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CENTRAL ASIA. The Lookout on the Afghan Border. GENERAL KAUFMANN’S AILMENTS. Russian Explorers in Asi-—Central Asiatic Btiquette—Gossip oo the Natural History of Turkestan KAUFMANN'S ESTIMATE OF THE ENGLISH TasHKEND, Turkestan, Jan. 31, 1879. It would seem as if the snow, im which we are buried, had stopped everything, including the tele- gtuph, which brings us no news from London, or, I rather should say, from India, From St. Petersburg, however, we have received two pieces of informa- tion. ‘The first, that the plague had broken out at ‘Tiflis, was received here with military indifference; the other, on the contrary, infused a little hope in ‘the hearts of those among the officers of the garri- #on who wish for nothing better than wounds, for it announces that peace between Russia und Turkey seems again to be compromised. A fresh quarrel with Constantinople is to bellicose dispositions a war with England, and to the army of Turkestan the signal for an advance on India, However this may ‘be, theso warlike spirits will have time to get cooled down again, for during the next two months the roads will be impracticable. Iam even assured that a train of artillery proceeding to Kuldja (the town claimed by the Chinese Ambassador, who is at present at St. Petersburg) has been for several days Buried in the mud, and the suthofities have been @bliged to send on provisions to the escort. And @@@ald the troops even succeed in making slow marches through the mud they would be brought to halt by the mountain snows of Atghanistan. The inquiries that I made of the natives who have per- formed the courier service between Tashkend and Cabul have led me to the conclusion that even a caravan composed of merely five or six peréons can- not attempt this'journey fer six weeks to come. ENFORCED IDLENESS. Everything and everybody here are, therefore, as I have said, in # state of expectation. The army is looking out for war, which will probably not arrive; General Kaufmann is looking out for the Ameer of Afghanistan, and I am waiting for the melting of the snows. He who seems the farthest from his aims is General Kaufmann. -Therefore, he is nervous. This malady or rather majaise, to use'a French term, pro- ceeds.from boils on the leg, and manifests itself every time that the nervous system of tho illustrious sol- dier becomes irritated, at least such is the result of the observations of a celebrated specialist. The General hus baptized one ‘‘Rasgonoff,” and it ‘will preserve that name until the Russian Envoy arrivés, And the one’ which makes him suffer most has been baptized by a name which theGen- eral keeps to himself. To guess at it one will have to search among the diplomats for bim who has most contributed to arrest the march of the Russian batallions, pushed up as they were to the Afghan frontiers. Poor General! I am certain that if to-morrow he were to receive the order to march toward the southeast, all his suppleness would return as if by enchantment, and the sixty-one years which he will reckon on the 17th of February would bo numbered by one-half. Qué vivra verra, General Kaufmann is therefore waiting for the spring. I am following his example, and in the meanwhile I am informing myself as to the djficulties of the road. I have slroady learned that the most formid- able enemy I will have to encounter isthe Aighan who shows himself at the passage of the boat which takes one across the Amou-Daria, the line of the ’ frontier. This Afghan is a soldicr who demands of the passengers where they are going. He is satisfied by any sort of reply which the Mussulmans choose to make him, and who generally pretend that they are going on 4 pilgrimage to cortain sacred places of repute. What answer shail I giveshim? It is prob- able that I shall make him none, and that I shall find means to avoid this conversation. THK WILD ANIMALS IN THE WAY. But in that caso I shall have to be equallyon my guard against other noxious animals of the coun- try. I shall not dwell on its two principal insects— the scorpion and the tarantula. These two arach- nida give « painful and sometimes a mortai bite. Neither shall I waste time on the birds of prey—tho eagle and the falcon. Theformer attacks the gazelle, the fox and even the wolf, the latter of which is often SBpeecons in these regions. Then there are tigers and bears. I will mention one story told by the Cossacks. The latter wero only two in num- + ber when they encountered the tiger, and they were armed only with old muskets. ‘Lhe youngest fired at the animal, which bounded toward them. Tho other Cossack, an old soldier, reserved his tire until the animal got close to them, when he poured the whole charge into it snd the boast tell dead at their foot. When he was examined at the camp it was found that the two balls had wounded him mortally, which was surprising, secing the poor quality of the guns, and which says much for the coolness of the Cossacks. The following anecdote proves, how- ever, that the tiger is not always so easily dis- posed of. One of them entered one day the courtyard of a house and had killed and was devour- ‘4ng a child whee, the father, having closed the ve the alarm, "The soldiers of the garrison got ou “fhe roofs of the adjoining houses—the houses here are not very high, as they consist only of one story— and the animal received thirty-six bulls in its body, which had only tho effect of irritating it still mor It bounded on to the roof, and had already suc- ceeded in wo several of its assailants, when the commandant of the garrison finally killed it with # ball from his carbine. Were I to tell you stories of adventure your readers would probably imagine that the tiger is to be encountered at every turn of the road, while the truth is that he avoids , the public haunts and is made an object of sport. Among the wild animals of tho country 1 must not omit to mention the wild cat, the cat of Bokh: with the fan tail, the lizard three or four teet in length, which beats the air with its tail, ond, lastly, thd elephant. ‘The ‘Amecr of Bokhara once sent three elephants to the Emperor of Russia. They left in — of voterinary surgeon, and —_ great trouble along the road trom love of roaming. On arriving at Orenburg, where they were to take the railroad, thoy started off through the town to the great alarm of the iubabitants; and this was not their only escapade, for about halt way between Tashkend and Orenburg, at Kasalinsk, just as tho veterinary surgeon, iu order to spare them any fur- ther fatigue, was about to embark them on the Sir- Daria, one of them entirely disappeared. Search was made for him everywhere in the hborhood, but it was impossible to find him. veterinary surgeon was in despair, and felt halt dis: to drown himecl? in the river when, casting a look over the water, he observed in’ the distance, protruding slightly above the surface, the lost clephant’s trunk Tuere the creature had been disporting and refresh- ing himseli while search was ‘where made tor him. As soon, however, as he the call ho at once returned. . DARING OF RUSSIAN EXPLORERS, Speaking of animals, 1 may as well say a few words of the discovery made last year in Ghina by Colonel Projevoiski. On the shores of a lake situated 40 degrees north and 60 degrees east of St. Petersburg he cume across a herd of wild camels. He killed two of them and brought away their skins. Colonel Prejevolski is one of the bravest of men. Escorted merely by two Cossacks he has made incursions into the midst of the inhospitable populations of the Colestml Kinpire. it was hard work ‘at the outset, but now that the Chinese know him and fear hiin, on account