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A Difficult Problem?Where Shall We
Go lor the Summer?
THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SEASIDE.
A Trip Up the Hudson and a Tour
of the Lak^fi.
New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Long
Branch, Sarntoga, Newport.
The Past and the Present?The Outlook
and the Preparations.
In ? few weeks tbe more famous among our water
ing places and summer resorts will claim public atten
tion as tlio resorts of wealth and fashion; but just
now, with the hoi we.ahcr lull upon us, ibo trouble
some problem to bo solved is, Whore shall we go lor
tbe summer? Newport, Saratoga, Long Branch, tlio
Whits liounlains, Ibo Adirondacks, the Catskllls?these
to ina-t iniuds aro about all thero are to chouse from,
besides a low special resorts suited to special tastes;
and while It Is uudonlablo lliui every one ol those lias
its attractions there uro pooplo who do oolcurotogo
lor rest and rocrcutlon whoro everybody goes, and so
It becomus u duty to Uud new holds tor the pious uro
locker. Tlio great resorts, it is well kuowu, uro Ire
qucnted by a peculiar class. Newport is gradually
t> coming only ibo summer home of "cottagers," wbo
resort to it us regularly every season as the wild gecso
fly northward. Saratoga, on tbe other baud, is u col
lection of vast caravansaries, whore pooplo who have
loll behind them "a groat big liouso and nobody
living in It," crainp themselves und thoir
huge trunks Into 10x15 rooms, In ordor to
"drink tho waters," participate in tlio raolng
sports or enjoy tho giddy whirl ol the ballrooms
Long Branch is 11 comb.nation of the other two, Its
ipleudid surl and Us contiguity to New York being
lnmctiscly In its Invor. Then como the mountain ro
torts, where pleasure is loo often cunhued to breathing
he mountain air on tho verandas ol tho greut hotels.
?lio people who 1 r. qaent these places know long in
sdvanco where their summer quarters ure lo be, but
ti|art Irmn them thore is a class, and a very largo
class, ol rummer tourists and pleasure seekers who
aro tover suio until they Hurt wuere they are going
lor tho summer, and these are just now ou the look
out lor undlsdovored fluids of attraction,
I'.NDISUOVtillKD SIKLDS OS ATTIIACTION? LKKI'IIAVKX.
In thai quaint little book, "lleopbaven," which la
making something ol a stir In the literary world, wo
have a suggestion, 11 not a revelation, ol one oi theso
undiscovered holds ol pleusure. Two young girls
who had rejected Newport and Lenox und the
Berkshire Hills and a trip to Europe, ovuu,
determined upon housekeeping lu uu old mutistou
it Deephavon. Tho old liruuilon liouso described In
this book is ono ot those queer and spacious dwellings
to bo lound only lu tho decayed commrrcinl towns of
New England loll untouched by tho traiisloruung
onunulucturi.g Interest. Th - towns and the bouses
?ro to bo found In tho must unexpected uooks and cor
ners, somulimos away inland, sometimes on Ilie sea
? bore, but always at n d'Stanco from the railway sta
tions and lar out ol hoaring of the puff'ot tho locomo
tive and tho bum of ilio looms and spindlo*. The book
'is a study ol Nrw England Itlo and manners as they
exist lu thoir most priiuiilvo fashion und ibo quaint
3gu.es which como and go through its | ares are u no
way a reflection ol tho familiar puppets, whether visi
tors or natives, with which one coiuos In coulact at tho
watering piacos. If uuy ol our readers are anxious to
take a house lor tlio summer we would snv to llieiu,
"Go to Ducphavou by all menus." Geographically
Dccpbavon is ucywuero, everywhere, on either side of
bong Island Mound, ui Huntington, at Kusthuruptou, ai
Fairfield, at Guilford, at New I.oudou, on the sou
toast lroin Nnrragansett Hay to Cu| o Cod and
beyond, In the neighborhood ol Indian Hid,
Mount Holyoke, or Mount Iron, or ux lar inland
?a North Conway und Moosiu and Memphrunrigog.
City pcoplo who long lor rest In the country would
perhaps best enjoy themselves If they went where
other city pcoplo go not, and ibat place, in a word, is
"Dccphiiven." I hero one may catch his owu tlsh and
cook tbem to his own taste, gather his own mush
rooms, as lrrsh as tlie> ricti mould out ol which they
spring, dig bis own clams and bake them iu his own
succalcnt clambake?in short, do anytbiug lor one's
sell, and be "beholden" to no one. A summer resi
dence at Decphuven is one ol groat possibilities II you
have the money ami iho pluck and tho energy to
realize tbcin. You have only to detormlne Its
geography, whether lor trout or cuuucr tlsliing,
whether lor seashore, or lakeside, or country brook,
and then ccitl^down in tho most spacious and out-oi
I he-way home you can hire in tho village. Should a'
n iwspaper correspondent come your way he will write
sl-oui the place us "a stupid, common country town,"
ns ono did about Decphuven once; out this will tnuko
no difference so long as there aro walks and drives,
hunting and llshlng, mushrooms and blackberries,
and only the Ucepbavon aristocracy instead ol lashlon
side society,
1'I.BASUr.K SKRKI.NIi IV Tilt: CITIKS.
There are two classes ol summer tourists, and only
two?those who go frotn the country Into the city, and
those who go trotn tho city into the country. W'lia
arc the penalties ol tlioso who go to the cities in tho
summer not even those of us who are roasted in the
oUlcus and baked in tho hoarding houses of tho metrop
olis can tell. What Is ihcro in New York to sue worth
teeing that tho strnnger ever hndsf The n><w Post
(HH'-c, tho County Court House, the Aalor Library
Broadway, Kltth avenue, Central I'urk?those and the
like ol theso are all that cotne under mo uollce ol the
plTHHUre seeker. The hopes and (cars, the gayety and
Joy, the lite and sunering and death which uro behind
all theso are hidden as with a deep veil Iront the eyes
of tho tourist aud pleasure seekor. Take up uny ono
ol tho numerous handbooks ol our American cities,
and what do they show?n long list ol hotels, ros
taurants and clubs, railroad depots, streets aud drives,
public squares and parks, public and prominent build
ings, i hurches, theatres, libraries, art gulleries, edu
cational and charitable institutions aud objoi is
ol historical und autlquurian Interest?only
these nnd nothing more. These, or oven
k part ol these, cannot bo revealed to mo
summer tour.si, lor even to begin to understand New
York a month at least, nnd a month ol very hard work
too, would ho neco s.iry ; aud yet there is an uude
niable pleasure iu making a summer lour ul tho prin
cipal American cities, swooping down iroui the Wmto
Mountains upon llostou, tho hub ol the umverxo, or
approaching Now York lroin the Highlands above on
the bosoiu ol the Hudson- it Is all commuupluco
enough, it Is truu, hut there is some recompense in
accing with one's own eves what a rickety, shambling
place the lauious Bom on Common, "a park ol iorty
cighl acres in the heart ol the city, surrounded by a
handsome Iron luncc and laid out in sloping lawns and
rambling wulks, shaded by great numbers ol rangmU
ccnl trees," really l*. Philadelphia, too, has its ob
jects Of interest, ttiough these are mostly rnuliued to
the possession cl Carpenters' and Independence nails
and some noted Villas and mansions, now iriuislortr.od
Into restaurants ol a not very inviting class. Balti
more, also, bus its attractions and tnoiiumeutrt, aud
tho public buildings at Washington luvitc at least ono
visit from all American cilr/.rus. The autumn, how
ever, is the best time lor pleasure seeking in tho cilia?,
and this branch ol tho subject may he dixmusud with
out further comment.
