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4*11 THE WRECKERS. The Story of Two Lost Ships. A Romance of Forty Years Ago^?Will the Treason Be Recovered! The sunlight g itters keen and bright, Where, miles away, Lies stretching to my dazzled sight A luminous belt of misty light, Beyond the dark pine bluffs and wastes of sandy gray. ? * Ratnob's Island, Joske' Ivlet, I- L,l J#y 30, 1878. f Tho thunder of the surf comes nearor and nearer end the lines of breakers march solidly ono after another, snow while, as if the bones of the ships ground to powder by their teeth hud been stirred from the bottom of the angry depths below. This lea mere spit of Band on which I rest; a dnne erected by the wash of the oternal sea. Here and there 1 find a creek, quite deep, fringed by tall, salty and sedgy grass, running sluggishly out at low tide and fiercely in at the flow. In tho long dank grass I can bear at night, as tho stars rise and tho breakers moan, the plaintive croak of the bulllrog, and then, as tho stars fade away and the dawn breaks gradually over the desolate sands and the mysterious sea, the shrill Whistle of tho snipe Is heard in their wavering (light and tho fluttering of the tiny sandpiper comes from the outer margin of the storm-bound beach. The island, named many years ago lrora a then wealthy family In tho towu of Hempstead who owned It, Raynor'8 Island, is, perhaps, over 100 acres in urea of marsh, or "masu" land, as it is called by tho lew disconsolate or hypochondriac stragglers who visit it In theso days. Forty years ago "beach parties" of belles and their attendant beaux frequented the island from Hempstead, which lies iar Inland, and from Freeport, on the shore side of Hempstead Ray, but now it Ib as forlorn and unknown to New Yorkers as tho oasis of the Soudan. There is but ono house on tho island, kept by a Mrs. Dick Smith, a good-natured and intirm old lady, where in days gono by there were dozens of bathing houses, and it is hardly ever a place of cull but for those who como to get rid of their bile; by snipe Ibooters ana duck hunters; or occasionally a boating party going to I.ong Beach will stop to get a drink of whiskey or a clam fry at Mrs. Dick Smith's. Hut Raynor's Island is moro than auything elso a rendezvous for the wreckers who search for lost ships, and olten the masts of a wrecking schoouor are seen tapering funciluliy in Jones' Inlet, the winds screaming hoarsely through their scant cordage, while the crew delves below lor iorgotleu wealth. This is oun ot the most treacherous and fatal places on the I.ong Island coast lor ships, and tho timbers and spurs of many a noblo vessel torn to pieces tu tho breakers tfler going ashore are hero imbedded in the fathomless beds of sand. Hither I ratrio to look up the irreckcrs and to hsar of their progress in scarcbiug for khe baric Mexico, lost forty years ago near Long Uoach, with Dearly all her passengers and a reputedly fabulous imount oi treasure. Hut wreckers are difllcult beings to Ind, as they go ou their voyages of discovery well prorisloned with coarso fare, locale where they deem most laitablo for their saarch, changing their unchorage at Will and seldom holding communication with tho atiore while at work. This last precaution is to preserve lecrecy In case of a "lucky Dud." A wrecker, like a Bshcrmau, will never tell you where liis "find" has been or what bis luck was, and oftou while searching lor tho bones of a lost ship they will assort firmly that khey are only fishing. looki.no for an ablk skaman. To get at these wreckors aud witness, If possible, Ihelr operations, I had to maka the acquaintance of many or tho "bay men," as the hardy fishermen who live on the shores of the Great South Hay and Hempstead Bay are called. After much questioning and being severely cross-questioned in turn as to what was my purpose, by suspicious pconlo who have little or nothing else to do in these parts but to ask questions, I finally made the acquaintance of a smart and fearless young boatman, George Boydcn by name, whose lathet had followed the so.;s troin tune immemorial, and Georgo's young cousin, a lad ol lourtoen years of age, named Will Griffin, both of whom reside at a place called Christian's Hook, on Hempstead Bay. In talking with George I lound that he knew his business thoroughly and was familiar from early boyhood With every part ot lho coast Ho also lad the inestimable advantage, for myself, ?f having served on a wrecking schooner in Ibo capacity or a working hand at $1J a month and his "grub," as he termed bis daily lore. Will Urillln, tho "lourteeo-ycar-old," knew as much about a boat as any lad I oversaw of his age, and could bo safely trusted to hold tho tiller or haul a sheet tn tho roughest water. After much negotiation and parley, grave in its Dature as that which might occur betweeu Sitting Hull and an Indian Commissioner, a boat was secured which did not have the luclc to possess n name, but was registered of two tons burden, sod went by the name of a "cat'' or a "two-ton cat," as tho clioico might be. I engaged tbo "cat" and George aud Will for a couple of days, or until the wreckers wuro found, and I ascertained that none ol the older boatmen would venture out across tbo utiles of rough bay wntor or to the open sea, and none of them ha 1 gone out lor days, although in New York city the sun bad been at lover beat aud ot a breath of a breeze stirring In Us heated strcots for days previous. * THE URAVCS OF THE UK It SO WE DEAD. "I tell you, sir," remarked George lloydon, after tho ' cat" bad beeo engaged, "you ought to sou tbo graves ot them dead and drownod passengers of them 'ere ships before wo go to look for tbe wreckers. I beerd tell ot them when 1 was a bor, and my father w them come ashore in wagons, the corpses all stifT WUh ice and cold. Thoy are ail in the burying ground down to Kuckvtlle Centre Village. It was ibe talk of Ell tbe country side nt tbe time," added George< pathetically. -Tho pooplo never saw so many dead and drowndod people afore or sinco on this cunt, and the old Cornorcr, Danil Molt?ho was Coroner? had a mighty big Job sottin' on all thcra." 1 thought, therefore, that I would pay a visit to Hockvute Centra Village, aud set forth for the cemetery on a blazing hot fay. I>own here near the sea Micro is but very scant loliago, tbo roads aru sandy where they aro Ot duslv. atld the Klin looked Ilka A mrel mirror in lis reflection, an the rays loll on bush, potato or corn patch, on while houses w.lh green blinds glaring at mo, and bore end there, tu the quiet of a sultry country road, came the bowl of a disturbed larm dog as he spied the Stranger on Ins way. Slowly the main road, a circuitous one at bent, emerged Into a corner or cross road, where tbcio was a little country atore in which a pair ol boors r a smoked bam might bo purcbaaod, and in another moment I saw ttic aquaro white wooden lower of tho vlllnge churcli surrounded by agrav yard lull ol tombs, and beyond and to tbo left a rural lauo (lank-d by green lidus and the house of the minister who *urv?il tho church and its congregation w.th spiritual comfort. 