The New York herald. [volume], January 18, 1871, Page 5, Image 5

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F I 3 K I A N A.
"Menelaui" Fisk, "Belle Helcne" Vamfield,
"Achilles" Stokes and "Ulysses" Pitt
man in an Infernal Quadrille.
How Fisk and Stokes Quarrelled, Fought
and Did Hot Bleed About a Lady
Fair with Jet Black Hair.
The Wrath of Erie and the Humors of
Stokes? Sage Advice by "Ulysses" Pitt
man? War to the Knife All Roond.
The "special Interviewing" reporter of the Herald
having been detailed to wait upon Mr. Edward S.
Stokes, who Is now known as "Achillts" Stokes,
from his recent victorious conflict with the Gorgon
FiBk, Jr., paid a visit to the Coleman House, on
Broadway, near Twenty-eighth street, which is at
present the residence or Mr. Thomas W. Fittman,
the consulting lawyer and fast mend of Mr. Stokes,
who has now earned for himself the
T1TLK OF "CLYS3ES" PITT MAN.
The waiter ushered the reporter up to the parlor,
preparatory to announcing his name, with a devout
obsequiousness that was admirable to behold. After
waiting some time the waiter came in with a towel
Id his hand and said?
"If yez 'ill wait the gintlemen wilt be here in a
trifle ol time."
In a short space two persons entered the parlor,
the first one Baying to our reporter,
"I AM VERY HAPPY TO MEET YOtJ, SIR,
and what can I do for you?"
The speaker was a gentleman of about twenty
eight years of age, of slender but sinewy build, with
dark eyes, dark hair and a charming Dlack mus
tache. He was dressed in the height of fashion, and
looked to be a man of the world, perfectly self
possessed and well-bred, and wearing In his
lice an expression of savolr fatre, which takes
well with the female sex. A black overcoat, with
handsome sealskin facings, served to set off the
figure of this gentleman, whom we new introduce
to our readers as Mr. "Achilles" Stokes. His
companion was a gentleman of medium size, with a
blonae mustache and a deeply intellectual head.
The top oi this gentleman's head was
8L.IG11TLY 11 A I.I), LIKE THE FLOOR OP A RINK,
the result, perhaps, of having daring life made use '
of hiu Bilk hat as an express wagon for the carrying
of rrayer books around with him on his visits. This
was Mr. Ulysses Thomas W. rittman. A magnifi
cent diamond ring sparkled on his wedding linger.
Achilles Edward Stokes wore beautiful moss agate
ileeve buttons.
After the reporter had stated his business to
Achilles Stokes In the matter of the difficulty be
tween him and Mcnelaus Agamemnon Fisk, the
latter having cast himself for both parts during the
last three weeks? the interview proceeded as fol
lows:?
Reporter of the herald? I want to get as
many of the facts in the trouble between yourself
and Fisk as possible, Mr. Stokes.
Achilles stokes? Well, I'm sure I don't know
what to say about the matter.
FISK IS WEAKENING VERY FAST.
This bin In the Legislature about tne direction of
the Erie road is troubling him badly. In addition to
the fact that he has been routed In his trouble witn
tne.
Ulysses Potman? Weakening l I should say so.
I tell yon that Sweeny and Tweed are sick of him
already. He's too heavy a load for the domocrauo
party to carry any longer, l tell you, sir, that Tweed
is now getting ready to smash him, and the fan of
it is that old Fisk doesn't know it. I wonder how
the newspapers can be 'hnmbugged Into believing
that there is anything In this bloated fellew Fisk. 1
have tested him, and I've found him as thin as a
sheet of Ice Id a tumbler that's been standing la
A BACHELOR'S CHAMBER DUBINQ A FROSTY NIGHT.
Achilles Stokes? 1 believe that's 80. I don't for
the life of me see how men of brains like Sweeny
aad Tweed can tolerate such a fellow. He's never
had any one to give him a good square stand up
fight until now. 1 shall push him to the wall this
time sure. Unless he keeps very quiet I shall sue
him for libel, and then we will see how he like Ah at.
There has been a good deal of humbug about Fisk
ou those oil drawbacks In connection with the fine
mail nn/f -"V** v -???'!. ,
pTVrt-r ? JAY GOULD IS TIRED OF FTBK,
for he 1s always getting Gould into hot water. Of
course one day or another Gould, who is the Nestor
that impels this fellow Fisk, will kick him out when
he has worked him for what he Is worth.
Ulysses Pittman? Fatty Fisk is trying to beg off as
well as he can now. You may bet that this thing has
shaken him ail to pieces. I gave him a dose in that
row about the "Twelve Temptations" that he didn't
like, and he'll get more In a few days. He is fright
ened to death lest Mrs. MauBlleld should tell all she
knows about that Erie business. She was over with
him that time in Jersey City at Taylor's Hotel when
Drew and he had it, and she can smash him when
?he likes. It makes me laugh to hear how ready he
Is to whine when he's caught. (Hero ^Jlysses Pitt
man exploded like a barrel of moiasses and vainly
endeavored to repress his mirth.) This man Fisk
is pretty near gone, I tell you. I assure you, Mr.
Reporter, he's just like one of those cheap red
balloons that the boys sellin the streets for the use
of childreu. Prick oae of them with a pin and all
the gas comes out. He has been
FEEDING HIMSELF ON BALLOONS
for three years past, and now we have stuck a pin la
him and he's shaking like a leaf."
Achilles Stokes? Come, Tom,
LET'S DROP POOR FISK FOR A WHILE.
1 may Bay, however, that all my claims have been
settled with the first of which I was a member, and
I can also say that I have been paid $50,000, as Fisk
has been very glad to settle. They put up a job to
arrest me at eleven o'elock at night and to keep me
In all Sunday night so as to disgrace me. But what
has be#E the result ? I have come out all right, and
New York is laughing at Fisk as It never laughed
before. Judge Dowling Issued tne warrant lor me.
1-et'B go down to the dining room. There Is one
thing l am glad of, and that 13 that the Herald is
wilting and able to give tho facts in the oase, for
there never was a more audacious outrage than that
of Fisk going to mv partners and trying to make
them betray me like a dog.
Ulysses Pittman? 1 think Fisk is the cheekiest
man 1 ever saw In my life, it made me laugh tne
night that Fisk went to speak in Tammany Hall. He
?addled himself on the old Wigwam, and they
coulda't shake him off. Belmont was the chairman
of the meeting, and he hated the sight of FiBk, and
he wouldn't shake hands with him or introduce him
to the audience. And what does he do? Why,
FlBk walKed out in iront of Belmont, completely
hiding him with his great big body, and begins to
talk to the audleuco without any Introduction of
Belmont's at all.
Reporiek? Mr. Pittman, what do you think of
the morals and religious opinions of Fisk, Jr. ?