IS TilK SSIIillHlMinoOb Of SKW VOKK.
Wo are very apt 10 lorget our own summer resorts,
properly m> called, becau-o they aro at our very doors.
II ttialm Isluud was a hundred miles away from New
York Ha ndvantuges ns a retreat tor the hot days ol
summer would he sounded lar and wide. The beauty
ol Hs location. Its sylvan shades, Its invigorating sea
breezes, would oil lie told over und over again, and, in
stead ol the two common enongh hotels which now lay
Ciaigt ?* summer resorts the island would be studded
with msgnlttoent palaces rivalling those of Maratoga.
Then, 100, tbero is Coney 11-lurid, with its magnificent
beach and unrivalled sen bathing, which has la-su ut
terly ruined by the sharks and aharpers who took boa
session ol It, and Uockuwuy, which loo supplanted It
Iu public favor in consequence. With the ucroused
facilities which tho latter resort will afford this year It
m to be hoped there will bo luereased pre
cautions ngainsl tho dangerous cl.wses who nie
10 apt to mnko resorts ol this kind
disreputable. Bath and Babylon and Fire Island on
iho miuiIi side, and innumerabln villages and coves and
necks aud headland? nil slong Long Island otiud a fiord
nr can bo mode to atlord splendid IscllttlW lor pecrea
lion snd health. On the mainland opposite, all tho
nay, indeed. Horn tuc Bronx to tho Connecticut* there
? re a hundred village* easy ol access to New Yorkers.
Iu the whole hat of wutoring places und guuiinar re
aorta there is uot ?oe anywhere mora charming than
Lako Mahopac. Only a quarter of a century sjo ibis
lake wok unknown us a summer reaort, and though the
fishing was goon ui U guine ahoudaui the neighborhood
w.ik ?? little frequented l>y New Yorkers as the Nyack
lliils are now. Twenty-live years have wrought mar
vellous changes in this locality, as in many others, und
Lake Mahopac, with its pretty villus aud Its excellent
hotels, la both fumous and lu?biouuble.
CP Tilk 11 c0>ON.
To tha New Yorker who i* tired of the hrtrka and
mortar ol other cities as well as lila own, lor whom
Newport mid tiariitogn and l.oog Branch have n> i.l
Iructiona left, and who has uo incliuullon to suttle
down tu tiumnwr hou.-e nour the metropolis-, or to ?
fathom the mysteries of Deepliuven, a Journey up ill#
HttJson could not lail to he especially attractive, lie- I
lug up and down that Uohle river by bout or rail giv. s
one oiny a faint idea ol the beauty ol Its scenery and
the luiurast ol its associations. At every step, almost,
front Spuyten Duyvil Creek to tbn Catskills there is
something to claim mientiou If only to please the eye.
With all the splendors of ii* scenery the Hudson Kiver
is almost us little known to many New Yorkers as me
sources of the Nile. Not uiore than a hundred, proba
bly, ol our citizens have ever traversed mo right buck
ol tlio river at apace alow enough to enable tliem to en
joy the lulncaa ol its grandeur. Even Ihe Palisades,
although at our very doors, would be a novelty 10
most ol us. Thousands ot our people who " go to tbo
country" every year have never been to Wcehuwkea
or Fort Lee, or Fort Washington or High Hrtdiro,
even. M my of ua seek the hirt hplncc ol the Swan of
Avon, bother about Abbotsford und Newstend Abbey,
and ever bore Tennyson and Longfellow Willi our
visits, while wo are not uware tbut just across the
rivor from New York is tbut quaint old pool, Ralph
Uoyt, singing to us in our Impatieuce:?
Still -<ight the world fur something nnw.
For noiiietliinc new;
Si me Will ?' the Wl?p to help pursue.
Imploring me. imploring you
For something new
How lew ol us who have road the romance of Wash
ington's first love?even those ol us who tuke as pro
louud an mieresl in the old patrons as Theodore W,n
tbrop evinced in his story o "Edwin brotliertoft"?
have ever cared to visit the old i'hilhpse mansion at
Youkors? The writer of tins article had it in his
power, not long ago, to do n kindness to a lineal de
scendant ol one of the captors of Major Andre, and
yet no is compellod to record it, with rogrct, that ho
bus never hud the curiosity to visit the old town of
T'appau, where Andre wus executed, or Tarry town,
even more lumous lor its associations with tho life ami
memory ol Washington Irving thiiu lor Andre's cap
ture. A whole summer might be very profitably and
ugroeably spent in seine quiet farmhouse on the batiks
ol the Tuppuu Zee. borne modern lialtus Van Tussuli
might bo lound utmost anywhere willing to accommo
date the summer visitor with a home in which to
dream away the drowsy, listless days, while the en
ergy ol * nioruiiigiide und nighilnll could be
devoted to excursions to that unique little
stone cottngo, rSiinnyt-ide, which lor so ninny
yoars Irving made his home; to the villugo cliurcu
at Tarry tow u, whero ho wotshippod uod where be Is
buried, to Sleepy Hollow, made lumous oy the rule ot
lchabod Crane, the schoolmaster, when lirim Bonos,
his rival, invoked tbo ghost of tiio gnllopinff Ho-sinn
to pursue him to Verpluuok's l'oint, where Henry Hud
son's ship the Hull Moon cmuo to anchor 20(1 y> ars
ago, ami to Caldwell's Lauding, one ol tho many places
w hero Cnptaiu Kidd, ''us he sailed, us bo sailed," la
supposed to have secreied his trea?iiro.