of his unerring aim at the longest ranges, the Russien Colonel may niove about without having much to tear. He is at prosent in St. Petersbarg, but he will return in the spring, when he intends over the totally unknown country ot the afire, the most benighted of ail the populations of the Old World, Isolated as they are in the midst of their lotty mountains they live there in & most rimitive state, even to that ceyree that they still nore Mohammedanisim. Such being the ease it would be sheer waste of time to add that these tribes wre anything but hospitable. ‘Iho lust traveller who made the attempt to eu through them met his death at their hands, is true that the Mongols who weompanied him, and who brought the news of his loath, added that the traveller liad struck one of the chici#—a fact which oes to prove that if, on the one band, Heyward was hasty, he hai not, on the other, been received with much courtesy. After Colonel Prejevolski 1 must say a few words of Coloucl Mat- wielf, who short time ago returned from Afghan- (stan and who recently gave @ public lecture in Gen- eral Kaufinann’s salons, COLONEL MATWIKFY'S MISSION. ‘The Colonel! said that, with tho expectation of a war between Kussia and Kngland, he had been sont to Cabul, where tho mission which Genoral Staleten, chief of the Embassy, had, on his do- partare, left in the hands of his colleayguc, Ras- gonotf, was already established, He was in. stragted to draw up military road chart, in order to facilitate the movements of & Russian force marching through ro (oe toward the trontiers of india, His expedition started on the with of NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1879.—TRIPLE SHEET, October, Among those composing it was an astrono- | was impressed by the mer, M. Schwartz, and another person, 4 savaift, whose name I forget, and who soon returned, find- ing it impossible to gather any information on the way, owing to the rapidity of the Colonel’s marches, Roustek was the point the Colonel arrived at with the intention of crossing the Amou-Daria, and entering Afghanistan. It was there he was stopped by han soldier alluded to above, an the Bey, or Governor. who refused to allow them to proceed, alleging that he had received from Cabul no special iustructions con- cerning them. But-leave to penetrate into the do- mains of Shere-Ali-Khan came at last, but meanwhile the snow also its appearance, rendering cer- tuin passes impracticable. The Colonel, at the same time, had been ieee that oe fe ee were al- ready ocoupyin: very positions Le was anxious to on rs He then turned his steps westward with view of seeking @ sage over the high crests of tho Hindukosh. fe became convinced that these crests ot as = po sete Waving alike, insurmount ol jes. M. Matw! vin; made knewn his intention of proceeding to Vaitabade the native escort which had Ree provided for him took a circuitous route, with the evident design of blinding him as to the true position of the point named, Thanks to his compass the Colonel was not Jo: before detetting this manceuvre. bi its aid fo teak bearings which excited the curiosity of the lookers on aud prompted the question as to what the instrument could be that so clearly indicated the road to be followed. M. Schwartz, on his side, was totally unable to make the slightest astronomical ob- servation, owing to the animosity of the tribes. "They dared not wander any distance from their es- cort without exposing themselves to certain death; for, besides the Pact that the Afghans seek to take the lite of every Christian who sets foot on their soil, they were at that very moment highly incensed against the Russians for not coming to their assist- ance. In short, the Colonel came back no wiser than whey he started. Tho fundamental point therefore rel that Afghanistan is impregnable—an opinion shured by the Afghans themselves. I dined yester- day with Abd-u!-Akman, whom Shere Ali dethroned to reign in his stead, and when ho heard that my ob- juct was to pass through his country he simply re- plied by a smile ot incredulity. TORTURED VOR A BREACH OF ELIQUELTE. If wo are to tor an opinion concerning the man- ners and customs of the Afghun from what we see in the dominion of his neighbor, the Ameer of Bok- hara, we should find matter for reflection. That happy monarch, to whom I have already directed at- tention usone who deemed it proper for an Emir to lave the head of one of his subjects struck off every morning—that Asiatic who has mingled with the Bussiaus, who has even sent three of his children to be educated in the corps of the jos at St. Peters- burg, and who ought, ir ever so little, to have a cer- tain gloss of ctvilizution—lately bethought himself of a new kind of torture such as never occurred to the ingenious inquisitors of Philip II., of Spain. He transformed a small rvom of his palace into a fur- nace, in which he confined the victim, while, from the outside the were niade to attain a white heat, In one case this torture lasted three days when death delivered the victim, who was no less then the Grand Master of the Ordnance. ‘This high fuuctionary had been found guilty of the crime of lése mayesté, He must have committed a very serious offence, for what could be # breach of ugceee among & people whose ambassadors find it dificult to keep from eating with their fingers even when seated at the samo table with Europeans? I was lately one of the guests at a banquet yiven by the Envoy of the Ameer of Bokhara, who bad come to Tashkend for instruc- tion in the matter of the reception to be given to Shere Ali when he should pass through the Khanate. He did not appear to appreciate the bill of fare, wherein no mention whatever was made of “pi- lau,” the rice which he might have pressed between his fingers, and he obstinutely refused to quaif a drop of wine even to the health of his master. ‘This envoy went back the following day, and now eyery- thing is ready for the reception of the Ameer, from whom no news has been obtained for the last fort- night, other than what was contained in the letter from the physician sent to Tashkourgan in compli- ance With Shere Ali’s demand. CENTRAL ASIAN POLITICS, Notwithstanding the above communication the pro- "tracted silence of General Raagonoff is beginning once more to create anxiety. 1 have said that his silence is one of the ‘boils” of General Keufmaun, whom I found yesterday in close conference with the Afghan pretender mentioned above—Abd-ul-Akman. The sentiments expressed by the latter in reterence to Shere Ali are such that in all probability General Kaufmann will forego his previous intention of placing the us' and the us r in presence. ‘More toleramt than the Envoy from Bokhara, Abd-ul- Akman did not retuse to drink champague. He isa man between thirty-five .and pla of hereu- lean proportions and whose unkempt black locks and rather neglected appeurance recall somewhat to mind the physiognomy of Gambetta. Ho hhas now gone back to Samarcand, leaving General Kaufmann bending over his cards like a gam- bler seated Lefore opening hours in front of the roen baize, vainly awaiting the coming of # prob- fomutical adversary, Tho military mathematician, the strat i who foresees everything, the general so quick at securing victory, finds all his provisions falsified and al! his calculations useless. Bat he still goes on ing them incessantly to himeelt, till hoping against hope. ‘Do you remember,” said he the other day, that Roman rule which says:—‘Oxe against one— attack; one against two—defend yourself; one against three—run away? Well, I had also made a rule tor myself in case we came to close quarters with the English, and I believe it to be a safe one. It is