1 entered the eiKlo-uro no.b rang a bell, which was Answered lay a young girl, who informed nio that tho minister was in, nnd would see me in a moment. | Wiiile waiting in tho noatly furnished parlor a tall, |rave-look!ug gentleman, attired in ministerial black, rnlered tho room nud bado mo welcome. This win liio Ret It H. Ilulseliari. pastor ol the Kirsl .Methodist : Church ol Km kvillo Ccutre. I explained briefly to tin' reverend geiitietniii tny object snd the desire 1 hsd to tee the graves ot the Ill-fated passengers of the lost ships, wbo had long been forgotten in these paria excepting Irotn the hearsay ol old crocs nud tho lips ot a lew old inhabitants who had been present on the drrnd occasion. The reverend gentleman procured a key for tho goto o! the cemetery, nnd we walked down the latin to the cmrai.ce ot tho eburcli < no Insure. I nlastcuug the gale Ilia clergyman reverently entered between Ibe thickly studded graves, until we csine to n less thickly aopulsteu part of tho churchyard, and tliero rose he<orc us a mound ol large size, with a tall while sbnit 1 armoiintiug lb anirwnacit iso storm. "There you can -co tho stone erected by the towns- I teople, partly by tho money und vsluublea taken trom | h ibe unknown bodies and partly by subscriptions made i f ly Ibe town itaatl," remarked Mr. Hulsetiart. "Ihat | ? many year* ago."' added lie, "and I wns not here. nor am I old enough to recollect the occurrence; hut I i have heard very mucu of the ??d disaster from those ' who llvad in the neighborhood; and once, while noid- ! ng services in tbo charcli jouuer, live ytsra ainco (it i dm been rebuilt), reference having been made to tho \ shipwreck, an old gentlemen stood up in the meeting ] aii't a ilil that he was a survivor ul the wreck and hud . been almost miraculously rfcuwl Irom tho waieri uu that terrible night lu the storm when many ol the t iniKrunts were fru/.bu to death belore they were brought ssliore. There was an old gentleman I tn the meeting who had agisted to bring ' tho geulleinan who stood up in mooting I ashore, uud he also arose, ana tho first speaker, ivuoi > name waa the Bev. John Cowan, and who had been suvca, clasped tho hand of tho man who had saved Ins life thiriy-Uve years be.ore, and both men wept freely. During all that lime," said Mr. Hulsehart, "these two meu had never seeu each other irom the latal January mgnt so many years gone by. Mr. Cownu was a poor emigrant then, and educated himself afterward lor the ministry, lie was, I believe, irom the North of Ireland." AFTKK FORTY YEARS I knelt down iu tho grass that nourished on tho grave of IQo victims ol the storm and breakers nod copied the inscriptions, that were quite worn and partly Illegible. Iho versos of the local pool thereon I engraved might hare been belter?they could hardly I have been worse; but the feeling that'inspired tlioin ' will serve as a vory good excuse for the wretched rhyme ana worse grammar displayed. It will i>o ohserved that the stone covers the victims of both disasters?the wreck uf the Bristol as well us the Mexico, To the memory ol 77 persons, $ v chiefly trotn England and Ireland. J v beiug i ne only remains of lriu souls, 5 v composing tho passengers and crew $ 5 of tho 3 5 American ship Bristol, ? { Captain MoKowu, $ ; wrecked on Ear Kockauruy Beach ; J .November H, UM. $ On tho other side of the stono wus the inscription in regard to the loss of the Mexico. "1 heard thul it to ,k over lorty country wagons to bring the bodies ot tho unfortunute victims, und many of them worn naked, und their white bodies were soft and bard as if made ot meiul,'' gravely remarked the clergyman standing at the gravs side. A , , ; To tho memory 01 02 oersons, $ s chiefly emigrants Irom England aud Iroland, 5 > being the only remains of 115 souls, 5 v the passengers and crow ol the American bark ; j Mexico, j V Captain Wlnslow, 5 J $ wrecked on Hempstead Bonch $ I ? January 2, 1837. j "The low survivors ol the Mexico that carao ashore ; Hinted nt 11,at tune that tho crew and c.mtun had lost I their reckoning; wero out oi provisions, having been | n loug tluic iu pussago, and the crew was thoroughly exhausted with hard work. There were no pilots to bo j lotind nnd no light was seen, and thus ihu vessel came i driving and tumcllng ashore in iho breakers on that j awtul night ot IhoNow Year's day, so many years ago," This was the minister's soliloquy, spoken aloud, ns he i looked on while I copied the poetry intendod by Its author to embalm the drowned passengers In immortal romotnbranco. 'Ami I am told,'' said Mr. Hulsehart, 'that these two mournful nccid tils were the cause of tho repeal ot the ihcu unwise and inotiicieut pilotage laws," Tho verses were as follows:? > In this Grave from the Wide Ocean doth Sleep, $ ; Tho bodies of those that hath Crossed Tho Hoop, } ^ And Instead of being handed Sale tin The Shoro 5 { In A Cold Frosty Night They All Wero No More. 5 < )//// //^^//// //////////////////////// // / / // // 'There whs iv proposition, 1 bclievo. inudo to erase those verses," remarked the pnstor, as wo walked slowly and thoughtfully from the mouud, I thinking of the long procession ot nuked and frozen bodies us they wero carted in the January stonn forty years ago to thoir last resting place there to wait for resurrection. Tho minister was probably thinking of Irs Sunday sermon, and ho added, "But something interlerea to jiroven I their erasure, and tin re they will remuln us long us 1 the stone stands, 1 suppose." "It Is rumored thut there was n treasure o( $500,000 I on the Mexico. Bid you ever hear anything ol Ilia'. ?" 1 I asked. "1 have heard all kinds of rumors about the disustcr. I but 1 kuow nothing ol it. There Is a:t old lady dowu the road. Aunt l'cugy Cooutbs, who whs present, nnd she might know something ol tho matter," replied tho village minister as 1 bade him goodby. I made inquiries lor Auut l'oggy Cootubs, who was qulto decrepit and stone deal, and found that neither of us understood each other, so I gave that up as a bud job as lar as any Information was concerned. In making inquiries 1 as 10 tho supposed treasure that was said to havo goue down with tliu Mexico I ascertained that It was computed all the way up from $50,000 to $500.OUd hy the country people. ?omo said that there were a large number of burs of solid silver consigned privately 10 a lirm of Spanish merchants in i'hiladelpliia others said that thero was copper and bell metal ol greul value aboard, ami others again declared that copper had been recovered trom the Bristol. At the depot ut Itockvilic Centre I saw on u previous occasion an old weather-beaten itinerant llsh pooler who remembered the wrecks as a boy, and ho volunteered this statement:? "Its nigh onto forty year now, I guess, siuco them vessels kuni ashore. The bodies wos all layiu' in old Mr. Ackerinun's barns and they brought 'em down from 1I10 beach in wagons, and there was a pile of them oro wagons, I tell you, and no mistake. Tho Coroner wos old Danil Mott, ot Kockuway, and 1 guess tile allowunco wan $10 a laxly or suuicltiiug like lliat; so 1 guosn old l:nelo Hau l must 'a made nigh onto $700 or s? for u-sottin' on 'em. I don'i know as ihuro wos any of tlie bodies robbed. I 'spose tlio wnlnaolcs won taken from them, an nobody kuew who tbt M bodies wos or who wos tbeir friends. And so tboy are ttdigitm' lor tbe money down somowhero out in tbo ocean, are tboy f Wall, mebbe they'll llnd lots of tin if old iiill Merritt la In il Uo's smart, 1 tell you. " This sort of intormalion was of so vague a character that it did not lurtber my object In any sense, and yet It socuied to be the general nnpressiuU at Kreenort, Habvio*y Hockvilie and other places along tbo south aide ol the island that the boll ot the Mexico Imbedded In tbo sand containod a large amount ol treasures, and that divers were at work upon it secretly and would not give any inlormatiou lor lear that ilie claim of possession nught bo disputed b interlopers who could only obiuin information through the press, and especially was the Hkhald dreaded by the Irieuds and relatives ol tho wreckers. No Inlormation could bo obtained, therefore, from those sources, and 1 accordingly determined to find the wrecking schooner, w inch 1 wu.1 informed had been shilling up and down along the southern coast of the tsiund for a month or more. Tins created more difficulty, bill George Hoyden said he would llnd her or "never cull litm a boatman again." IX THK "TWO TOX CAT." In an hour's walk from the village I reached the creek?Scow Creek, it is called?an estuary ot Hempstead Hay, and George and the lad and the writer wi re soon aboard ol tbe c.dboat. The