lecretaries, no appointments of relatives to tffioe. This would be bad for the political fortune* of Edward Cooper and A. 8. Hewitt But Grandfather Peter will never permit a ion, or a son-in-law to throw a scandal upon kis administration. At the some time frankness compels ns to My that Grandfather Peter's canvass is not encouraging. Bat the canvass is young. The people are not aroused. It may be, when the favorites are in the field, the eyes of all honest men will turn toward honest old Peter, even as the great Republic of \ enice turned to the aged Dandolo. History, it is said, repeats itself and who knows but that when the Marine Band begins to play in front of the Capitol at noon on tho 5th of March next it will be glorious old Grandf ather Peter, with his inaugural, who will listen to the music ? Bbibtow's mule case would be an advan tage to him as a candidate for the Presidency. It has enabled him to swear that he is an honest man. IIIsot Points in tit* Republican Can WMa* The withdrawal of Blaine sends fifteen or twenty States drifting. Tho personal power and magnetism of Blaine will be missed. If he can control his partisans we shall have a shaking up of the dry bones. It is now un derstood that so far as the ex-Speaker has any control over the Convention he will sup port Washburne. But tho uncertainty which this produces is favorablo to the Great Unknown. The first great Convention of the republican party, that which nominated Lincoln, was in some respects like this soon to assemble at Cincinnati. When the party met there were three or four leaders in the advance, as Conkling, Morton and Bristow are now. Seward was leading, with New York behind him, with certain West ern States in his favor, and tho general sen timent of the republican party throughout the country demanded his nomination. But there was a Great Unknown, who came to the front in the person of Abraham Lin coln. It was an advantage to Lincoln that the Convention was held in Chicago. He was at home and his friends were around him. So when his name was mentioned he had ten thousand neighbors to howl in his favor. A.nd they bawled and howled with such iffect that the measured eloquence of Evarts, rho spoke for New York, and the burn ing oratory of Schurz, who then made his appearance in national politics as the leader of the Wisconsin delegation, were of no effect. It became necessary to nominate Lincoln to preserve the peace. The.holding of the Convention it Cincinnati will be an advantage for Mr. Hayes, especially if the weather is not too warm and the Cincinnati boys are in good ihouting trim. A well drilled claque is of ks much use in a convention as in a theatre on the first night of a new play. The friends of Conkling outside of New York need have no anxiety about tho voice of tho State. The Hon. Thomas Murphy, Colonel Howe, Mr. Davenport and other local statesmen will seo that the music, vocal and instru mental, is supplied. A couple of thousand Of New York boys under the experienced command of these gentlemen will make a noise that will astonish even a State which glories in the much-resounding Allen. It is an open secret also that there were some quieter methods used in behalf of Lin coln. Ho had friends discreet enough to throw a couple of cabinet portfolios into the balance when it was trembling. One was tossed to Indiana and the other to Pennsyl vania. Indiana received the Interior for Caleb B. Smith and Pennsylvania the War Office for Simon Cameron. But there will be no trading at Cincinnati either on the part of Conkling or Washburne. It will be a square fight and an honest victory if either of these gentlemen wins. Ir Bbistow really means to have a popular support for tho Presidency let him remove tome of the odious restrictions that surround the Custom House. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Farm hands arc wanted In Michigan. Sixty thousand people irve id New Haven, Conn. An English critic thinks thai coroners ought not to wcrk by the piece. When tbo fast train reached Chicago Rose Eytinge lent Lawrence Barrett a beautiful bouquet. A Paris, Ky., man telegraphed to his father in Ger many and rocelved a reply within lour hours. M. tialienga says that the rivers arn the cyosores of Italy, and that the Arno is a disgrace to Florence. Henry Waticrson denlea that he haa ever received a penny Irom Mr. Ttlden or from any of Mr. Tllden'a agents. At Bangor, Me., the fnshionablo atnusoment is mak ing excursions on the river on raits. One party num bered 13a The gossip about Theodore Tllton's being drunk irinle lecturing in the West, results, when silted, In Itevor of Tliton. Sir J. Hantien, sn Englian Judge, says It is Impossible ?owadays to tell Irom a lady's manner whether she is respectable or not. Llborty, s.iys Montesquieu. consists principally in the impossibility of being lorced to do a thing which (he law doesn't command. Mr. Bowles thinks that If the republicans noinlnato ?Washburne the democrats will pal Judge Davis against ?ltn so as to carry Illinois. Womanly modesty lins been likened to an onion, ?rh?'h is composed of successive folds, and these being ?tripped off ono by one, there la lound to be nothing lell The Athenmm, sn authority In musical matter*, Stakes this mistake"M. Offenbach's first concert at the Philadelphia Centennial Festival waa a very great Mccoss." It Is claimed that the new treaty with the Sandwich Islands will result In the extermination of the Islauders by the irruption of Chinamen, who will work on sugar