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Atlaitif Submarine Telegraph Company is but one
Urrk in ? greet chain. There are three disrinot corpo
ration* comptsiDg the mean* of communication, one of
aa hi- h ie a eioocpoly of 'be line* extending from Nor?
fsi-'ia toHaw-Torti, Ranee, wo have do eerlain'T 'n
the trao*m*arion of di*pa?ch?-a from Load >n to Wash?
ington, and can only have that aseorance br having
?t>e ltc<\ if entica! hi intr-re*'. ox'eadin?; from each of
ab" two la?t awntioned c;*ic? to fh? other.
Mr. CAMPBKLL o< Ohio referred to the few re
Htaiiocg da>a of tiie m rs;on, and invoked |*JBtleot?a to
dispose" of this taavoawie to order, aad theo proceed to
Uta) oori?icVratii n of vviiwi important balk,
Mr. FLOUNCE said thai toll only went to show
the power of ? ?rporaiiori? to influeuj N < 'ongrees and in
tetropt the puWc nnsin?**.
Mr. CAMPBtLL repliod that he did not know what
?un on lit of irfloeuc* corporations had bore boen offer?
ing litt durit g his karas of service be recjllected that
a national vessel was employed to bring a flWOlgUOl
?Koarntbi to 'bin coun'rv. The gentieu.au bad no con?
stitutional scruple* at that time nor f r voting to sind a
vr*stl with supplies to Ireland during the famine. At
the last sosriontho gentleman from Pennsylvania voted
to send a ris'ion-l vea*el to Cape V? rde. He did not
%now that the gentleman actis! under the force of any
corporation, but for a particular olae* of voters. He
leoollecttd, too, at Die laat session of Congress the
gentleman eanetio-De-l a measure proposing that a ves
Ml bo tens' out for eu/ar cane-cuttings. He could rce
Both in. unconstitutional in all thia. Aa to the Sibrna
rlro Telegraph, it w*s one of the great-st schemes of
the age. Congress have the power to aid it in the
manner proposed and he was willing to meet our an?
cient * neiny, now our ally, midway on the ocean,
and the-e shake hands.
Mr. FLOKKNCK could see no analogy between th*
rases cited by the geotli man from Ohio and that before
the House As to sending a vessel to Cape de Verde,
Lewa- i? rluenc d by natural b-nevolenoe of heart.
Mr. WAKE HAN atorod to rot ?omnit Uie bill to the
f v> m n it* t<e of the Whole oa the S'.ate of the Union,
whe?e such amendments es were proper could be made.
Agreed te.
The House passed, by a ?n*e of99 atgalnii 79, a bill
tor the relief of the people of Kainas; ord repealing
aJI the lulea ard regulations, purporting to be laws,
adopted at the Shaernef Mission, l>y a b->dy of man
claiming to be the 1/tri stature, and declaring invalid
all tiie act* and proceedings of that assembly; likewise
providing for a new ein 'ion of rn?-mr>f rs the Legisla?
ture, andpains and tienalties for iJlegal voting, and un?
lawful interference with the rights of verier*.
A separate vote was taken on tae preamble of the
lull, declaring nniust and unwarranted the tost oitbs
preeotilied for voting or ho'ding office ia Kir:-as; and
that the House Committee of [nTeatteatioa rep >rt that
the Ijegislaturr wan not oleotod by log*] voters, ba*
waa forced upon them by non-residents in vioUtion of
the orvanie not of the Territory, and havint' thus
nsurped Jegialative power, it cuvted cruel and op?
pressive laws.
Adopted by 96 against 68, Adjourned.
[Noli ? Owing tu tb-< bad working af the Southern Iba**, am
Confrr??i'-Dal report lev bed u* in a very Im pet laut aaaapoa
fnerd *t**e. We tbe rej-ort relative to the Atlantic T-|e
araph bill a* it reached ut, ibotijh a ?pi-'-ial di-pat- .; luformi us
that the bill we* fit allj recommitted to the Commltte.- -.f Wart
and Meaa* b) a rote of ll? agaiiitt 71, thn* ladh etinx. tiie pr-h
able kutrea* ot the hill after it ?hall have bean ?iightlj ameuded
aa piopo*ed by it* Mattae ? H'i. \
NEW-YORK LEGISLATURE.
8ENATK.ktBA-T, Feb. 17, 1857.
E-Bf-stine- Kote and others petitioned tor Ute right
of suffrage for women.
A remoDitranee from the ci'i/ens of Oswego was
presented against discriminating toll*.
?IUI MPOBTKO 'AVOnAILT.
For amending the law relative to limited partner
ahii-s.
To increate the salarie* of the Sta*e-Prison ofh' ?? rs.
To provide for the payment of the money funded for
tiie benefit of the S'ockbridge Iudiana to an Indian
patty i I the tribe in ^'ifvoiisin.
Mr. I'KTTY (.'ave notice of a bill regulating the law
of adoption.
Bit u nrntOBtci n.
By Me. BRADFORD?To facilitate tbe formation
of educational associations
HyMr. IIHOOKS?To make certain the recording
marriage (etcmont. >
The Attoruey-tioneral. ic reply to the resolu*i?n of
inquiry as to whether Him < iovernor and Senate have
power to appoint officers in a city whose duties are of
a judicial character, or ai y officers whose duties per?
tain solely to cities and village*!, states that under
article <? section It) of tie- Constitution, neither the (Jov
en.or and Senate or Legislature have power U? appoiat
ary oflirtrs whrsedntiea are of a judicial character,
He considers that one prominent object of the new Con?
stitution was to deoeotrili/e the (iovernment by taking
away the power of the Oorernor to confer It upon
localities either by election or appointment, and be?
lieves, therefore, ilia', and or article 1U section 3, all
oflRcert whos? duties pertam to cities or villages, cau bs
elected onlv by the people of such cities or villages, or
appointed by the village or < i'y authorities, and cannot
be- aapoil ted directly or iniui etly by the (iovernor or
Le urBlature
Mr. IJPHAM'S l anal bill waa dt-l-ated, and made
tbe special order tor to-n orrow.
Tte leaolutiona conferring tbe ri-'ht of suffrage upon
eoloti d (iti/ens were debated
Mr. BBO0K8 oflerod an ainendment. requiring
voters to bo ablo to read the Kc^lUh lau^uttg^, win. i,
were adopted.
The lesolutions were then tnbled and ordcied to be
printed.
Tbe concurrent res tl-itions to adj-.urn from Friday
till Tuesday was adopted.
an.i ? ra>s>:n.
To amend the act rela?* .? to Hanks, I'.enking A-<s ad*
Oiions and Indivi lual Hanker*.
Kelative to summonse* trom the New-York Marine
Court.
To pay the expenses of the Connecticut Boundary
Commission.
To pu tont the reburuing of charcoal in Brooklyn.
ASSEMBLY.
Mr LEAVENWOKTH introduced a Mbatitntofor
the t/uarantine '?.11. It provides as fellows. Hut the
Oarer DOT. Lieutenant Governor and Controller ?hall
approve tbe site aoieetcd, and the loxprovotnents le
sitmetl; that be Comalktainiiliri of the Land Otiiv'e
shall map out and sail, at npp.absal or at the Merchants'
Fxchargr, the old grounds, oao-ej iarter of tbe amount
for wh'i b they ate sold to be pai 1 dovn, and the bal?
ance in one, two and ihr- e year*, at six per eont in
terfSt.
t The bill to provide for tbe aproin'Hient of Loan
Commissioners by the ?ov i ot Supervisor* was
tVabated, at 0 progree* if] arked.
Use Tcsolutiore instruct in'.' tt;e C itntnitree to rerort a
Keci*trv Law for the Sta'e was debated by Mr. VAU?
NT M in favtr, and by Mr. M MH >.V *ya:u*: the law.
ANOTHKU FRESHET AT ALBANY.