wiud was so Ircsh i and uncertain, und tno waters of tho bay so rough, ! that two old boating incu on tho margin of tho marsh, j which stretched away lor miles, heading tho waters i of tho hay, prophesiod disaster, or at least a I cupsizeu ooat, lor our pains. oat young Boyaen was I not daunted, nnd ho s.l down in the stern, took the tiller In one band and the shoot in another, while Will, the fciirlos* little navigator, held fast to tlio rcnlro hoard in cose of grounding. It was a dead heal lor miles to the inlet, where it was deemed probable that wo might llrid the wrecking schooner, livery lew i moments the water washed over the boat anil drenched i us nil to the skill, and there was constant dodging when < the little cralt went about to avoid beiug sent over j board by the boom, the sail having three reefs lu tl tor salety. Uoydcu, in hi* blue tlannul shirt, his dark face intent on every blow ot the wind, displayod great skill, and the I ttle lad, Will Urifllti, with his "keen lace and sharp eyes, ucver lost his nerve for a single moment. Soon we began to leave the long marsh grass ; and tl-.e dilflcult creek, and alter two hours saw the entranco to Jones'Inlet uwoy far on our bow, with miles ol white breakers roaring for their prey and ; I the "harbor bar was moaning. IloyUcn watched bis opportunity and steered lor a channel ] between the long line of breakers and the shore of lluynnr's Island. There was a sullen sky above and t tio prospect did not at all look favorable. The wracking schooner vyas lying sotno distance oil nl anchor, and we wore balled by the t ook on board of her- Hio crew and captain were on tlio mainland, ho said. To the leewar l of her was a Ashing sloop, at anchor also, I with 100 hushels ol clams, weather bound, the captain boing alruid lo venture lorth. aud having been forced to remain where he was lor two da>s. Alter some hard work the culhost was headed for I he east and ran up n creek that pierced the island as far as the old inn kept by Mrs. in k Mnnlh. There I remained one night, rating tried clams and killing the Itmc until the crew ol the wrecking schooner should conio in sight lo board her from the mainland some six milts away. tflk wkkckimo hchooxkr. Kurly next muruing I was aken out to the wrocklng vessel, ihe weaihcr being line, and she wu? lound lying in shallow water. Frank, the cook, was aboard, hut the captain, the crew umi diver woro lu bo seen ou a distant bench in their hare leet digging lor hard elstns to make a chowder. Tlio schooner was named the lb II. Powers, had two musis, and looked rather wormeaten and dilapidated. Tlio officer in chnrgo of lUn schooner wraa Henry Merrill, in mo absence olCapta n 1 "Hill" Merrill, and the wrecking rcniur" w is purely a private speculation, I was lulormcd by the cook, who | decline I further particulars. The wreck of the uexico lav lurlbor lo ilie eastward, but whether the* hc.d ' lug lor her or bail found her, or had gotten any j Ire cure from l.er bull, Frank, who w.i* quite a pleasant, shrewd looking fellow, declined lo answer. Frank . showed mo over the wrecking schooner, which was ol about ten tons, and I was shown the ho sting a id lowcrin wheel lor the diver to ascend and descend by Tl, was ireslily coated with blue paint, and mil greased all orer. In u short tim-' a lutlo "sharpy"' l)i a: put out (rum the glistening sand boat It, ati-1 lti? c/ew aim Ilw < Ulcer tamo aboard and loosed rattier auspiciously tor a moment at lh" Hkkai.d 'iiau, but an unucrstakdine had. "Hen" Merrill i* n solidly built, medium sl7.ed looking blonde, and besides lilni there was ol the crew John Haggoriy. tlio divoa, on ol ! tho moat ixleiirai o I ot ha craft on the coast, an I ,11111 McMillan, the diver a attendant, who worn a huge black muataciie. and who wit quite willing to talk on any . uihjrct but that of tho 'roaanrr 111 1 bo hold 0: the Mexico. lien Merrill remained sdeiil wuilo the talking lasted und smoked a ptpo. '"it llatrecriy kept up a conversation with tho wrilor m a guarded way. I asked lian^crty P. he kne>v anything of tho Mexico or her reported treasures ami ho a linn "led that they had worked on Iter but had not I >uud hor Ho said that tho Coast Wrecking t.ompAny had boon to work on lier in April and Hay At iho office ol ' this company In Wall st-oet. New York, I was iiilornieil thai they know nothing ol such a wrock and that tlicy hiis-o not looked lor IL Tbero seomcd to be a nigger j in the lence soniewhore. llaggerly, the direr, spoke as follows:? thk nirtca's storv. "Tliero were two S' booners dotvn hero wrecking j about 1 lie last part of M y?the Post. Cap: on I'eto Itussell, and lb,-John Curtui Captain WiI.i.uim. Wo have boon up and down 1(10 toaei hero, oil and on, in -Iron* ol Jones' Inlet, and wo have picked up imsol anchor* i and such aiufl. vou hi o moao nulls u tor ! being sunk a vruile have all ih" r wood work o n, 11 i>y worth*, ana then tho hulls Uil asuudor. That's tho j t NE"W YORK HERALD, M( way il It, and * ? have to look lor rnrgoes that aro sometime* washed out of the bulla lu Ibal way, it good ways oil Irom where lha wreck settled iu the Band. Wo are going to look tor Ibe wreck ol the Moulczuma, that lies oil bore, out iu the mlei, m soon tut wo cmu gel good weather and decent water. A divor can't work in any other weather or water. The Montezuma baa $1)0.000 worth ol copper In her. I don't know how much money is in tho .Mexico, and 1 don't know haw wo cau got at tho aiuolitiL 1 suppose there is a good deal ot money in ber. Tho Montezuma belonged to the Black Hull Hue nnd bad 4T2 passenger" and copper uud spolter bars, she and the Sydenham went ashore out there off Jones'ltar. The Sydenham had a valuable cargo of stool ore on and we have got sumo of the steel. Tho steamer (ireolan, lroui llenoa, went ashore off hero eight years ago on Jones' East Sboal. When I am working at diving 1 stay down undor water lour hours aud get $10 a day lor that lour hours. I have becu , dowu as deep as Irom 150 to 'J00 foot under wmor. Tho man at the pumps gets $3 60 a day, and the attendant, that's Jim McMnian, that louds the lite line (here Jim laughed heartilyl, begets $5 n day. The way we work is this:?When 1 go down and havo been to work long enough and want to come up I give three pulls on the lite line, and when 1 want more air pumpod I givo one pull on the huso and two pulls tor loss sir. It ever you were down In the caisson ol the Brooklyn Bridge it's Just like tlinl a good deal, when tho buzzing is lu your ear; that's wheu you aro In deep water. You (eel it in your head queer like. 1 havo been dowu 147 tool to look lor bodies ill ih? Kate l)yer, Irom Callao, with guano aboard. You may remember thai the Scotland struck her off Sandy Hook, uud the Scotland is down there still, but tho Kate Dyer drilled up here aud sunk from the hole which was made in her. 1 found sixteen dead bodies in the Dyer. 1 was iltwn seventeen ycurs ago iu a Dutch ship. I found no oodies in tho Kate Dyer or on ber d<>ck; they woro all washed out. Tho underwriters generally buoy a wreck ouce a year; If they don't, uuy olio can claim a wrock. We will go down "winter or summer, only there must bo smooth water or wo do not work, as tho vessel will shift and rock above our heads. 1 was down in tho I.adona llvo years ago, on Cape Canaveral. I am uoi afraid of a shark or any flab when under water; tboy arc more afraid ol the diver, who hits an nir bole In the copper helmet, wnich lots out tiie toul air very last, making a noise like a steam whistle, and when a shark gets near that it bothers him and he gets away fast. The wbolo rig ol a diver when lie goes down is about lot) pounds weight, and bo has a head piocc and bis shoes have a weight of twelve pounds to keep him dowu or he would go up like a cork. There are uhout twelve divots around New Vork. We all go shares on this vessel, excepting the hands, when we make u nod. If lliero Is any way to liud the Mexico we will try, hut I'm utraid she is too deep in the sand nml wo can't hoist her out. If wo can got lier out 1 suppose we will tlud the money that wo hoar so much about. We haven't irled lor tho Bristol >'et. She is oil" here, however." 