tho big bell in the cupola, for, I believe, if sw’ two hard it would shake iteelt off its or send the tower down into the square. The caretakers and bellringers live on the Cathedral roof, in ta curiously contrived in the mazo of masonry there, I reached the ground floor through a series of narrow passages connecting stairways, but 1 have not the least idea of the plaa ot these or where they lead to or from. THA CENTRAL METROROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, Vros the Cathedral roof I could look down on and into the Central Meteorological Observatory, which is on the top of the Nati Palace. Remembering that this institution is administered in an admirable manner by its distinguished director, Sefior Mariano Barcena, assisted by the well known meteorologists and scientists, Sefiors Vicente Reyes and Miguel Peres, I determined to ita vieit and inspect it thoroughly. A note from Mr, Foster, our Minister in Mexico, to the officials announcing my intention, procured for me an exceedingly cordial reception, which became one of almos: en.darressing attention when it was kuown that 1 was & representative of erent lines it was stated leat night that the fumber of passengers had Been vastly inereased, but that the rece:pts.for the day had not been counted and the officers could give no accurate estimate of their amount, ‘HE HALL-HATZEL CASE. Counseliors Purdy and Wachner made their final argument before Judge Wandell, at Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, in the case against the In- epectors of Election in the Eleventh Election dis- trict of the Kighth Assembly district, wherein they were charged with having falsified the returns on last election night #0 as to give Alderman George Hall 200 sob A. Hatgol 23 votes, instead of 130 and 93, S cae, by the latter, No new evidence was ad- duced and counsel on both sides were very brief, When they closed the Court took the papers and will make @ more thorongh study of yellow fever than has ever yet been undertaken, and that they be accompanied by an experienced microscopist. It is further recommended that the necessary steps be taken by Congress to secure the co-operation of the Spanish and other forcign governments through an international commission or otherwise, in an earnest effort to ascertain the cause or causes which perpetuate yellow fever from year to ycar in the West India islands, and to devise ways to remove the cause or causes or to lessen the chances of transport- See poison to the United States or other coun- EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE. Yellow fever should be dealt with as an enemy which imperiis lite and cripples commerce and in- dustry. ‘To no other great nation of the earth is yel- low fever so calamitous as to the United States of America. In 4 single season more than one hundred thousand of our people were stricken in their homes and 20,000 lives sacrificed by this preventable dis- ease. Systematic scientific study should be unceas- ingly directed against this subtle enemy until our weapons are so perfected as to destroy or surely hold it im check. In the benefits accruing fram scientific penepes h America — received rom European netions mt “sompigtion,so ar | ihe debt by continweg, ork which has BE Mtoe hgat of scientific experien and of such facts as have been obtained, the Boar las given careful consideration to the outlines of a system of observation of yellow fever and choiera, and us connected therewith to shipping in foreign ports to interchange of information, and to the in- spection and sanitation of infected vessels and per- sons outside of our ports and after their arrival, to- gether with the supervision of interstate travel and traflic in times of epidemic within our borders, ‘A SYSTEM OF QUARANTINE. The object aimed at is to present the outlines of a system ot quarantine which may afford the greatest aituinable degree of protection -against the introduc- tion and spread of infectious epidemic diseases and at the same time inflict only # minimum of injury and inconvenience upon commerce. Two classes of medical officers are suggested. First—Medical officers of health to serve in foreign orts from which we receive importations of yellow Neer and cholera. ‘Second—Medical ofticers of hea)th to have charge of quarantine stations and to supervise interstate travel and trafic from infected places in times of epidemic. ‘The two classes of medical officers suggested aro considered indispensable to any incthod of quaran- tine which docs not involve a complete suspension of intercourse with infected ports. The Board regarded it to be especially important that the selection of these officers should be made from meu skilled in medicine and sanitary seience. The success of any modified quarantine scheme dapenda almost entirely upon the competency and fidelity of its medical offi- cers. One of the difficulties which has confronted the Board in considering the subject of quarantine is | the lack of detinite knowledye Tospocting the duration of lite or the virulence of poisons of yellow fever and cholera, It is now known that the poison of neither is susceptible of long vitality when exposed to the open air, but