ALaUNT, rueedey, Fob. 17, 1S,>7.
i ! c river rote coDsidorabiy last ni^lit. The lower
part of South Broadway ig fl.vJe L Owiflg to pv?t e\
Sarierce, preparations wr-r male, an<l c4)nso<]uently
ie deatruction of proparty was trifling as compared
With tbe recent flood.
A man, unknown, of reen* v?.Me aptv-arance, sup?
posed to be iust in from Hoeton, jumpesi ott" a fe.Ty
boat this morning while enroling the rivjr. He told
thepaesengetra to make way, and quietly 'umped over.
Tbe flood is higher than at any prevu-aa treahot, ex
C*-pt thuee of 18aW and last week.
Ihe up-train over the Hnd*?in H:v**r Road, ;>mt. N< w
York this morning, ran oiT the track, thtongh tbe nra>
l-lacement of the swi'ch of tbe Berkshire ani Hnds-.n
Kood. The Kngintv.-, named Shook, resi ling iu Hud
?--n, reversed ?he en^toe. blew th} whis'ie and jumped
eff, ii tiring hinitcl: verv aaaob. Hone oi tie pasaen
gtra were hurt,
MICHIGAN LKQISL4TCRE.
Darnoir, rnanday, Fab* ir, i<>7.
Th?-L-gislature adjourned <>n .Monday noon. \
were {asse-t dispo-ing ot the- land* vHraa the S'aV? by
?he Ceneral (levemnicnt to certain railroad -'omj-atne.
a banking law to be nbmHfod to Ibepenaii la 1858;
i;rant'ng aid to Michigan emigrants ia Kausa*; ani
wgatiir.ing an lata*pendent Sap eme C nrt. Hc?i1li
|fh <na w?re a.opteit Inatrncting oar C.ui,'rtatsu:en to ad
-it Ka:i?a- as a Free Mate,
-?a>-.
CONNKNTIONov RADICAL kBOLITIONI8T8.
At st NN, i'Lleadav Feb. 17, l^-r.
The Convention of Radleaa kbol lonkttt ama-cel
tl.t- sretjinf. The day \?a* cOaMOMd in speakiu-^ nr
Mr. Ga'riaon and olbnra, who not oaly deawooicad ^i'e
K*o>.-al Conttinition. ?SO porttieal ajCartia* of t^e day.
and tbe pre**, bul the A r-eri an I batch a-< irre? Aomt,
The meeting was ted:->us ani the attend v. m tax* L
SOl'ND NAVIGATION.
BoarTOI, IVoiay, Feb. 17. IV,:.
Neither of the ateamo->at train* bat a- ved h?>r?i up
?? It St, It is supposed thn*. tie b >alO attvt l^et; J?L
ta.Lia by fog ou tne Sound.
?OLTHESg TRAVEL
IIxtRK Hr Q*u , Taeaday, Feb. 17, K'i7.
Tbe t?ny atesnier hvs crossed the Sts-juehannnt
?ka?| tune* since las* i vcniiij;. No further detcation
:? anticipated. lVseogcts and fregit are beiug
,r'arft :r.-u today aa u- iaL Ine lot H mot iag ?ut
"h-a r.
THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
Bat TiJtoitK, Tueaday, Feb. 17, 189.
Orleans paper* of Wednesday of last Wiek ar*
aft*! btO} corj??1!! no n?*r? of cons*v'-iec
Al1 ?> train*"hwm i'bilailelphia came through in
KANSAS UW&
St. Loo i?, Tuesday, Feb. 1*, t"<7..
TV Kansas re,r?a*r>oTide!it of IB* RfP*V>ett say*
?U! * bfj aoth. ftsieg ?I e roort* to admit bail in r?r
tnir r as? vetoed by f:?v. Geary, bas been pwwi
over in? b<ed with but one disienticg vo'f in the
Bous?. 1 L>? Cornau?* ?oer? appointed to leveahgate
ttr rnirfpj agalnal Survcyor-General CalLoun hate
repotted bj h.s favor. G?n. Clarke, charged with
kUHng Mr. Bertov, btte given binself up and entered
n roBOflJMMO lo appear Ltfore tbe Court in August.
LOM OK THE BCBOONEB VTLLETTE
Hai ii ?x, Tuesday Feb. 17, \<>7.
Thesrbooner Viltet e, benoe for New-lork, wa? to?
tally loot off Cron lelaiid on tbe lltb im>t.
BOSTON WKFKLY B\N'K STATEMENT.
B "?Ol, Toes-ay, Feb. 17, 1857.
The following arc the footing* of our Bai.? statement
for the pas* week:
r.r. tal Stork_0*1 WO f"in.? tar.oj,, bv ? ? 7?, fsy>
Loin, and dkwmiiils .' i,n8t,*0S [>?po?iti. 11171. JO*
er?ri?. .1 M?,*?i f iroulMto?. 6.7*i,?oe
lJu* notner Lka. ? it: soul
I' 3 BUPKEEE COCRT.
WasHiiOTOtr, Tuesday. Feb. 17, 1857.
Mr. De I!ow. of UmkiaM, was admitted to the bar.
Ca?e No. .r/>: James Fletchers heir* vs C'eiiue
RnVm.?Judge Campbell del ven d an opinion nfTirmir'g
ti e decree ol the Circuit Court of the Eastern District
of Louisiana with costs.
No 90: Tbe Cimrnerfial Marine InsnranreC'cnpany
of New-Yi rk vs. The Cnioti Mutual Insurance Cornpa
DV of New-Vo?k.?Judge (Jur'is delivered an onioion
iffitmiagthe dooUtaof tbe Circuit Court of M-uuv
' t'i-efts, wi'h costs and interest until paid at Uk Itm*
rate per annum tbat similar decrees bear in tbe Court?
of ?he Sfate of Massachusetts.
No. 74: Jo?iab Cotton Admini-trator of Prl
Cotton, deceased, et. al. vs. Allen Cotton, et. al ? \r
gun out loniinued by Mr. Lawrence fir defendant*, and
concludf d by Mr. Baxter fer plaintiffs.
No. 78: Cnited States vs. The h*irs of Mbruel Peo
reno ?Argued by Attorney-General Cusbing for apj>"l
lai ts, and by Mr. Rose for appellees.
No. 99 is the neit case on the regular call of the
docket ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A WINTER FLOOD OS THE I'RAIRIES
Editorial Correspond) nc* of Tie N. Y. Tribtme.
Oalisbvko, Dl, Feb. 7, \w\:.
I left the train from Chicago on this (tbe Burlington)
Rood at 7 a. rn. yesterday at " Oquawka Junction"?
tbe left fetation this idde of the Mii-s.ssippi ? and took
the r-tiige m due season for Otjnnwka (?J mile* north),
on tl e bhnk Of the great river, and the shire town of
HendereoD County, It bad been mining and tbawiog
tor a day or so hereabouts; and, though there wn-<
Hltle Know to mcit, the hard-frozen earth threw off the
water like a plus* roof. The creek* were all ever
their bark* and wandering at their own sweet will?
? si u'b Headt rson," " main Henderson, and " north
Henderson" yieing with each other in extcxoacho*e*jt*
OS tbe people*! highway, and all the " elougba" and
dcpfeosioni transformed into temjmiary lakoflj but
our rtage crossed them all safely there being a solid
frost bottom to each?and reached Oqwwka in doe
season. But the rain |Kiured harder as the day wore
on, and the evening wa* as inclement and forbidding
ti* could vtcli be imagined. I said my say to n rather
thin houn?yet a large gathering for such a night?and
Iben looked about for the means of makkg good my
premise to be in Galeoburg (only 33 miles distant,
27 of it railroad) this evening.