ULY8SK8 Pittman? Good God, sir ! You are Jibing
me. Moralsl The man never had any; hasn't got
any now, and will never have auy this side of the
bottomless pit. As for his religious opinions, they
don't amount to a glass of stale beer or an ounce ot
rotten old Dutch cheese. I believe that he pretends
?o be a
. of a sickly congregationalist,
bat he'd swing his coat inside out any day for a bad
hall dollar 11 he thought he could play ft on a car
conductor and beat the poor suoozer out of forty
five cents change in good money.
Achilles Stokes? You are pretty hard on Fisk,
Tom. But I think he deserves it all, when a man
takes It into account that he uses every one badly.
Ulysses 1'ittMan? I havo reason to tiiiuk badly
or Fisk, and so has every decent man In the land.
Yes, Blr; he has done more to debauch American
morals aud American youth than any maa In the
country. Why, every Yankee boy from the part of
the country from which Fisk lulls, on hear
ing of this bloat becoming so conspicu
ous In the newspapers and getting bo
much money and coming Sardanapalus and Bel
ahazzar with his harlots over ttio people of New
York? why, the Innocent littlo boy in Yankee land,
with his stomach full of beans and hts head full or
Ralph Waldo Emerson, wants to go and do Uke
wlse, and become another Jim Fisk or a "Prince
n Erie," or an "Admiral of the Hound Steamboats."
Faugh I It makes mo sick. He'd bo shot In any
other country.
Reporter? What do you think of the physical
courage of FiBk, Mr. Pittman r
Ulysses Pittman? I never knew a bigger coward
than that same Fisk. He'll weaken like a dog if you
kick him, but If you stoop to him he'll sit on you.
Reporter? Is It true that attempts have been
made to assaBBlnate yon, Mr. Stokes, or that you
fear such attempts? *
SMUfT-frsJU will n.91 |p?irer (bat.
question. Of one thing 70a may b* Bare, and that is
certain, I "ball take care of niyMlt
kepobteb? Have you settled with Plak f
Achilles Stokes? I have received hack my
property to tlie amount, of $110,000, bat I do not wisn
to state any further particular* In the matter. Flak
la keeping very sbaay Jum now. He feels bad and 1
Know u. He uoesn't Ilk* to be ridiculed very
much.
The Interview bet* ended.
Helm Josephine Htasfleli at Hone.
After tne Herald reporter bad called upon Mr.
Btokes and bis cbunsel a ftlend suggested to blm
tbat some more light mlgbt be obtained on tbe
Btokes Fisk Imbroglio by making a personal call
upon Mrs. Helen Josephine Mansfield at her reel
deuce, in the magnificent brown stone bonse
Mo. 359 West Twenty-third street, between
Eighth and Ninth avenues. The name of tbe
mutual friend, who was also known to Mrs.
Mansfield, we shull give as Smith, an Inoffensive
and harmless name In Itself. The approach to the
hall door by the lofty stoop made the reporter and
his friend feel a sense of awe as they ascended the
stone steps. The reporter rang the door bell, and In
answer to tho tlntlnabuiation a man and brother ol
the Aft-lean persuasion, In a very clean white jacket
and dark lnxepressibles, made his appearance.
Reporter ? inform Mrs. Josie Mansfield tbat my
self and lrlend desire to see her, and here are our
cards to present to her. Be quick, Fraucols.
Francois?
MY NAME 18 OA WOE, MASS A,
I'll take de cards.
Our reporter and his friend Smtth were then
ushered into the pulor, which was splendidly lur
nlshed, the carpets giving way to the pressure or
the feet like damastc.
"I say," said Mr. Smith, "I wonder ir Port Ad
miral Fisk didn't sink a gosd many spondullx in
these seft carpets and on those gorgeous picture
frames f"
"Very likely," answered the reporter, senten
tlously. Alt the accessories that wealth and refine
ment could suggest were heaped in this palatial
apartineut with a reckless profusion worthy of a
SQUANDERING UOT11 Oil l'RHOATOKY HUN.
The servant in his white Jacket book made his ap
pearance, bearing the compliments of Mrs. Mann
parlor ttl* Keutiemen who were in waiting in tbe
"Mrs. Mansfield says to step down into tbe dining
room if you cannot wait, as she is taking dlnnah
sau," said "Oawge." "
Down into the dining room we went, encompassed
by the cheicest odors of cookery, wnich filled the
dwelling like an Eastern fragrance. This apart
ment had been
FITTED UP IN THE MOST OORGEOUS STYLE.
The ceulng and walls were painted and irescoed in
the aignest style of art; panels adorning the walls
with trophies, game, birds, fish, and other Indica
tions of a rellued tasto were visible in tne apart
ment. Furniture or hurhiy polished mahogany,
with bum work and marquetorie, was as thickly
strewed in the room as leaves In Vallambrosa. In
the centre of the dining hall was plased a table,
covered with a snowy cloth and a dining service of
silver.
Tnere were chairs around the table, caparisoned
as it they had been lnteuded lor King Wiinam, and
a sola or royal magnificence occupied 1 comer of
the room. These chairs haa been pressed by the
gawky lorm ol Oraf Von Fisk, and in the pillowy
folds of the sofa the luxuriant limbs or tbe railway
impresario Had reclined, and ou the mat at Its side
the modern Menelaus had sobbed las heart wildly
away bciore the
UNRELENTING GLANCES OF THE MODERN HELEN,
most. destructive and seductive of her sex. In tnls
saloon Menelaus Fisk had encountered the fiery
assault of Acuities stokes, and had been vanquished
by nis deatu deallug spear. Yes, here he had
? weakened" and left the field to his victorious
rival. It was here that great Achilles bad rested ou
ins ensanguined lance, as his loe, tbe hero of a
hundred Illicit fights, lay prostrate berore nlm. As
the old ballad says, it was a terrible rout?
0nce reef' ' 0DC,, m?re l? ln dujt ana Bor? to ruin must thou
In vain, In rain, thou tearest tho land with furlong heel :
In rain, In rain, thou noblo beast I? I ?ee, 1 tee thee manner?
Now keen and cold thy neck must hold the stern Alcalde's
dagger I '
They have slipped a noose around his neck? six horsss arc
brought In,
And away they drag Uarpado with a loud and Joyful din.
Now stoop thee, lady, from thy stand, and tbe rlna of urlce
bestow F
Upon Uazul, of Algava, that hath laid Harpado low 1
In the dining room were two ladies seated at the
tables One of these ladies was rcbed ln a white
evening dress. She was tall and shaped like a
duchess. Her skin was as
pair in fibre and hue as the lilt
Itself, over a fair .white forehead hung a mass of
Jet, silky black ^atr, and from her email, seashell
like ears depended a pair of hooped rings. Her
band, white and smooth, which she offered to the
reporter as she rose gracefally from tne table, was a
baud irom which acast could bo taken. The lady's
eyes were of a pedoilar gray, and lain bent like the
phosphorescent streaks of light that follow tbe
wake of a ahip ln mid ocean. When she rose the
folds of her dress fell ln uudnlating waves to the
richly carpeted floor. This was Mrs. Helen Jose
phine Mansii eld-Law lor. Mr. Smith whispered to
the reporter, as the lady stood receiving her
friends and the former, "You know what Oliver
Cromwell said when be landed in Ireland and looked
THIS IS A COUNTRY WORTH FIGHTING >0B.?