plantations. Mrs. l.ivermore Is a motherly-looking woman of ?fly, and she saya that to a proposal ot m-irrtage girls freqvently answer "Yes" wbeu they are aware that they ongbt to anawer "No." In Sunday morning's mall we received from Mr. J. A. Pierce, ol Chicago, a copy of Thursday's New York Ukrai.d which he bought in Chicago on that day at ien minutes past ten o'clock V. M. The danger of restriction in liquor selling in England la said to bo that the moderate drinker wuttld be made inromforiablo without beeping iho drutiknrd In m felting all ihe liquor he wamod in nn underhand way. John Macnlm I.udimv, in ail Kngllxh book, declares that ihe Declaration of Indepenrienro has been a sotirco ol inllnttc mischief, and that thn p.iH-ionate and do elaraatcry rhetoric of That document hat loft s stain |o till- hour on m??t of the political oratory and writing Of the til lied States. The Xxaminrr says that the want of breeding shown by the average Englishman ot the lower middle class ?trlkes us .m less offensive than tho positive bad breed ing constantly exhibited by many of the clam above turn, who seem to think thetr position insecure unless MMMI vttlk awMrctllMs lot?Uiwc? CABLE NEWS From All Parts of the Old World. Italian Honor to American Nationality. French Workingmen Not Likely To Be Rep resented at Philadelphia. SPANISH CONSTITUTIONAL CONCESSIONS FRANCE. THE INDUSTRIALS* DELEGATION FOB AXXBICA NOT WELL 8UFPORTID. Paris, Jane 4, 1878. The Droitt dr l1 Homme ssys tho proposed sending of a workmen's delegation to the Philadelphia Exhibition threatens to be a failure, as scarcely $10,000 havo been eoilected, which will barely suffice for twenty-lire dele gates. A COKMCXIST MTRDKRSR KSNTEKCBD TO DSATR. A prisoner named Diord has been sentenced by court martial to suffer death (or taking pait in the massacre of tho Dominicans at Arcucil during the seigo of tho Commune. GEORGE BAND'S HEALTH. Iaindo5, June 6, 1878. A Paris despatch to the Daitg A'cwi says thero la hope that Goorgo Sand Is now out of danger. SPAIN. CABnrST CONCESSIONS TO PROVINCIAL LOT A LISTS. Madrid, Juno 4, 1878. The bill suppressing the fUeros has been Introduced la tho Senate. COSSTITrnOKAL provisions. It provides that nil Spaniards Fbnll be liable to mili tary conscription and taxation alike, with these excep tions:?Persons in the Basque Provinces who supported King Alfonso during the late war aro exempted from conscription lor ten years, and thoao who suffered per secution for tho Alfonslst cause aro exempted lrom payment of taxes for the same term. THB STATE OF SIEOE. Sar Sebastian, Juno 4, 1870. General Qoesada has ordered the stato of siege In the Province of Santandcr to be extended. Several suspected Carllsts have been expelled from Biscay. ITALY. COMPLIMENT BT THE CBOWN TO THB AMERICAN PEOPLE. Rows, Jane 4, 1878. Klnc Victor Emmanuel has aecepted the Honorary Presidency ol the Philadelphia commutes for th? erec tion of a statue of Columbus. RUSSIA. HBAYT FAILURE OF A COMMERCIAL FIRM. London, June 5, 1878. The Manchester Examiner publishes advices from Moscow that the firm of Perponsboff Brothers, ex tensively engaged In Siberian and Asiatic trade, have failed, with liabilities estimated at 1,000,003 roubles $800,000 gold. THE INDIAN WAR. ADDITIONAL MURDERS BT THE REDSKINS? MORE BUCKS TAEINO TO THE WARPATH?RE INFORCEMENTS ORDEBED TO THB SCENE OF HOSTILITIES. CttKTKSSB, Wy. T., Jane 4, 1878. Three men were killed by the Indians this morning on Cedar Croek. fortv miles south of Sidney and twelve miles west of Riverside. Tho Indians are thought to have been Cbeyennes on their way north from Re pabhend Valloy. A courier who arrived at Fort Laramie to-dny from the Red Cloud Agency reporta additional departures of young warriors for the north. Eight companies of the Fifth cavalry have been ordered from tbo Department of Missouri to Fort Larnmio. One hundred and twenty Snake Indians have be?n enrolled at Camp Brown, all well armed, and have I stnrtqri to meet General Crook to co-operate with him In the campaign. CAVALBT TO BB CONCENTRATED IN THE BLACK HILLS. St. Loris, June 5, 1878. Detachments of the Firth cavalry at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, and Fort Hayes, Kansas, aro nnder ordors to proceed to tha Black Hills onuntry, and will start as soon as relieved.by the Inrantrynow m route to those posts from Fort Leavenworth. It is i the Intention ol the government to mass all tho cavalry in the Black Hills region and garrison tho frontier I posts with infantry. THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. tbs ethos conmr board 07 chabities bell MOT APPROVED. Alh.ixy, N. y., Jobs 4, 1S78, Governor Tl'.dcn baa deposited in tbe Secretary of State's office the bill entitled, "An act to provido for tbe creation of a Board of Charities and for a oetter administration of tbe public charities in tbo county of King*," with tbo memorandum, "Not approved." The Governor procooda to nay:? This bill ereatea a novrl and eccentric appointing power. In which It vests tli? authority to appoint ? commission of twelve persona, who ?hall be eorernora of the charities of Kings connty. In the count? .luilj-e nnd the Sheriff of the county, who nre to meet at the flheriira ofticc and til agtres upon Iwelve persons who are to constltnte atich commissloa, nnd If they do not acres within ten daystbe I'ounty Judge is to appoint alx nnd the Sheriff la to appoint atx ot the governors, and If either faili lor twenty dara to appoint hla share, the governors ap pointert are to fill