Tie peoopect waa oui oboe ring, Tbe rain was | Hir?
ing, the wind how?ng, and tbe creeks rising. Already
the stBge bad been Stopped by the creeks on its even,
bag trip to tbe ears, and il was plain that to wait till
Doming WM to prolong my stay indefinitely. Now,
Oquawka is a nice plan , as its melliiluous name would
Indicate, and has many excellent people whose ac
quantance I should have been glad to improTOj but
tue telegraph is not aim ng its advantnges, ami I 0 aj i
not bt the people of Cub -burg and other towns to
wbi' h I nir5 due knoiv what bad become of me, nor
* by I dif apjxiinted lliem sol resoDed to dig- out if
possible: and, as the creeks were Htill rising rapidly,
the only course wa* to start at om ?. A council of
wise fritudadeeded that I could m t roach Oquawkn
?1 unction if 1 were ever to bei.t upon it, and should led
to train there if I did; and tbat the only hopofal c hsj SO
was to take tbe bi^ln st eastern Mad and tteei for
Monmoutb (half way to Qaleabnrg) nt oaoo. By t?k
BBgthieoonrae, I abenld turn *averal viciotta creek*,
leaving only '?main Henderoon*' really foraddabio.
So a bu^gy and capital spau were proenred from a
livery stable, with their shrewd and capable owner as
pilot, and at a litlk pat-t 1" 0 < lock, we put out into the
etoni), rOOOtfed to see Monmoutb (18 mile* by ou:
mute) before daylight if possible, Thongh the clonda
were thick, the wind blew and the rain p.mred, there
was a good moon above all which gave about all the
light that wns really necessary.
Tbongb Oiiuawka is built on tbe sand, we crossed
wide stretches of water before we had cleared it,
and of the two miles of high sand-ridge that intervened
between it and the " main Iienderson, 1 ju'ge that
fully a fouith lay under water. Slill boot* and wkooh
bronght op on frott; and it wa* not tiU we descended
iito t'ne bottom of "main Henderson' that mat?
ters br^an to wear a ee*i.)us aspect. Forty
reds west of the ordinary channel of the creek,
we phmged into the wster, which grew gradu?
ally deeper uttil our bo>t* and baggage had
drunk of it to satiation. Just at this punt, the
driver* quick and wary eye caught siitht of some
plank or Umber which had formed par: of ii bridge
over one of the culinary side-cuts of the stream whee
over its heakf raid plank er timb'T-heud being even
witb tbo surfact of tbe flood, with auch an angle of
inclination aa indicated tbal tbe bridge waoewTOCk,
and ha 1 ]>robably in gx>d part rloafed off. He rotnnd
up hi* laeas* b< ton- reaohiog it and tnraed thrm face
about, and m a minute we wcie ball-way back, not to
dry but to unrlooded land.
Here we took sweet counsel together, ard I offered
to re tum to Oi]ua*kail bt considered it fool-hardy to
]m?-^: bj going lot ward. He studied n moment and
c* Bchaded to make another ntterrpt. whioh he did and
went through al reo the treacherous bridge, though I
don't be ieve any man rOnJd have done it two hours
la'er. We w-re BOOM in ?iiallower water, found the
main bridge all right, ard no deep watsr east of it,
though "Smiths Creek, a tributary which enters
"rain Henderson"jast below the bi.d.v, set b*-k
upon and covtrcl tmr road with a switt .'?urrent for
perhaps a quarter of a mile. Tiie driver was familiar
with the road, and thought it bad ?eTSX bttn *o
covered before. Soou, however, we a<ceudcd a lmg,
badhy g| !;ed kifl of the very wop-' c!,:y, and breath -d
more free y cm tbe high lord piaine, poromd in good
pari with water ard n it pretty wheeling, but neroc
threatening to tloat ns bcdily oft', like that raring
" main H. BdkenoBi
ilavirg rt'ds'bed " StringlotJn, live or six mile* on
? ur way. tbe driver called up a wojeido Branad and
bet rowed dry ?<>vk*, while I nisde researches in my
beuge.;- for n l.ke creature comfort, kut wi?i very un
sat?at tOTJresalte. "Main llender?on had bi-etthere
b< ft ip me, end had made everything fit for his a a
aad Unfltfur raiaa. 1 ekieed vahse and leathern bag
with a I hirer, and. we r. -urn d our wear\ way.
I Jo like practica, liiou_-h the.r admirer* won t adnut
it, and 1 ihetn'ul.y certify that the bett gnrg we
fi und was on tbe v.rgin turf. True, the "sloogbo"
wt re many and wide; but th* re ??;.? fr.*t andioe a? tie
bottom of tbem. wkiok seldom <ut through; bat whon
, vir it did, it gave horses, btigvyar?d riders n raskin?.
My j .'ot puked i ur way witb great judgm.nt and we
Wir?- KTtrmors ?topped and bardlv che< ked r.ctil we
'?in oat oi lbs n.a.n road westward Crom Mnawnonth,
thtt* miles ciftart. Tbat thret miles oi dense prairie
mud wa? ;he heavisst traveling I ever underwent, and
and if cur jadul b. Rani Inretood it in an hour and a
quarur, they did passing well.
t'n the tak.d prairie, wef?lt 'ittle anxiety; for if
:he at ogl Mimed too deep atraiguf ahead, we could
slu tr right Of Irft ud hbitum, on y taking care to keep
sssne lar dmnjk ia view if pos?ibie. Bnt roads imply
brirpes over the water-ci>ure?* and t:ie*e bridge- were
far more perils u* than the water-courses &*sj*ashro*fc
I . ?. e nxd bien, at.'. th?roia fat, in spU* of our
repeated prediction* tha' it wr.<c!d eooc held up; and
e'iil cur ten-** pk?ided snarly one-ard cnttl th?s>?
tlr*o mile* r*>?m<d to rr.e interminable. Oar main
bvaiwai wag to w&U h tbe bridge* just ahead, and eee
tbat tbej had not waebei ou'; acd they generally
?**med to s?and r< marl ably wlL At lwt M'f.rnoutb
?aa insight; the laut bridge w?j pa.sod ? no not the
laet; for our horse* are in a deep gsJiy this instant, A
It<i no more and Lney had ?JrQD- ('ui enc j.-rk*d the
IMgfl in, with a ' ra?h that is -till audible. Tbe ciirh
fo:e wbee' -r |; ? * -e, and Trent down an armfai!
of OVCa-WOod j the tongue apH but h id on, and the
MlM wa* pitched aero-? n.y knees head downward
into tbe rN ep mortar-lx d termed the road. I went
forward on my face, but rinn?; to the wro.-k, arith my
feet tntaagird in aproa and olai.keu, and, aa Iba hordes
started to run, ti.e. look ah- ad for an instant was not
flattering.
On J ' r nr, b-'.i.-c ? ? \ ? r. Tbe idea of ruinioi?
with ti at wreck thi rack Bad n'Vr a heavy night
drag o' < gbteen u..li g, was ?o e?*? nta-lly ridiculous
tbst no weL'-brod haiM could hare entertained it,
f >ur? perceived t! is hastier tl I alj tmi soon slacked up,
while the driver recovered hn feet and bis reins if he
had ever fully lo-t the latter. I :*nnot say how I
cam*" out of ta< dilapidated vehicle, nor could the
driver five aat) aaj light on the sunject; but I *onn
I myself lAndag the p< rpendicalar, and fa.-iog
rearward m quc?* of my bat, which I found in a way
dde fond several rods Jr. k, two-thirds fu'l of water,
but still tioatirr?. My blar.ktt I ri-hed out of the semi
iiqnid mud al<out midway between my goal and start?
ing-point, and for the first time on my journey found
its < < tnpany disagteeble.
Mm m v er know wh?n they are well off. Five min?
utes before, I had been industriously cheri-drag my
cold, wet feet, fencing r.fT thedriving rain, ami Caney*
ingmyself an object of jttal compassion; bow I saw
clearly that, so lorg a* the carnage remained -ounl, I
Led been in an enviable state of ease and eojoymant.