And that was Jim Flak's opinion aweefc ago about
Mrs. Mansneld, ana is now, but fre doesn't know
how to get square."
The other lady who sat at the table was a Mrs.
Williams, a very prepossessing woman ln form and
features.
Mr. Smith Introduced the reporter to Mrs. Mans
field as follows:?
"Mrs. Mansfield, this is Mr. , of the Herald.
who Is desirous or Interviewing you ln regard to the a
Fisk troubles.''
Mrs. MANSFIELD (gracefully)? Well I don't know
that I can add anything to the comments und state
ments i hat have been made In tho papers lor the
last rew days. There has been a great deal stated
that was lalse about me, and some little truth. I
suppose it has made me Bomewhat notorious, and
that 1 may have lost my reputation by the business.
But I cannot blame myself for anything but my ac
quaintance or Intimacy with Mr. Fisk. I do not
wish to say anything unless he provokes me to a
quarrel, and then I am perfectly sure that I can de
fend myself, or d* more than that. I know Mr.
Stokes very slightly.
Mr.
H iS A NICE MAN, HE IS, THAT TfSK.
Mrs. Mansfield? Ob, well, I know you are pre
judiced, Mr. Smith. He lias his good and bad points,
but not a great many or the latter.
Here Mr. Smith laughed heartily, as old also Mrs.
Williams.
Reporter? -Is it true tbat this house is a present
from Fisk to you, Mrs. Mansfield t
Mrs. Mans held ? Nothing or the kind. Tbe money
which bought this house
-WA8 MAD.B.BV IN WALL STREET,
through a mutual friend, a third person, whom ido
not wish to name.
Mr. Smith? Was there any furniture in the bouse
when you took possession, Mrs. Mansfield T
believe there was some
furniture. The money for the house and lur
Jmnmiti!? wblch I hav? expended
amounted, including repairs, to sixty -live
thrnnSh a Mr ove?* 1 Purchased the house
through a Mr. hd wards, who was introduced to me
v?oJ^ew?lUal!tL*rlena' WnUe acquainted with Mr.
Hsk 1 was always supplied with silks, wines, lood
and everything that I could desire; but he would
never allow me any freedom.
i?8? wanled to keep you dependent
on him entirely, fearing he might lose you ?
Mrs. Mansfield? Perfectly so. Fisk acted ln
Jhi ttl? mutual friend or whom I have
spoken ln this way. He Baiu one day,
'?JOSIE, 1 M MAKING A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY
twn ?nr mlffht as well make a dollar or
?hi lor you, and 1 can use your money to advantage
a friend." And so he did, I'll say that lor
he always wanted to keep me dependent.
He had an atrocious taste In purchasing, and wheu
?hn*ilf!nn presents he used to select the loudest
fnrVl ii! J.a.ckets ana dresses that he could find
c?earutiways. ?WU per8oa he was verJ neat and
FiBk^H?nsuui?^wri ?,ans?0l<1. do you think tha
kn?wiedge or the man t
Mrs. Mansfield ? it's more tban nosmbio ttia
disease is Hereditary m tUe family. uis fatnerwaa
insane. He never' 'does anything rrom lmou^e
however. I know that he ciucufate? Son an?
thing that be does beforehand. *
ln"hewo?idrlam8Ureont' He'8 lhe biggest fraud
Mra. Mansfield? He always has believed ln
"LOOKING ONE WAY AND ROWING ANOTHER"
a favorite expression of his to me. He keens bis
business engagements punctually enouati but ho
has kept this table waiting dinner for as much as
five hours at a time, and during even lnm he won m
issue a lot of the mwt crazv orders for fhings that
he wanted, and all the time that he was talkimr i
knew that he intended and meant something eise
KkpOKTER ? Don't you tmnk Moutalund Is a coarse
person In her way ? u 18 a c?arao
Mrs. Manskield-I do not. I think she is verv
nice and pretty.. I was present at her dinner tne
night he told her tbat he could have New York
called "FtskvUle" if ho so desired. That wVhke
him all over. , "*e
Mr. Smith The funniest thing of all Is that of hla
SOBBING AT YOUR FBET TO BK TAKEN BACK
Mrs. MansfielP? I don't know about that. Smith:
I have seen good and noble men cry for a woman
and I knew that Fisk relt it that nlghtf The funniest
thing, perhaps, is about his gum shoes Tho
papers might have applied their classics to the case
better, 1 suppose, had they known that rnv first
name was Helen. My name is Helen JoMnhme
Mansfield, without the Lawlor; I would not give
Frank Lawlor the satisfaction to think that I born
his nanie. It would please him too much
?KacJuioroiM*' *""new' " * ???IH
Mrs. Maksfield?
NO, I AM A BOSTON GIBL,
and was educated at a convent in Lowell. All of
our family were Cathoilca-tbe Mans fields. I left
Boston at sixteen, and was married to Frank Lawlor
at seventeen, lu California. My father was editor of
the San Joaquin Democrat, and was killed ln a duel
with another editor In California. I went to CaU
tm Ma Tj4 Jlfe to lorn j^SS???S?
In those days they shot without moon talking, I be
lieve. I was a young. Innocent cirl, and was Just
wlla to goto balls and parties. Faaak Law lor used
me wrong and 1 came to JNew Tort and captured the
landlady and the woman who was In the nouse with
him at the time. Flak was jealous and he got me
to buy this house down here, so that he
might always have me nnder his hand
and near those whom he trusted. Jay
Gould always disliked and hated me because
he believed I bad so much Influence over Mr. Klsk.
1 went to California in 18M. 1 believe. Mr. Flak
never gees in the street at all without a man to
watch htm, and he always
KBIT A MAN IN THIS HOPS*
at seventy-five dollars a month Just to watoh the
house. When I went to a public place ?f amuse
ment there were always at least twenty men whom
I knew 1 coula put my hand on at a moment's notice
whom Klsk bad detailed lor the purpose. And when
FIsk was In with Jimmy O'Brien, the Sheriff, tie
used to say to btm when he was going le any place
of amusement, a ball or theatre, If he was afraid, "I
want you te send up a sang of the boys to-night,
and I'll attend to you and them," and O'Brien
always sent them.
Reporter? Mrs. Mansfield, can you Inform me
who were the partners, the men behind the screen
In the Erie Haiiway during its numerous vicissi
tudes ?
Mrs. Mansfield? Oh, yes; you mean the person
with whom he lias divided tho spoils of warf I
know all about (hat matter, but you must excuse
me from Riving any suoli information to a news
paper, although 1 have a great regard for the New
Yoke Uekald.
Rkporter -From year remarks, Mrs. Mansfleld, I
should infer that Mr. Ftsk has partners in Erie trans
actions that the public do not see.