IX TilK HMHLA.NM.
Then the Highlands, too, Will alford a delightful
suiiiinor reireut fur such us have uu oyo and u tusto
lor the objects
Which on' of nature's coinmou order rise,
I be shapeless ruck, or bunging precipice.
Who could r.ot make b's home, at least for "the
heated term," us tbo veteran journalist is apt to to
niark. somewhere on the Dunderberg Mountain t Who
would not bo buppy in tho but nouns ol summer
pcrthod on the very lip ol Anthony's Nose? Who
wouid not lib invigorated sculuu the deuhvittos ol
Sugar Loaf i'ciik or calmly descending the inclined
Jouges ol liulti rmllk Fa list Who would not no iruns
formed to nestle with the lays ol Drake's poem m tho
Cro' Nest, und Kiel those airy beings ol tbo imagination
throng i ho nioouli'rht ulude,
A hove netos?on every side,
I'h- Ir tittle iii? iiiin loriuH arrayed .
In all the tricks. pomp of lniry pride? *
Between the Cro' Nest und .Sturm King ("Bolorberg")
Is Iho lovely Yule ol Tempo, not less hcittililul than
tho lainoua defile between olyiupus und Ussa iti T bes
bmy, which Neptune opened with his trident. Wo
can.-not lor West l'oint or Cozzens', lor all tho world
goes there to see much that is gruud ai d glorious, out
tu loll listlessly iu the sight ot ull the griudcur whi< b
Nature's lingers nave imprinted in Hit very heart of
too llighlanu i'ass. The Catskllls even less attract the
summer tourist, un-ets Indeed ha lias cUosen tlictn us
the suuiio oi his ''Midsummer Night's Dream," whero
day alter day lie Is dele: mined to scramble up tho
ledges ui the lootstcps oi Kip V in Winkle the night he
lea las termagant wile ana went lortn with only bis
dog and his gun lor company. Mitntrogu, with its waters
und Its etluiu folly, lis lake and Its setni-prolosstoual
boal races; the Adirondack*, with all their wild lioautv;
even Clin in plain und Ueorgc, with iheir historical nsso
ciatioi s ana picturesque sweetness, are not lor the
summer traveller to w horn the Highlands oi the Hud.
son appeal, utiles* indeed ho lecls lliut no cun place
hiinsell near" the haunts ol men and women who nro
the more butterflies ol pride, buzzing aimlessly noar
so much that :s beaulilul, not fur lis beauty, but be
cause it is f .shionitble, auu yet keep apart iront thoin
to couimuuo only with Nuture in Iier must ouctiuuiiug
mood-.
TIIK HZAUTIKS OK MXXSTLVASIA .srK.Sk.RY.
As lLo New Yorker rushes to Loug liruucli or Sura
log. when he is in search, of a nreuih ol fresh air or a
duy's rest and recreation, so the I'blludciphlan hies
away to Cajic M-iy uud Atlantic City, and us the lornicr
forgets the thou-atld attractions which tiie batiks ol the
Hudson sflord, so the fuller is oblivious oi ull the
en rms ol Ihe .Schuylkill uud the Wis.-.ah.ckoa. And
yet ui Ihe one Moore coahl sing?
Alouo li.v tin.- Schuylkill a wanderer roved,
An : In i -lit were it- flowery hanks to lil? ere;
II it Inr. very ar. were the friends that lie loved,
Ami lie gazed ou its flowery banks with a sigh.
And tbo other Is noted everywhere lor its lomaottc and
hc-iutiiul scenery uuu me succession of cm-cades which
gives un air oi grandeur to everything about, them.
Few .Stales offer such attractive or such diversified
scenery as Pennsylvania. Within a stone's throw of
New York almost is the Dalawaro Water (lap. Further
uu urn Hie coal regions and tbo tioaulilul Wyoming
Valley, ol which every luucy makes u Mecca Tho pen
oi Campbell and ibe pyuoil ol Turner have iskun their
themes as well ns their lusplraliou from this beautiful
valley, ami Halleck, to whom wo raised a statuo iu Cen
tral i'urk thu other day sung, in its praise,
.Nature hath made uici- lovelier tbau the power
KvcB of Campbell's pen li?th pictured.
Wyoming 'a a epol which the summer tourist would
find as lutcrosiiug as it is bcuutliui, hut I'euusylvduia
hue other retreats uot lee* beautiful wlnc.ij few sum
mer tourlsiH evor ecu. Hue of these is tho Vul.ey ol ihu
Juniata. It la strange ttiut tho banks ul this
lovely stream. lU the highest degree romantic umi pic
turesque aud lor many luilee along the hueol the Penn
sylvania ituitro.id, ahould lie almost uulrquemod, aud
yet such is the lack Then uguiu thero are the Cum
berland Valley, where the blue mountain tops make a
straight lino along the sky lor a two hours'ride by
rail; tlcttyshurg, the sccnu ot tho most .sanguinary
buttle ol the late war; ilcdlord Springs, one ot the
quuiuieet and oldest summer resorts in tho couutry ;
tuo Allcghenics. with Crossou on the summit and u'u
dtscovered wonders aud beauty in every direction.
Til K VI Kb I.MA SI'KINO.N.
Tho natural wonders ol West Virginia were hotter
known a quarter o! a century ago than they are to
day, lor .hou tho famous W hlto sulphur springs were
what Newport Is now?tho lushionahio summer home
ot people 01 wealth and position. Among tho old
pamphlets in the Hkkald library is ouo ol which tho
renders ol the 1Ikuai.ii never heard perhaps, culled,
'?The White Sulphur Papers." It was written in isg!i,
whan it was estimated iliai not lower than six thousand
persons bad visited the Virginia apriugs during the
.-umiiier. Theru wcru no railroad.-: then, aud It was u
ride ol ninny weary days to reach the White Bulpuur
Irom Washington, hut the vc.y difficulties of tuo Jour
ney seem to have made it attractive. The White .Sul
phur was then as now in tho heart ol tbu group ol the
Virgiuia springs, and it was a mere mutter ol course
to ride to the ,-weel Springs, 17 mhos distant; tho
Blue Sulphur, 'i'l nines disiuut; the Halt Springs, 24
miles theism; the llol Spring, UN miles distant, or
tbo Kou Springs, 41 miles dtsistit. Kverybodjr who
was anybody visited those springs at ttiui day, and,
billowing the suggestion ol Shakespeare's lines,
W in n then Imply hvcsi
ruins rare. n?towortUy object la thy travels,
.Maku m? paitaker ul thy inippiiir-i.
they wroio hooks about tbo sprlugs and the scenery
aud eucb oilier. Captain Murryat was up thero that
summer slid It was reported ho was writing a booit
uu America. "1 hope lie will speak well ol our party,"
said one ol ll.o authors ol more papers, and nut
torgel ihu Indies lie daucml with at tlio While .Sul
phur." i'bnt year, too, tbo l'residout (Van liur. u)
was at the Sweet Springs, "travelling in a wild part of
the couutry, several hundred miles Irom the real of
government, without ret nine or evou au attendant."