the vacancies. These provisions, in eflect, divide the appointments between the Judex nnd tbe Sheriff. Thru officer* hare no motive to make any sacrifice of preference fo* the pnrpou of effect In pc nn agreement. The only conseqnence of not agreeing is tbat ench of thane ortlcern will have the ab?oliits power to appoint one half of the governor*. In prnctle* nix governors will be named by the I'ounty Jndce and alx by the Sheriff, The practice whlrh ha* grown up In administrative boards of dividing public traita among tbe Individual member* as if there w.'ra it private property In the patronage Involved In them la Itaelf an abn?e el power and a breach of Iran. I"hln billeommanda such a distribution bet ween Iwo pnhlicofflrera and for tlie psrpooe ot effecting (neb distribution iietween two political parties it aaaamei ihat the main conalderatton lalh ittheafoli.nl office should be fairly divided, and ig Onrea the rl-his and interests of the public In the admlnlt tratlon of offidal tmsts. The conf the Nary to reinstate [ them to anawor such charges aa may bo prtfirrMl, | wbicb, 11 la nndoratood, ha will 4% THE BRAZILIAN EMPEROR. TIHTT OF THZ IMPERIAL TARTT TO NIAOA11A? THEIB 1MPBB8810N8 BXPOBE THZ GBBAT WOW DEB OW AMEBICA?A COMTABIOS WITH THE TALL OP PAUIX) APFONSO. NI AO ABA FALUJ, June 4, 187ft. The Imperial party arrived h'-re this morning at balf-pust eight o'clock. Owing to the destruction of sonic bridge on the Pennsylvania Central Kailroad, the Emperor and unite were obliged to pass through Emporium and HufRUo. From the latter point a H|>eiial train conveyed them to the Niagara station, where they were wholly unexpected. After a short delay, waiting for the arrival of carriages, the party were driven to Fulton's International Hotel, where rooms were already prepared for their reception. Ills Majesty the Kmperor wishing to drive atonceto visit ITospect l'ark, he was a little amaaed to find that in a free country he could not do so until after church hours. Their Majesties remained In the hotel until the hour of service at the Catholic church, where ho ATTENRKR MARS with all the members of his suite. After divine ser vice their Majesties drove down to the American Falls. The Emperor was very much struck with the magnificent scene presented, and said that Niagara was hilly equal to all he had heard of it. Comparing it with the grand Brazilian waterfall of Paulo Affonso, His Majesty said that Niagara was the more beautiful, but that IMulo Atlbnso, in savage grandeur and mass of water, prevailed over its American rival. The Empress also expressed her self charmed with TUB MAGNIFICENT SCENERY of the Falls, nntl it was universally conceded by the members of the suite that Niagara alone repaid the troubles and annoyances of the voyage to see lt As a souvenir of the imperial visit Ills Majesty ordered that a photograph of the whole party should be made, showing the Falls of Niagara in the dis tance. The order was executed on the spot, and several negatives of the Imperial party grouped about the Emperor and Empress wero successfully taken. THE SUSPENSION BRIIXJK. was then crossed, and Ills Majesty found himself on Canadian soil, where he could .command a complete view of the various falls. His Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Viscondo Dc Bom Retlro, Vice Admiral De Umono and Chevalier Arthur Macedo, descended the path leading undor the Ilorse Shoo Falls and penetrated under the Immense sheet of spray. His Ma jesty leadlug the imperial party. Dressed UP In yellow looking oil suits, the Imperial party cut a strange tlgure and got thoroughly welt ban tered by the Empress on the beauty of their per sonal appearance. As there was a good deal ol wind the expedition under the Horse Shoe was any thing but pleasant, and before the visitors got back they had been treated to A GOOD SHOWER BATH which was certainly cooling. Visits were then made to the Museums, whose owners made a good harvest. In the evening Goat Island was visited, and their Majesties greatly admired the grandeur of the rapids. They say the visit to Niagara has been one of the most delightfnl incidents of their Ameri can tour. At. three P. M. to-morrow the Emperor, Empress and suite start for Montreal, passing by rail to Toronto, and thence down through the Thousand Islands. The Duke of Saxe Cobourg returns to New Yors. He will rejoin their Majesties at Philadelphia. CUBA. MAXIMO OOMEZ JTGHTINO FIEBCELY WITH TH* WAKIABDS?THB INSUBOENT8 BEPULBED. Havaxa, Jane 4, 1878 The town of Ciego de Avllla, In tho Jurisdiction ot Santo Spirttu, was attaoked on the night of May 26 by the Insurgent leader, Maximo Gome*, with 1,600 men, most ot them mounted. A GAtXAXT DRfKXCR. The place was defondod by a garrison 400 strong. The insurgents were repulsod alter desperate fighting, and retired without being pursued. LOSftK*. They lost thirty killed and aboot seventy wounded. The Spanish casualties were two officers killed and threo men wounded. MURDER AND SUICIDE. SAD RESULTS OT POVEBTT?A WOMAN AND CHILD THB VICTIMS. St. Louis, Jnne 4, 1878. At a coroner's Inquest which was beld at Belleville, III, yestorday, on tho bodies found in tho woods near there on the 2d Inst., tho barkeeper of tbe Tiemann House, of Belleville, identified them as thoso or a lam ilv that stopped at that bouse from the 4th to the 31st of May. The man registered as Josepn May, of Kvaos villo Ind., and lclt a trurk at the Tiemann House, In which was louort photographs or the deceased persons and a hymn book with tbe