Thrown.;: my soiled blanket ovi r one arm an I t iking
my valise in the opposite hand. I palled one foot after
another out of the deep tarn mud, losing both my
well faste r ed overshoes the n-ia witliout knowing it,
in ? ! pushed through to a tavern at the rate of a mile
and a half pe I hour, ,n a state of general bedrngglemcnt
and deaperafe Jollitywhich Mark TapU-y could not
have bettered.
I: was 1 o clock when a hospitable roof overshad?
owed ti?. The hon-e was full, and my petition for a
pair of slippers and a room with a tire in it could not
be granted. But a bar-room lire was got up, and a
bed in due time provided though a ball that night in
the village?no, city?had absorbed most of the accora
1 odatioaa But our nol le horses found what they
i of .l. d, and we bad an hour a sleep or more, though I
did not incline to sleep at all.
I got up to breakfatt and to find all a? I expeeted
about the Bailroad. The C! i:ago night-train went
cown nearly on time, but did not reaeb Oquaerk?
Junction, finding the track all washed out at the cro?s
it.g of " Smth Henderson,' ten miles below. But its
engine came buck about 9 a. m., took on board ha'f a
dozen of us, and bucked up to Calesliurg (seventeen
ajulee) in leas than an hour, ?aving me another dreaded
carriage:-ride of at least six hoars. Weeros ied00M
washed out place, which threatened to throw us off,
but did not. I guess I am the last person who will
have left <><|uawko for several days, and aaapOOt B.ir
bngton (Iowa) has patted company with the world
eastward of the Mississippi for at lea-t as many.
Mm ?i. - We an none of us half grateful enough for
the bless Log of Railroads?when the trains run and the
c ars don't fly tbe track. B. Q,
I'. 8. M :,!,iy, I 'i.The Hood would soem to
have swept this State almost Basel of bridges. As no
trains run fur, and no Ui-giaph is in operation, 1 can?
not Lou ii> how extcneive is the -1. vs.at tt ? u. but
the bridges nearest this point on all the roads leading
out of this plaftfl are gone, inclading those OVOt
"Crookc 1 Creek " on the Qaioey Bond, Spixm Kiver
on the 1'eor'n, " S iutb Henderson," on the Burling?
ton, ntrd both the "Bareaa" and ''Fox'' on the
Chicago Road. It will take at least a week to g< t the
truks in order a?'ain, and hardly a railroad in Illinois
wUl be fully r? sti.ied for a month yt-L Report *a>s
that the Rock lalaad Road ia erea werao aWvaaiated
than the lturlii.gtc n. In some deep cuts, the bank*
have caved and washed in OYOf tin truck, covsrin; it
to a depth of two Cm t or more, which the cold of the
In-t thirty siv hours has fp'zeu herd as a rode. Tin
dum-ge to the railroads of thin Sta?e must amoOjal (0
millions. Nothing beard here from Iowa as yet. I >< .
DM. ELI61/A KENT KANE.
The telegraphic dispatches n ctivi i on M> nday
have little rooB tokopethat the death of Dr.Kaae
has not already taken place. As cur re.ider* are
nasre, be sailed from England t> Hivana several
weeks kineo, with a vi'-w to the amelioration of his
Impaired htahb, ai d at OM tiun it was announced that
Um ia was a fair prospect of his reoovtry. The tidings
that have low been received will awaken univcr .1
n gn t. l>r. Kane ?a> a man of w uom tbe country bt
OOkTM uiore proud with every new revelation of his
character. He was warmly oheriahed as oue of in
brtghteal ornantenta, and a feefaf of almost personal
atlVdioti was mingled with the profound r-sp-*.-t wr: .M
be everywhere in-pirtd. Oaiiant, brave, b-r ,
sii .ti? n I OjaaDj ? th a love of Bsioaee ra. 1 a passion for
ad.t ntuie, he poet Med the nn ntul for-e t > convert the
dreams of imagilxation into reality. His hte Ari<- ev
pedrtion, Of which he Las left such a gre; bk and beau?
tiful i? ''oid, was but the cu mication of a can er wh.ch
gave eaiiy promise of its subre<|aer.t ach:evs.nenf'.i,
Dt, Kane was liom in rhiladuj b;a :a the y.ar 1923,
and had aceotditgly joat entered upon a is thirty-fiuh
vi.ir. He received bis academic edoca^on a*, the
Unltfrast* Of V'irghtia, and graduated as Doctor of'
Medicine a: tic Ctdvaraity uf lVr.nstlvar.ia in 1*13.
sh:i aftet thtit date he entered the Caked 6tat?*s
N .\ \ aaast itanl tnigeon, and accompanied the nret
aaafrkaa twhaaaj to CLina. With nw nat.vt thj-st
f.r ?>l.??: vii g tic mascer? and cuetoin* of t'_'a:i^e
rout tiie*, he visited diiTcrvtit paits of Coina, the
rhBippaats, Ceylon, and tt.e interior of India He
wsatLe rirst white person who de*c.ndc-d info the
crater of the Tad of Lai at, a. ompl-jibing th-j er> r
prise at the ba^a.d of his iJ'e. He -:- ??>??. by a
beubon r> pe er> tied h * b^>dy, :'.-om a rrojsviirj erjg,
nil re tban two liui.dnd teof abort the reoiains of
veteeak etapfJoaa. W.:h 1 ttlaaaf suipburo-.u ail
ard otl<r sj ac Bat ns fc-m the mouth of the crater, he
was diaggt? up *?n*?le.-s thi >ugh tue scorl.?. l'p- o
?bis ex'-eoitivn, he ws* attacked, by the La.'.ror.e*
and sav?.''> of the NV_?->,, ra ?<, -.1 es
josed to othrr baHehipa whkk provt J fa'al to bis
travel:! g ompiinn, 15-..?on L? .,f I'm** s. After
tbis, ht traversed a considerable potion of ludia
viritid Cry'on, aaeaaaed tLe NJ? to the on
tines of Kuhla aas] pw-d a ?e<.--a in
I jcypt. He ttaaatad tb.-ugu Qraooa on foc-t,
and returned in \M6 la t .e Feted t?fa"e#.
He was immediately i>rdered I ? the Cotet of A'rice,
std s?;l:ng in tb* frigate Fnited State*, v j:t? d the
?lave faet< rie* fn'm Cope Mount to the River B >ncy,
end ebtam? d free acceae to the bsro ?* is of Dahomey.
Ratanfauj baana in a precarious state of heekb, he
rteovand laflli iantly loTkui Ifttitp?sfartaythe w.ira*
a voltiht?er. He inooocSad in dvliveriog dispaukes
turn the FreaiccLt to the Comruaader iT-Ctiiet", ea
(orted by tie tote nous spy t >mpacy of tb*. btigaat]
DaaaJaajoMra, mi afarrfattkaj ike hsttaraf a tlafiaa
ncut if M>m an sskaMWa wnemthey encoucten i at
Nopalnca, he was f ro d la awaafsal his BaaBfasj .on*
rgb -ha: it d ia ord? r to rave the Lvcj of hi* prison
e.'s, Gtteral T> tnjoB, titr.cral ?iaona and other*, from
ti.ii: fury. On tbe ntum of BaatM, he was ordered
njar. tbe Coart Survty aaaiawprof. Kacbe. an 1 was
that itrj'oyid in the QfjVaf Mexico, whrn he v j
t*? red his serv ices to tb* first Grinned Expedition in
ItCO. De waa accepted as aenior surgeon and nataral
-? (I tka Kpacron, and ecNrett cpon hi* dutiea arith
at t r :bc-'*-m, aagatitj, and p< a. r of eodoranr ? a hick
a m .'ably prepare i bbj for tL- on rs axducut rcspotui
biL.ii?? of tie f<c<td Lxp*u.:n?c, tl* ret Jti of ftici
are befert the *?-'!.
In bia pitirAi tbaret'e--, IV. K?re displayed a ein
pnlariy lor.ly ^ attractive radOU of qa-...t.?* i?