1 was showu the hold of the schooner, which was full of anchors, chains and bars of valuable Bremen steel taken Irnm wrecks in the neighborhood, hut nothing lurther being possible in tho way of nluruiatiou about tho Mexico and hor reputed trcasuro until these divers go to work on her in lienor wmther, 1 bid tho wreckers goodby uud shook hands with tliein all heartily, having a much fluer passage to tho mainland in that Utile boat than 1 had wiiou endeavoring to lind tho wreckers. Those men live on salt pork, corned beef, to. matoes, "spuds" and any other vegetables they can get, but rarely get fresh "meat, as the h<>ro Is generally difficult oT access to them while on duty. OFF TO THE FRONT. FOITB COMPANIES OF ABTILLEItY LP. WE FOB THE INDIAN FBONTIKB BY SPECIAL TBAIN. Yesterday morning, in pursuance of spocial orders No. 140 issue.! Julv -fi hv command ot Mnior General llaucock, from the headquarters of the MiliVar.tr Division of the Atlantic, a battalion, consisting or lour companies ot tbo First Artillery regiment, United States Artny, loft by special train over the rcunsyi auia Railroad lor Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Tho battalion was composed of Companies K and, F, from Fort Adams, Newport, K. I. ; Company A, trora Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, and Company C, from Fort Trumbull, Now London, Conn. The requirements of the order had brought tho number ot tnon in each company up to llfty, by means ot tho following transfers:? Klevon privates from Company U to Company E; eleven privates from Company H to Compauy F; ten privates trout Company 1 ami thirteen from Compauy L to Company A, uud nine privates troin Company J1 to Company C. Twenty-lour recruits attached at Fort Monroe had been conducted by First Lieutenant John W. Dillonbaclc, of the First artillery, to Fort Adams, whero they were apportioned to coiupauios E and F by tho regimentul commander. T1IK EXTIKK COMMAND, 9 which left tho Jersey City depot yesterday morning, consisted of the following officers and men:? COMPANY K Captain?Brevet Major F. K. Taylor. First Lieutenants? Isaac Webster and W. F. Reynolds. Second | Liouicnant-gKlbcrt Wheeler. Scrgouuts?Ceorgo Sutherland, orderly; Duniel Brown, John Lane, Jainos Taylor and John Andrews. Corporals? 1L J. Pitt and Patrick McCue. Musicians, Z Total nutubor enlisted men, M; oilicers, 4. COMPANY C. Captain?Brevet Major 'l'ully McCroa. First Lieu gcauts?M. O'Donnoil, oraeri.v; John McCaffrey ana P. Dunn. Corporals?John Broderick, Samuel Sawyer, Henry HI 1 and John Murray. Musicians, ? Total number ol enlisted men, 51; oincers, 3. COXPASY P. Captain?Brevet Major C. P. Eakln. First Lieu- I tenant?J. W. MacMurray. Sergeants?S. n. Robinson, I orderly; C. IV. Ilalloek ami August Schrelber. Corporals?C. O'Kourko, W. Nicholson, D. Coopor and S. i Hull. Musicians, 2. Total numbcrol enlisted men, 00; otllcers, 2. O .Ml'ANY A, First Lieutenants?K? V. Andrews commanding; Eu ! gene Wells. Sergeants?Henry Barm t, orderly; Louis Higbua, James Wehro, Ueorgo Uodino and J. A. Hill. , Corporals?Charles Uusi, J. A. llullard, Kdwurd Carroll I and James Fox. Musician, 1. Total number of onlistud men, 55 olllcers, 2. l)r. Alexander It. llasson, from Fort Trumbull, Conn. 1 accompau.es the command as lull surgeon. As now organized tbu battalion is commanded by , lirevet Major F. K Taylor; Lieutenant K. Wheeler is 1 acting adiuiant, and Lieutenant K. Copran Is acting , commissary. Tho entire command cobsigta of 232 { otllcers and men. JIOVKMKTlS OP TnR TIIOOPS. Company A left Fort Warren, Boston, at six o'clock j on Saturday evening. They look tliu Fall River bout I a: suvcu o'clock and reached Newport at niue, where i companies K and F were taken on hoard The three | Companies arrived in Now York ut a little alter six o'clock yesterday morning. Tho government steamer i Henry smith wus in readiness io receive and transfer them to tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company's depot at Jersey City. Company C canio direct from New London. Conn., reach ng the doDut at About eiehl o'clock ye.sierJay morning. Major McCrea, tue com- ! tuanding officer ?f thin company, has been gufl'ortng from u severe fuvor lor severui days putt, but preiorrod j nevertheless to uceotnpuny bin command. At tbo lima ! oi leaving Jersey City no wan lyiug quite Hi in tho Sleeping car. Companies A and F will bo remembered as those who sullen d go severely trom tue ravages ol yellow fever while stationed at Kurt llarr uncus, Fensacoia, last lull. The former lost threo sergeants, ouu officer and a number of men, while tue latter lust sixty per cent ol its full number irom the druadful di.-c.iso. The remnants ol ihe companies returned from Florida In December lust. None ol llie companies of tho First Artillery regiment have ha; any experience in lighting Indians. It Is not supposed by the commanding oltlcurs that they i will go Into active servico in ilio Indian war, though tney arcr.ot positive upon ihis point, il.o presuiupllou is that they w li gaTisun '.ho lorts in tne Indian ; district to wmcb ihey >ro assigned, allowing the present garrisons ol infantry ai.u cavalry to lake tbo field. . They t ike no horses with them. 1 be special orders under w bich they move al.-o com- j maud the lopariure for Fort Leavenworth ol lour com- I panics of the Second Artillery, vli.:?Companies (J and , II, irom Fort McHcury, Maryland; Company O, from Charleston, S. C., and Company 1, Irom Fort Macon, , N". C. I'U. order-, no not give any intimation of tie dull s lo which tho two command.' will bo assumed, bni e.mply a?y they are "to proceed without delay to Fort I,"a. , iiworth, Kaunas, to report to tiie Catnhi.<udnil Uoucrut ol tin' Department ol the Missouri./' Tills DKI'AKTl'HK >'KOJ| ilXMV CITY. ? Tho tinned --iates (Jusrtormitstcr's Department negollaled on Saturday with Mr. Samuel carpenter, passenger agent ol the Pennsylvania lUilroa t Company, lor tho lunnedisle transportation ol the troops loilie Indoin Irontier. Tho result was the departure of a g|ieci il tram irom Jersey Cny yesterday morning, w hich w ill carry the troops direct lo M. Louis Without change. At ten o clock tho companies hreskfasted upovi the wharf and directly afterward were marched on hourd tho train, lvacb man carried with blm lour days' rations, and will bo provided, at ililfureut slalions upon the route, wllh two quarts of colfoo per diem. Wliile upon the transfer Irom tho boat to Hie c.<rs some id the meu hud managed to procure u too liberal mi jdy ol whiskey, and con-idorablo hilarity was uoiiceablo umoag them. Too special train conM-ted ol one 1'ullm m car, six coaches and two baggage cars. As tneso con-lies are capaI, . nl i irrvina (iflv.iuro ............r. .. I, n will bo iccn itint the aoldicrt are M<?t uncomfortably , p.ovii 'M tor. 1 ho only unly on bo?ril was Mr*. Wheeler, wife of J.it-iucnani Wheeler, acting inijuuni. i At precisely ROTonio< n minute* pa-t eleven o'clock the Ira1.1 lartrl fro.n the ib-not, au.nl Uio cheer* ami noun* ol iho aol'llcr* ami ihe farewell >liouts of tho crowd in the depot, fhe irnin will not run on achediilv time, I bu make a* iMt time a* la possible over the diOeretn j ro.i i*. A hrid.e m immy repaire I upon Schalfa liirrn, ' between I'laimtburit ami Mi niii iuib Junction, which necessitated their travelling over me Sots cruet branch. ! Thi* will not cau?e tho loss ol qter hail an hour. , 1 hey w ill prnbatdy reach Su l.opla at nliuiit mi night nu m m ind (mm thenre proceed lo Kansas City via the Mmoiii. i i'aeilio road. .Vlr. j. h. Holme*, pnan ngei a - ni ol the l'en:i?yIvnnia ltailro.il Company, will a< company tn train to St. Ia>ma ami see that j ever) potaiote comlorl is provided lor tho muo. 1 )NDAY, JULY 31. 