name Christian Becker in scribed therein. The supposition is that the woman was a sister of tieorge Becker. The verdict ol tho Jury was to tbe effect that May shot tho woman ana child and then killed hlmselt It is supposod that poverty led to the act. the devouring element. a BUTT AND SAW MILL BURNED. Pobtsjioctii, N. H., Jnne 4,187ft, A grist and saw mill at Hampton, which is owned by a Mr. Walker, was burned last night. The loss Is esti mated at $8,00a Insurance small. BOX TACTOBT BURNID?THE LOSS AND IN SURANCE. Bai.tibobs, Jnne 4, 187ft. Tbe box laclory of J. IL Tbleuieyer & Co., which was situated in Uhler's alley, between Charles and Hanover streets, was burned this morning. I-oss. *14.000. It was Insured In tho loliowing named companies ?ltoyal Canadian; Bangor, of Maine, Allemxnia. ol Pltistmrg; Sun, of Philadelphia; Oermanla. of Newark; Miglnia State, and Standard, ol New Jersey. DESTRUCTIVE STOBM. I.bbason, N. H., Jnne 4, 187ft Tho heaviest thunder storm whleh has occurred In this vicinity for years passca over hero last night. Three Inches of rain fell in two honrs. washing out tho highways and badly damaging the crops. TBS MOtlTXISO struck the barn of J. (iorrish, whleh Is situated about a milo from this village, causing a flr?? whleh en ttrelv consumed both the barn and its contents. Mr. Oerflsh's loss is ostimated at $3,000 and is partially covered by insurance. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Was I)RrART*riT. ) Office op thb Cniicr jtmsAL Oppicbb, J Wasiiisotos, Jute 6-1 A k. ) frtbalrilitit*. for Monday, In tbe South Al'antle States, rising baromeior, eooior northwest winds, closr or clearing weather will prevail. For tbe Hull States, stationary or higher pressure, diminishing northerly winds, shirting to warmer, southerly on the coast an J generally clear weather. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, stationary or rising barometer, northwest to southwest winds, cooler, loilowed by warmer, clear weather. For the Upper Mississippi snd I^wer Mlssonrl val leys, southerly winds, (ailing barometer, snd warmer, cl<>ar weather For the tipper lake region, westerly winds, cooler followed by warmer, partly cloudy weather. For the lower lakes, cooler north nnd west winds, rising barometer and pertly cloudy westher. For the Middle States, cooler northwest winds, rising barometer, clear or partly cloudy weather, except pos sibly on the Immediate const. For Now England, falltnir followed by rising barome. ter, northeast to northwest winds, cooler, cloudy and rainy, followed l?y clearing weather. Tho rivers will chango but liltle. THE WEATHER TEHTERDAT. The following record will show the changes In tho temperature lor the past twenty-four hours, In com parison with the corresponding date ot last year, aa indicted by the thermometer at liudnul'a pharmacy, ...... ?>?????- Wl m tm 3 x m. 57 ?? 3 :30 P. M 82 M ? a. M 57 ?? ? I' M 7ft 7:. OA M ? 7ft U P. M ?W .0 12 M 7ft 84 12 P. M 0ft 70 Averago temperature yssterday Average temperature for corresponding date last INT. - The Trip Safely Accomplished in Eighty Hours and Twenty Minntes. ENTHDSIASTIC RECEPTION IN SAN FRANCISCO Details of the Concluding Portions of the Journey. THE APPARENT AND BEAT, TIME. tU* Fraxcisco, June 4, 1870. The Jarrott * Palmer transcontinental train arrived here at 9:39 A. M., local time, having left New York at 12:42 A. M., Now York tuno, on Thursday, 1st Inst. In other words, the trip across tho Continent was made in eighty hours and twonty minutes, calendar time. The trip Klnco leaving Klko station, where my last despatch was dated, was won derful (or swiftness over mountain range and through doep valleys. As each station was passed tho excite ment grew apace, and tho party was received with that enthusiasm and hospitality peculiar to tho Pacific coast. this sixcraa of thk trif has caused grant siitisfM-tlon this stile of the Sierra*, and, though the people are accustomed to great eflorta, our Journey across tho Continent elicits wonder and astonishment hero in Cnlltornla. Everybody sooms surprised that tho party Is not fkttgued to a degree ot exhaustion, and the ovation wo received was one only to bo expocted on this sirio the Sierra Nevadas. Indeed, the closicg semes of our journdy woro more exciting than any that preceded, for we wero treaiod moro like horoes from a battle field than as men who had peaceably sat in a railroad ear to bo whirled across tho Continont on half time. Nono of tho passengers, sensible us they were that the achievement was wonderful, ever dreamed that tho people of a whole city wonld turn out m matte, on a bright Sabbath morning, to wolcome eigh teen or twenty gentlemen who would ruther slip oat of sight than face a multitude of oxclted citlxons. But so It Is. Ever since we set fool on the pavoments of San Francisco wo havo been surroundod By Tnttoaos or fkoplk who, If any one opened his lips to a personal friend, clustered about him, eagerly catching the few disjointed sentences dropped by a speaker who had crossed the American continont from the Atlantic to the Paciflo In less than three days and a halt I now go back to Klko and rosume tho RKCOltD OP OUR JOt'RKXY. On leaving Klko at 4:25 P. M., alt#r bidding you good night, we ran the same locomotive, No. 148, some 300 miles; yet not a Journal was heated, and the en glno seemed to bo in excellent trim. The scenery, though mado monotonous by tho eternal sago brash, was sufficiently varied in formation to glvo renewed in terest to this portion of the