this:—Man to man I shall beat the English. With two Englishmen against one Russian I shall beat them s' and with three Englishmen agsinst one Russian I shall continue to best them.” I submit to the appreciation of the diplomatists throughout Europe at the present time these words from the lips of a soldier who is far from being bom- bastic, and who, in his boldest achievements, never lett to hazard. The English, who have long been keeping their eyes on him, know it well. peror And the Em Al ir knows it too. THE KING OF THE ZULUS. STOBY OF KING CETXWAYO'S LIFE—THE DE- SCENDANT OF A KAFFIR HERO. (From the London Daily News.] When Sir Theophilus Shepstone, then Mr. Shep- stone, six yours ago visited Zululand with an escort of British troops for the purpose of pro- claiming Oetywayo king in succession to his father, Umpanda, he was very favorably impressed with the bearing of the new ruler. He pronounced him immeasurably superior to any other native chief with whom he had come into relationship. Cetywayo not only struck Mr. Shep- stone as being entirely frank and straightforward in all his communications, but as being a men of great ab: and forcd of character. He had a power seizing the essence of the considerations that were laid before him and @ contempt for superfluous verbiage which would have delightell the author of the epigram that “speech is silvern, but silence golden.” In the course of one of Mfr. Shepatono’s interviews, held with the new King in full council, when some of the old men were fencing after the manner’ of Polonins with one of the English proposals, he suddenly rose up sand bade them all bp all of youl” he cried. ‘You which says nothing when Don’t you seo what my tather means?" Pi lay clearly betore them the ex- act point for which Mr. Shepstone was contending, and to demonstrate its reasonableness. Our Com- missioner had no difficulty in obtaining the assent of Cety wayo to all the conditions on which the English government was willing to give him our friendship wnd moral support, he was convinced besides that the new ruler was thoroughly alive to the value of our friendship and fully minded to do his utmost to deserve it. THE ZULU NAPOLEON, But it was not to be disguised that absolute as Cety- wayo was in Zululand he bad great difficulties in carrying out to the full all his ee cee It was ail very well for him to henceforth in- discriminate bloodsh was to cease; that no the subseq King, and that minor punishments should be substituted for death in the case of trivial offences, ut he had a turbulent ple to reckon with, who inherited military tradit , ond of these traditions he as well as they were proud, Cetywayo, in short, like Napoleon Il., had an uncle, the great Chaka, the founder of the Zulu power. It was necessary for Coty- wayo that he shoukl prove himself a worthy mem- ber of his dynasty, and between humoring the thirst ot his young men for military renown, which he was himself too old and too tat to, ire to, and consult- ing the true interests of him: and his people by Keeping ‘on good tertus with the British, he had very ule part to play But he gave an carnest of his good intentions at tho time of his secession by making @ much less indiscriminate of dangerous ore than was the custom of the country, and prudence with which he acted throughout bis long tenure of the ition of heir apparent and Ln- duna, or Prime ister, of his tather, was another good guarantwe of his peaceful tendencies. In Coty- wayo’s youth, forty years ago, the great military sys- tem—reat, that ic |, for 4 savage African tribe— which his Uncle Chaka had fouuded, and Din- gaan, another of his uncles, had used with terrible effect against the Duteh colonists of Nutul was ut- terly tered by a sinall band of brave Dutch ane under Map hgpe wes of Andries Pretorius. ‘in the course of struggle Dingaan was assassi- nated and the Dutch a med Umpanda, Cety- “Tse tenn rig hi eo Ushpanda was then old aa Cel ‘0 is now, becoming so fat eventually that he had to be litved in wnd out of his state carriage. This obesity and the wholesome ‘lesson which his brother had received from the Dutch indisposed Um; to an aggressive policy, aud Coty wayo, his eldest soy bold and enterprising and gifted with much of th® ability of the most re- nowned warriors of his hoger the hope of the young men, who sig! for the former gioty. of their tribe. An opposition arose in the =6Court of Bull such as has often existed between sovereigns and heirs ap- wront in more civilized countries. Iteays not a ittic for tho self-control or the young savage chiet that he did not, in accordance with a custom which had more than ones been honored in the ob- servence in Zululand, put his fat old father out of the way and mownt the throve in his stead. 1t shows bow profoundly vvéu iu the heat of youthful bivod he wer of his neighbors across the Tugela River in Natal, He had seen the Dutch farmers, who had defeated his uncle in a pitched battle, 460 men to 12,000, in their turn driven out of Natal by a handful of English soldiers. This was a lesson of his own insignificance as compared with his powerful neighbors wiich was not lost upon him, He allowed Umpanda to keep the throne out of which he could have turned him with the ready assent ot his peopie, and cultivated friendly relations with the English in Natal. SAVAGE WARFARE. ‘The one thing which caused any bitterness be- tween Cetywayo and the Natal government during the thirty-two years in which he waited patiently for his father’s demise—a patience which is proba- bly unprecedented in the aunals of South African tele was @u incident which illustrated the terms on which power is heid in savage States. Qetywayo, as the eldest son, and the bravest and most eapable, naturally looked forward to be his father’s successor. But for that very reason he was the object of Umpanda’s particular jealousy, and thought he had reason to believe that another brother would be nominated to the succession. This led to uarrels and threats, and some of Cety wayo’s younger Brothers. tearing that he might make sure of the succession by rea ine p aes Soaie of Ute tien, coh lected a body of their adherents and made off for Natal, with the intention of invoking English pro- tection. Cetywayo at once gave chase, and in a bloody battle five of his brothers were slain, thus leaving his uth to the throne comparatively clear. But Umpanda faa two other sons left alive, and these he placed under the protection of the authorities at Natal. The upshot of the civil war was that in a council of Zulu notables it was decided that, though Um- anda the Fat was a very good ‘thead”’ for the Zulu Beate. it also needed “hands” and “feet,” and that while Umpunda remained np Corre must be appointed Prime Minister, is was done with the formal assent of the Governor of Natal in 1856, and Cetywayo was also proclaimed his father’s heir apparent. But he never could made quite eas: about the TEsence of his two brothers in Natal. He knew the fuvor which Umpanda enjoyed there, and, though the Natal government assured him that they only gave the refugees that protection which Englishmen never denied to those who claimed it, be continued for some time to repeat requests for their sur- render, These requests, however, were always amieably preferred, and Cetywayo remained till the day of his father’s death on the most tricndly terms with his dreaded neighbors. For Mr. Shep- stone in particular he always professed the utmost veneration, and on Umpanda's peaceful decease he sent mi to Pietermaritzburg, and pressed tor a recognition of his accession in the most huim- ble language. ‘Ihe sons of the King,” the message an, ‘and the head men of the tribe are mourn: aud cast down, and the nation bus suddenly tor itself wandering it knows not whither, because its guide is uo more. The words of the King, by which the nation has been guided, bave ccased, and none but children are left. Lhe people, therefore, desire that Soimtseu (Mr. Shepstone), who has been the father of the King’s children, should come and senna the family of the King, and breathe the spirit by which the nation should be governed.” ‘his friendly invitation was accepted, and Cety- Wayo was tormally installed King of the Zulus by ‘Mr. Shepstone in August, 1873, having previously ac- cepted the conditions on which our govern- ment was willing to grant its moi pro- tectorate. The history of Cetywayo since his acces- sion, and the charges made against him by Sir Bartle Frere of not having strictly observed the con- ditions in which he then acquiesced, are tresh in the recollection of our readers, but this briet sketch of the Zulu King’s antevedents may help them to under- stand better his character and position. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AN ADDRESS BY EX-MINISTER SANDFORD ON” THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE WiTH CENTEAL AFRICA—THE FIELD OPENED BY STANLEY'S DISCOVERIES—FRANCO-AMELICAN COMMERCE, The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, Mr. 8. D. Babcock, president, in the chair. A number of new members were elocted on recommendation of the Executive Committee, which also recommended tho appoint- ment of a special committee to arrange for the 11lth annual celebration. The suggestion was adopted. Areport was received from the Special Committee to wait upon Secretary Sherman in re- gard to having his portrait painted. The chief of the Treasury Department, upon whom the Chamber looks as ‘the restorer of the public credit” and “successful founder of the national debt,” replied to the eloquent address made to him on the subject at Washington that he was very much pleased with the compliment, and wound up his letter by saying that he would “with pleasure give every facility to any artist whom you (the Chamber) may select to carry tho resolution into effect.” The Executive Committee reported a preamble and resolutions setting forth the danger of permanent injury to navigation by reason of the dumping of the refuse gathered from, the strects by the Street Cleaning Bureau in the harbor, and called upon Mayor Cooper and the Comptroller to secure the in- sertion of a suficient sum in the tax levy to provide for the immediate construction of at least four steam ho) barges, such as are now successfully used in Great Britain, to be employed in carrying the city refuse to sea. The subject was refer! to a special comnittee, Mr. Low introduced to*the Chamber Mr. Henry S. Sandford, late United States Minister to Belgium,who delivered an interesting address on the opening up of trade aud civilization in Equatorial Africa HR little less than two years ago I was named a delegate to the International Association at Brussels for the exploration and civilization of Central Africa, an association which owes its origin td the iberal and enlightened sovereign, the King of the Eeenes This international association was com- posed of corde from branches. ot the principal countries of Kurope, presided over either by royalty or its most eminent citizens. Its objects were to carry into practice the principles laid down by the Brussels Congress of 1876 for the execution of the £4, work of civilization and humanity inaugurated y His Majesty the King of the Belgians. Having been, as a compliment to the United states, elected a momber of the Executive Committee of the associ- ation in place of Sir Bartle Frere, appointed Governor of the Cape Colonies, I have had occasion since then to participate somewhat actively in the work of tho associution, and to become, on nearer acquaintance with its scope and objects, vary deeply impressed with the importance of the work to be accomplished by it. ‘ RESULT OF STANLEY'S DISCOVERS. “Tho firet expedition fitted out by the association started tor Contral Africa in the autumn of 1877, by way of Zanzibar, with the intention of peuctrating as far West of the great lakes as and ex- tablishing a station irom which explorations should be made toward the west, with the view of finding an outlet to the Atlantic. At Zanzibar Mr. Stanley was met returning with his men atter hie descent the Congo, and by this important discovery not only a new ficld but an casicr agcess to the lake region— probably among the richest portions of the habitable globe—than now exists by the long and arduous route from the cast coast would appear to have been secured, and therefore it is doubtless along the Congo that the stations of the association will hereafter established. This discovery and these explorations of Mr. Stauley have stimulated enterprise for open- ing up Africa to trade in several European States, and it seeins to me that the time has come for our country, through this body, the representatives of its greatest maritime port, to take stops toward tcouring its share of a trade destined to be of the greatest importance to comwmercial nations, “At a rocent meeting at Mauchester to promote the opening of Africa to British trade i observe that that continent is estimated to contain from three hundred and fifty to four hundred millions of people, and, it was reckoned, would take at least as much cotton cloth as the British looms produced for In twenty-four h million yards snunuaily. would remark in this connection that _— ot the cotton goods known as ‘Mericani,’ used for trafic in the interior of Africa, are British imitations of our New & fabrics, aud are weighted with starch aud clay, so that Mackillop Pacha is quoted in a re- cent letter to the London Times as complaining that the English shirtings he took with him were reduced to gauze by the Equatorial rams, while the American cottons rewmamed stout and strong. VACILITIES OF INTERCOURSE, “Besides the opening through the Nile there are two projects of railways from the Mediterranean and another from Zanzibar. Still another by the River Zambesi is proposed to reach this wonderiul luke region, while we have here at our doors, #0 to say, the mouth of the Congo Kiver, along whose val- ley, embracing nearly two thousand wiles of navig- able waters, uiter turning the cataracts which ob- struct the entrance, is @ population of over forty millions awaiting the trade of commercial peoples. The commerce of this mighty river, with ite swarm- Bopslotion thirsting for trade, should be free to all, and subject only to @ joint protectorate of com- mercial 3 ond the most practical and econom- ical way for our people to reach this, trade would appear to be to aid the International Association in establishing posts along the Congo up to the lake region, which shall give pioneers assistance, and in- formation and protection to the trailer as well as to every other promoter of civilization. And to this end the first stop that suggests itself is the co-opera- tion of the Chamber of Commerce with the American branch of the Internatioval Association apd the American Geographical Society. Perhaps an impor- tant outlet for the ambition and enterprise ot many of the African race in the United States, who aro better fitted than the whites to endure the climate, may here be found, and through them the regeuera- tion and civilization of the parent stock may be pro- moted, Wherever our trade goes in the interior of Africa there will be oxtinguished at once and forever tho traffic in slaves.” FRANCO-AMERICAN TRADE. M. Léon Chotteau, the French commercial agent here, was introduced by Mr. Schult aud addrossed the