As I.ung Branch will scarcely auswer any longer lor our
summer capital hero is alum lor President Hayes. The
six thousand people who annually visited the Virginia
s|irings lorty years ago have dwindled down to lower
than six hundred in ln?tt-77, aud lew ol our summer
lotirlsts ever saw the Hanging Hocks orCsndy's < aslle,
the bait Bond or the ice .Mountain, I he Hawk's Nest or
Weir's Cave, tho Peaks el Utter or the Natural Bridge.
All this region, once too Mecca ol Ainnncun fashion,
may bo explored all ever again, and the summer
lourlst who carts to go over tne old ground will
find a remimscenco ot tho past at every step.
A TKIH THHOt'KH THIS I.AKKS.
For a lour ol two or three weeks nothing can bo
more delightful than a trip of the takes. Blurting
tram Caldwell, where old P ort William lb nry stood,
belli l.nku Ceorgo i.u.l l.alsu Cbainpl i.n limy bo inv
erted, Montreal and Quebec being reached by rail Irom
Pluttshurg. From these points the tourist can go
down tho 14L Law rence to the uiou'h ol ihu saguetiay
and up the Bngaenay or up the si. Lawrence, by tho
Thousand Islands, to Kingston or Niagara Falls. 'I no
"scu.-<>u" at Niagara begins, they suy, when the Clif
ton lloilio opens, and that this year will lie ihu
1Mb; hut the Falls aro mere a.I the year, and in
Visiting them the tourist can consult his own con
venience. If the lake tinvellcr desires wilder scenery
aud ireer communion with Nature he may start from
l'ort Kent, opposite Burlington, on Luke i. humpiuiu,
visiting tile remarkable ravines aud cascades near
Koescville, called ilia walled banks ol the Anguine,
and camping on the l.ower, Mid .lu or Upper Baranac.
Kaquette Ktver and 'I upper's I.uko, and lite A.liron
d.uk hills and lakes aro not far removed Irom tbo
Baranac, aud In every direction tbcre is a prolusion ol
w ild ucuuty which surpasses the power ol pott to de
scribe or ol peucil to depict.
Ttllt WIIITK HOl'STAINS AHU THK NSW KNIH.ANO COAST.
.The While Mount ins and tne New h.uglutid coast
alv.nvH present s certain attractb ti lor tourists who
are anxious to ga/von ihu trsiitlnceiit waters ol Lake
Winntpiseogee as much because im y Bud tlifln uity in
proiK.unclug tint naliiu as any tiling else and trem
thenre make Hie irtpol the mountains. I no broad
meadows and Wooded banks nl the Bacn, the nooks and
turns ol tho Artist's Brook, tno grand lodges ot tho_
Paqttaulcel Mountain, tbe Krt>o Lake. the Crystal
Falls au i Diana's Bulb, all tempt the tourist to stop m
lbs wry portals ol the mountain passes. Ten milts
Irom Nortli Conway is Burllett, at tho very loot ol the
mountains, and eight lullus lurtlter on Is the Mount
Crawtord Hou-o A low miles lurther aroibo Willy
House, tbe ' Notch" and Mount Wusbiugtou, tho as
cent ol wbleh is ilsell worth tbe whole pliarmucopuiia
ol tbe doctors. Tbe journey is a repetition ot ibe as
cent of uiouulaiu peaks?Mount Clinton, the Ural
summit to be attained; Mouut Pleasant, with its geulle
slopes at the ton; Mouni Franklin, wtlb Red Poud at
the bottom, uud Mount Monroe, which leads >o the
loot ol Mount Wasbiugtou, and tba "Lake of tbe
Clouds." W neu i he journey Is contluucd lurtlter ?>u
is Fruucoulu Notch, near which are Mount l^luyette,
or tuo Ureal Haystack, Mount Jackson, on which
is "the Old Man ol tho Mountain,'' tbo Basin and tho
Flume. From the While Mountutus it would he nat
ural tor the tourist to seek Mount Kauthdin and the
Mo.seiicud Lake, hut most ot them go at once to the
New Kngiaud coast, stretching theiu-selve-i all the way
Irom i'assamuquoddy Buy to Newport and Now Lon*
doit. "II iho visitor here cannot sketch the hold
rocky cliffs," says one ol tbe auide books, speaking ol
Mouut Desert Island In language ton poetio lor a pro
saic hook o| rclerouce, "be can beguile the Usu to bis
beurt's content." It may be assumod ibnt arusnonly
seek tbta out-ol-tbe-way place, winch Is so bidden
away irom tbo eyes ol ordinary mortals that it would
puz/.le u Philadelphia lawyer to decide whether it Is on
tho sea const or not. Persons ol a literary luru ol
miud seek the Isle of Bbonls, but ordinary peopie go
to Rye and Salisbury beaches, Nabani, Nantucket uud
bwuinpscott, and ut camp meeting times, to Martha's
Vineyard, it is thus tliut muny ol us spend our sum
mers ; hut, after all, tho rent season is coutluod 10 three
localities?Long Brunch, Saratoga and Newport.
Ota TURKU liKKAT WATKKIN'41 fl.AI.'KH.