1876. THE INDIANS IN MONTANA. A BLOODY 1{ AII) PKKDICTKD?A MONTANA PATER ON TIIK SITUATION. fFrom the Helena (M. T.) Independent, July 19.] Whatever points of improbability there may be id the despatches received night belore last from Ho/.em an touclndfc un lndiau raid Into tbo Gallatin Valley, they at least make evident the laol that such a thing is possible. Nobody believes that tbo Indians would ever dare attack a town or even a comparatively full settled country. Their object would, at most, be to obtain stock and possibly they might attack a (urmbouse or persons alouo on the prairie. Their depredations, under the uiost favorable circumstances for a raid, would hardly liko a wider sweep than this. Nevertheless, It should bo apparent to every person that tbo frontier settlements, and especially thoso in tho Gallatin Valley, should be armed and fully equipped to meet any possible emergency that may arise. Tho conditlou of our frontier is rendered Inseouro from a variety of causes, euvh one of which is sulllcieut to oxctie the savages to ads of*extraordinary boldness. The first aud most piouilnent ol these is. of course, the defenceless i onditiou ol the border by tho withdrawal ol the garrisons from all the most prominent posts. Under any circumstances this tueasuro is Indefensible. As loug as there are idle troops used for political purposes In tho South there can be no necessity lor il'inug viiu iiuiii.it tii ati mt.'auh ui ueicucu. The success which the Indians have met with in tho defeat of Cuslor Is another reason why they might ho emboldened to undertake some doed of frantic during, such as a raid Into some of the frontier valleys. It Is shown by tho luteal news rocuivod Irom tho Indian country that the Sioux are In a condition, from their present location, to penetrate tho frontier valleys through one or more of tho uuinerous passes that are comparatively unguarded. They may not come, but the possibility Is naturally calculated to inspire alarm, uud no doulit give riso to tho despatches which were sent us from Bo/.cmun on Monday night. It is hardly prohablo that Mr. Bunnell wished to excite au unnecessary alarm. But to put tho worst possiblo construction upon his motives, lie is less liubio to blame than tho author and Indorser of the subjoined article which appeared 111 tho local columns of tho fluleua U'.rald on tho Hitu iusl, In which it was attempted lo excite the lears of the eulirs community that the Northern Indians were on the point ol rising:? "The great tear now is that Gibbon's little command j may he colon up before Crook arrives. Auother Hung is drawing attention, too, uud that is, that the Northern Indians, on lieuring this news, will break out, as ft is known in tills vicinity thul there was a great medicine least at lbs tfwoctgrass Hills a week or two ago botweeii tho l'uu d'Orcillo.-, 1'ieguns, Blackloet uud Assiuablno Sioux. It behooves all our lroutler settle- j incuts to look out now and ho prepared Our tiiilitury garrisons can do uoihing. I don't believe they are stiong enough lo defend liio places they livo in: and it by any possibility tho ludiuus gut away with both Crook mid Gibbon, then good-bye, John I and everybody else, lor they are strong enough to clear tho country io tho Columbia Ittver.' Uf course there was nothing "diabolical" In this canard?thero was no danger of thia "exciting alarm in the settled portions ol Montana." This was a piece of legitimate uowspupcr enterprise. Ti-E FAMILIES OP TIIE DEAD SOLDIERS. an APPEAL POK the widows AND CBTILPr.en at pout LINCOLN, and NUCLEUS op a 6UBscKirrioN yon theik belief. To the Kuitou of the IIehald:? I linvo been touched lo the lioart by tb? crnorous fceliug toward the families of tbo poor soldiers killed in tbo late massacre oppressed by tbo young widow ot oue of tlio officers wlio fell on that droadlul field. Siio aud tier liltio childroo are loft penniless, and thero nro other circumstances which muke her case a peculiarly tad oiiv, and yet with ruro unseldshnoss slio said to luo:? 'HJh that something could be uono at onco for tbo wives and famillos ol those poor soldiers I they aro so utterly destitute. Relief ought to come to them Urst." Then she told mo of ono or two whom she knew ot at Fort Lincoln for whoso sad condition she felt especial sympathy. In pouileriug what wo could possibly do Id relievo theui lhe idea wus presented ol asking yoj, who ure ever ready to do good in this way, to make an appeal through tho columns of the JIkkald, and try iu that way to ruiso alund, asking you, moreover, if you would bnvo the kindness to laku charge of whatever money in ght ho contributed, aud send :t, when a sulllciuiit amount lias liven raised, to tho 1 person who, In your Judgment, would must wisely | and Judiciously apply it to iho purpose for which it is designed, and it muy he that a good uon-eoinmlssiouod ' otllcor?a sergeaut or a chaplain, il there Is one at Fort I Lincoln?would do this better than the comiuandiug i ofllcer. 1 enclose $5 as a little nucleus around which I trust may gather sulhcicut to supply tho needs ol their poor families. May God bless you, and long continue to make tho llitnAi.e a power lor good lu this world of sorrow aud suilcring. Yours truly, A. It. Ik Wkst 1'oi.nt, Orange county, N. Y., July 27, 1S76. ARREST OP A PROMINENT MERCHANT. E. P. WILLIAMS, OK ELIZABETH, IS CfTSTODT A3 AN ACCESdOBY TO THE BANK UKFAULTEB FAIRBANKS. Late on Saturday night K. P. Williams, the Elizabeth | merchant involved iu tho fraudulent transactions of J. . F. Fairbanks, late nssistanl cashier ol tho .State Na- j tioual Ilank of that city, was arrested as uo accessory | to the deed. Tho warrant for his arrest was issued by ! I'miUmI ('riiiiMiiamtiiipr Jnlin WliilnlmiAil nf Vpw. ark, nod was placed In the bauds of Chief of Police Keren for elocution. Wi11 atiis wag It.und on Morria avenue, Klizabclh, and when the warrant was shown him he tiocamn greatly excited. lie said that lie wax led to believe tint no criminal proceedings would ho instituted against him, as his Now York creditors and tho hank officials professed to he satisfied with his ! agreement made with thein at the conference held on Saturday morning. Ilo naked permission lo consult his attorney, Mr. J. I). Hodge, which was granted. Allerward the prisoner was taken io Newark, and. in tho absence of Commisslouer Whitehead, wu-admitted to hail by Commissioner Morris iu tho sum ol fa.UOO for his appearance before the first named CoiuinUnioncr at eleven o'clock to-day. Ills bondsman was Mr. ltichard Kipling, ol Kosallu, Union cuunty, N. J. It is claimed that tho hank ofllciuls did not desire tho ; arrestof Williams, hut were compelled lo lustituio cruniuul charges by tho District Attorney. His in- i ili hiedtiess to the Sfato National Ilank, through Ins traus ict una with tho delaulllng cashier will, It is rumored, reach $32,000. As his New York creditors Claim between $16,000 and $1H,000, and Ins w ile still relusos to relinquish hur dowryrighttoibeestatc.il Is thought that it will bo a dlfllculi matter for ins creditors to realize twenty cents on the dollar. Williams, provious to Fairbanks' defalcation and his connection with it, was biipposud lo be one of the soundest and most trustworthy merchants in Kllzubcth. Fairbanks lias been in the hank every day siuce tho denouement of Tuesday assisting tho officers to un* ravel hm accounts, i litis lar his total dellciebcy fools tip $42,000, ol wh'ch amount Wllliains got nearly $32,000 A sum > et remains to be uccountcd for, but Fairbanks professes lo be unable io do so. In all probability he will be arre-icd litis morning, COMPLAINING WORKINGMEN. A meeting of the Worktngmen's A sedation was held yesterday at tbcdr headquarters in Horatio street, for the purposo of protesting uga list the snspeiislou of the imjirovcinouts in various parts of llio city und In tho public parks. Addresses were made by several person*. und the following resolutions were adopted and copies ordored to bo sent lo tho Mayor and the Hoard of Aldermen:? Unsolved, That llio indifference Slid extreme contempt siiown ?jr the majority oi tlu.se solttsii.hearted politicians I ii.iw in othc.', end especially Know Nothing \l n/i.r Wick- . bain, lo thn nuffermt' pu.ir ol tho city in lading to promptly pit-s inn requisite ordinance end devise means hy which tho ' public improvements might go rut ward, demand froiu us our I condemnation und disapproval. Kos.ilved, that the thousands ol lion.