?'r k'!:' e ntrast w-ththe lennueei sad reacln'ion wirirh
impelled Lira ra hi* carver ef advecttre. Tue nart
Ute of Lt? expecirion* presart* a deighfal i.ltrstratirtc
? !...? p. .?> -f-.i ra re. lo tbil respect they posses* the
charm of nrror*ci?.u* autobiography. His nvajaaj
einphfity. h j reraed tartes. hi* tenderness of feei ae,
aid b:j aimc?*t feminine sympathies are perpetually
revealed ia oe nnecLon with a* dauntless <-ou:age aua
cot#taacy aa ever nerved heroic heart to lofty pro war-*.
Heace, the magretic power which he exerted ever the
rcmpsnn n? of \m fnttrpr.se, winning their romantic
attatlm-ct, and mehlig himself a crater of ?gb.t aad
enconragt Mai amid the darke-t momenta" cf the for
bra hope m the Arctic rea?. Whatever the scientific
resulta of Li* perlon* VOyigCB, trey are of still higher
significance a the example they have presented of
i.ib I. i ersiehrat, c interested and undi*uieyed man
hood
d HEROISE*OF THE SEA.
Among the noble band of women who, bj their he
tr e bearing, under great thai and suffering. Lave won
for tbeatoelvei haparabablo fame. Mary A. PattOO
may 1 ovm a pn ? ert poertioa. lira. I'atton is a na?
tive of Boetoo. and but 20 year* of age. Her husband,
Capt. Joshua A. Patton, sailed from this port in July
last, for San Francisco, as commander of the clipper
ship Neptune's Car, of Foster A NVkersoo ? line, and
it wa* during this voyage that hi* wife rendered u>?r
If so distinguished. Capt. Patton is well known in
this port, and at the ea.-t aard, as a young niir.sio;:
? an.an. and the vessels under Ii s c muntnd have made
unie of the iwifleol poosoge* ob record. He took
command of the Neptum- s Car about two years ago.
and made hi* first voyage in her to Sal Fran?
cisco in '.*u days. On that occasion Mrs Patton
accompanied him to San Francisco, Chiat, Condon,
und back to Near York. Hii at it voyage was that last
year to flan FrancL-co, in which his wife agaia acOOBV
pal m d him. The Neptune's Car 1. ft port at the nim
time with the clippers aVaniaco of the leee. latrnrad,
and two others, the bibm J of which, we do not remem?
ber. As usual with commanders in the Pacific trade,
Capt. Patton wished to get bit sb'p into part ahead of
hi* rivals. He soon found, however, that his first
mate slept during half his watch on the quarter deck,
while be kept the ship under reefed courses, and
after repeated remonstrances had proved unavailing
be found it necessary to remove him. After that he
unit rtrok to discharge the mate * datiee as well as hi*
own. and in consequence of fatigue was taken sick,
while parsing through tbe Straits af I.emaire, around
the horn, and in a short time brain fever developed
itself.
Fnon that time, up to th? period of her arrival at
San Fran c o, Mrs. Patton was b< th nun- > and navi?
gator. Wh<n ber husband was taken sick the ship
was givea in charge of the se cond mate. He, b*)W?
ever, was but an indifferent navigator, and although
11 knew how to take an observation, lie could not
work up the reckoning. Mrs. Patton, who, on her
Me?doal toy ago, had studied navigation a* a pastime,
new foek obse rvations, worked up the reckoning by
ehroaotaeUr time, laid the ship s courses, and per
formed most of the other duties of the captain of the
ship. Oering this time her husband was delirious with
the f' vor, nno" she shaved bis head, and devised every
n ear* in her power to soothe and restore him. To tail
end, ehe studied medicine to know how to treat bis
care intelligently, and in course of tiowsnoceedod jn
carrying him alive through the crisis of his complaint.
About one week sf'er the Captain fell sick the m'.te
wrote a letter to Mrs. Pat'an, reminding her of the
dangers of the cos.t and the great rooposwibultyehe
bad assumed, and offering to take charge of the ship.
She replied that, in the judgn ent of her husband, he
was unfit to be mate, and therefore she cou'd not con?
sider him qualified to fill the post ot" commander. Stuug
by this ri buff, the fellow tried to stir up the crew t?
mutiny spainat her: but she called the other raates
nDd sailors aft, and appealed to them to sappoti ber ia
lo r hour of trial. To a man taey resolved to stand by
her at.d the ship, conic what might. It was pleasant t i
win s* tl eir cheerful obedience to her orders, as ??eh
man vied with hi* fi How* in the performance of his
duty.
By the tirae tke ship came nearly ap to tba latitude
of Valparaiso, Cept. Pattoa had son ?-hat recovered
fr< m the fever, arthougfa far tex> weak for any mei tl)
or physical e\. rtioo, and tbe mate, underprcmi.se of
doingbetter in future, bad partially res .mei duty.
Hut Mrs. Patron discovering tuet be was steering the
ship out of Lit course, and mnkinj for Valparaiso, ap?
prised ber husband of ti.e fact. Tfie ma'-e was sum?
moned berluw and asked to exrdlil hit ooadact, which
be did by saying tba* he could not keep the ship rearer
her course. Capt. Patton then bad his cot moved to
a part of the cabin from which he could view the
"til!-tale" of the eoopije, and soon found that the
mate-was still sb ering for Valparaiso. He then sent
for the lour mates and the sailers, and foimally deposed
the first uiate, psusaOtUUJ '.he SSCOad offner to hi*
place. Then he -ave orders that under no ei-rum?
st ano* vv a.- h.s .-hip to be tak- n iuto any other port
thnn Sax Francis "o. Soon after he had a ielap?e, and
for SS days before taevOauul reae bed pott he wai to
tallv blind. At ler.th San Francisco wa* reached in
tlfe *y, after a short voyage cf 120 day*, the VOOSO]
be at a g three out af four of her competitor*.
The sab ty of the ship and the preservation of her
husband * life were wholly d ie to the constant care
atd watchfulness of Mr*. Patton. t to her arrival she
informed the consignee of the veesel that fir ftftj
eight* previous she had Bot undre?sed her?.
s? me time in loVeeraber last we pubaaked the only
accouct of this remarkable instant e of feuia'.i forti?
tude wbii h Lad been given, in an ex'ract from a com
rneretal lettet to the owaera in thu- city, faeterday
we received a not?, from our ship-news coBeCtev, seat?
ing that Mrs Pa'ton and her hu*band were 1D this city,
Laving arrived in the steamer George L?w. We
found thtm at the BoJtOry Ho'el, and ob'a-ned aa in?
terview with Mrs. Pattot. She was M*idaou*ly ittaad?
ing her busband a* heretofore; bat hi* SareatJoa is
such as b> preclude all hop. of recoyer.. Be?ire leav
irg San Fiaie-i-eo, deafnes* wa- aided to'c^u'her
'itrlicti >r*. ard he now lie* upon h s cou< h insensible to
everything bnt the kind ofiice-s of hi* belove-1 com
I sjaioa, *n0 *o weak tbat he may expire at any moment.
Ocaaa**a*sk| he -,*aksto hi- eifs,oosaeliaaeekacidly, i
but adsuaof ia a w ud and iaooaonat mancer. Mrs.
Ivan f hi '.her, Mr. Uro*n, w? : -l.< \-, w*io is fo.e.
men of a snif-yard in sVattB,*! in Ith ndance up >c
bis sister an! troth ?r-ir-law. From mm We learned
that Cepu I'atton had boofJ tsken care of by L.s
Irvther Mlioai ? >?n Friacioci , aad L>r. Harr.*, one
of the frafernty, bad washed over h m on hi* way
home. On UfiVing San Fliatlettl, he seemed lo rally
il ;? ra laaeahtg a w?nn la'.ui? he
j r. lapsed, atd ha* sunk to thv hopeloai state ia which
wc found him. The Mason.? of th s vify, hav;ng b-eu
advised frc-m Hal Francisco of h - attOauW departure
:..r : ane, were waitiig f>r toe GeofgO Law oa her
amval, atd brought h:m on a btt?r to th- Battery
Ho?tl, wbere they have, sire wai< hod e ver b aa.