Mrs. Mansfield? 1 have nettling to say upon that
subject. 1 do not caro to betray any conlldence
placed in me by Mr. FIsk.
The Interview then concluded, Mrs. Mansfield
accompanying the !1f.raj,d reportor and the very
obliging Mr. Smith to the hall door, and there
bade all three a gooo evening, as they bade
her adieu Mrs. Mansfield said briefly, holding up her
finger:?
"1 don't wish to take any step further unless I bo
provoked.
THEN I AH RBAOY FOB MB. FI8E,
If he makes the advance against me or lays a finger
on any frlond. I dou't need the aBslBtunce of the
reporters. I alone have sufficient for Jim Fiak."
And thus ended this strange interview.
Stokea and Piik Before Judge Dowllng.
It appears In this case that the Brooklyn Oil Re
finery Company was a corporation organized under
the general manufacturing laws or this State. That
it only had three stockholders, and that the trustees
were composed of said stockholders, one of them,
Mr. Stokes, being the secretary, and another, Mr.
Byers, being the treasurer. It was claimed that the
secretary, in collecting without the privity or assent
of the remaining trustees the sum of $27, 600 on the
7th day of January, 1871, due the corporation from
the Oevoe Manufacturing Company, and depositing
the same to his Individual account, was guilty of an
offence against the statute relative to embezzlements
by the servants or officers of corporations.
Judge Dowllng? it is unnecessary to discuss this
question, as I am of the opinion that, under the
facts proven before me, this company, though in
form a corporation, must be treated as between the
parties as a private copartnership, and under such
a view of the case the act of Mr. Stokes was not
within the terms of the statute. The proceedings
will therefore be dismissed.
ITALIAN UNITY.
Klsg Victor Emmanuel to General John A.
Dix.
King Victor Emmanuel lias sent the following
official despatch by cable to the Chevalier Ferdi
nand do Luca, Italian Consul General in New York.
It is communicated to the public through Mr. Theo
dore Roosevelt, Chairman of tne Committee of Ar
rangements on the occasion of tho Italian unity
meeting recently held In this city:?
Chevalier Ferdinand de Luca, Italian Consul
General, New York:?
Ills Majesty King Victor Emmanuel commands
Jou to tender his sincere thanks to General John A.
Hx, President of tne meeting to celebrate Italian
unity, lor the klndiy feelings expressed in his tele
gram. V1SCONTI VENOSTA.
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Advices from Brazil and Paraguay? The
Revolution In Montevideo and Entre Bios*
London, Jan. 17, 1871.
The mail steamer from South Amcrlca has arrived
at Lisbon with advices from Rio Janeiro to Decem
ber 23.
A Brazilian military credit of 13,500 cortios bad
been opened.
Se&or Rivolo has been elected president, of Para
guay.
The revolutions in Montevideo and Entre Rlos
continued, but there had been no fighting since the
date of the last advices.
THE LATE ECLIPSE.
Description by the Part? Sent to Sicily to
Observe It.
Commodore B. F. Sands, Superintendent of th
Uiritcd states Naval Observatory, has transmitted to
the Navy Department the following extract of a let
ter Just received from Professor Asaph Hall, of the
United States Navy, one of the astronomers sent to
Sicily to observe the eclipse of the 22d of December
last:? "The 22d of December is drawing to a close
'and the eclipse is over. We have had tolerable suc
cess The four contacts were pretty well observed
during the total eclipse. The clouds covered the
moon, making, I think, tho physical observations
6omewhai doubtful. The protuberances were very
well seen. They were of a pale red color, and not so
brisrht as I expected them to be. The clouds inter
fered with my observations of the corona. I could
detect bnt very Utile of the radiating ana curved
streamers given in many pictures, and the slight
radiation that I saw might have been produced by
the clouds. I need hardly say that the total eclipse
was a very beautiful sight. Professors Newcomb
and HarkneBS have informed you of our telegraphlo
work by which we corrected the longitudes of Gib
raltar, Malta and Syracuse."
THE TROUBLES 111 SOUTH CAROLINA.
Governor Scott Denies Any Portion of the
tttute in Insurrection? -The Civil Power
Sufficient to Suppress Disturbances and En
force the Laws,
Charleston, Jan. 17, 1871.
Governor Scott yesterday sent a message to the
Legislature in reply to a concurrent resolution ask
ing why a military force for the protection of life,
liberty and property had not been sent into the
rlstons and refractory counties of the State, and
why tne outlaws in those counties have not been
brought to condign punishment. The Governor
says:?
While 1 deeply deplore the disturbances to which
your resolution relers, 1 can scarcely venture, as the
Executive of the State, to pronounce any of Its coun
ties riotous and retactory upon the reported cases
of individual outrage: and. while no Information
hat been received in tills office indicating anything
of a county organization to defy or defeat the law, 1
cannot say with truth, upon any Information in my
possession, that in any Bectlon of the State the laws
are not executed; for not a single case has been re
ported in which the officers or the law have been
resisted in the discharge of their duties. There is
no invasion which I am called upon to repel? no
insurrection wnich I am called upon to suppress.
But If there was any Portion Of the State in which
violence and disorder were so general as to disarm
the power of the civil courts 1 must say frankly
that 1 have no such militia force as would be compe
teut to suppress them, and if 1 had I have no means
to place and maintain suoh a force in the field, if
by the outlaws who have not been bronght to con
dign punishment you mean those individuals who
have lately perpetrated the outrages in the counties
or Spartanburg and Cnlon I can only say that every
effort has been made that could lawfully be made
by the Executive to discover those criminals and
bring them to a speedy trial. It is my opinion that
tho civil law of the State ought to be sun)
clent, and it is my determination that it
shall be sufficient to protect the person
and property of every and any citizen of the
State, however humble, friendless or obnoxious.
1 cannot bring myself to contemplate the use of an
armed force to punish individual violations of the
law In a time of profound peace. Such a remedy
would be as bad as the disease, and would be a
public declaration that there was no civil govern
ment in South Carolina and that we are living in a
condition ol social anarchy. 1 am bound by my
oath of office as the Executive of this state, and in
reverence for those principles of constitutional
liberty which are the vital force of true republican
ism, to see that the law is duly enforced before 1 re
sort to other ami dangerous powers. I dare not,
and will not, assume that Justice cannot be ad
ministered until the effort has been made and
the failure evident. It Is therefore my inten
tion to see that the law is enforced, and when 1
fail In the eflort I will unhesitatingly
call upon you for the extraordinary powers to which
society must resort for self-protection; but at pro
sent 1 would call your attention to the fact that all
the caseB of reported violenoo are individual
vlolenoo of the law; that none of them have as
sumed the character of public combinations against
the law, and that they are all wltUft the regular
Jurisdiction of the criminal courts.
The Governor concludes by suggesting measures
for a more vigorous, complete and efficient organi
zation of the machinery necessary for tb? adminis
tratis 9t criminal jasu?4
ART NOTES.