It Is only ton yuurs since Loug Uruucb heguu to take
utiy rank as a watering place, and yet we are told even
this dull seasou that colagea are held at very biglt
rates by ihc agents, who auswerappeals lora reduction
on accoant 01 the Uuluess ol trade, "We know no hnrd
tliues here, sir. " In a weok or two most of tbo hotels
will bo open, but it remains to he soou whether the
"bard times''will not extend to Long Branch boloro
the close cl the season. .Suraiogu Just now is in tbo
possession ol carpenters, painters, plasterers and
plumbers, and ull the great hotels are getting ready lor
the opening. There is some dllllculty about prices, u
seems, the hotels aee-suwiug between $J 60 and (4 SO
per day, uud ihcro is some lulk of a convention of bntol
keepers to determine a schedule of rales. I'liu ruling
prices probably will ba $21 per week lor Juno una
September, $2o lor July uud $28 for August. A good
muuy cottages are yet to bo let, and even the new
Windsor ilolel is lor rent, lurmshcd. Saratoga bus
long lost its old liino ch iruclerUtics. First
it was iho resort of people who wont to drink "iho
witters." Thou it became the seat ol lusliion, llirtalion,
lovo inukiug, marriage. In the days ol tihe Ring it was
tho pollticul beuddUallers ol Iho liinguulos Ol tbe Slate.
Later still it lias been a sporting centre, especially lor
horso uud bout rating, and uow u seems to combine ull
the characteristics ol the past, becoming more nomadic
every day. Newport, on the other h did, bus grad
ually lost U8 ch iracler us a mere "watering nhtce" uud
become the "summer home" ol pooplu who wish to
comb.no seaside and city, rest uud uniusemcnt. Liltlu
is suld shout the hotels, but tberu is a great deal of
go-sip lu regard to tho collages Tho building ol u
hew houso or the- ullcruiiou or improvement
ol au old ouo is uu evcut ul Newport.
Tne "news" ol the place is ull llko this:?
Rhode Islund avenue, Irom Beach strooi to Built
mud, bus bcuu macadamised; uioru omuihusos are to
bo placed on the uvenuo tins year; the ltev. l)r. Pot
tor, ol New York, bus greatly improved bis bou.-c,
breaking up lu rigid lines, Jcc. ; Mr. Kdwuru Castimi.n
i bus mane extensive alioratioiis In ibe L'barlotlo ensh
muu cottage; Mr. A. A. Lewis' new ooungo Is ou Las
I tie Hill, across tbe month of tin: nurhor Irom Fort
i Alums; ex Uoveruor Stvuiin, ot Maryinud, It.is bought
| two cottages near tbo beach, and tho Hon. Uuorgu H
I l'cmlletuu's summer villa cost hint only $12,uo0 to
I bund, while Mrs. Ueneral Cu.lum'a was quiet us inex
I pensive. Most ol the Newport "cottagers" go earlier
! to their summer homos uud slay later than oilior lush
ionuOles. and aire ay lliu seiirpn may lie suld to huvo
gun titer
Doguu there, ullhougU it will ho at least a fortnight
Until the oilier resorts will bo open lor business, audit*
week or two luier beioro they will have luiriy begun
the summer ot 1877.
rapid transit.
THE CENTRAL UNDERGROUND RAILWAY PRO
JECT?A PETITION TO THE MAYOR AND DOARD
OF ALDERMEN.
Mr. O. Y notion burgh and others, representing the
Central Underground Railway Company, Hare ad
dressed a petition to tho Mayor and Hoard ot Alder
men, In which the plan, cost end oilier loading partic
ulars oi this project are set lorih. They also ask lo<*
certain privileges in streets and public places as fol
lows:?
First?To dopo8tt ni iterinls outside and south oi the
llncot the works nour the otuieu Island terry on tho
battery.
Second?Similar privileges on tho north side of tho
street between the I'ost (Jlllco and tho City Hall I'urk,
reserving sufficient width ol roadway tor Vehicles to
pass escti oilier through the wboie length of tho street.
Third?ditui.ar privileges ut the junction ol Worth.
Baxter and l'ark streets, with a Iiko reservation ol
passage.
Fourth?Similar privileges on tho northerly and
southerly borders ot Union square on ground outside
the sou ne, und not wlihin the ooiiuda ries ol streets.
Fifth?i'hesniio privileges at the Circlo, souihwrsl
curlier ol Cuiiiral l'ark and In strcot* crossing and
near Madison avenue, where no houses are erected on
tho lots abutting again.il the streuts whore the ma
terials aro deposited.
These privileges to be revocable by tho Mayor and
Board ot Aldermen and subject to regulation by tho
Commissioner ol 1'uiillc Works.
Tho proposed routo of this underground railway is
Irom lite Buttery to Eighty-second street and Madison
avenue, on llio oast side, with a hrunch Irom Union
square, under Broudwtiy, to the Circle at the southwest
corner of the Central l'ark. The estimated cost, cover
ing all lands 10 bo purchased and compensations to ho
made. Is rot down at $7,750,000. Equipped lor 200,000
passengers per day, or ovor 60,000,000 per annum, so
as to bo carried at a nisxiinum speed of Irom thirty
live to lorty miles uti hour, the road would c ist uhoiu
$0,000,000, less, it is contended, than would ho re
quired lor the section irom City Hull to I orty-seeond
street.
The communication states lurthcr the particular
bom-Ills ol such a read, comparing It with u similar
undertaking in Loudou. It is urgued that the capital
lor tho whole work can ho obtained more onMly ami
on hotter terms tkniu lor the section Irom City llnll to
Forty-sccoud Hirecl; that tho not euriungs, alter de
ducting every possible charge, will not bo less than
$1.600,000 per annum, or soveu percent on $20,000,000
ol capital?over iwlco the amount required.
Considerable space is taken up in Iho document
Willi lorcibio arguments pointing out the great henellls
which must accrue to the metropolis from a speedy
and salo system of rapid trauslt.
CYRUS W. FIELD ON QUICK
TRAM t* IT.
The oauso of rapid transit, according to Mr. Cyrns
W. Field, will not be allowed to he overcome w ithout
rosistauco. He, as tbo I'resideul ot the Now
York Elevated Railroad, Is determined lo
maintain a strenuous battle against tbo In
trigues ol lobbyists at Albany who repre
sent the interests efthoold horse car companies. He
declares, however, that he will not iiso tho same
weapons that have bo?n heretofore employed, lio
hopes that the Court ul Appeals will next week render
a uoclsion winch will seitlo the legal dllUculties that
have delayed tho extension ol tho elevated tracks.
Tho work of constructing them on tho oast slac will bo
resumed and pushed lot ward with vigor as soon us
possible.
THAT TENTH AVENUE GANG.
A largo crowd of roughs assembled at. Jefferson Mar
ket Court yostorduy morning to utiend the disposition
of a cuso in which a cnuplo ol members ol the notori
ous Tenth avonuo gang wcro tho accusod persons.