With th*** m?Hje?ry which generally dktiofuiosj -
brae ratrft, Mr*. Patun bejge'l to be excu-ed from
! .?pv ah in? about herself, she said that she had done
I no more than h-r duty, and a* the recollection of he'
trial* and suffer.'g? evidently gave h> r pair, we cculd
1 m t do otiersriae than respect her feeling*. Few per
s. r.? wtuld IraagUM th*' tiie woman who bebav d so
bravely, *nd etdured so much for htr husband ? sake,
! ;* a slcndcrNew Lt-hi:d gtrt, scare* !y twenty yens
:. she is a lady of nuaiusn fcipLt, with black haj",
large, dark, luatron? eye*, and very pleasing feature*,
iftr beaith k >? ry much mp?irto from the hardships
wLii h she has und? acd she * very near the
period of m?ternity. Ytt she does net spare henelf in
tl t least, bot i* avst faithful and constant in ber atten?
tions to tee bestand. We have been informed
tha? she is in straitened brennst an cee, aad aihough
fjaj org'tit and dc ubtlee* would tiirink from aea^taacs
? III U ? t t -?.-Bic to a* that tb?* u t^CM? i0
wl h car men tan'., may rje thttB.?:.'vtv hsoner. by a
? ' ? laa ' " " ' I her basale <x-?lae(. 1>.a Board
o' Tide-writers, a ajrai >? ,r: I have eoted ?? will
rata f ofI.Hi1, C*JWf*fa?taf thavt the s'up vd cer-gc
w ? re h , ft J r f ariy ?31 fsio, and ?bat H her skill atvd de
? er? rrvc j iDslebted tor it* safety,andern*?**
a< verse r..-rt.n?'arce-?for the weather waa uouenaiU
?tn ?we || r.k. leaking at the matter from a purci*
pcruiary fs ia4 of view, the- lca?t tbey sbouH bava>
I ? it ??? ui'i bars be. n to give her a i bsok for f>S,flOO.
S. ? 11. ? cid she ?af*'> take the nip from Cape Horn
>art Francisco, but bath Teaaol .iad ttff? were Lb
bttttr t'im than any of ber c- i Petitors whea she
reacted per*. Of course the OVMta of the skip wilt
r"o bardetn*1r by Mrs. PaMoa; bnt were the mer?
chants of Kew-T< ik to make up a liberal purse it
Wi aid proae righ'% acceptable to the widow (at she
aha I el certain!} soon will be) and her ?mal! family.
Capt. Pattoa ia a nnti ve af Kockland, Maine, and
has r.s*B from the forecastle solely by his own exer?
tions. Mrs. Fatten and ber bro'hei will convey him
to their Lome ;n Boatoa ta-day by the steamer. ?f the
weatbsr wi! permit. That she Las the entire -ympa
thieaof thia community in her trying arrlntion she
may b? PaDy assured, and also that by h?r good deeds
ike haa add d another laure! to the hoaor of her sex.
LIFE /A HI H-> ORK.
i.KANH RE?KIOM OF THE FANTT.
I 'i: Mi nday STfJ :rg the Ha!! No. 93 White street,
krnwr rJar Bf the pa>t year or two as Ksrrigan's Mili?
tary Headimarteis, was the scene of a disgusting e\
I ilcVen give a under tbe patronage of the ' Fancy.'
The announcement of the affair was made by meane of
;. stera, which were exteasi' aly c-iculated in the ru n
holfs where the ?portirg circles meet in their daily de?
votions. Tbe following is a reprint from one of the
l.ils.
A. MUHT OK BOXING
BBVsVax or thi toon olu nxr'
S;n.niti. BahAMaaa F.v'r%onin ?ry?fat the IVstisBoalal Baawfsl
to 'he Veteran
Ott) BILL TOV EX
A Oread DUpliv af the Kletl- Art
at
Kirrigai'i Military Healquattata,
'.2 White Srii^rt.
Moisiv Evanae, fekefiarj is.
Wl ?n ? (lisp's* af ttii* mauly art will he made such aa U ae?oea
wltnasa>*3 la tsees part*.
Tiie (oOawtj ( named ?cntlemcn have Mthfl '|? premised to
bt preterit un '.Lit occasion, and *et in ki 'lie oid<*r a* arrauied
Jnhorr Aaron.Oharle* Holm, a.
Ms Traiaor.Di?tne.
Xr.Lk Ca] la.John t'ovle.
Msi:i ri*.!*rottj a] Newark.
r" - ? he-. f Brooklyn.Young (' Wtailo.
Uallmte r.Tewaf Hare*.
Ban ' y l.imcy.Joli-iuy Rourh.
Jeb W vat,.Jeci Stewart.
V urj r?tw.Terraa laaaasa.
J. r t . bum... .Arw.tr. n*.
Dcdl's llariiaan.lac*. Adama*
i mtaillag aaatrk will take alaeri katwaaa M l>-inaiiue and
Baraaa
Tin- avening'* *port will wind up with a irreml teHaaarlna
of Iks atisatj art aarweea Toai >n.ch iwho re?ri?ej forfait
rroaaBatB** Aaroa)aB4 old Bill Poveal aastaetoraf Ml Fran
tea af MaBtaattat, iaaO| liauaey et bnmiuabam. Horton of
llirn iiiiham, sn I the la'e tim'nce Kenuell, tiie latter no the
same ?t??e. and old Joe Murph\. who fought Cri*. Lilly I.
Tili* ?et-to wiil heiiTen in rial ?. stuu.e.
M?ter> i Cateaaaaias.leas M. Msuoa.
Btaga Ttekata Veamlai B >? ti( k>-t* Nraaas?May be aal at
S; ortirt llon*e* ajjbi at the h*U on the ev?nitt of th? NSklkt*
tu ii. Tie re. st stru t order will be pn-aerved at 'hi* i-ihiliuoo.
a; .1 projt-r aitcLtion psid to the aou-t. I i I rlatk :s. 1>...reopen
at r u'i iui t. SperriLi to cmimeure at 9 preei*?ly.
It la h^p? d that the arratiienieut tor 'hi* Tribute to OM At"
ii t) ka taa mean* of ar*at*B| a re.ival in toe B- alux Auual* ot
tas y CHf
That poetic iiiftice might be done " old age," and
thai tie reads rs of Tu TaiBCVa mijjht learn bow
'? the veteran " btire the Hath tag hoaMfa of ao tunny
bailies, a rcjN.rter waa dtspeioisd ti> afo. White
s':.et. Kot haaiag fall eoandaaes La tha aawaraaffiit
of Iba enfoicemtot Okf " attict order," or of the extent
to ?bich "pun er attention ' would be paid to "the
" c<>nifort of visitors, ' our reporter put on the " ugly "
in making up his exterior, and prepared hiinstlf to
join in a "pliiLt ?MM* if 'be eligoaeaa of tbe case
seemed to rttjabe that he should pun>ue auch a
course. Iluvin.' aniTOd at the place of evolu?
tion about half-past MTOB, he passed into the
bai-runn oa the find floor, when h' sensitive iwiaal
orgea was greeted by an overpowering odor of liquor
t. a inferior U> be il'gniG- d by the title of had rum, and
cgais, tbonph intrinsically noxious themselves, yet
teemiBgry ao out of ceaceit with the c .mpauy and
place, that they would huve gone out if they could.