Chamber on the advantages all other countries possessed in American trafic over France. His ro marks were listened to with attention. When ho had Anisned a resolution was adopted on motion of Mr. Jackson 8. Schultz that the subject of “cuore extended and freer business relations with America” on the part of France be referred to & special com- mittee, “whose duty shall be to inquire into and re- port to this body ut a subsequent day such intorma- Hion and tacts as will enabie this Chamber to act intelligently.” TRADE WITH HONDURAS. THE RICH PRODUCTS OF OUR SISTZR REPUBLIC DESCRIBED BY COMMISSIONER VALENTINE— MINERALS IN ABUNDANCE-—-AN OPEN FIELD FOR AMERICAN COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE. J.J. Valentine, Special Commissioner of the Re- public of Honduras, was found yesterday in his oflice, No, 71 Broadway, and in reply to # question he sai “The agitation by the Heraxp of the establishment of trade with Central America is already bearing fruit, and commercial and agricultural enterprises are springing up in this country, as well as im Cen- tral America, particularly in Honduras, which must be eminently beneticial to the financial and industrial interests of both.” Upon being asked the nature of his commission, Mr. Valentine said:— “It is to show that, geographically, the Republic of Honduras is the key to Central American trade, and that, therefore, it offers inducements of a peculiar nature to American commerce, In cultivating com- ‘mercial relations between the two republics, great advantages must result to both aud immense protits accrue to the American merchants aud manufactur- ers who appreciate the tact and act accordingly. Goods taken down there may be readily exchanged for the zich marketable products of the country, in- cluding the precious metals and high grade mineral ores. THE MINING DISTRICT. “Of the Rosario mines, which oiler great induce- ments to investment, the most noted is situated at a distance of only twenty-seven miles from Teyuci- galpa, the capital of Honduras. It is at present worked by the imperfect method known to the na- tives, which is, of course, far behind the processes used in the United States. By the present method the ores yield about $100 per ton, whereas, according to assays made by smelting companies here, they can, by the aid of propor machinery, be made to pay from $150 to $4,000 per ton and thirty or forty times the amount of ores now extracted could be taken out. Dr.R. Fritz Gaertner, lately of the office of the State geologist, of Albany, and who is now at the head = of the ological and mineralogical departments of the Honduras jovernment, culculates that at the Rosario mining istrict there ure visible on the surface veins of sufli- cient magnitude to require at least one hundred and fifty years to exhaust them. According to his esti- mates @ single. company, whose claim is already in working crder, Will net a dividend of something like $1,000,000 sony I speak of these mines to show the tine flold which Honduras offers in this branch to American industry. There are several other inter- ests equally inviti::g to intelligent labor, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE UNITED STATES, “The interesting figures lately given ‘by the Heratp show that the balance of exchange in prod- ‘ucts as between Central America and the United States is in favor of the former in the proportion of seven to onc, while, in fact, it should be the reverse. Europe supplies the great bulk of merchandise to those countries, and it is found by experience that while America is represented by a small fraction of goods imported to Central America, that fraction is undeniably of far better Cae than that which comes trem the Old World. Now, as the distance between this country and Central America is much shorter than between the latter and Europe, it is reasonable to suppose that America shouid step in and make this remunerative trade her own. 1 need not say that the capital and skilled labor of the United States which are secking remunerative employment would find a ready market for their commodities in Hon- duras. Agriculture and mining there offer induce- ments superior to any other Central or South American country, under particularly favorable climatic conditions aud liberal laws, and I am empowered by the government to make concessions of valuable coffee and other agri- cultural lands, with the sim: provision that the grantees settle upon them within a reasonable time. Among the names of gentlemen who ure interested in the present effort to direct American enterprise toward Honduras there may be named Messrs. Franklin Edson, chairman of the Produce Exchange; Alexander R. Chisolm, chairman of the Mining Bourd; John J. McAlpine, consulting enginoer; ‘I're- nor W. Park, president of the Panama Railroad; Walter Wood, of Philadelphia; John W. Anderson, John Louch, shipbuilder; Remington & Sons, Fuller Warren, £. B. Thurber, I. F. Row- land, Continental Iron Works; ‘A. C. Rand (of the powder company) and several other equally prominent men, [purpose returning shortly to Honduras, and will e with me a commitice consisting of Captain Charles P, Dahigren and Cap- tain Peter Hagan, the latter of Albany. These peatle: men will examine and report upon the mineral and agricultural lands which I am empowered to offer. SECURITY OF EMIGRANTS, “Lhe new constitution of Honduras guarantees to the cuugrant and his personal effects exemption from import duties, also the free importation of imple- ments and instruments necessary to the exerciso of his calling, besides the enjoyment of the same civil and religious prerogatives as are enjoyed by the people ot the country. ‘They will be granted the right to vote, exemption from taxes and contributions of kinds, as well as exemption trom military service and perfect liberty in the exercise of their religious faith. No instance con be cited wherein the person or roperty of foreigners has been molested, unless they mixed too much in ities, The foreigner and his goods have always bee considered sacred by belligerent parties. Through the worst periods in Centrai American history Europeans haye traded un- molested, and I can cite halt # dozen houses in ‘Tegucigalpa alone that enjoy an almost unlimited European coutidence. I can speak Gegerie | tor Honduras in Leap: TA war times have pas: for Central America. By @ liberal and intelligent policy the present government has succeeded in gaining the confidence of the people, and no public disturbance of any kind need now be appre hended. President Soto is so popular and pro- gressive in his ideas that co aud progress may naturally be looked for throughout tie land. He has established a system of public schools, with téachers from the United States; he hus built tele- raphic lines, opened np mail communication in the {republic and advanced its condition far beyond any- thing it had formerly attained. No part of tho country 1s more unhealthy than the Mississippi Valley, and the marshy district occupics relativeiy a much smaller territory. MINERALS AND VEGETABLES. “Tegucigalpa, the present capital of Hondnras, derived ifs name from the Indian words “Tagus- galpa,’ meaning mountain of silver, which is charac- teristic of the district where it is situated. The minerals that can be most profitably worked in Honduras are gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, coal aud opals, and the vegetables are generally those of the temperate and tropical regions. The cultive- tion of coilee is an immensely remuncrative branch of industry. Then there are hides, furs, gums, oils, resins and precious woods that can be exported in abundance, I have here a smail number ot samples