AmHtu Healfim.
The moat enconragtng feature In American sculp*
tare la a fro wing tendency towards national and
fresh, unhackneyed subjects. Tuckerman has sold
with truth that our looal histories abound In favor
able subjects lor the chisel; that hero worship Is a
fervent Instinct of the people, calling for statuesque
memorials, and that our rural oemeterles and oily
paries and squares are not only adapted to sculpture
decoration, but fitted to suggest and Inspire such
memorials and trophies.
STATUES TO NSW TORE POLITICIANS.
That even New York politicians are awakening to
an appreciation of 1 'statuesque memorials" Is mani
fest from the recent proposals to erect statues to
"Boss" Tweed and Senator Creamer, although In
the case of the latter two horses and a coach seem
to have run away with the original project.
CIO.RK MILLS.
That the art standard of our community Is higher
than it used to be is happily Indicated by the fact
that the critics universally condemn the project of
Olarlc Mills to uisllgure Washington with another
of his monstrosities. All agree that even If an
equestrian sculptor should be ainiciud with night
mares, he Is not, therefore, entitled to put them 111
bronze and saddle the public with tho expense.
MISS VLNMK KKaU.
It Is creditable to the modesty of the Con
gressmen who expressed moat delight at the
recent unveiling of Miss Vinnle Ream's statue
of Llnsoln that they confessed they bad nothing
to say about the artlstlo qualities of tho werk of
this bright and persevering little sculptress, ity the
way, it la said that Miss Vinnle Ream, who has Just
been bo heartily welcomed at Washington on her
return from Rome, lert behind her In tbe Eternal
City seven other sculptresses hailing from America.
AMERICAN SCULPTORS IN ROME.
Story, of Boston; Rhlnehardt, of Baltimore; Ran
dolph Rogers, of Richmond, and several other
American sculptors are also In Rome.
WARD, THOMPSON AND OTHER SCULPTORS IN NEW
TORE.
We have previously described at length the fine
Shakspeare statue, of heroic size, now standing,
ready to be cast, In tho studio of one of our fore
most American sculptors, J. Q. A. Ward. It is sur
rounded by his statue, already In bronze, for tho
"Seventh Regiment Memorial," and tne studies for
his "Indian Hunter," "The Good Samaritan," "Pro
tection," "Commodore Perry" and for numerous
busts. Mr. Ward la now busily at work ou the bas
rollefs for the Perry monument.' We have also re
cently descril>ed the studies for the statues Napo
leou and General Sedgwick and General Scott,
the busts of Grizzly Adams, Bishop Potter, Rev.
Dr. Tyug, J. G. Bennett, w. C. Bryant, Edwin
Booth and thn statuettes and medal
lions which 1111 tho studio of another
great American sculptor, Launt Thonsoson.
The conscientious works of Pickett and O'Donovan
and George Hess and Buberl and Turlnl have been
duly rccognlzed.
JOHN ROGER.".
But to-day we wish to call special attention
to tho fertility of invention exhibited by John
Rogers, who Is now adding three "Rip Van
Winkle groups" to his marvellous series of statu
ettes, which so triumphantly proves that the great,
ness of a work of art docs not depend on Its size
No artist has more vividly Illustrated Into
permanent forms the reminiscences of our
civil war than Mr. Rogers, who Is daily
laying hold of fresh llelds In American
lire for the exercise of Ills genius. The bare
enumeration ol the titles of his ver.y popular works
will suillce to show how much he has accomplished 1
within a few years. These titles are:? Fairy's Whis
per, Fugitive's Story, Council of War, Challenging
the Union Vote, Taking the Oath, The Foundling,
Comlna to the Parson, Courtship In Sleepy Hollow,
One More Shot, Wounded Scout, Union Refugees,
Country Post Office, Home Guard, School Examina
tion, Cnarlty Patient, Uncle Ned's School, Returned
Volunteer, Parting Promise, Mall Day, Town Pump,
Picket Guard. The groups are of a clay-colored ma
terial, ranging in price from ten te twenty-five dol
lars and are being rapidly distributed to points both
east and west of the MisslssippL They are dobig
more than anything else to popularize art through
out the country. . ... ,
Exhibition of Picture* at the Union League
Clnb.
A satisfactory proof of the growth of Interest In
art among our people Is furnished by the custom of
several clubs in New York to have picture exhibi
tions at each monthly meeting. Some clubs are be
ginning lo uiako popmanont art collections. The
Art committee of the Union League Club, consist
ing of Messrs. Putnam, Ward, Whittiedge, East
man Johnson, Butler, Baker and Avery (who have
been re-elected for this year), report that they have
Sithered ana exhibited in the gallery of the
ub daring the past year no less than tnree
hundred works of art, prodnced by artlsUi who are
members or who reside in town, with now and then
a choice foreign work. Twelve paintings have been
added to the collection by purchase or subscription.
The latest acquisition Is a noble portrait of the late
General Thomas, by Eastman Johnson. Julian Scott's
line picture of "The Rear Guard at White Oak
Swamp" is notable among the recent additions.
Several new engravings have been bought to de
corate the dining and other rooms. Great efforts
are now being made to secure for the ladles' recep
tion, on the 25th of January, a collection or pictures
worthy of the occasion.
Conspicuous among the paintings exhibited at the
monthly meeting oi' the club on the evenlug of the
12th instant were the following:?
A portrait of General Thomas, by Eastman John
son, which we have mentioned, and "The Pension
"A Kent." belonging to Josian M. Fiske, by the same
distinguished artist.
"Lake George," a large and highly successful
work by D. Huntingdon, ex-presideni of tne Na
tional Academy of Design.
"The Plains, Colorado," by W. Whlttredge; pro
bably his finest production.
"Autumn," an exquisite bit of color by Kensett;
"Hever Castle, EDgiand," one ol Henry's pictur
esque and microscopic gems: "The Harpist" and
"The Promenade," by J. G. Brown, the former an
elaborately finished Ulterior, and the latter an effec
tive study, representing a blonde in brilliant winter
costume.
"Sunday Morning Camp of the Seventh Regiment
(Meridian Hill), Washington. D. C., in 1 61," by S.
k. Giffurd, member of Company 8, Seventh regi
ment, a work of never-falling historic Interest and
richly entitled to a permanent position among the
trophies of the regiment In which the artist so hon
orably served.
"A Study from Nature," a faithful and unconven
tional picture of a wood In autumn, by T. u
Smith, who also exhibited a capital "Winter Scene."
"Cupid and Psyche," small, out in color charming,
by Louis Lang. "The Ch&teau de Cartes," by Mor
gan, evincing the care bestowed by him on all his
works. "Lake Geneva, unusually delicate, by
Cropsey.
"A Normandy Glri," by H. P. Gray, president of
the National Academy, a fine example or his skill in
the treatment of flesh tints.