-at work.ngm.-n of this illy who are suffering tor tlio want ef employment, nml their forl.earar.ee during ihe ps-t imp tr> I Med snspcu- ion ..I the Improvements in 111 . iliflcruni departments, demand I lite help and ndmlrnttnii of nil I ritlsens; tlial Imnie- i diate a.'Inui he taken tu thu end Ilia' l.utlne-s he no lontrer suspend, d nor y.giugmeu and their families ho allowed to j A m iss meeting of unemployed worklngmen will he held itm morning iit fonipKih* square, una after listening lo addresses the men will march to the City Hall !<ir I be purpose of prcnouting their (lam* before Mayor Wiclthain, or in in* ubst-nco lo Alderman "am- 1 uei Lewi*. CjCABKSLLXlfG B ULB< )AD EMPLOYES. JVDOK KILIIULTI18 OPINION OP A CBBTAIN 8TAJlf.lt FOREMAN ANI> DEPUTY HIIERIFF. Thomiia V'n.l, foreman of the Second Avenue Railroad -ulilc, and AIouao Muynari. timekeeper ou ibn samu road, had a quarrol on Saturday night In a liquor store near the depot. The I rouble arose out of tbu disagree mnnt that hail taken place some time ago between May* nurd and another timekeeper, named O'Connor, hetwo n whom and Yall a tiu o! morn than incru friendship exist*. Vail and O'Connor aro aid in ho leadar* of a ring composed i,l tan employes ol thta road, and Mayuard say* that any one not in this ring cannot hold a position longer than a few month* on the road. Vail got Maynard's loreliugt-r in h a mouth, and only loosed In* hold on seeing a revolver in Muynard's hand. Joe latter would have shot tail nut for the intercession of ! others, auu Mnynnrd was tin n arrested on Vail'* compact. .tf the Knty-evenih Street Court Judge KII- ' lirtth, in holding Maj riant for trial for a temple assault, I s - id that he regroilod he conltl not hold Vail also. He knew him as a malt who had been frequently in tronlne I lu Ins court. Ho was n bully ami a rnlllan ol the worst typ", mid lie thought if ihe Second Avenue Hall | road would dicharge liitn they would ho performing a j duty lor which too public wouid be grateful. - NEWPORT. A Lively Season at the Famous Watering Place. RENTAL OF COTTAGES. A Week of Polo, Yachting and Private Entertainments. DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS. Nkwport, It. I., July 20, 1876. The seasrfn at tbla place in progressing very favorably, and tbe rush of transient visitors increases every day, enabling the hoteli to show a larger number of arrivals than usual, and even at this late day coltugoa are boing rented. The latest rentals Include Ccorge H. Pendleton, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who lias luken Mrs. Paran Stevens' villa on Borkeley avenue. Mrs. Stevens is here, howevor, and is occupying her elegant residence nearly otinosito the Ocean House. 1 lie house that Mr. Pendleton lias taken was la court* of erection when Mr. Parau Stevens died, and It lias never been rented iroui that time uutll the present, the reason being that it was not famished, and this tins established the tact that unfurnished houses will not rent at Newport. Mrs. Stevens saw this, und accordingly this season she hud it lurulshrd throughout, and in couscqueuce of this fact has been able to rent it to a most distinguished lain Iy. Mr*. Thomas Chickcrlng, of Boston, has rentod Georgo Wheatland's villa, in Bcllevuo avenuo, und Mrs. ! K. B. Beckoll, of New York, has takeu.thu Buggies stone house, in Coggosball avenue. Mrs. Sarah Cole I man, of Washington, D. C., has taken the Utile Golle cottage, on Beach street, and Mrs. Lucrotla P. Yoat mans, of Now Haven, has rented the Armlngton cot- | lage, on Touro street. Tho stone cottage on the corner i of Bollevue avonne and Webster street, lorinorly occu- i pied by the lato Charles Sumner, has been taken by A. B. Wllbour, of Boston. Peckbam's rottugo, near i the third beach, has been rented to Dr. Wolcott Uibbs, I ol Boston, and Biggs' cottage, in Catharine street, has | been rented by William Turubutl, a Now York nattker. ' Clnr cottage No. 1 has been taken by t\ C. CarJey, of | Louisvlilo, Ky., and Mrs. George A. Follows and lam- I ily, of jjew York, liavo taken rooms at Muonchingcr's, ou Bcllevue avcunc. These rentals have all taken placo recently, end the parties arc to bo congratulated upon securing their respective houses ut such a discount from the prices originally asked. The cottages that remain uuoccupicd at this date can bo routed at one-halt and oven oncthird less than asked by the enterprising real estuto agents a lew weeks ago. No one will blame the lute comers for holding back. It was Just so last summer, and at about tins lime houses were routed very cheap. TIIK PRIVATK tlOAKIll.NU HOl'SK keepers are the greatest sufferers this season. Several ol the in are minus a single family, and those w no iu years past had three or tour families to provide tor nro this year obliged to lie content with one, ami at reduced rntcs. From tins oluss no Intlo grumbling Is heard. To board at a private bouse is quite laslnonablc, and many ol the leading families who spend their summers hero secure in-com modal ions at such places, believing that it is cheaper than luring a cottage with its cures and troublesome servants. Many, however, Dud it as expensive as they would if they had rented a cottage. A l.ivir.r WRICK. Tho past week lms boen au unusually lively one, and acvurui private entertainments liuvu taken place at tno cottages. Tlio Westchester I'olo Club have given ihreo exInL>itlotis ol their skill?namely, on Monday, Wednesday aud Saturday. On the former and on the latter days there was present a large and fashionable audience, and the reason that there was no more present on Wednesday was because tho majority ol the cottagers were in attendance at a grand concert given expressly for tho benolliol /.ion church, 'fins eutoriainuiuuL was a success, and a handsome sum was netted lor tho object in view. Tho baud lrom l- ort Adams was present, and the tallowing artists lrom New York made up iho programme : ? Mine. MarieNulvolll, Mr. ?har!os Nichols, Mrs. ti. W. Wintorhuru and Mr. 1'. ti. Sullivan The same ulteriioou tho uuooklyx yacht club dropped anchor iu the harbor on tiieir way to New lJedtard. They woke tho place up tar a lew moments inter their arrival, and tho booming of their guns wus a wolcorce sound to everybody. It was ? source of regret that the squadron left here so suddenly. Now I that iboy have disbanded, however, mauy of them will j ho here repeatedly within the next two mouths, Now port being a lavorlte port tar yachts boluuging all over ! the country. Tho boatmen of this city, a very worthy I set ol men, durivo considerable revenue from the yacnl ' owners, and they are always happy whenever a yacht j enters the liurbor. The yachtsmen patronize them as much as possible, and instead ol hailing their gigs tliey ! allow the boatmen to take them to their vessels, pay- i ing tin m well (or so doing. The boat men appreciate Ill in fact, and tlioy novo reason lo respect the numerous yacht owners who visit Newport during thu sum- j tnor. Bpuaking ut yachts reminds me that * ! THU MVI'ORT YACHT CLUB hnvo another race on Wednesday for a handsome sIIk , )ieunaiit, subject to challenge, and that niter th- ruco they will be entertained by I. S. Houiaus, of