of the products of the country which American mer- chants can examine when they desire. I expect that the first vessel will soon sail to the north coast of Honduras with implements and goods for the country, and the government will do every- thing that can be accomplished to facilitate the growing trade with American merchants.” LOOMIS REDIVIVUS, (From the London Sunday Observer, Feb. 16.) Some interesting information bas been recently made public with regard to the “storm warnings” with which this coantry is so often favored from tho farther side of the Atlantic, that, in as far as it goes, would seem to justify the scepticism which is occa- sionally expressed as to the reai value of these prog- nostications. From investigations made by Pro- fessor Loomis, of Yale Collego, United States, it has been found that the great majority of storms from America pass in a northeasterly direction, of these islands, and that the chances against pressure” centre traversing any part of England are nine to one, and against its causing a gale or “bh breeze near the English coast six and two to one re- spectively. ‘The conclusion to be tormed from these facts, that the warnings are fer froin wholly reliable, is indirectly strengthened by a british authority. In @ lecture on storins, delivered a short time since, Mr. Seott, of the Meteorological Department, stated, in reference to predictions sent us during the past two years, tl the percentage of partialiy or fully successful prophectes stood at 44 against 56 of more or less absolute failures. Ii may be a de- batable point whether complete accuracy 18 or is not an essential condition of the utility of the warnings, bat that they are not always to be depended on ts pretty evident from the facta we have cited, STORMS ON THE ATLANTIC. {from the London Weekly ‘Timea, Feb. 7.) With the aid of a complete series of Hofimeyer's (daily) charts for two yvars (1874-75), Proteasor Loomis, of Yale Colleg¢, has lately made a careful examination of Atlantic storms (American Journal of Science and Arts), Ho finds that in one year there are on an average only eighteen different storms which can be traced, by means of those charts, from the coasts of the United States across the Atlantic. Nearly all these, storms purstied # course north of vast, and passed considerably to the north of Scotland, I only tour cases Out of thirty-six did the low ctutre cross the Paris meridian in # latitude as low as the northern boundary of England. Since the storm centres qeuer- ally passed 800 males north of London most of them did pot exhibit much violence on the Fnglish coast. Protessor Loomis concludes that when a ceatre of low pressure (below 29.5 inches) leaves the coast of the United States the probability that it will pass over any part of England is only one in nine; the probability that it will give rise to a gale anywhere near the English coast is only one in six, and the probability that it will cause a very fresh breeze is one in two. A notable point connected with Atlantic storms is their slow rate of progress, This is due pavtiy to the crratic course of the centre of low area, parlly to the irequeut blend. ing of ,two low areas into one, so that the eastern centre Reems to be pushed buckward toward the west, Storms are also oficn held uewrly ststiopary in position from day to day by reason ot the abundant warm vapor rising trom the Gulf Stream, close by the cold air from the neighboring coast of North America. ‘hus, wheu American storms are predieted to appear on the pean coast and it is assumed that they will cross the ocean at the same rate as they have crossed the United States such predictions are seldom verified. About halt of the (thirty-six) storms traced across the Atlantic in those two yeurs seem to have originated in the region of the kocky Mountains, and four ean be distinetly traced fo the Pacific coast; the others originated from regions to the east, Professor Loomis’ observations on West Indian cyclones seem to prove that these phonomenn, Lowever violent in the tropics, expand and lose much of their violeuce when they retch the middle latitudes, and utter a few days are usually merged in some of the larger depressions which yeneral.y prevail in sone parts of the North Atlantic. From observations on Mount Washington, Pike's Peak, the same author con- cludes that over the United States both the maxima and minima of atmoxpheric pressure generally occur first*neur the surface of the earth, aud they occur later as we rise above the surface, the retardation amounting io one hour for an elevation of from 900 feet to 1,300 fect. THE. LEGAL TENDER ACT. WILLIAM ALLEN BULLER ON ITS CONSTITUTION- ALITY—THE QUESTION AT ISSUE 10 BE SET- TLED BY THE SUPREME COURT. A Heravp reporter called upon Mr. William Allen Butler, at his office in this city, yesterday, for the purpose of obtuining his views regarding the latest phase of the question involving the constitutionality of the Leyal Tender act, as set forth in the HeraLp of yesterday. Mr. Butler said:— “I think the statement in the Heratp is very full and very accurste, It states clearly the points that will be involved. The question will ultimately have to be settled by the Supreme Court of the United States, whether, under the constitution, it is within the power of Congress in time of peace to give to Treasury notes the quality of legal tenders for the paymeut of debts between citizens, and whether it was competent for Congress to give to legal tenders, which were issued during the war and retired, the quality of legal tenders by a reissue after the war had terminated and during a time of peace. This is necessarily s question depending upon the construction to be given to the provisions of the constitution applicable to the subject, and it is the province of the Supreme Court to construe the constitution and declare its effect.” H Revonrer—General Butler and yourself hold differ- ent views on the subject. Mr. BurLen—General Butler, as spears by his let- ter to Mr. Chittend is prepared advocate the power of the governm without restriction, to coin money out of any material in time of peace, as well as in time of war—in other words, to authorize whatever is embraced in the designation of ‘tat money.” Mr. Chittenden, by his course in Congress, has made himself a representative, and I think a very acceptable one, of the opposite view, and is firm in his conviction that the power of Congress to con- trol the creation of legal tenders was ex- hausted by the issue of the greenbacks during the war, and that the emergency justifying their creation having ceased the power of Congress ceased with the emergency. The question is cer- tuinly an open one before the Supreme Court, and it is of so much importance in every aspect that it is very desirable it should be determined by the tribu- nal whose decision will be authoritative and final. Kkrronren—What do you think of the present movement ? My. BurLER—I think it is one solely for the pur- pose of reaching such a decision, and with reference to the general interests of the public to have this vexed question tuken out of the sphere of political discussion and disposed of in the way provided by our American system of government, which makes the Supreme Court the final arbiter as to constitu- tional questions. TAMMANY GENERAL COMMITTEE, ASSEMBLYMAN GRADY DENIES THAT THE DEMO- CRATIC ORGANIZATION IS UNDER ‘‘ONE MAN RULE -——-MAYOR COOPER AND ANDREW H. GREEN. A meeting of the Tammany Hall General Com- mittee was held last evening in the Wigwam m Fourteenth street. All the prominent members, including Comptroller Kelly, Henry L. Clinton, Police Commissioner Nichols and others, were pres- ent. During the meeting Assemblyman Grady de- livered an eloquent and effective address on the issues of the day. He spoke of the fact that no just apportionment bill had as yet been passed un the Legislature, and referred in general terms to the cry of the “one man power.” He proved to the satisfaction of his hearers that no such power existed in Tammany Hall. Heclaimed that the parties opposed to the regular organization offered many examples of “one man power,” and re- ferred, as an instance, “to the fact that Mayor Cooper was but the puppet of ex-Comptroller Audrew H. Green.’ This “one man power” of Mr. Green might be an issue in the next canvass. The in ta the workingmen were then dwelt upon by tie speaker, who recounted the efforts made by Tam- many to ameliorate their condition. Tammany was the only organization that opposed the distranchising scheme, by which it was. pro- sed that only-men owning property should vote, Mr. Grady then considered the great reduction of the city debt. This had been reduced over $6,000,000 since Comptroller Kelly assumed office, me- diately, however, Mayor Cooper came into power the debt was increased; only a little, it was true, but yet it will go on increasing until the end of his term. When the Comptroller went among the financiers a short time since and offered to sell bonds of the city he found purchasers who bought them ata high pre- mium. The people had gontidence in the adminis- tration of Mr. Kel ng but he ventured to suggest that two years hence the city’s bonds could not be sold 80 eusily, The speaker in conclusion made a strong appeal to support only democratic journals. At the conclusion of the speech a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Grady, after which General Spinola moved thats spevial committee of twenty- two be appointed to petition Congress at the extra seseion to promptly pass the bill for the repeal of the Election law, by which United States Supervisor Davenport acts; the bill to open the uy box to all men in the South, und the provision of the Army bill providing that no military be allowed atclec- tions. The motion was carried. The committee DIVIDED REPUBLICANS. RIVAL ASSOCIATIONS HOLD MEETINGS IN THE FIFTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT—THE SECEDERS’ CHARGES, Two meetings of republicans were held last even- ing in the Fifth Assembly district, The regular association met at No, 123 West Houston street at eight o’clock,and at the same hour the seceders, who are secking a reorganization of the district at the hands of the County Central Committee, assembled at No. 130 Prince street. The Houston strect mect- ing was presided over by Mr, Johi H. Brady, and was attended by about one hundred aud twenty meu. Mr. J. D. Centre moved that the action of the Senate in confirming the appointment of General Merritt as Collector of this port be indorsed by the republicans of the Fifth dis- trict, This motion was laid.on the table without dis- cussion, after which Mr. Mann proposed a resolu- tion ot thanks to Zach Chandler for his opposition to placing Jeff Davis’ name on the pension list. This resolution also expressed approval of the present electoral laws and indignation against the democratic ety for delaying the passage of the ropriation tilts, It was unanimously adopted. “Uk larenece Hill moved that a committee be appointed to inves- tigute certain irregularities in_ the last report of the Finance Committee. This motion was unanimous, laid on the table, atter which the meeting udjourned. THE SECEDRRS’ MEETING. Mr. Wolfgang Kuffner presided over the seceders’ meeting in Prince strect. About thirty members were present. A résolution was proposed in refer- ence to General Merritt's appointment precisely similar to that moved at the other mecting. It was unanimously adopted. Mr. Betts read a lengthy paper setting forth various chargos and specifications ainst the regular organization and its president, whieh, he said, had beeu advanced before the County Central Committee, and on the strength of which » reorganization of the district is demanded. These el » he said, are at present reierred to the Executive Comiittee of the county for examination. Thoy allege that the present manage- ment of the district 1s prejudicial to the interests of the par(y; that there 18 felling off of republican , tw the district never went democratic until last tion; that tho president refused to admit republi- cans to the association and erased the names of some from the rolis arbitrarily, and that he offered to trade away to the adiministration the representation of tho district to the State Convention. Among the speci- feations by which these charges were supported were the followi That a lise ot the members of the ular German Republican Association, sixty- nine in number, was duly proposed for mem- bership in the district organiaution, but was never presented for action by the president, Mr. Brady, and, that he persuaded the sec- retary pro tem, to erase the name of Mr. Betts from the roll of the Committee on Membership, and that the names of thirty persons were placed on the roll who were not duly élected; that the colored republi- cans were ill used; that democrats and non-residents were placed on the roll; that the finances of the asso ciation were squandered and misappropriated, and that democrats were allowed to vote at the primaries and repablicans excluded. After the reading of this paper the meting adjourned, , | 5 THE LECTURE SEASON. PROFPSSOR CHADBOURNE ON DESIGN IN THE STRUCYULE OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS. “The study of the structure of the commonest dan- delion,” said Professor Chadbourne, at Association Hull, last evening, “is suflicient to overthrow the most ingenious systom of atheism.” The lecture was designed as a refutation of the theory that there is uo creative cause, but that everything comes from constant development. ‘The Professor took the ground that no system of development can remove the necessity ofa great original cause, “Methods,” he said, “may vary, but the source still remains, It ia particularly shown is the fact thet there are more cons trivances in the workinys of Nature than are absolute- ly needful, thus refuting the doctrine of development without 4 primary orizin, According to this doctrine every contrivance of nature is an essential one, In the ceconomy of the animal and vegetable kingdome the hand of the Creator is everywhere evident. The climbing and fertilization of plants and the distribus tion of seed reveal 4 world of wonders. The most renowned works of man pale into utter insignifi- cance betore the delicate and varied machinery with which Nature is provided, with (he marvellous cesses that mark the fuldlment of her designs. 