"A Little Girl with Her Doll's Carriage by a Gate
way," by J. H. Irving, one of his most careful
pictures. "Waiting for a Bite," a trifle, but hignly
characteristic, by 0. C. Ward. "The Wreck of the
Emigrant Ship," one of Bradford's largest and most
effective works.
A new and faithful version of "The Yosemlte Val
ley," by 8. Colmau; "A Study from Nature" and "A
View on the Hudson," by D. Jonnson: two "Views
Near Fordham," by Laurie; two large aud conven
tional Scripture pieces, by Angero; "A Summer's
Day," by Hubbard; "The Contraband of Peace." by
Pejry; "A Connecticut Valley View," by Howland;
"Chocorua," by A. Wordsworth Thompson, an ad
mirable landscape,
"Horses In a Pasture," the Joint prodnctlon of
Jerry and Fitch; "A Seaside Viow," by Homer; an
elaborate lrult picture by Miss Wenzler; pictures by
Burling, Duverger, Cranch, Mrs. Sellgman and Miss
Horton.
A remarkable Interior, by Rlelstahl, of Berlin, the
property of Q. M. Vanderllp, representing a religious
procession and full uf character, excellent drawing
and elaborately flmsiied, and last, but by no means
least, either in artistic Importance or in suggeative
ness, "The Young Navigators," by G. H. Boughton; a
truthful study of a "Cloudy Day by the Seaside."
On the whole, the show of pictures was the choicest
of the season at this club.
The Palette Clnfe.
The members of this very active art association
are busily occupied in drawing and painting ex
pressly for their annual festival, which is to take
place on the 20th of February. At their recent elec
tion of officers for this year Paul Schulze was choscn
President; Victor Nehlig aud J. Roy Robertson, Vlco
Presidents; Dr. J. Wiener, Treasurer; M. Kurtz, Fi
nancial Secretary; D. E. Melneke, Corresponding
Secretary; George Hess, Recorulng Secretary; M.
vou Mlltendorter aud L. Koeth, Arohlvlsts; M.
Eylan, H. Lo Vasseur aud F. Venluo, Trustees. The
Palette Club already numbers two hundred and fifty
members. Its life school Is open three evenings in
the week, and is frequented by many American as
well as German artists.
New Plrtnren.
James M. Bart is completing a capital brook scene,
with cattle standing in the water and sheltered by
the trees from the blaze and heat of noonday. It Is
called "Under the Elms."
Wakeman Holberton has finished for the Utlca
exhibition excellent studies of wild game, "Raffed
Grouse and Quail" and "Brock Trout,"
S. M. Ward, of beta painting pot
tratta chiefly, u working with success a fleshly
opened vote, and one rtoti In promise? that offered
by the little Arabs of our Sew York streets. Among
ht? most recent pictured are "A Newsboy Drinking
Water at a Fountain in the Park" and "A Little
Bagplcker Overhauling a Garbage Barrel."
J Roy Robertson has almost finished a masterly
portrait of Judge k. o. Perrln, of Albany.
Shattuck has strengthened bis claim to hlgb rank
among the best American landscape painters by bla
"New England Sabbath Morning," a picture no lens
cnaraoterlHito than the poem of Burns, "The Cotter's
Saturday Night."
The Artls* Paid Rule
wilt take place at the Somervllle Art dallery about
the 1st of February.
Art Hale Extraordinary In Boston.
Besides the articles or antique and costly furni
ture (such as muy be Been at Bypher's, on Broad
way), the Uobelin tapestries aud the Sevres porce
lains which arc to be scattered at the approaching
sale of the celebrated Deacon house and Its contents,
In Boston, there are numerous aud valuable pictures
which cannot fall to excite the curiosity ami compe
tition or amateurs. Anions these pictures are seve
ral by Boucher; the "Death of Virginia" aud "The
Shipwreck," oy Isabey; "The White Horse," by Sul
valor Koba; Portraits of ijueeu Elizabeth and Amy
Robsurt, "The Wounded Soldier," b> YVacbsniuth;
"Returnnut iroin the Hunt," by Alfred de Dreux;
"Soap Bubbles," by (ierard Douw, and four largo
paiutiuga by Prascouard.
THE M'GABEAHAN LAND CLAIM.
OIUcUIm Mutllatloa I'abllo Records? Import
nut Teathnonr.
Washington, Jan. 10. 1871.
In the McGarratun case the House committee, at
Hit) instance or the New Idria Mining Company, to
day examined Joseph 8. Wilson, ttio retiring Land
Commissioner, and three or his clerics, viz. Meaars.
Stokes, Stoeck and Uuell, also W. H. Lower?, a
lormer clerk In the office, but now and for several
years past an attorney of the New Idria
Mining Company, and employed, aa be
states, to prevent an Issuance or a patent
to McGarrahan. All of these witnesses made last
summer voluntary ex parte affidavits, designed to
justify ex-Secretary Cox, or the Interior Department,
In defacing and cancelling the recently discovered
record of a patent In that department to McGarra
han. This was done In the interest of the New Idria
Company. These affidavits were to the effect that
the record book, volume four, pages 812
to 321 of California Land Claim*, where
a patent to McGarrahan appears on record, duly
dated, signed and sealed, could not be relied upon
aa proof ?f an original patent of which it purports
to be an ordinal record copy. Mr. Blokes, who en
grossed this record in the book, testified to-day that
he did not make It from an executed patent, but
from a printed rorin which had not been executed;
but as this patent Is a very peculiar
one, being sui veneris and coutaiuing mat
ter reciting decisions or courts. Held
notes or .surveyors au J opinions of former Secreta
ries of the Interior, which could not be on any
limited form or blank for a patent, be scums to have
taxed bis memory "not wisely, but too well." It
was shown that tbero could not, bave been such
printed form, but that testimony and affidavits of
nis colleagues ou the witness stand contradict this
statement. Mr. HtoKes at lust testified
that be could not say that the orig
inal of this rccord was not an executed
patent. Another witness, Mr. Stoeck, produced to
discredit the record of ihe patent, testified upon his
dlreot examination that it was the custom of the
Land Otllco to record these California land patents
In advance ol their execution, or, in other words,
to rccord them as complete Instruments, Including
the dates, signatures and places of the seal.
In anticipation of tbelr execution, la this
way It is attempted to aceouut for the
record of the patent to McGarrahan; but tno
record book, volume four, produced and examlMed
belore the committee, disproved this theory, Inas
much ns it showed that 111 no case were the date,
signature and place of the seal written nntll alter
the patent had been executed. The record book
showed that In every case when the record of a
patent contained the date, the signature of the
President, "per bis secretary for signing land
patents," and the Diace of tne seals, that it was
marked on the margin or the first page of the record
in red Ink "exd.," or examined, and in all such
cases It Is conceded that the patents were executed.