The complainant was Mr. John Haunon, ol No. 4110
West Sixteenth street, who testified that us ho
was passing quietly down .Sixteenth street ut an early
hour yesterday morning he was attacked wheu near
Eighth avenue, by ono Bridget Ilellly, who assaulted
hun with stonos. brickbats, Ac. I ho woman was soon
assisted In her onslaught by Color Wood und William
J. Mackic, as Is nllcged . Officer James F. Madden
hearing tho reports of several pistol shots, hur
ried to the sccno ol tho distarMance and
saw tho two prisoners numed, chasing llauiinn.
Alter n short run the officer arrested boih
Wood and Mackle, who, on being arraigned b lore
Judge Wundcll yesterday tor examination, denied any
complicity in llio assault, and brought several girls to
swear Hint they worn not in llie street at tho tune tho
missiles wore thrown by Bridget Kollly. (Minor
Madden found a revolver, aeverul chamber! ol which
were discharged, in tho uuddlo of the street which the
prisoners crossed while lie was pursuing them. At a
lute hour yesterday afternoon an examination was held
In the euro, wheu Officer >chmiuheye, ol tho I wentv
ninth precinct, aimed to ihe Judpo thai a charge ol
burglary was impending over Mnckio, who lor this rea
son was remanded till to-day, and further examination
of the cuae was adjourned.
THE CONTINENTAL RECEIVERSHIP.
For Ihreo dnys past negotiations have been In prog
ress between tbo legal roprescntalivos ol Messrs.
Willlstn K. draco and J. P. O'Noil without any Im
portant results. Yosteruay allernoon Mr. O'Ncll was
served with an Injunction Issued by Judge Pratt, re
straining him Irom interlenng In any way Willi Br.
Grace. This result wis unexpected, und will hardly
relievo tho complexity ol the cuso.
CHURCH PIFFICOLTIE.S.
An order has been granted by Justice I'ratt, Supremo
Court, Kings county, by which the Trustees of the
Deutsche Kvuiigcllsclic Eu tho rise lie Kircho ol .St.
Bums are authori/.ed to mortgage tho church properly
lor f'i.ilOO to Iruiikltn ? Hi buck, $o,H0;i ol tins
amount is to lie paid lo tho Williaii long Havings
Bank, lo pay off a prior morigign; and Eotitxii Mann
heim, who holds s sccoud mortgage, is to rtcaivo the
other #l?000.
'OVKHTV IN THE COAL FIELDS.
THREATENED IDLENESS?MW HR* OF MINEF8
AMD Ml KCRANTN?THE BKdULT OF STB1KE*
AND CO A I. COMBINATIONS.
[BT TKI.KUBAPH TO THE HERALD. 1
Sl'KTNTO*, I'O., Mttjr 18. 1877.
Ttie extent of destitution prevailing throughout tha
coal Holds is agnia assuming alarming proportions. Au
earnest message Irom Mayor^ McKune, ol this city, ac
companied bv ? patbelle petition Irom n rust body of
?ufleriug poor, was read at a meeting of the Common
Council to-aighl. The men want work, >a that they
can onru the price ol bread lor their starving families.
Au ordinance appropriating $10,000 lor street improve
ments was introduced with u view to furnishing work
lor the unemployed, but there are poor pro-pocts of Its
adoption, uh tha municipal machtnory bus a faculty ol
grinding such measures lo death.
The announcement that the principal coal uperalors
have concluded to suspend mining operations lor a
month bos caused considerable consternation among
the merchants and miners throughout tlio aetbrnciio
region. 'I he "spring opening." which every onu hero
hoped would bring it scusou ol prosperity to our I iu
gulshlng Industries, has hplol to inmsu r.ny lite into
business affairs, and there la no disguising the (net that
the community throughout tho autbrucite coal Holds
of Pennsylvuuia is id a prostrate and pauperised con
dition. Dospite the (act that tho coal com
panies have been shipping more coal tills sen
son than lor many years previous wo have
tho nnoiutiiy uf inuro idleness und sulloring among tho
poor limn have been known lor some time past. The
cause fir this is furnished in tho small wages paid at
the mines. A system ol economy has grown out of
the groat rivalry ol the principal coal producers, which
has crushed the poor deeper iu tho scale of sociul lije,
aud made their lato darker und more cheerless lhau
ever. By the present system ol working hnll time at
tho mlnos the operators are uhle to got within iwcntv
tlve por cent ol the work dono that thuy rou'd bavo
were they working ou lull time, while none ol the
benefit accrues to the workmen. Tills Is easily ac
counted lor. Mcu knowing that tbey can work only
"bull tlino'' work moro diligently, and will miss no
hours or hull'days, us was the case heretofore. The
repairs incidental to accident uru carried on during the
"olTuays"ol "hall time," so that on working tluys
men und uiucblnery uro iu more perfect order
nod not a moment is lust. These lurgo <|uuulltles of
ooal aro mined at liitlo cost. The high price ol pro
visions, especially Hour, which Is Iho great support of
the toiucr, has mnuo it a severe strugglo wlih tho toil
ing classes to ? xlst lor the past lew months, und llicy
look upon the approaching season of idleness Willi dis
may. The average earnings ot mine employes at the
present rato of working do not exceed Irom $10 to $10
a mouth, uuu, with Hour lit $ I'd u barrel, it lakes no
great i Mori ol calculation to uscurlulii the condition ol
tho muu ol lumily. Most ol !he*miucrs have lumilias,
and when a wnoiu month's carmug lias to go lor tha
purchase ol it liurrol ol Hour it becomes a Inner tusk
trying to obtain the olhcr necessaries that go to make
up tlio most miserable means ol a mere exi.-ieucc. In
Buiiio homes tlio monthly earnings ol tlio head ol mo
house have not been sufficient to uuy a barrel ol Hour,
and corn me ?! lories ti e prime article ol diet. I hero
uro thousands ol poor people woo have lenruod to look
upou Hour us a luxury, and meat aud potatoes are alto
gether out ot Hie question.
too MANY 1.AII0UKI18.
The prevailing idleness uuu wuut have been in a
great measure augmented by the unprccedontod inllux
ol unskilled labor into tuis portion ol Pennsylvania
during iho pasi lour years. In 137H -Mr. Thomas tl ok
sou, ol the ll.dawaro and Hudsou Canal Company, was
seriously considering the qipslion ol importing cooho
labor, so scarce were workmeu even at that period.