it is not yet determined how long its infectious properties may be preverved iu closely shut chambers or in com} ments of ves- sels, or When confined in the folds of clothing or ods. It consequently follows that ships are espe- ly dangerous carriers of these diseases and also that |}. they remain sources of infection for months after hav- ing been infected with the poison, Auother difficult arises froin the imperfect state of sciéntific knowl- edge respecting disinfection as applied to the do- struction of the poison of yellow fever. It is deemed of great importance that iean be provided by Congress tor obtaining trustworthy informa tion by telegraph in respect to the outbreak and progress of cholera, yellow fever and other epidemic Giseases in all parts of the world, and the departure of vessels from intected ports bound tor ports in the United States. ‘The diffusion of trustworth; ney among the people espectity the existence and progress of Preventable diseases at home and abroad rhould be encouraged as tending to avert the evils of panic aad to promote measitres of prevention. ‘The carrying into effect of an eficiout system of quaran- tine contemplates # central authority or health de- partment. It is considered important that such a department should be so organized 4s to gain strougth from and give strength to State and municipal heaith organizations. In view of the diversity of circum. stances attending vessels arriving from infected | Sorts, the diforence exhibited by different ports in redfect. to their liability to intec- tion and the difference in such liability in tho same port at different seasons and under varying circumstances, it is desirable that matters of detail should not be Axed by law but should be left to regu- lat prepared under proper restrictions. reat interests which such fegulations would nd the necessity for changes in them from me to time, a experience and knowledge or other causes might indicate, warrant the recom- mendation for po tgenenren ed of an Laban | ard of Health, composed of men eminent in canteen matters, who, together with the chief officers of the Health ty ab boy eae aera, ‘ules and regulations tor carry: into effect, subjoc' to the approval of the President, such national public health laws as may be enacted. CHARACTER OF THE DISRASK. ‘The Board dwelt at considerable length on the origin, cause and destructive features of yellow fever, and say it is a specific disease aad is produced by the introduetion in the human drganisim of a spocific poison, The specific poison of yellow fever has never been microscopically nor chemically demon- strated, nor im any way tnade evident to the human senees, Nevertheless, wo hold that itis safe to as- sume that it is material and particulate and endowed with the ordinary ties and subject to the ordinary laws of mat ubstances. Yellow fever is not ® malarial disease; that is, it is not the off- spring of that mursh miasm which produces palndal or periodic fevers, and we know of no facts which warrant the conclusion that matarial influences contribute toward the dissemination and mortality of yellow fever in any other way or f any greater extent than they con! jo toward the dissomination and mortality of oth: pidemic dis- eases. In all the countries outside of the West Indies which have been visited by it yellow fever is exotic disease, and in all of them its introduction can be traced, either directly or indirectly, to the West indies, In some of the it seems to have established itsclf permanently and to baye become endemic, as, for example, in the Brazile. In most of them ae failed of naturalization, and successive epidemics can to aucconsive importation». | THE DISEASK IN THE UNITED STAT: Yellow fever has invaded the present territorial ido whether the four tnspectors—Mes era, fear’, “fall, Murphy end Foley—shall be held to ewait the action of the Gread Jury or not, | been variously estimated by others at sums ranging to acquaint themeelves thoroughly with all diseases usual to, or at any time prevalent, in or around the respective places to which they are assigned, and to make to achiet health authority at Washington the same reports as are now uired of consular officers by section 2 of the National Quarantine act, approved April 29, 1878 They should forward reports of outbreaks of cholera, yellow fever or other epidemic diseases, and of the departure of vesseis from in- fected ports or of vessels having on board persons or goods from infected ports, to be communicated by tviegraph or the most expeditious manner to a chief health authority at Washington. It should be their further duty to obtain the medical history of all ships trading to or from their respective ports in re- gard % any previous occurrence of yellow fever or cholera or other intectious epidemic disease on board, and transmit the same for the information of said health uuthority. REQUIRED SANITARY CONDITION. Inaanitary situations or modes of living deteriorate human health and strength and thus diminish the power of resisting the invasion of disease. It there- fore follows that the most perfect local sanitary cou- ditions attainable should be established and uni- formly maintained in