Now York, j the' Commodore o( the club and the owner ol the ' Bloop yacht Coma, at Could Island, Nnrragaiisott Hay, l the vi holo ol which island ho owns and u?os as his j summer resort. Matters in general will bo very lively upon tho nrnvHl ol the New York yacht squadron next month. ] It is presumed that the usual races will bo sailed over i the Clock Island course and that tho yachtsmen will leave 1111 end ol money among the business men. The needed run.s huvu been tho menus ol making tho place vory attractive, and the iawas begin to look fresh and green. The trees, too, have been demised from'heir covering ol dust, and thu streets and avenues trial aro not watered every day nro In a pa sahie coudiliuu, owing to the frequent sprinklings from above. PKK80.HAL. J. C. Hmchmun, general superintendent, and 0. K. Wood, assistant general superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, have arrived at tho Ocean 11'.uv. Oitior nrrivals of note at the Ocean Hocan include Hon. John 11. B. Latrobo, ol lialtimore; John II. Par- I neil, a distinguished gcnllemuu from Ireland; Mrs. Heistor Clymer, ol Philadelphia, wile ol the prominent | Congressional investigator; William opdyke and wile, ! W. B. Northup and lumily, W. R. I,. Livingston, C. (?. I (iutither, George C. Robinson (Woodrull' A Kohiiison), all Irom New York; li. A. J'cnraou, San Kruucisci; William Rciskcnesly and J. (i. Kroner, from Hungary; T. K. Hobarts, A. L. Nome and Mr. and Mrs. Lawreneo, from England; ex Governor Bullock, ol Massachusetts, and Mrs. I)r. John Moore, oi Texas. Mr. William Edgar, lorniorly Commodore of the New York Yacht squadron, has been unjinuiously 1 elected President of the Newport Club and Heading ! Room, in place of the lalo Philip A. g-torklon, whoso death occurred hero very suddenly last May. Mr. i Edgar of Into years lias resided hero all the time, and Ins solcctiou as president over that aristocratic institution cannot but moot the approval of its uutneroiis patrons. Wayinan Crow, a distinguished lawyer of St. Loo is, and who will bo remembered as the legal adviser and trusted a:out ol the late Miss Charlotte Cuslimau, is int town as the guest ol his son-in-law, Edwin C. Cushnian. nophew and adopted son ol iho renowned actress, j and who comes in lor the greater part ol her property. | Be occupies the elegant villa built lor Miss Cuslimau two years before ucr death on Rhodo Island avenue. Coimnn lore Ooldsbn rough, United .States Navy; | Commander W. It Hofl, I ti led stales Navy, and lamily; Rear Admiral Henry K. Hofl, United Stales Navy, j and Professor Collin and daughter, Irom the Naval Academy, have taken rooms ut Miss Anthony's, on Church street. ! i Miss l.en i, daughter ol Admiral Porter, has also , taken rooms at the same bouse. J. Plerreponi lord and lumilv, of Brooklyn, N. Y., ' have lag. u rooms at Hazard's, ou Calhariue street. 1 0. U. Munti, of the Scientific American, lias rooms | at Hall'* Cliff House, und Baron Blanc, tho Italian j Minister, Is quistiy spouding tho summer at tuo CHIT j Cottag" Hotel. i Do Haas. tho artist. ha* rctnrne 1 Imm Hlock Island, ami Mr-*. Judgo Field, ol Washington, has returned from New Condon and taken iho Anderson Cottage, on Coliaec street Tlin wile ol Hon. Ham Hon Full, Secretary of State, t* via,ting her daughlur, Mrs. Sidney Webster, of New York. During the week Moses H. Grinnell, of New York, has I men llm guest oi Mr. Charles II. Huaecll. ol New York, end Governor < irroll, ol Maryland, has been the guest ol Mr, Rujfll l'bi'1|m, alio ol New York. llev. \\ N. McVicker, ol I'hlladolphia, is tho guest ol his brother-in-law, J. K. Kernocliau, 01 New York. Colonel Hubert ii. I. Goddurd, 01 I'roTidence, one of the controllers ol the muis ol the latnous house of Brown k Ives, has taken rooms for bimnol! and family at Hazard's, on Catharine street. During the week several dinner parties have taken place at the cottages. A MISTAKE COKIiECTED. CARD FKOM MH. JOHN A. WALHB, Or NEW ORLEANS. New York, July 27, 1870. To the Editor or tiik Hkhai.d:? In your issue ol the 261 It inst. there appeared tho fob lowing, in tho letter of your Newport correspondent, I who unintentionally has done mo great injustice:? i Mr John A. Walsh of New 'Irleaitt, recently arrived *1 I one ol the CIIB cottage* While there ho acted very strangely and rapreaced a strong desire to give the rot tare up. ae ha had hvon suddenly called to Europe, and he desired holers going to pl/trc his wit- In a more unlet and secluded spot I pun paying a certain sum he Was rslraisd front lit* cargsln and look hl? wi.e to N thani. Him * i hat tluie a Nea irrte aits paper, caheit the b* "-'ccui, arrived herewith the Intelligent'.- that ".lohn A. W ulah," indict'd aohelng implicated in the wliisae/ frauds, bed wade hit eicapu to , 3 Euroje. It If auppoaed that hi If the gentlemai who It wanieef at the CrtlMBt City. Tit* facia id tbo matter are Ibat, desiring to pass the summer at Newport I rented one of tbo CTilf cottages lor tbo aouaon, my meoia to be senl from an adjacent and almost connecting hotel. So far as regard* llie * collage everything was found most pleasant, bat the lore turuidu'd by iho botel was, in my opinion, very, very poor, and 1 so expressed myself to mine host, U6k? lug him to improve the snmn, which fie never did. Seeing, aiier n May of tome days, that matters did not improve, 1 determined to exerciee ibe right that every one is supposed to havo when dissatisfied??'. pay and leave, which I did. It may not be a pleasant thing for the proprietor of a hotel to have It said thai a guest quilled on account of iho (.are; but, uujde.tsant as that no doubt is, it is m'icli more disagreeable lo tbo guest to have assigned t' r his quilling, as In my instance, tbo reuson that bo desired making a hagly departure for Kurope to evudn the laws of bis country. There is no reason that I am cognizant of tn prevent my going wherever 1 see proper, and when 1 rented Cliff Cottage it was well understood that personally I would not be there, as I was going to Europe. Of course the presumption of a guest who pave the price demanded ol mm talcing exception lo the churecter of the iare may j>osslbly be something heretofore unheard of?extremely rare, no doubt?but that every dissutts Hod guest Ii.-ih the right ul' paying hie bill anil quitting wiii never questioned, U> my knowledge, until my caae occurred. Yours, respectlully, J. A. WALSH. CHARLEY ROSS. THE PHILADELPHIA MULATTO DISAPPEARS?MR. ROSS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS SEEN HIS LOSt SON. [From tho Philadelphia Eveuing Chronicle, July 29.] Those who take an Interest in the rooovery ol Charley Ross, una they uro legion, will learn with regret thai " George," tho mulatto, who euddeoly appeared Id thla city on Wednesday of lust week, claiming to he able to roslore tho ntisaing boy to his parents, has as suddenly disappeared. "George" was last seen on Market street, below Third, on last Tuesday, on which occasion hn was In conversation with Mr. Ross, and promised to i;am meet the latter next day. At that ttrao Mr. Ross, cither in Ins indignant belief that tho mulatto was try lug to deceive btm, or else through his excitement und desire to get at the full poesossion of what information the man hud, said:?"It I but niado the effort I coula have you hung !" "(ioorge" suortly afterward left, and has bean seen no more sinco. It was rumored itint orders had been given to tbo polico to pick btui up wherever found, out Lieutenant trout, who was asked about the matter yesterday, states that uo such order bus been given that no bint 11 curd uL Mr. lloss, it is said, Is convinced that the mulatto bai seen Charley since llio tuto r's abduction, unit this fact ulone made the bereaved lather anxious to iully test tin) man's Hlilements. These were never very delinite, except in llie ono particular that ho (the mulatto) had hid charge ot i hurley Ross lor about tilno months, anil kuows whero lie is now. und eould gel htm if proper measures were lakeu. lie dta not seem very anxious to get money Irotu Mr. Ross, whom ho uover asked lor any, but simply said it would mko about $40 tor hiuisctf aud those who wore to accouipauy him to mako tlu^rip to where the child is. The general impression Is that "George" should not have boon loll to come and go at bts own will und pleasure. II lie was u "beat" und his object was to rnaks money ho deserved imprisonment tor alleuipliug to extort money, und II lie ready know anything Important ot tlie whereabouts ol Charley Ross ho could liavd been convicted on Ins own siatomonls of concealmeut <>i mo eimu una I Ml prison ou, at nesiorveii nus uuru, In either event Imprisonment would probably soou lmvo revealed bis true character, sad it guilty of duplicity and attempted swindling lie would well merit bit punishment, while, if his statcinontR were honest, ho would bo compelled tu divulge bis full information ol the subject. CHARLEY BOSH TRACKED TO BOSTOM?DESCKIP. TIO.M OF THE KtDNAPl^KU. Ot'KAN Horse, Hami-tox Ricam, N. H.,t July ti8, 1876. J To tiie Editor ot tub Bo.stojc Oi.obic:? 