The record of the patent to McGarrahan on this book
contains the date, the signature of the President and
place of tnc geal. It la also marke t "exd." In red
ink, thus sn6wirig that 1116 6nly case upon which the
custom sworn to t>y Stoeck was luunded was McUar
rahan's case. It can hardly be relieved, when the
great value of the property lnvolvod in this pa
tanr in taken into account and the fierce contest
which haa enlisted the zrui or tue teuuiux outoMiH
of the government, that this exception would make
the rule sworn to. This book ai?o contained re
corded forms or drafts of unexecuted patents? that
U, patents that seem to have been ordered, but
never signed? and on these ttao witness sought to
base the usage; but in none of these cases were
there dates, signatures or places of seal, nor was
the "exd." written In the margin. The wit
nesses testified that the "exd.," or examined," in
red ink, were written in the margin atter compar
ing the original patent and the (orm in which it was
engrossed with the record, by three clerks, oue hold
ing the form, one the original parchmeut and the
other the book. In MCkiarrahan's case the wit
ness Lowery, then a clerk In the Land Office, now an
attorney of the New lflria Mining Compcuy, held
the book and the witness stoeck wrote the "exd."
on the margin. Lowery also dralted the fora ol the
patent, which was produced before the committee
with all Its interlineations, erasures and akbrevu
tlons, thus showing, as previously slated, fiat the
witness (StoKe*) could not have engrossed the re
cord from a primed form. The record of this patent,
as now produced, has pencil marks drawn across
the date, the signature, the place of the seal and un
der the attesting clause the words 111 peucli "not
signed" are written. This was done r>y Air. Lowery,
as lie himself testified, but he does not remember
wnen ne ma it.
Mr. Bueil, on cross-examination, testified tli at ho
was acting Recorder in the absence of Judge
Granger at tlic time this record was made, and
though, In his direct examination and in his affi
davit, he swore bo as to convey trie Idea that tlio
patent was never executed, he said to-day chut he
did not know whether It was executed
or not. Commissioner Wilson seemed to
have procured himself to have been called
to ; testify for no other purpose than
to saddle ex-Secretary Cox with tho stigma of
mutilating this record, for ho admitted that the
rccord was some evidence of the execution of the
patent, and stated that he did not know whether
It was executed or not. He swore that he signed
the statement written across the face of tlie recorded
patent, which contained declarations mat it had
never beon executed by the written urder of
the supreme executive head of the department;
that be never advised Secretary Cox. never sug
gested this mutilation, and that he nevercontributed
to It except by the written order of the secretatf,
with whom ho never had any consultation on the
subject. He also testified that he knew nothing of
the truth or falsity of the declarations of the state
ment as written across the face of the record. He
said, as far as he knew, the nistory of tins mutilation
originated wits the written order of the Secretary and
that he was innocent of any complicity In the mat
ter, except subscribing his official signature to it,
which he did in obedience to the orders of his
superior officer, lho venerable commissioner
could not refrain from telling the committee that for
forty years be had feeen honored with a position in
the Land Oluc6, ana that ne wad about to
leave the same in a day or two, Ills
successor having been nominated to the
Senate. He seemed to be ail unconscious of a
suspicion, not confined to General Grant, that be
was not clothed with every official virtue. There
are those, and they are not a few, who believe that
he knows where to find the official snrvey of tho
Mariposa tract, which was abstracted from the
Land Commissioner's office for tlie purpose of
defeating Fremont's claim to that grant. It
Is said there arc several other lota things
which it is possible he may now find, Including
the official letters of the Commissioner to the Re
corder of the Land Office rrom January to June,
1863, which embraced tlie time when tuts McOarrit
han case was made up, whose abstraction Judgo
Granger, the Recorder, testified to In the case at the
last meeting of the committee, and which, if found,
might afford conclusive proof of the execution of
the patent to McGarrahan. The result of the ex
amination fully sustains the record, as a record, of
an original instrument which has been signed for
President Lincoln by his secretary, W. o. Stoddard,
who has testified that he remembers hiivlinr signed
this patent. The case was closed and submitted at
the conclusion of the examination to-day.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEWS ITEMS.
Three men, named respectively Michael Mlnton,
William Merrltt and Daniel O'Ntel, were arrested on
Monday and lodged in tne county Jail, charged with
having burglariously entered the county Poor House
and stealing therefrom a quantity of hams, valued
at $200. The property was found in possession of
the robbers.
Coroner Bathgate held an inquest yesterday on
the remains of Mrs. Jane smith, who resided with
her husband in Elton street, Melrose, and whose
death was occasioned by tailing down stairs on the
Brevious evening. Deceased, it appears, was in the
ablt or imblblug an excessive quantity of ardent
spirits, under tne influence of which she acci
dentally toppled into eternity, a verdict was ren
dered accordingly. Deceased was about sixty
years of age.
? number of the friends of Rev. Father Hughes,
gwtor of St. Jerome's Catholic church, at Mott
aven, assembled at the residence of that gentle
man on Monday evettfng, and presented htm with a
stylish horse and boggy, valued at $700. As the
parish indicated is somewhat extensive, those most
familiar with the untiring zeai ot Father Hughes
evidently intend that he shall not praotloe too maoh
pedestrianim while ministering to the temporal, 99
well m spintwlj ifNMI 9t (Mi AMuroui flouk.
BT. DOM1NOO.
DEPARTURE OF THE TENNESSEfl
Embarkation of the Commiarionere? 8??m? an4
Incidents at the Barge Office and Btaten I*.
land? Xyateriow Caaee Taken on Boer 4.
The St. Domingo Co amiaalonera, headed by the U>
laatrlooa Wen tern sta teaman, ex-Senator Ben Wade,
have at laat embarked on board the good old ship
Tenaeeaee, and are now well on their way to that
portion of the Antilles whose name tbe Commission
bears, and which has been for so long a time the
bone of contention between President Grant and
the Irrepressible Senator from the Hay .state. About
hall-past ten o'clock yesterday morning the indl
?Idual members of tno Commission began to arrive
at the iiargo office, foot of Whitehall street, where
they were to go on board two government tugboats,
then lying alongside the rtcketty pier walling to
convey
TUB IIAU3TBIOUI PARTY
down to the Tennessee, which was anchored off
Htateu Island. Dr. Howe, of Boston, was one of tho
flrst to arrive, closely followed by carriages con
talning Surveyor Cornell and lady, Mrs. Hastings,
Mrs. Professor White and a. number of gentlemen,
names unknown. The so immediately swarmed oa
board the little revenue cutler commauded by Lieu
tenant Randolph, United States Navy, who, hoisting
run STARS AMD HTKIPEB
andl running up tne revenue flag, swung off from
the wharf and steamed away for the Tennessee.
Other carriages arrived now in quick succession,
each containing one or more of tbe Commissioners,
secretaries and various other attaches of the expedi
tion, together with a large number of their
Iriends and relatives, among whom were Mr,
Murphy, Collector or the Port; Mr. Jamee Ter
w linger, his private secretary; General Porter,
Commodore Alden and a host of others. Professor
White, who Is a genial, fresh-complexlonea looking
old gentlemen or about flity-tlve summers, and per*
haps as many winters, was very conspicuous among
the party and conversed freely with every one ho
met. He gave it as his opinion that their labors upon
the island would require tnern to
STAY AT IJtAST SIXTY DATS,
and spoke highly encouragingly or the prospeoto of
a good tune uud a pleasant trip. "There Is," he said,
?'a celebrated geologist now upon tbe fBland who
has been there upwards of two years studying the
mineralogy or the country, and as he Is a gentleman
ot unblemished character and reputation they would
make use of his experience and thus save them
selves the time and trouble of gathering np and
shipping off specimens of stoue all over the Island.