7 distribution of seed varies in different plants. The dandelion sends up a tiny balloon with ite seed; the gerunium shoots it as if it were froma og IMuminated illustrations of the many subjects taken from the animal and vegetable ms BOF companied the Protessor’s lecture. MECHANICAL INVENTIONS. Mr. William Tracy lectured in the Anthon Memo- rial Church, in Forty-eighth street, on the sub- ject of “Mechanical Inventions and the Prog- rees of Civilization.” He showed that a little more than a century ago unassisted human labor was the cause of almost all the productions in the world, water power being applied chiefly in the manufacture of iron and in flouring mills, ‘The steam engine had not been perfected, The British government, from the time of the Conquest, had promoted manufactures, though its factories roduced woollen fabrics with implements which ad not been improved since the days of the Romans, The whole amount of cotton manufactured duris the eighteenth century was only 200,000 pounds pel annum. It now exceeds 1,200,000,000 pounds. The value of the linen made in a year was ay $50,000, while sevonty-four tons were impos In 1830 21,000 tons were imported. In 1765 the manu- facture of silk was only 300,000 pounds; in 1875 it had reached 21,000,000 pounds, The whole product of iron manufactures at the tormer date did not ex- ceed 22,000 tons; in 1878 it reached 637,000 tons. An examination of almost every department of me- chanics would furnish a similar exhibition of the manufactures of that day. Many of the articles which are now regarded as necessary were unknown to the masses of England’s population. Tea, coffee and sugar were sparingly used, and wheaten bread was unknown to the great majority of the people, Strong and coarse linens and woollens were worn by certain of the common classes, but the greatest num- ber of them wore leather, tanned or untanned. By means o7 labor saving machinery the laborer is saved severe toil, while his production is vastly in- creased. But though the idea of subjecting the force of steam to human control was not new one no practical plan to accomplish it was devised until the invention ot Watt’s engine in 1763, ‘The lecturer then proceeded to give an account of the immense stimulus which this invention gave to manufactures and commerce, and consequently to the civilization of the world. DANIEL DOUGHERTY ON ORATORY. Under the auspices of the General Society of Me chanics and Tradesmen Mr. Daniel Dougherty re- peated his lecture on “Oratory” at Steinway Hall. The lecturer's imitations of various speakers in the House of Commons were much applauded, as were also some imitations of certain pulpit orators of the English Church. Mr. Dougherty said that nat- urally the pulpit was the bighest and best tield for oratory next to the popular assembly, but there had grown up, of late years, @ style of preaching called sensational, which might be more properly called sacrilegious. Congress he considered th filuiat Held in this country for the popular orator to make his name and fame, but Congress had degenerated of late years, and it seemed to be given up at present to the wgogue and trading politician. SPAULDING S LECTURE. “Roman Watering Places; Pictures of ‘travel in the Classic Environs of the Bay of Naples” will be the subject of Mr. Spaulding’: second illustrated lecture at Chickering Hall this morning. ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL. THE ANNUAL REPORT—WORK OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RELIEF DURING THE YEAR 1878, ‘The seventh annual report of Roosevelt Hospital is an interesting exposition of the work of a noble eharity. Dr. H. Paine, the superintendent, calls te tention to the increased number of patients as the most prominent feature of the year. This has been confined almost entirely to the surgical’ wards and ‘was due to the operation of the ambulance service, which had hardly been begun in 1877 before the re-" port for that year was written. The number of ac- cidents the victims of which had been brought to the hospital is 207 greater than it was during the previous year. The number of cases of accidental injury was 407. The expenses have thus been considerably increased in ono direction, but in others they have been more than as much reduced. The per capita expense for each patient was 95 ce: or 24, cents less than it was last year, while, in the language of Dr. Paine, a greater amount of suffering ‘been relieved. Although patients are sometimes brougnt to the hospital by this means ina dying condition our mortality has been only 83-10 per cent, 9-10 less than the pre- vious year, and our death rate is only 7 9-10 pervent, The number of paticnts admitted during 1878 was 1,622, and there remained ‘on December 31, 1877, 133, making the number of inmates 1,655. deaths there were 139, 38 of which resulted from accident. Thére ‘were 1,500 patients dis- charged. There were 105 general operations and 26 amputations performed. ven huadred and fifty- four patients were curca, 517 have improved since their admission and #0 remain unimproved. The average number of patients throughout the year was 145, One hundred and nineteen patients 3 for their board either in full or in part, and 1,530 were cared for without charge. The maintenance of the hospital cost during 1878 30,634 32. ‘There wero money donations o only $109, although many useful articles had been recei' NEW YORK OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, The Twonty-seventh annual commencement and reception of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital was held last evening in the large hall of that institu. tion, corner of Twenty-third street and Third avenue, President Thomas’ C. Smith guve some account of the work performed during the year 1878, Over five thousand seven hundred patients were treated, each averaging seven or more calls, The work of the in- stitution would continue to increase so long as the present tenement house system existed, and the so- called Freuch flats, which aro not much better. Light and ventilation were the great noeds in both, and the sleeping apartments in the latter were often such that the ls becaine permeated with noxio' halations were little better than tenements. Dr, George 8. Norton made a statement in behalt of the faculty, after which the president gave diplomas to the following graduates:—F, De Witt Bates, M. D., Hamilton, Ontario; es C. French, M. D., Cleve+ land, Obio; Edward H. Linnell, M. D., Norwic! Conn.; N. L. MacBride, M. D., Chicago, TIL, an Mrs. Phoebe J. B. Wait, M.D. Rev. O. H. Tiffany, D. D., delivered an address to the graduates, and Rev, Dr. Rogers prayed. The venerable Peter Cooper was introduced and made a tew remarks, A recep. tion followed. WAS HE GUILIY? In.the Queens County Court of Sessions yester day Thomas Maguirk was convicted of burgiary in the first degree, and after solemnly asseverating his innocence was sentence! to the State Prison for fit. teen years. The crime was committed on Now Year's night, 1878, in the house of Charles Perry, in Jamaica, by two masked men, aud a trunk containing $32 and some silver spoons was stolen. One of the thieves heid a pist Mr. Perry's head aud threatened to shoot him if he over testified against them. A pistol dbelonging to one of them was found on the floor the next morning. Yostorday Mr, Perry failed to identify the prisoner. Barney Daley, who is, it is alleged, a self-confessed thiet, was the principal witness tor the prosecution. He identitied the pistol as one usually carried by Joseph Crawford. He was in Maguirk'’s house on the night of the rob- bery and saw him and Crawford making masks, ‘They were going to rob Perry and wanted him to help them, but he refused. Maguirk’s mother and two sisters contradicted Daley's statements and other witnesses completely destroyed his credibility. The only weakness in the testimony for the defence was the discrepancy between it and the revord of the pres ~ liminary examination. Atter an impartial charge from the Judge the jury retired, and at fifteen min- utes atter four returned with a verdict of guilty, A motion for an arrest of judgment was, denied, Mae guirk is but twenty-live years old. HENRY J. LANE R&LEASED, Ex-Assemblyman John Broyan filed bonds in the Tombs Police Court, yesterday, for the good Behm vior of Henry J. Lanc, the once wealthy lumber dealer, Who was imprisoned on 4@ chi of disor derly Conduct preterred by bis wite, ‘The prisoneg was accordingly released. Mr. Brogan said he con- sidered it an outrage to imprison Mr. Lane, whom he had known in lis betier days to be devoted to hus tamaly.