1 present horo some reasons for thinking that Charley Ross has boon in Boston. About six months alter tho abduction Detectives Gerraugbiy and Harding were notilied that a man named Darker was wauled (or connection with tho ubductlon. Tho only part/ answering the description bad been living in Gourti street in the lourih story of a tenement house, but bad lull lor parts unknown beturo the approach of thu ulllccrs, as, uncording to the testimony of a French woman living in the next room to tho suspected family that tho hoy with them was bat two or three years old, the matter was allowed to drop. During a visit ol the writer to Mr. Itoss, while in consultation will/CupluiD Homes and Mr. McLean, of tho Lulger, who hut taken a wliolo-soulod interest in mo cuso, n was mentioned that all of Mosher's associates had boon 11 need and examined, with tho exception ol Darker, alius Torn Richardson. A photograph ol Parker was given to tbo writer, with the reqpcsl that ho would koo If Parker hud been in Boston. With the cordial u.nuiitanco of Chief Savage and the Bosun detect.ves the matter was fully looked Into with tho following results:?A party, accompanied bv a llttlo boy, called at a certain bouse una inquired for a woman. She had never been an iutnato. and then ho at Iced to bo allowed to s I on the aula anil rest, lie mentioned that lie would call ugain and IHt. Too little hoy called lor a glass of water, mild he was not hungry, but Imd been travelling all arouud unit camo to Boston in a big ship. Parker's picture and thu photograph ol Churlcv ltoa.saro called very good likenesses ol tho ulau and hoy who called. Wo uoxl hear ol them living in Couch street, next door to a French woman, who now corrects her lesiuuouy, and says the child with the l'arker- was four years old or morn. THIS GUILD AXSWKKS TIIK UKBOBl ITIO.V OF ClUni.tlf HUM in the minutest particular. Tho dimple in the dun, and evuu the cowlick ill Us hair are described by tho French woman and others w ithout promptings iroin the questioners. Other pictures of children have beeu placed w.lli thu piciutuul Charley, and th?v would pick out ibc Boas picture . s being a photograph ol lbs Parker child. (Jhurloy Hush hail a habit ol placing his hands over his eyes when ho met strangers. Thochlhl with inu Parkcis would run to the door ol the French, woman's room, peep through his lingers ul Iter and then grab a cold pointo Iroin her lablo and eat it; hi was always dirty, thin, palu and hungry. 'I wo well dressed siraugers luiiud ut Parker's room, while iu tJoui.h street, and inquired lor Parker, ilrs. Paikei denied thai ho lived there, explaining to the French woman, wtio was present, that Parser tiad ordered iiei to do so. Mrs Parker got roliel from the Chardoi Stieel Bureau in October oh Mrs. Parker and 0110 child. We havo tho testimony ol two men who will swear that once wncu Parker boat her Mrs Parker said slio count put I arner in .Stale Prison lor lile, us the child with them Was not theirs but a stolen child. When asked where he got it she said:? ' IX MtW JKH8KY A!?l> WS llHOl'lillT IT TO nOSTOX, part ol the way by ve.-suL" Hie told one ol tuc5.e men ut another tinio thai slio was "ulraid to buve Parker w .tli llii' cluM in he might Kill H." ibid party wm present one Sunday when they got tho clniu drunk on Kin and nays lliat Charley Hogs' picture in a good likenest of the Parker hoy, whom ho linn held on his kuco m.uiy Union, lheylo.l Couch street in arrears lor relit, with ail tlioir earthly possessions in a carpet bag. Corroborative of all this is tho lacl that a prisoner iu Sinn Sing * roio to Superiuisudeut Walling, ol New Vork, that II he would send a certain detectivo to Sing Sing he would give linn mlortuallon of tho whereabouts of the ICoas hoy. I ho Ueteciure was sent and returned with tho information that ilio prisoner would go pernonaily and tin i tho boy, out would impart no Information tor others to uso. Ho sent a secsnd time lor tho tame detective and informed hlui that an he was noon to lie released lie wouid go with the olllcer to lleston. Ho knew the mail ? ho had tho boy ahd would divide the reward with the officer. The prisoner was released a lew months since. The writer had an interview with liiin in New York and was iniorinod ttiat tho prisoner , bad bearl l'arker say in Philadelphia that Ilk BAD ciuki.ky MOSS SAVE IB UOSTO!*, nmt would never give liim up without fdu.ono reward II lie kept iiiin till no was twenty-one. Mrs Mositer reluctantly admits that Parker boarded with them ui I'lnlndolplilu, but snys lie never li id a child, nud Mosher would never have trusted Charley Hots with him. The writer tins spent several hundred dollars personally to find Parker, slid Is willing to give a liberal sum to interview ths young mnu, either outside or lu ids prison bars. The child held by tho Parkers was alive hve months ago. Tho last informal ion ol Mrs. Parker is that she was In l.owell or Law rence about six months ego. Any person sending information ol lho following described persons will bo suitably row-arced. should the < hlld with them provo to bo Char, ley Kos-i I will guarantee a reward ot fli.uoO: ? Tom Parker, about thirty vears old, hve l??>t eight inches high, hloo or grav eyes, dark complexion; lie dyes Ins mustache; his weight is f&O |l'M|||l|S, II" III- S 11(1111(5 "lli'UIII'-lll, Willi U HIIMII IIV Huwi rv expression; walk- uuiekly; chews luhuccoi talks with .1 Bowery "b'hoy's" accent. Ho Ik slightlj pitted with smallpox. Me poddies lint racks or sllvoi pousn or a patont cap, whicn, placed upon a lioor. ox plinlc- when the kn it) la turned. Ho Inn alio boon tin proprietor of in nr gun. Ho would be rather poorly il reaacd. Jenny l'arkcr, alms Julia Clements, la about twet.lvlive )? iTm o <1; bet it lit, five lent two; weight, 13*. Hlia 11ith black hair, worn in curls bebtntl; round, full lace; very iwiirtby, grc.iay complexion; browru eyes; plump, short figure, and would bo taken lor an Indian of Krencb Canadian. Hie i'r a.-ea neatly. The chllo with them la mx years old. with brown eyea; very lair complexion; bur light in color and inclined to cnrl, whether Miort or long. There la a cowlick on b n aide wneru parted and dimple id the chin. Ho baa* small, round neck and well-ahapod bauds. Numberless clew a firomiwlnt* nearly aa well aa this have been runout anu proved valueless. Tblabaa not been run out, and luo subscriber now usea that mighty engine, tin- press, with the hope that it will accomplish what ho, will) ab tlio detective talent he has naked for, hsvn not succeeded in. UNCLE BAM. KECK LESS SHOOTING. Robert Hodge. of No. all Madison avenue, was yentor :.iv el ptlitly wounded In tho lag by a Pistol sb?t llrod by some unknown gcrsou. J