our cities and towns and their surroundings. Filth should not be allowed to accu- mulate, nor should the sunitary reform be deferred until yellow fever has made its appearance. There is much testimony showing that the efflu- vium which emanatcs from the bodies of the dead ™may be associated with infection. It is therefore recommended that the bodies of persons who die of yellow fever be promptly buried, and that the as- Sembling of persons at funerals be discouraged. No drugs are known which can be relied upon as pre- Yentives of yeilow fever or cholera. It should be noted that the diarrhwa, preliminary to cholera, is amenable to treatment, consequently when cholera is prevalent us should be instructed to apply for treatment or advice in reference to this symptom. Atmospheric air 1s an efficient as well as a generally — teenie on DIMINUTION OF NALIONAL WEALTH. At least cighteen thousand (and probably as many as twenty thousand) deaths from yellow tever have occurred during the late epidemic. Of this number some three-fiiths were minors and two-fitths were adults, representin, ‘a loss of $12,600,000, aceording to the basis of valuation already men- tioned. It is believed that at least one hundred and twenty thousand cases of sickness from yellow fever took place during the same period. ‘The loss of tim of these patients was a public loss, and should bo considered in any computation on the subject. The average duration of their illness and convalescence is not tar from twenty-five days, and the value of their time may be put at fifty cents a day. This item would amount to $1,500,000. ‘Lo this sum should be added the value of the labor diverted trom produc- tion or useful activity by attendance upon 120,000 sick persons for ten days each, at titty cents per day, $600,000. We ure not able to estimate correctly the total losses to this country, but these losses have from $100,000,000 to $20,000,000. INDIGENOUS CAUSES, With the exception of Dr. Louis A. Falligant the Board voted unanimously on the above proposition. ‘What gentleman says:— While indorsing filly the necessity of a well regu- lated quarantine to protect the people of this coun- try against exposure to the Importation of infectious diseases from abroad and against the spread of simi- lar diseases in our own midst, I hold the view that low tever may be developed by indigenous as well us by imported pvison. I cannot overlook the fact that while fire will explode powder the fire may be produced in one locality by electricity, in another by the collision of flint and steel, and in still another by striking a mat SCARLET FEVER. HOW TO DETECT ITS APPROACH AND THE WAY THK DISEASE 6HOULD BE TREATED, be no 29, 1879, ‘To rug Eprror or tHe HeRarp In the Hrratp of the 26th inst. I notice s request from one of your correspondents that some physi- cian who is familiar with the symptoms of scarlet fever and diphtheria should make them known through your columns for the benefit of those who are unable to procure the services of a physician. With your permission I will advance my views on this subject, noting first the symptoms of the two diseases, and socond the treatment that experience has proved to me to be of great value. Scarlet fever is epidemic in character. The period of invasion is about forty-eight hours, but in exceptional cases it may show itself im @® much shorter time, a few hours Only being necessary to develop the constitutional disturbances, The child about to be attacked with this discase will complain of general lassitude, nausea and vomiting. Distinct rigors, followed quickly by fever, which presence can readily be detected by the mother if she will note the accelerated condition of the pulse, its pulsa- tions often rising to 140 times a minute. It will be found to be small to the touch and also to be irregu- lar and intermittent. This fever will not subside until the rash makes its appearance, which it goner- ally does in from twelve to twenty-fours, Tho rash appears on the neck and chest first, rapidly spread- ing in irregular patches until the whole surface be- comes involved. These-are the symptoms of a mild cuse of scarlet fever, but in practice we are more apt to attend cases where the onset is attended with mutch more serious complications. For instance, a child may at the very first be seized with convul- sions and delirium, coma rapidly following and the vationt dying in a very few hours. Such cases are yond the control of physicians, while in the former case much can often be done to alleviate suffer- ing. ‘Biphtneria—thie be go Ba also a ir orf the diseases of cai ‘an epideniic. at first generally considerod to be local in hon gewing/] but now it is a pretty well acknow! fact thas ti is a constitutional discase, The chill in ushering in this malady is apt to be more defined than in the other discase wo have just considered, Pain in the back, fever and difficulty in swallowing will be the first systome complained of. If tho throat be ex- ined the mucous membrane will be found to be very red and have the appoarance of great fulness, small yray wiutish patches may be seen situated on the tonsils, and the glands of the neck will be found to be very much enlarged; this