Prinking, smoking ar d swearing was the order in the
bar-rocas,aad a hsitf riati w>uld aaotM thaa.-at..fy
any u.odi lately fastidious man. Our reporter nexi
met'e a lunge kr the narrow staircas?' where "Old
BiO Inn self, tin beneficiary, was receiving the ipiar
tsta (Spaaiah coin tahaai at full value)-and stowing
:! tin aaay ia the ianern V rs ( easel ofhis clasaic pan?
taloons. An American ijiaiter, the reporters "trib?
ute to old age," was placed in the kand of " the vet?
eran," and privileged elephant passed tha threshold
with tbe swagger of a '* plug* ugly." which wassodit
|WtiBg]ynataral that ''the veteran" felt constrained
to grre our reporter the Mniraoces'of his moat distia
guithtd coe-idelation.
The hall in which the exbi'uition was he-Id has seea
.ts b< it days. Years ago, M >ns. Cliarrau l taught h.s
many pupils the mvaterie* of the Tofpaichet"*ai art
aritl .n its wa! t, bu* it has latterly reaohad Its loweai
ttiate, which fact will be readily appreciated by oaf
readers when they aro ia?o Q - ? that c?.i as i :ed with
it cow is a six penny rum hole. The colored vraL* of
the interior hav loet their pristine biightc-.s, and
have reachtd the point of shabby geatihty. i |e
dan pness ba- u.awduced shades of color not con?
ceived of by theattist; and it has go".e down?down?
Bat3it ia now the. Liang place for an exh oition of
the substrata rnwdriirn. In tic- center of this
B| artment w.-.a erected a *t::^e of ah M\ three
feet in bight ami covering a ipaae c: twelve
by sixteen fee?. A horizontal bar eurruajulexl
the stage at %Ughtof four feet above toe *urfa;e.
Thus fitted up. the hall preaeated tbe appearance i f an
acte-loom to the saurnc?A of a prize-ring.
Already tie room was a< Blty filied. A aaat extend?
ing the wheie I -t u-c- o: eithet wall wan IBed, aad all
otfitra were at frJ] liberty to stand up. All who had
cigars were smoking, and those who had not, expec?
torated iobaaeojaio* a? petioa^toaPag i j^s on the rl.jor.
If a mat charced to d:sLke the fetid aLmisphere that
pe. vaded tbe aptirtu. nt, and the n mi ':rn-s of the
ittm and cigars, his only reaoaa I a aa to smoke .c tcif
defense. When tbe roaaa WBjI the fallest, there were
nen.ly 10Opers.)ts present. Ir. tolor they wee d.ve.-ss.
A p< i a nie i y qiialilhialk n oaly was c? ?? ssary to gain ad
n..:tarce, an 1 complex.on was no hart.? a par icpatiot
in tie ittercst of |he "ft'ertaiurrier.'. Intellect, interL
g< ice, nmrals, cleanlne*.* and decency Bran scantily
n-preftrted, ad w.tL Ik eso ptioa of a r> <: two of
aaiiort, l.onr:.-.ci-'r\ w^s a ijUsu.ty nearlv unknown
Ui the crowd. Tse pBDOjrk I f- of ru.n-!i sice and fence
crite, iWiikTeiliffaia. baapjFPftVaaaaabers, gfinroters,
pin no, stovl-pi^eon?, poL'Jsial aL.-ikt-rs, u cru-s coret, '
' naf ha*" a tew butjk' r fc-iys. aa : any n lrnber o:'
blaikjtuards who are a r^adiag disgrace- to the
city, male up the bulk of tbe BBsdkMKe. The
faces aid Imer. balrajad an iaaaaMBIB af soap
and wa'c, Bud the ck-'i/'ng ihowefl ax. ett.ra
ytv-renee of ? rth<: :*?...? brrtst. I: isv.aaeiitaSy a
at ran ?aj taaa who has} the bMMaod to appear in
tbe place with a decent exterior, hit L!<>au;<l
fa'e, s*nsjji! appeararn?, a<t.ve interest in the
-eenes as<: txtensive a?<]uaji**n-,e soon indicated
b'm as the pi.;:'1 : if a r:m-h?e. wberea<
tie otb* rs wtre < nly hi* pafiaiTc? features of the
audience were expressive only of brutal.fy and aeosua!
inn?the bead* sl.ow. i a rci^h'y j rep^ndi.-. an is of tu*
animal ever the intellect aai. The number drunk was
' kaaan. Uut f-;w ^r.- ctel the eccealdt icy of not
r. i\.: i a few .t? l-es of whisky in them; ana these rare
instatcec af epintjal aswtfJMaaB were aff- cting i.js
tratioti* of comptiLtory aWttaMOea f twM d> t Da ' they
bad neither money nor sympatid/ing fr' tds. A few
loys from aigbtysaan i f age upward were preectt, and
?n three itstancs* ? ur r-j-^rte? Dot -dL-yscf fi??. aad
-rat yean te!d up in tne arms of their reapc-s-tive
Aatasr, tLat tl. 'ittie ftBain Bdghl bs; early iniiucted
ii.*o bjnrrality, vice and enme.
<?n the whole, the expression of the audience
was of tbe rnc -t n. _-?ad? d (haxacter poastbte to
7? sriiOBg cretitnrt s wearirg the huawi form. It
seemed as Lftfcg city had beeo fcoured to gather its
fcoJott epvcn.-n. V it ateynsjaa sfbaati the ?,-ref
U.-ed rnffiac (. ttrJf, ?cirt? 4? ?*??? t'uUi. filtLf,
ob?ctre. p'e'soe, nVsndkor*, slasilone-J wretcnr*. Of
the** ciw the tt'ev M, burgta's gaaibaar*. ^%noUtm
atd hghway robber*, tbe donbt>-v>4ers, jv-rjerera,
eslatie ahaVfttaa* Bat] hind murderers who utfr*t al
large t.La*. IfenSt! ** tfttaj the riot*, anon*, nasjsj
airafWa*. rsAh?ng of ru.?'raat*, rape* and nasntloon
trance which make New York a moral ketL Aai
tlx.- an tk* lot h ratotarflj rvo.rht to carry Pn?err/
I ? paar* -vh and proud tue? ioufiioa?
m. n wbe return tbe w.l .areed serv'ce by arl.euaaj
from **ch stech peatesaea, asd even highi r ofTScota,
to guard tbr pabhc virtue and cispee-e p*rn>s*.re.
A' S o'clock, tbr s???awjird muk tud* began t*>
claaK>r for tbr rnurunateat h) imminence, ard for
Iftota r iaatec tko steatatag and yelling waa ctMtiaaesl
.a I . ? ?Hl the Stritt order tbat who to bo
pwitryi i. At lb* ? tl of this tuur a tlubby meat aa
i lft] Oaotl 00, and tri o lot k. J very like aa old pa art**
pol < f arf and at" wito a gaol sha'e of froth, clear**]
ti e way to tbr stag* and uifrWuivd a brae* of third
rate rapta aihoo* in l>ovxg fclove?. wh y were to iaitiato
?1 e " exhibition nf th* manly art of Self defer***."*
They had rtirovt d ti e r coats, yc#ta and overehuta,
and the :r undershirts were ia a ?t?te of
cl roiio fiHhiaee*. Tb.y squared off a few Urnee,
and after a wh ir came it to the work.
Hut they proved to be " alow coaches,'' and rough*
sby. Py sheer accident they would evcaaieoally get,
hit by dof ng the wrong way when a Mow wa*n |
aimed at them. In tbe nomenclature of Johnny ^^ttg^
they were "Seekers," and after a few inv itattooa of
an unappreci\t;ve audit000 to " dty up,'" they evapo?
rated. A couple of rare sp?leJaaOM look the ir placee.
1 ?? ?.ii- a nn, w.; lace ?!????>< ly ?haven and haa
cropped *hort. Tbe other came under the title ef
"blockaiaaaled,' arid bis leading pecalianty of ap*
pearacce whs tbat Li* head pre*entcd nothing to
strike at above the root of hi* nose. They " went ia
lemoL? ??trucli with greater rapidity and with a f clt
ieg ferro; they plugged each nther'a noees, and bam
oat red each other/* eyea. The bo?ing-glove antid?>t??