trip. THK RPKKO despite tho curves and grades was tremendous, tor wo made flfty-flvo miles In flfty-four minutes on this divi sion. At Carlin wo met tho eastern bound train thai had left San Francisco Friday morno described when tho correspondent pulled from his pocket copies of tho IlKKAi.n printed In the office Thursday morning. Nothing more improasod me with tho giguntlc strldo we had made in travel t.nan this Inci dent Of course I cannot indulge in the luxury of describing by telegraph the wonderful scenery along the route of our Journey last night, so 1 will confine myself to giving your readers a R.Win SKKTCQ of our experiences having tho last sixteen hours of our long and eventful ri?!o on a rail The Central Pacific decided to run engino 149 from Ogden to Oak land, opposite this city, a dlstanco of 881 miles. The feat seemed impr>s.?iblo, yot U was accom plished. It was, however, a risky experiment, and none of the party would care to assist in another such demonstration of mechanical power. It must also be said that In using this solitary engine tho Central lost fully ono hour in stoppage* consequent upon the condition ot the locomotive, and thus robbed us of that tlmo in crossing tho Continent. The officials of the road wore, howovor, earnest and untiring In their eflorts to secure success through tho entire trip. To run such an engino nearly 1,000 miles was a powerful test of iron and steel I sit in the Paiace Hotel with a steady table, at last, under my hands. I am free to confess that none of the party who knew anything of railroad travel wero ignorant that the ex periment was A DAXG . aorS O.ia, though we had at tho time no approbation of danger, as the cars ran smoothly, and the caro taken I by the officials was constantly manifrat. On the route beyond Truckee we found Mr. Fellows, the Superin tendent of the Sacramento and Oregon division, in charge of the train, ho having on the day before instructed tho officials along the line to Insuro our safety. At Wmn^muo'-J Engineer R ce took charge of tho locomotivo to Wudsworth, a distance ol 13ft miles thence Engineer S. R. Jenkins had his band on the levor a distance of 70 miles, .when Small re-entered the oab and ran us Into Oakland sale and sound. THK TOTAL niSTASCB travelled by the locomotive from Ogden was 881 miles, tho time 22 hours and 38 minutes; average speed per nour, 40 miles. The fraction gained by tho preceding four ronds over this averago was sufficient to moke the AVKIlAtiK SI'KRO for the entire trip fully forty-two miles per hour. As there will no doubt be considerable controversy ovtr tho actual lirao consumed on tbls trip, 1 subfect a minute calculation furnished tuo by Professor Ueorgo Davidson, Chief of the United States Service on this const. It affords a clearer conception ot the time in all Its phases than any am mat of descriptive writing I might he tncllued to Indulge In. Difference in longitudo in time between Jersey City pier ant various points, on san Francisco Bay. Irom the United Slutes Coast Survey record: Oakland Point, west of Jersey City pier, 3b. 13m. 7s.; Oakland lerry slip, west of Jersey City pier, 3h. 13m. 10s.; Market street slip, west of Jersey City pier, .In. J3m. 27?. With the above da'a and tho reported time of the arrival of tho lightning train this day wo obtain tho actual time of running as follows ?Between Jersey City and Oak land Point, lightning train left Jersey City pier June 1, 111. 3in. ; arrivoa at Oakland Point June 4, 9&. 22m.' apparent running tlmo. 80b. 1Mb., and diflerence of longitude, 3h. 13m. 7s.; actual timo occupied in running botween Jersey City and Oakland Point 83 hours. S3 minutes 7 sooouds. Between Jersey City and leaving Oakland ferry slip:?l.ightning train left Jersey City pier June 1, 1 hour 3 minutes; boat left Oakland ferry slip Juno 4, 0 hours 29 minutes; npparm, running time, 80 hours 2f? minutes; add difference ot longitude, 3 hours 13 minutes ]ft second?actual tlmo occupied in running between Jer acy City and Oakland ferry slip, within the corporate limits of the city ot San Franciseo, 83 hours 39 min utes 16 sccoRd3. Between Jersey City and Market street ferry slip?Lightning train loft Jersey City pter June 1, 1 hour 3 minutes; arrived at Market street ferry j slip, San Francisco, 4th, 9 hours 43 minutes 18 sec oods; apparent tinio, so hours 40 minute* 18 seconds; add diflerence of longitude, 3 hours 13* minutes 27 seconds; actual time occupied In running between Jersey City to Market street ferry slip, San Francisco, 83h. Mm. 46s. By these calculations Hrrai.d readers will see that we left New York city by the ferry at 12h. 43m. A. M., June 1; .arrived at Oak land wharf, within flan Fraucisro limits, 9b. 29ia on June 4. The time from Now York cliy to San Fran ctsco, alter allowing for difference of time eiactly cal cslated, waaNfc. 49m. Ma.; the time trom Jsney civ to Han Fracdseo, actual time, din?renc? of longlt^^ allowed, 83b. SWn. l?s. TIIK ARRIVAL. ' J?>?P from tbe train in the city of San Fran ciseo. As ibo morning papers bad lolttunlcd tbe possible arrival of the party about ulne o'clock, tbero waa a freal coocour.