of ttolf producing another feature—namely, & stift neck. The fever is not as high in ordinary cases of diphtheria as in scarlet fover; instead of increasing in severity it generally remains about the same as when first noticed, unless some other complicatien presents itself, ‘The patches in the throat remain, increase rapidly in size until the whole pharynx is enveloped with the fold of membrane. limits of the United States, according to the t mony of existing records, ua oy different years. As the line of treatment is substantially the same ‘or | tm ihe iuitial stages of scarlet fever and diphtheria, 5 T will treat of them together. What can mothers do for their children when taken with either of the dis- eases under consideration that will tend to lessem the severity of the attack? My reply is, little toward aborting its progress, but much to te the sufferings of the patient and to further prevent the spread of the disease, A child presenting any of the above symptoms sould be confined to bed, in a room where the tem- perature can be muaintamed at seventy degrees Fab- renheit. By adopting this precaution the is protected from draughts, and the uniformity of the atmos}here guards against undue exposure. As soon as the throat sym:ptoius manifest themselves let the patient use the following yergle, if old enough, othe erwise give a small teaspoonful of the solution every ale hour:—Chlvrate of poiash, two ie ride tincture of iron, one half a dram; half an oun water, three ounces. Mis well and skake before wf. If the bowels should be consti- pated, as they generally are in these diseases, give an ordinary dose of castor oil or spoonful of the syrup of rhubarb, should be composed mostly of milk, soups and boiled rice being an excellent regi tw adopt. The best plan is to in small quantities, rather than too much at one time. If headache should be complained of immerse the feet in hot water for ten minutes, rub them dry and wrap in a warm flannel. Thiyet is one of the most distressing symptoms, and is best relieved by giving the patient smull pieces of ice every fifteen or twenty minutes, being governed, of course, by the chilling effect it may produce. It cools the inflamed surfaces, reduces the sympasbetic culargement of the glands and exerts a powerial influence in controllin; the distressing vomiting so often associated wi scarlet fever, Disintectants should be freely used on, about and around the patient. All handkerchiefs, cloths and towels should ei be thoroughly disinfected with a solution of carbolic acid (forty drops to the pint), or they should be boiled for soveral hours, [¢ is well to have vessels containing a solution of car- bolic acid in different parts of the intected house, for by these pi tions the further spread of the dis- ease may be checked, The burning of sulphur ona small shovel is highly recommended by some au- thors, and as it is a commodity very poet obtained it would be well to give it a fair trial, It is claimed a Ae is capable of destroying the germs in diph- eria. ‘ot wishing to trespass further on your val- l¢ space I will conclude these observations by arniug mothers not to neglect sending for a physi- cian, if they are able to do so, as soon as the symp- toms above described manifest themselves; for if they expect to obtain relief the physician must be called early in the diseaxe. J. VARNUM MOTT, M. D., No. 30 West Fifty-ninth street, FINE ARTS. men ive nourishment often, THE WATER COLOR EXHIBITION, ‘The private view for gentlemen of the press and profession of the twelfth annual exhibition of the American Water Color Society will take place at the Academy of Design this evening. ‘To-morrow the galleries will be open, between niue A, M. and nine P. M,, to tlfose Indies and gentlemen who are invited to the “private view” for the former patrons of the society's exhibitions and those who are especially in- terested in water color painting 4s buyers or other- wise, The officers of the society will be at’ the gal- leries during the day. On Monday the exhibition will be open to the general public, and remain so until the evening of Saturday, March 1, The display this year promises to be an unusually interesting one, for besides the work of the regular contributors there will be ex- amples of that of a rumber of the younger painters who have recently returned from the various Euro- ean urt centres, As thé exhibition has been seen by no one except the officers of the society, the hanging committee aud that on the catalogue, and as the first view will be had to-day, it would be useless to simply mention a few titles of the pictures by which differ. ent artists will be represented. Out of the 775 water colors, works in black and white, drawinys, pen and juks and etchings sent in there have been 595 ace cepted and hung. Last.year there were 669 numbers in the collection and over 250 rejected works, The hanging committee this year is composed of Messrs, Henry Farrer, Walter Satterlee and J. Wells Champ- ney. The display which will be made this season is said to contain fewer large works than that of last iT, but the general average quality of the exhibited works is said to be higher. ‘The illustrated which aoe