Wu have now four limes the quantity ol labor la too
coal ileitis tliut vto require, und its only sulvuitou from
lumiuo is to tiriko out boldly lor Western luring. l'ho
curse ol the com fields bus been brought on by strikes
among the workuioii, combinations among tho em
ployers and all jho unhoulluy Huctuatious incident to
sucu abnormal conditions. A large and very impor
tant class thai has been ground to the brink ol ruin
between these millstones Is made up ol tbo small
merchants who are tottering on the verge ol bank
ruptcy. Tney, loo, boboid tho Impending Idleuu-s
Willi diBiiiay. Their Motives aro empty, thoir junk
accounts drained, their credit wiiti iho lurgo
mercantile nouses iu a shaky condition and
tDoir goods scattered among the poor, who uru
now unable lo puv them. Thuy struggle bravely ou,
but cannot withstand tbo lido before a inch they must
eveuluuliy sucrouiU, onu by one. Ilils is uol only t lie
cuso in Ncrautou, hut in every city, town and h unlet
throughout iho coal Unlds. Stores aro shut up daily
by the Sucritl, and otrceis whore onco a thriving busi
ii. ss was pushed rellect tho universal decadence, Willi
sh utters up at noon aud groups ol id lo meu Hilling on
| tho doorstep-. Tho pooplc uro without money, with
out credit and without any prospect ol work, and
I many oithem uro without hope. Apart Irom the nuuo
I there is no resource to ho relied on, and wlndcs-ilo
! starvation must cvontually bo the result ol this die
I tressllig situation.
HKKKIMI TKilfOKAKY IIKI.II K.
A eomlnllteo ol workiuglnen Iwn wailed 011 tbo
Mayor, usl.ing tilm to lurntsb thorn Willi s inn relief
lot themselves and families, or somo means by which
tliov con Id euro looil. 1110 Aluyor bus 110 |>ow r to uid
litem, and Ibe schema introduced sotuo tuna ago into
tno Select Council lor biiiidlnit HVcri mid glv-*
niu the jioor employment bus lullen tbrougb
owing to a vigorous opposition 011 too part ol real
estate owner*, who allege that they ure too pour to bo
taxed lor A'JUO.Omi, wnlcli it !? estimated (be work
would cost. a relict commllleo afforded temporary
md 10 tliono wlio were most destitute, but even that
lias been 11 sort ol economical sop lor Cerberus, and
the poor ol Scr.inion are as destitute now us they wero
In midwinter. The Poorbouso is illicit 10 overflowing,
and ibu effort* ol tbo I'oor Directors ure simply help
li' i to avert the wiilcs) read and oontlnnnlly spreading
dosiltutioti winch claims their cuusidcrutioii.
itnsiNKss nnntKMiox
Tbo poverty umoug mo tin.ill sioreknepers Is quite
general, ihn country Is overcrowded w:th them.
Years ago. When tunes were good, evory man who
bud $&ui) 1 bought be ought to go into ''business."
This also proved a great evil. Hooks were opened,
credit invited and rocklo.-s extravug mco encouraged
among tbo working classes, who could get
anything they wished wherever they hiw Ut, whether
(bey 11.id money or 1101. Tins class of basinets
men Injurod old established merchants a good deal,
because ol giving rise to a ruinous system ol credit
winch has been a bane to business ever slnco New
buildings were erected aud mortgaged ; building asso
ciations wero organised aud robbod by dlsbouest and
designing officers, and other speculations ol a spuri
ous tun ure ougaged in by men who, h..ving no knowl
edge ol biiainoss or lluanclal mutters, s. ou loll a prey
to Ibolr own duplicity or tbo thieving tendencies of
tbo o who proved inlse to tlio trust reposed in thoni.
This picture ol ihe.proseut condition ol the coal fields
Is uot overwrought It may bo an unwholesome sub
ject to contemplate, but It Is not without Its lessons,
even should that long promised, much desired, but ex
ceedingly tardy season ol prosperity roiurn to tbo coal
fields iff Pennsylvania.
LO! 1HE POO It INDIAN.
BBFAKFART COFFEE FOB THE INDIAN TillliKH
AT $19 82 PEP. HUNDRED POUNDS.
IIr. J. (J. .Smith, tbo Commissioner appointed by tbo
Indtuu Departni' nt, opened, yosterdny alternoon, tbo
proposals which bad been received at tho Indian Office
agency in this city lor lurnlsbing 44.1,000 pounda of
coffee to lie delivered at Now York, Baltimore, Phila
delphia, St. bonis or Sioux City. Schedules showing
time of delivery, conditions to bo observed by bidders
and terms ol contraat and payment bad Irccn fur
nished to tho bidders, and tbo bids closed yesterday
tuoruing nt eleven o'clock. Immediately alter this
hour the Inspectors c-iroiully examined the numerous
samples wlucn wero sent In by bidders with their bids,
and alter duo deliberation tho contract was awarded to
Messrs. II- Y. Arnold It Co. lor tbo whole qn.unity of
coffee, 446,000 pounds, delivered In Ibis cliy. properly
packed, at $1(1 M! per hundred pounds. The inspec
l< rs determined that, cou-tiderlug me quality 01 the
coffee offered and required and the place ai which it
was to be delivered, me bid ol tbo llrm ol 11. Y. Arnold
k Co. was tbo lowest one received.
Mr. Smith slated thai the price of eolfne, at this
proposul, was a trifle higher, peril, pa about a quarter
of a rent a pound. lh.ui the contract awarded in Sep
tember last, at which lime the last proposals were
received, hut Ihul, on the oilier hand, the quality of
the coffee w .s considerably better. The coffee is do
livered in bugs, 111 the beau und not roasted. Mr.
bmith also said that in coffees aud also iu oilier ma
terials used in supplying tbo Indians tlicro were more
ouisldo holders Hi is year Ihuu aver buiuro. lie at
tributed this to a growing con licence among the mer
cantile classes in tbo integrity ol the Indian Depart
ment, uod.ud icd,thai he thought that there cooid he
bo cumplauit is to th" quality ol the supplies fur
nished to the Indians by thugovernment.
All these supplies must ho transported to the Indian
agencies ou the soveral reservations, anil separate bids
(or t'siisportaiiuii roust lie received. Mr. smith
stated thai the transportation from New York to tho
Missouri Itivor this year w.i- higher on Hour, lower on
heel and about thu same on nofiue aud dry goods as
last .''ear, while Iroin inn Missouri Klver to Ilia several
agencies transportation Was a great deal lower on all
varlcllos of auppllos.
THE STENOGBAPHEUa' SUIT.