-e of people at the wharf to witness the landing of ibe excursion lata, and all along Market street tbe sidewalks were thronged wltb citizens demonstrating their grati llcation at tbe aale arrival ol tho ligbiutng train. Aa Ibo carriages were driven into tho Inner court of the Palace Hotel tbo crowd burst out with enthusiastic shouts of welcome. Koyally could have received no greater token of respect and admiration than were show ered upon evory traveller a* he alighted from his car riage. Tbe spacious office where we bad to roglsler our names was at once Oiled wltb acrowd pushing lerward to catch a glimpse of our dusty countenances. A dozen bauds grasped out a, and we were In actuul danger thereby. Tbero was associated with the curiosity inamfcsted a very gratifying interest In our personal safety, lor It could hardly bo ex|?rcted that snoh a lengthy trip, at such remarkable speed, could be accomplished without giving rise to the apprehension that accident was at least possible. oca atrKPTtox was truly genuine, and improsscd us with the enthusi asm of tho gonorous, hearty citizens of the Pacific slope, whose better acquaintance we sball all bo glad to cultivate during our sbort stay amoog them Warren Iceland, the leasee, had prepared a breakfast for the parly and wo found assomblod tho leading ctti sens ot Man Francisco, beaded by Mayor Iiryunt, await Itig our entrance. Alter a hearty meal tho prophesied San Kranc.isco breakfast cauio to an cud with toasts and congratulatory speeches by Atlantic and Pacific speakers, who thus clasped bands across the entire Continent. The enormous bundles of Thursday's lUau.ns brought by your agent were meanwhile selling at falmlous prices In tbo streets of the city, and thus tho transatlantic journey was endod and passed into the history of tho ceutennlal year. WHAT 18 THOUOHT OF THE P4HT TRAIN IN TUB WKST?HOME FAST TRir? ON TUB NEW TORS CENTRAL ROAD. Boston "Tho fast train across the Continent natotally raises tho question, Why ,is it tbat fast travelling on ibo rail Isn't more popular tu this country ? Hiding at the rate of sixty or seventy miles an hour is said by competent authorities to be no more dangerous than riding at tho rate of forty or Ofty miles an hour, and railroad kings like Coin modoro Vanderbllt, Colonel Scott and John W. (?arrett are uuoasy wben making less than a mile a in initio, in Kngln'ud uiucb faster time is mado on the railroads llinu in ibis country, the express trains over the Great Northern Ksilroud usually making between sixty-nine and seventy miles au hour. I lie Inchest speed over attained on tho Kuglish rallwiys is seventy eight miles au hour, wbllo In Ihls country the lastvst lime on record wss mado by a train running Irom Syra cuse to Kocliesior, N. Y., tbe distance?eighty-one miles?having been aocoiupllshed in sixty-one min utes." Chicago Intru-Ocean, June 3:?"The special excur sion train from New York to San Frsnctsco, which ex pects to reach the latter place on ibo fourth day from Now York, was whirling through New York, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Iudtaua and Illinois yesterday, and at this writing seems likely to accomplish its feat. It rnn 444 miles yesterday wlttioul stopping?a (oat unexampled, as Mr. lioyd telegraphs, In the history of tbe world. 1 he train arrived in tills city at ten o'clock last night, and a lew minutes later the Nkw York Hkkai.o ol yes terday morning was delivered at this oiBco," Clinton (Iowa) Age:?"The Nrw York Hrrald of yesterday, June 1, 1870, was rcceivod here at hslf past one A. M. this morning, having been carried 1,061 miles in twenty-ono hours and iorty-flvo minutes, a leat never belore performed and probably for some years will not be rupoatod. As a matter ot record and for further Information about tho lost train, wo feproduco in tho columns ot the Age of this dale, Jane, 2, Is 70, an article from tbe Nkw York Hkkai.d of Jnno 1, 1870. This article was put in type before two o'clock, and at ten minutes past two A. M. tbo Agr. will go to press and will lie distributed throughout tho cttv, so that we place upon tho pre mites of our city subscribers extracts from the Nkw York Hkrai.d. clippyd Irom tho paper itself, which paper was primed only some twenty-llvo hours boloro the samo was re produced In the Clinton Age." Fort Wayne (Ind.) (SatrtU:?"For tho flrst tlmo In tho history ol tho world tho New York morning papers woro rocelved in this city boforo sunset of the saino day. On yesterday ovening at seven o'clock wo re ceived the New York IIkiiai.u of Juno 1, addressed to tho (iaxettf, eighteen hours from tho time It loft tho press. DcuDtlt, the proprietor of the I1bkali>, bas the eccrgy and push to bo cuceesslul, and tbe prosperity of tbe Hkram> isu living witness to his unlirlngenergy. Tbe IIkralii was earned from Now York on Jurrctt 7c Palmer's last transcontinental train which .'eft tbat city yesterday morning for Sau Kranclseo, wnero it will arrirn li. three days and tweivo hours. Such an undertaking, if predicted even twenty years ago, would have been considered chimerical. A trip Irom oceun to ocean In eighty-lour hours. The llr.st nineiy miles w.is made In ono hour and forty min utes. The train was on time st this city. Twenty-four passengers were on hoar.', including tho correspond entsof tho London Times, the Journal tin l)rbau and the 11erim>. The train consists of a locomotive, a baggage car, a combined commissary and smoking ear and a Pullman palace hotel oar. There arc but live principal stopping places between New York ond San Francisco, 'fnis trip no doubt will stand as the fsstost timo and longest continuous run on rocord for years to come." FAST TRAINB ON THE CENTRAL ROAD. In 1871, Mr. W. U. Vanderbllt, who was West, having been telegraphed to moot tho Commodore in Albany, left Chicago on a special train, and at Cievelund at tached to the regular "Atiantio express," which ha-l