of the attractive fester of the e: i= tion, will contain some sixty drawings, against tif last year. The drawings, asa Socle See much better and more carefully executed. The artists whose works are illustrated have, in most cases, made their own drawings. Whero this is not the case they have been executed by James D. Smillie, the late president of the society, who is chairman of the committee on catalogues, The otber mombers are J.C. Nicoll and Granville Perkins. A new and tasteful cover has been designed by Alfred Fredericks. The president of “ aad is T. W. Wood, and the secretary J.C, icoll. . ONS OF “Te “NOSE KPC VE TICE CaN USES OF TT collection at the December Art Reception of the Union League Club was E. L. Henry's “Reverie”—a young lady, seated by tho fireside, ina rich apart ment, and deep in thought. It has now become known that this canvas, which is owned by Mr. Har. vey*Kennedy, was stolen in its frame from the gallery of the club, just before Christmas, while it was lying on the floor with others ready to be sent home to their owners. It was so small a work that it could have been easily slipped under a coat or cloak, with the frame on, and carried away without observatiai ‘The Union League Club Art Committee will edvertise a reward ina few days, and refer to a sketch of the painting which will appear in the Lavy Graphic. FIRE INSURANCE TARIFF. At a meeting a short time ago of representatives of fire insurance companies doing business in this city * and vicinity it was decided, by a vote of 79 to 4, to form a tariff association, and a special committee was appointed to draw up suitable rules to govern such an organization. The companies assembled yesterday at the rooms of the New York Board of Underwriters, No. 156 Broadway, to hear this report. ‘The committee presented an agreement for the formation of the association, the of which is contained in the first section, which says ‘The companies shall, in all policies or contracts of insurance, charge and obtain the rate fixed by the New York Tarif Association, and by Jocal boards or associations throughout Cnited States at ints where they have no agent shall allow no rebate therefrom, and shall not pe eee to any broker, t or other party, either tly or indirectly, any kerage, commission, emolument or compensation, except as hereinafter provided, it being expressly understood and agreed that payment of brokerage or any other compensation to an em- ployé of the ass shall in no case be permitted. ‘This clause of the proposed agreement was dis- cussed, but all turther action on Sr of the special committee was postponed uni il the next meeting, which takes place on Monday next. MR. LAZAl LAZARE’S VINDICATION. Mr. A. H. Lazare, of No. 57 Broadway, writes to the Hrratp to state that the statement made ine news report concerning the return from Brazil of Conygham, the alleged forger, that Conygham in- vested $20,000 in a Haytian bauking scheme planned erson named Lazar, is incorrect so far as he, Tents, “"s concerned. Mr. Lazare asserts that as he is the “only person having a banking charter for the, Haytian goverument’’ he presumes the allusion to in the article refers to him. He denies em Phatically that he has ever been connected with Conygham, and declares the statement to be ‘abeo- lately faise in every particular, KINGS COUNTY SUPERVISORS. Ata regular session of the County Board of Sm pervisors yesterday afternoon a mandamus, which was granted by the Supreme Court in the case of Charity Commissioner Storms, was pre sented by Supervisor Byrne, directing the Su- pervisors to pay the salary of Mr, Storms. A similar mandamus had been obtained by Dr. Schenck, an employé of the Department of Charities, Last year a deficiency occured in the latter depart- hs neither the Commission- og oe caopkayen were paid. A resolution was Offered by Supervisor Byrne that $22,000 be trans- forred from certain unexpended balances to pay the salaries due, and after some opposition it was ted. eae emmunication ‘was received from the Charit Commissioners setting forth that supplies deli by the contractors at the Kings county institutions wore of avery inferior quality to the contract re- quirements. | An investigation was asked.. The county storekeeper, M. J. Coifey, also requested an investigation. The metter was referred to the Sup plies Committoe. JUVENILE ADVENTURERS. William B, Ditmars, aged ten years; Charles Prazicr, thirteen years, and Thomas Fisher, twelve years, three boys who had crammed their juvenile minds with the mental and miscellancous pabulum found botween the covers of the dime novel, lefe their homes in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning last to feck their fortune, ‘They supplied themelves. with @ large cotton umbrella, which they proposed in their contemplated tramp sched. their pockets and & nd thus eqy ripped they crossed over to this city and took passage trom here to Jersey City, On reaching the outskirts of that city they took in the scenery, which did not look cheerful, and as their store of provender had dimin- ished they folded their umbrella and silently stole home, They reached their homes yesterday moru- ing, wiser boys than wheu they departed,