KX-SUNATOH WADK,
who was accompanied by his son, Captain Wade.
looneu quite us iresu ana hearty as ever, and ap
peared u so re no an though ho were onl> entering
U|>on a trip ol an hour's duration, Instead of em
barking for an eight or ten days' voyage at a mosl
boisterous season of the year.
Just before tins party went on board the remain*
Ing tug, half a dozen express wajrons drove up, out
of wnich the drivers and porters began tumbling
trunks, carpet bags, satchels, boxes, baskets, boxes
of choice Havanaa and an almost innumerable num
ber of suspicious looking cases Bald to contain?
"the stair of life," which must have been the case,
as tlicy were all marked "Monongahcla," "Bour
bon,"
"OLD HOLLAND GIN" AND "8CIINAPP8."
The urbane Commodore Allien personally super
intended the embarkation of the bagitage and the
"susplcious.lookliig cases," alter wnicn a general
rush was made for the boat, and soon the email
cabin, the not over spaclou* deck, and the diminu
tive pilot-house were ail swarming with a confused
mass of proiessors, doctors, generals, representa
tives of the press, ladies, and the genial Ton*
Murphy, all of whom hM come to see their (hands
off.
FRED DOUGLASS, "THE FIERY BRPNETT1,"
looked and acted well, as did also bis son, who ao
companied him, and who is much darker and de
cidedly more African than his paternal parent. "All
ashore I" cried Commodore Alden, and, as soon as
General Porter and Mr. Murphy ceuld shake Mnds
"mltSigel," and bid their numerous friends faro
well and wish the expedition a hearty Uod- speed,
the tug pushed off, and was soon pulling along down
the oroad and beautiful bay on her way to the
staunch old Tennessee.
The Herald representative Immediately set him
self to work ascertaining the names and offlclal po
sitions of
TH08S COMPOSING THE EXPEDITIONARY PAKTY,
which are as follows: ? Commissioners, ex?
Senator Benjamin F. Wade, l>r. Howe and
Professor White; Cadet Wade, private sec
retary to his father; General Sigel, private
secretary to Dr. llovve; Professor Crane, prlr
vate secretary to Professor White; Professor BlaJte,
geologist to tne Commission ; Allan A. Burton, secre
tary to the Commission; a. Brumsel and C. Wright,
botan Bts; Fred Douglas# Sr., assistant b? rotary t6
tii# Commission; Fred Douglass, Jr., private secre
tary to Mr. Burton; two official stenographers
Messrs. John Foley and illlt.
A sail of about thirty -live minutes brought the
party ^
ALONGSIDE THE MONSTROUS FRIGATE,
out of wnose portholes the iron mouths of the heavy
Parrots showed themselves. The gangway, at the
top or which stood a marine, with guttering bayo
net, was draped In blue and red cloth. Ben Wade
was the il rat to step upon tho deck, where he waa
received by two of the officers of the ship and a
company or fierce-looking marines, who presented
arms. Soon a drum aud tli'e were heard beating
to quaru rs, and in the twinkling or an eye every
gun waa manned and all looked tiie picture of dis
cipline. Tho next Instant the thundering boom of
one of the large gnns wa? heard, quickly followed by
fonrteen more, the regular salute due to a United
States Senator. #he work or getting on board the
multifailoas trunks and other buggagt*, not forget
ting tli os o' "sauplclous looking c asetj," was now
commenced In earnest, ana in about fliteen minutes
was completed.
After staying on board the frigate about half an
nour, Surveyor Cornell announced his readiness to
takeu? c aB|l having shaken hands and
.. _ parting drink all round,
those who were not going with tho expedition re
turned to the deck of the revenue cutter, and were
soon on their way back to New York. At a quar
ter-past two the Tennessee weighed anchor
and put to sea, her communder being desirous of
getting out on the high tide, which was at its full at
httlJ <<wo i' Whlle going dewn the lower
bay the Commissioners held a meeting, at which
they effected a permanent organization. The "lron
?hVJ? 10 officials con
nected with the expedition, after which each waa
presented with a passport given by
_ THE SECRETARY OP STATE.
Tho Commissioners then considered the subject
of going to Samana Bay or to St. Domingo City
direct, and finally came to the conclusion to lollow
the latter course, touching at the Bayof StmZ
only. This course was adopted because of the Com
missioners' desire to show a proper regard fer the
authorities of the country, as they might feel land
justly, too) that they were slighted if tne Commis
sion landed at Samana instead of the capital.
NATURAL BISTORT.
Lectnre by Profeanor B. Waterbouse Haw*
kins.
Professor B. Waterhouse Hawkins, the chief man
ager of the Pal aeon tological Department In the Cen
tral Park, gave the second of a course or lectures on
"Natural History," at the Church of the Heavenly
Rest, last evening. A large and intelligent audience
listened with profound attention to bis discourse.
Ho spoke first of the relations between
man and the higher order of animals.
He was not In favor of the theories
advanced by Professor Huxley and some of the later
European naturalists as to what is called simlons
man, and the close alliance of the numan race to the
ape species of the brute creation. By copious
crayon illustrations he showed the anatomical
structure of the gorilla and bear. He said the
lower limbs of the bear were more similar
to man than those of the gorilla were, and it was
hard to discover the difference in the thigh, toe and
heel. He said that though the lioinorus bone of the
Snrllla was larger than that of the Irish Giant,
'Brien, and other similarities existed, he was
hardly prepared as yet to embrace either gorilla or
bear as a man and a brother.
lie afterwards described tho structure of other
species of the aunnal creation, showing birds,
hsbes, reptiles, Ac., demonstrating their perfect
adaptability to their wants.
He was irequently applauded during his remarks
for the thoroughness and completeness of his illus
trations. The Professor has a quaint, quiet humor
and an easy colloquial manner, which render his
subjects, though naturally dry and aboutioing with
technicalities, interesting aud Intelligible to all his
hearers.
Gilbert B. Mastln, a well dressed young man, was
brought before Judge Cox yesterday, charged by
Mary Poe, keeper of a boarding house at No. 808
West Twenty-second street, with giving her a worth
lews check as pavmont for his board bill. Maatin bad
been living in tbe house lor several weeks, and
when the landlady insisted on his "settling'' her cave
her a check on the Market National Bank
for seventy-five dollars, knowing fall well that h?
had no account with said bank. The bookkeeper ol
the bank testified that Mas tin had never had any
funds there. The prisoner's only excuse was that
be had -intended to make the eheek good." Th?
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