been hold there two hours. This train consisted of eleven cars, but It made up tbo timo lost, so that the whole run Irom Chicago to Albany was mado in twenty hours, and to New York In twenty-four hours. The peculiarity of this run was tbat, out of tho whole distance of 081 miles, tsH) miles were mad - with a regular train, mach above average stee, making all tbe stops on the timo table to act down and reeoive passengers and baggage. lu 1872 Mr. W. H. Vanderbllt, accompanied by somo other persons connceted with the road, left buffalo on a special train at twolve noon, and reached Albany at | twenty minutes 10 six P. M., r-tining a distance of 300 miles in 340 mlnutos, including stoppages. Tbe speed of this train while In motion was uniformly sixty miles an 'hour, the extra forty mmuies boing consumed In the stoppages. No especial preparations were made for this run, and It may bo considered one of tho fastest on recortl. Tb'e IIkiiai.u aarly In tho present year ran a spoctal trnln from Niagara Falls to Syracuse, a distance of 15S miles in 1A7 minutes, making two stoppages. Allowing four minutes lor each of tbase stoppages tbe running speed of ihis train was uiioul sixty-four miles per hour and eonsldeilng tbe distance run at that rate, and the Mericimess ami comfort of the train ft may fairly bo con sidered tbe best run ever mado. On the second day of last month a "special" was ruu from New York to carry tho directors and others to tbe l,ake Shore election at Cleveland. ? The distanen Is tUfl miles, snd the limn between termini was thir teen hours nnd ten minutes?being an average speed of forty-eight mile-' an hour, including stoppages. The continuation, at the same average, to Chicago would have nude tho time to that place about twenty and one-half hours. The-e trains were spcelat only in that they were not Ou time schedules, but they, and a large number of others like them, were rnn without any previous prep aration. Of the regular trams iliere wss the IIsrai.o train run during the summer of 137ft, which made many long dashes, including one of ttiirly-Ove miles, at tner.iteol sevsiity-flve miles per hour. The "fast mall" j Is, however, the most striking example of a rapid regu lar train; Its time Ik I ween New York aod Cleveland, KM inil'-s, is fifteen hours and lifteen minutes, tbe average speed, Including stoppages, being forty-one miles per hcur. This rale Is somewhat reduced beyond Cleveland, as there is more time to spare, but If con tinued lo Chicago, as would be perfectly easy, it would reach Ihst place in a III Ile less than twenty.foor hours. It now makes it In twenty-six hours. Tola . train has four large and hesvy cars and carries from I thirty to forty-five tons of mall matter, and It haa lo i be run with a steadiness of motion that will enable Ibo postal clerks lo do fbeir work almost ss well as ihey could in an ofTlrn. On Its lirst trip it consisted of five cars and made a numtior of extra stoppages, but tho time was accurately maintained. During the period ol noarly nine months In which ft has now been running, ihere liavo been but three or fonr occasions when it wax not precisely on time. There is not, prob ahlv. an example any*hero ?f such perfect success in running a heavy train at a high rate of speed. Tbe people connected with Ihe railway mall serviro of the |-ost Oftice Department, who have made extensive In vestigations of the subject, say that, all (mints consid ered. this train has not its equal in the world. SHOT BY A NEOllO BOY. CnnTR.igK, Wjr. T., June 4, 1117ft A young lady named Jennie Martin, fifteen years of age, while walking on Kddy street, of this city, last evening about eight o'clock, In company with a lady friend, was shot in the head and Instsatly killed by a negro noy, aged twulve years. Tbo lad is now in Jail, and the evidence is almost conclusive that he a red the shot Irom s pistol, bat whether InioalloMUy or from what mtiri m ankaown. MARINE DISASTER. liosroM, Jnnfl 4, 1S70L During tho storm last uuhv the schooner H. & Barnes broke from ber anchorage at Rocklaod, Me., and weal ashoro. Sho Ilea In an exposed situation, full of water. A CHALLENGE FROM O'LEARY. 8am fUKINO, June 4, 1876. O'Leary, the pedestrian, on tho l?t mm. sent a chaV lenge to Vuughan, of Cheater, England, who recently walked 120 mile* inside ol twenty-four hour*, to walk two matches, one of twenty-lour hour* ind one ot Nix day*, either in the United Suite* or England, for?MQ to ?1,000 a aide. VELOCIPEDE CONTEST. A great champion velocipede contest for t'M. be tween D. Stanton, the champion or Eogland, and Wilt mm Butler, champion of Kentucky, will take plane at tin' Americau Institute Rink, Sixty-third street and Third avenue, on Thursday, the 8th InaL The dmtanc* i* twenty nnlef, and the raco wilt commenca al eighto'ciock P. M THE EXCURSION SEASON. The first annual excursion of the At. Peter's B. and D. Association will bo made on Thursday next The tug boat II. II. Edge and the barge Caledonia will leawi Vanderbllfg landing, Siaten Itland, at eight JL tL( Stapleion Hi teen minutes later, and an on around tb< Island, stopping at each landing, till Elm Park It reached at ten o'clock. There will be no postponement evon if the weather should prove stormy, and the pro. coeds of ilie afluir will he devoted to the benefit ol tb? church Iroin which the association takes It* name. At Elm I'nrk, on Thursuny next, Esther Barry'i parishes will also hold their annual pirn la A steamel will leave the font of Whitehall street every hour oa that