' e< tb cts of homan ti*t didn t " wash. Twu>e be
of the "block motele" wa* sptawhng. and on<>> the
abort-haired ebesreptda was g. imoualy permitted to
cati b a ghn.pse t t tin .- di real heavens, by a atuaaiag
bt It iwer bia empty knowledge box. Hut bi?th par
tie* teemed to have a lively appreeiatuw of the dig?
nity of " strikmg from the roomier aa an art, and aa
icutely eriticul andu 000 ki ? w when to che. r and ap?
plaud. In tbe third act, too, one of tbe pat tie* had
Iii* noee koocketl out of joint, and I om the organ in
question the c'arct flowed tu.'y. At this point the
enil usasm of a gratified and.enee km w no bound*.
Th'y whooped, hurrahed and yelled ike a troop of
di vil* in the bight of their erjoyment.
The fouith couple were aw kward in their aet to?
di*t'essingly awkward, (me with a patrierohal beard,
if tkete was any worsting at all, wae the victfoa,
thongh he wasn't hit ence. 8o well aimesl wen? tbo
blow* on both ai Ja s that they were sure to bit nothing
at all.
The fifth ?etdo wa* done by two cbampiona of light
?i Igbt ortthet of th? m ov< r five feet m bight. They
Wi re arm urn i 1 with irrandilo<ment tloanah a* Jack
Adams and Ihniiia ??rrigan, both of l.oudon. llarri
gsn had on a blue sbiit; Adams waa stripped to the
ekin. Both Wet! ? sttOOnorj muscular, finely de
v. loped, well up in science, and great wa* the
? rpeetattoi oftke audience. Thohr noses bad beeu all
battered in previous experienoo, and <>o this ?Kvaaiota
were near'y tlatwith tbe.r faces. The *[.arrirg c?m.
nteaced. Thebbw i fell rapidly and heavily ou aaah
? ?'.is patot \ iauis getting more than hi* share.
l h> re was certainly skill eihibited in the manner in
whii b thev used their arui-c both ofTersive and de?
fensive. The ability to in use thnn may be. an accom
aHahwiint tbe disgrace <>f the art grows out of mukina;
shonlder-hitting a \ rodMnkMB, After then last round, it
w as nnni'unred tbat llart igan waa soon to tight a match
fat I5f I n ride, and that he was it every way worthy
of public patronOgO. The 0*ni was rattled upou that
stage for Lie b.n.lit, and our rep irter. beiraf tavoe
ably diepeeed toward erery person worthy of patron?
age, threw in bis quaitt r. Sundiy Olknf aaitiol
followed tai h other in si i-fos, bat tbe event ot the
evening woo not pat down in tbe Mika The njuntnf of
orrtmeniee *a*Maaead that the aloaaatk set-to would
\y given by "two fii?n?.'? "?and forthwith the two
fti'ids took thtir plater.. 0ao of the two fneude
ibOWed diunk a' the li. ? oft. He manifested bat
t) > r -ly regards for his ft l'ow by pitching him a clip
over bia DM u'h. which startnl tke bhsd; and t'w* am?
icable a< t w.is it i Iprooati d by bis fllow knocking hina
in rt.es the railirg, and then, aa if thinking tbat a man
so drunk that be conld hardly -'and up long enough to
bekncckt d down was m v.. r-*.y ..f hi* blow*, he left tbo
stage. Left in poosaasioo n tbo field, the convivial
individual regarded the t><t a* an acknowledgment
by hnptication that he wa* " -nine,'' and
antkedtke board* with the pride of a sjiortiog Alex
oadt r, It i k.ng ft i new opponents to conquer, lie re
fu-ed to It avt the atagej until he hail bumoled -uoao
bod lloe. Twice be waa by the indignant multi?
tude puded off th- stage and twice lie got b?ek
afes. r. In 'he mean rime a p rty willing to take
tbe stsr? h out of the Uon, look the stage with
a pakr of rdovea, aad the tetdowaj begun. A brief
squabble rnaaed ami the lint nnaad wa* oi.M?d
by the drunken party being knocked under tba
raihrg and off the stage. In the seeond round, he wae
Hung over his Opponent s shoulder, and agaia laid
sprnvlirg on the ttoor. The teoao now began to grow
U litiBg. A helf-dc/.'i. of tbe drunken man * f/iendo
; rnp? d i r. tko -tage, and rdlehod bis opponant over thn
raibrg bis opponent's frit tids pitched into thedrunken
reae'e tie nda For three minutes pirty "pirit ran high
and h general muss ?eemied to be inevitable. Oust
man jumped forward and became a volunteer second,
and ag r. Inatflitioo Wen reaowad amid th*
?Ql of te. aaeembiy, and tke diiliottlty woa
only settled by the friaatdoof the drunken man pulling
h re bora 'he stage, ?ndd his protestation* under oath,
that he could Ink an (her- rr.a/ine a long string of
re and fonl tan.es) that the . could bnrg along.
A lev thro iawiaotiog ipaaoaa, old Hit T?ve-e bimse f
bad a setsto, and Ihoagk be knocked hit man down
tqi' t n< a, and drew bloo>: i om Li* face twice, yet
the sffa : w asti 0 tOBM , after what bad passed, to t at'it*
sny tattreeL ' Old Hill made a (peach in coaoha*
e.or,, and the andiene* retired to their rum.
O-t V.'. . ) .?The .'tie to am of Dewsberry
ia Yotksktre. Eegload, is ekkrfty responsible for what?
ever <, n.'. t CM dtn)?-ht at'achr* to the otihr.ing <>f
fl w o|er.s, weit h generally pataes in Kngbi I t,y
ho aaav of tat Daaoaerty trade. Immense warw
boaceo are ailed aritk old .?r- rltnfo, worth %">?> to a.v<J a
inj white r!a..r.. >, worth * ',*) to |1W| and carefully*
?loortt d blai k rdotk, worth siou to tl Vfl, while all tbo
rub': i.?h. consisting of atarns, Isaoefl and uoedeecripte,
tn worth ?10 to |l /pa: tui. for mai.ufatturiug pru*
f }s->u*li. Ail the better material* are ground or
?f.o'.'nj ir.t' e.'ih>#* mas* resembling the original
!:? < -. f.'.-n. rally S] enking, '.h.s ma''rial is far infe-rioc
to na*# WWetf oadfttl ajsjndxtar< into a'moet <;*ery spe?
cie* ofctotka, now extensively practiced, while it de
tmets bnt httle from their n; j "*.r a< h?s a serioua
flbctOpoa their durabilty. Toe pee.uliar sti'cb or
L?pd of ike wcisted fib- r? in ktft wo<k, and the hot
?Ah t-i ?adwaaktagto arkiekthey are rubj-?-?eddoii?g
he,; Koi k.ng ? x.etec. e, La* iho sanol of prodnoieg *
p<-it:n?^.n' a-'.' :y .n the |oaiaaaj which ao a< w
so 'cuks foutd to equal and thi* fact may b* of
vslue to those who raaaoioilori blankste for printing
preMes, snd tL. like | ermam rt.'y atariic eh. etv. By
thi*trade H< wsl ? :ry baa incr a- d 'neua little villego
toae.t-. .,f j i| dataatO. snanaanta from all
parts af Oroai akkada, Eaaapa, end < ten Amer ca, aro
lLi re '? rr. up and aoaarle*.
W? Tie frisnda of Bora an Melville, who 'sailed for
Kurop* in October to n-cnift hu beelth. will 1>? glad to
learn that by letters fr? m Lgyot, reeoivejd bv th* last
i'e anvr, be speaks of beirg ao a.ucb relieved in hi s ?!?
?r.d sfrtPgth tbet be "climbed Cnesop* tbe ether day,
" an tntert-rise of picdign u* exertecn. Me was tago
to atevaaakaB. and et,- : to bo i(t Jtoue ia the otsurso
of o, tew wit ?.4.