day lor the Park. BAPTISM ON CANARSIE BEACH. Yesterday afternoon tho pastor and congregation ol St. Mark's (colored) Mission of Williamsburg repaired to Canarsto Bench for the purpose of baptizing a num ber of onnvorts who had recntly Jrined the churcU Tho tniBslon is Methodist, hut they believe that th< eunuch that Phillip baptized In the wilderness went down Into tho water, and that, therefore, they must da likewise. Tho announcement of the ceremony attracted a cob slderable crowd, mainly ol Irroverent whites, whose de rogatory remarks was the only thing that mirrod tna ceremony. Ono male and six females were baptized, during tho afternoon by lie v. Thomas G. Vettnb, as stated by Deacon Thomas Brown, tho efleet on the bap tized being to ralso them to an cxtatlc condition, which lound vent in shout or r-oog or dance, one woman na her wiiv to the shore tailing prone Into the water. Th? people of Canaroe seemed averse to the ceremony and it was only ulter urgent entreaty that the pious eol ored people ware enabled to hire a stable is which to elVect their toilets. Their ordinary wearing apparel was exchange*! for a long robe of black serge extruding from the neck to the ankle, the bottom hem being filled vritW shot to hold it down lu the water. Alter everything bad been arranged tho pastor stood at tho edge of the water and appealed to the crowd to deal gently with them, and If they had no respect for the day or tbe ceremony to act both in word and deed as II they were ladies and gentlemen. Tho appeal was effective, except In one instance, nnd the man ofionding wos so profanely abusive that he was led away by other white men. Wr. Veitch then entered the water, and remained there about 150 feet from the shore until seven had been baptised, Deacon Brown escorting 'hem from and to the shore. Most of the women were young, and after being baptlr.ed seemed greatly affected, either bv the water, tbe cere mony or tho unique singing by the choir and congrega tion, who stood on tho shore disputing their position with the rising tide, and raising their voices tit wild melodies duringjhe entire service. At any rate they seemed possesses for tho time being with an oxcen of vitality that impelled tbem to shout nnd jump In tbe water and on the shore until, wiped down, they hud rosumed tlielr ordinary apparel and were rcody for the bomewtrd train. Thirteen more converts will be hap* tized the Drat Sunday In July. OBITUARY. JOHTf H. BCnURI XKT.D, M. V. A cable telegram from London, under date of lhl| morning, reports tho occurrence ot tbe death of Joha H. ScourQeld, member of Parliament for Perabrok* shire. Mr. ScourQeld was Rlxly-etght years of ago. Hi was tho only son of tbo Into Owen Phillips, Esq.,ol Wllliamstowu, but adopted the surname of ins mother, Ann Elizabeth Scourlicld, daughter of Henry *Kcour field, Esq., of Kobcson Hall, Pembrokeshire. He wss educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxlord, and graduated Barbolor of Arts, third class to classics, in 182S, and Master ot Arts in 1833. In tho yenr lMKi he obtained a royal license authorizing him to assume tbo name of ?c*>urllclri. He served as High Sheriff of Pembroke In the year 183a Ho represented tbe con stituency of Haveriord-wost from the luonlb of July, 1X.W, till tho month of November, lsffl, when ho wae elected member lor Pembrokeshire. In politics be wag a conservative-liberal. COMMODORE VANDERBILT. Commodore Vnnderbllt whs In a decidedly Improved rondillon yesterday. His appetite was slightly In proved, and he partook pparinglv or peaches and straw, berries tn addition to bis beef tea. He was sleeping soundly at midnight. ANOTHER INSANE WOMAN. Annio 0'IIira, a married woman, aged thlrty-Ave years, ot No. 348 Hast Seventeenth street, baa boen cepnmted from lior husband two years. A few days ago sbe visited Pntlndclphla and found blm living with another woman. Upturning home she threatened to commit suicide, and early yesterday morning ran Ml ol tbo houso with the intention of drowning horcclf at tlie foot of Nineteenth street. Sbe wax prevented by an officer, who had her removed to Hellevue Hospital, where it wns found that sho was insane. She wai oonslgnd to the cells. LITERAUY CHIT CHAT. Profearor C. Lissen, the greatest of European San> scrlt seljolnr#, died at Bonn last month, aged seventy, tlx. His great work was his "Indtechendlaoho Alter* thumskunilc," In four volumes. ilary Wolstonecralt Is tiio subject of some blograpt. col papers In the fortnightly U'vitw. A life of Henry Thomas Buckle, by Mr. A. B. Hath, who accompanied him la tbo Eastera tour, which tor miuated In his life, is In tbo pross. M. Kenan has published an Interesting volume of '?Dialogues et Fragments l'bllosophique* " Archbishop Manning's new work, '"The Glories of the Sacred Heart," will be Issued In this country by the Catholic Publication Society. A new and great book lor music lovers will be Rleb* ard Wagner's "Leben und Wirlten," by Carl F. Glasen* nap, to be published at I tlflc papera on ?'Early Men in Europe" are joat e? from the press of Harper A Bros. THE SECRET OF COMPLEXIOMAL LOVELIKEJW la to keep the porea open. Olesi'd rtui.mrn Soar does It Hill/a flAltc Dr*. black or brown. ft ? rent*. A. KSPENSCH EI D'8 LKADING STYLE FOR TBI summer. "Alaska Casshnere," tlie nv?t chaate and elegant ? aprciinen " ( a trentlemaa'i dress If at we laare vet seen. Trj thorn, at II* Na'ami at. ______ A be*nett"buu.dino. * riRKFRoor. LOCATED on NASsAL*. 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