An order was applied for before Justice Pratt, Su
preme Court, Kings county, yesterday, by Winchester
llrdton, counsel lor some of tbo parties interested in
tho Continental Life Insurance Company, to prohibit
Receiver William It. Grace, of said com par y, from
pay ing $1,000 due stenographers employed during the
litigation. It was claimed bv counsel that ihore a
question new pending as to the legal status ol Mr.
1.race 11 rei eiver for iho company, and tun question
Would be passed lip >11 soon by the t our! ol Appeals
Thou ;!| Juaili 0 Pratt rem rvtd In ? dat ismn, In aid ih it
he could not sen wuy the right* ol ibe olahnaiils
should be made In dep- nd Upon the result of a liligi
, lion that bad no releruucu to thu jpajuiuut ol agust bill.
THE PEACH CROP.
OEKICIAI, BKPOKTS raOM THE DELAWARE I*EX
1NMJLA?THE LARUEST CHOI" EVKIl KKuWM
EXPECTED 1'iIlH IEAU-?OVEli SEVEN MILLION
HUSHELH.
Midhi.ktow.v, DoL, Mnjr 17. 1877.
Middletown la on Hie northern border of the peach
growing section ol tne Delaware pao.u <ulaf but it is
the banner station on tltia railroad lor the abipm.nl ol
this luscious Iruit, not onlv bic.uaiot the fintuenae
richness of (he country, but because 11 la lUu poiul
Irom which (ho lamia Iroin a large urrouudng diairicl
aeud their product to the market* ol (he ureal cities,
l'bo Urgent orchards iu ibo Male are lu this neighbor
hi oil, there being severul of over 100,000 trees here,
the receipts at MUdlotown iu 1875 bciug over 600,000
barken.
tiik ritimpKc ts.
Tbo season having becu luvurable to the develop
ment ol ibo Ircu this year, and the buds being so far
advanced aa to be beyond injury by auy probublo
changes in the weather, Ibo usual annual olhcial ex
auiiuuuou baajuat been mads. The railroads running
through tbo pcutuaulu tiavo tnaiructcd their agents to
get the results ol Iho olll ;iul estimates ol the Peach
tirowors' Association ull through the district, and the
returns havojust becu handed in. The crop Is pro
nounced to be iu splendid order, the Iruit being in
tnuay places ao abuudaul that the trcea will have to be
sbukcu, The young pcacuos have already begun
to grow vlgorou-ly, and the reports almost without
exception indicate a iiullorni cxcellouce in all the or
chards Inspected. Estimates ol tliu probable yield
this year have been muda by ibu most experienced
growers, bused on Ibo UuMuess ol oriuor yeuis, and
Ibe suipineutH Iroui tne re vera) stations ou (ho rail
roads wit: he about as lollows, tbo liguros representing
the nuinbur ol baskets ol three pecks each, such us
are seen iu tbo city markets:?
A lll'.MAIIkAHLh SHOWING.
&UM*.
Batkei*.
Armstrong
gSO.iJOd
Cunteruury....
Middle tow u
OoU.OOO
Ee.ton
CilBO Station
157,000
Harrington
75,000
ToWUbVlld
?Jlo.oon
Euruuugtou
do,000
lliackoird
7 ? 1)00
li rye n Wood
01,000
Uruouspriug
It.>,000
Bridgi-vilie
. 1'.Hi, (100
Ciuy ion Junction
ut the Kent
lloss Sullen..,
Seaiord
Is, 000
?I'J.UOO
County Hoad...
1,000,0.0
Broad cries...
tilo.uoo
1WI.OOO
two, 1,00
lit 0,000
Laurel
46,000
\\ coining
Total
Add to tbeso ilguien the abipineuts by water and tnu
suits to cauuiug lactones and tuo yield, lu ruuud num
bers, will reach ;,uuu,unu baskets
AM UMI'llKCKOKNTSO Y IKI.U.
It these calculations prove iu be correct the great
yield ui lsVS?the largest crop ever harvested?will bo
surpassed i no present condition ol the crop is every
where udmitied lu be ivteuty-ntu pc. cent belter than
III luul lumnu - year, auil ibu uuuiber ol Ireos iu bear
lug is somewnut larger tliau ever be.ore.
1 be rallrohds uru making every preparation to liau
Ule tills Unprecedented harvest, and luu Iruit* will ho
sent nearly all over Hie country iu good condition, lu
cms specially consiructeu lor the purpose. The luosl
disluiu points lo which the Iruit is likely to bo sent
are, iu tne North, to Toroutu, Can una, hi lurty-inur
hours; iu Iho r.a-t, lo Porilunu, ile., in loriy hours;
in iho Wcsi, to Omuhu, in Qfty-llve hours, unit iu iho i
bourn, iu Louisville, Ky., iu thirty-lour hours. It is
scut through to New guru iu ten hours, liieirimis \
bundled oy the Delaware division ol ihu l'hiladeiphls, I
\l Hiniiigtou una Baltimore Hutlroud Company and its
smaller branches, and is carried through tu.dcsliua
lion without eti uigo.
1 lieaverage returns to tbo growers in ISTi), clour ol
all expenses, wus lihy-livu cents pur busket, und the
prcceuiug year it wus lorty-tbreo cents.
A MAUOaiNO JUS VIEW.
PARADE OE THE TWENTY-SECOND AND TWENTY
TillllD BKOIMKNTS OE INEANTBX YEUTEL
DAY- AN INTKUtttTINU I PECTACLI'.
New Yorkers uru constituted somewhat llko
Parisians iu Ibuir capacity lor the onjoy meul ol dis
play ol auy sore Moro especially do they always givo
enthusiastic ultuuuuu to military pageant* when
the sous ol the city inarch thiougb llin sir' uls armed
as doleudcrs ol the common wo.il. Yualerduy such a
speclucle took place us was well worthy the applause
with which It was greeted, when the Twenty-third
regime it ol ihluuiry cams irom Brooklyn to visit us
sister corps, the Tweuly-seoond. Tuo former was
met about throe o'clock by the tatter ut tbo lerry suit
was escorted to iho City ilall, where hotli regiments
passed iu review boioru Aidurtnan 1'urroy, iho Presi
dent ol the Common Council, who represented the
Mayor, who wus uhsont. Aldermen M .rrta, ri levin,
Cole, Lamb and Cowing aud Cotnptrol oi K illy were
also present. A crowd gathered to guy.o it the sol
duTs and cheered them lustily. ThVy tlu-u moved up
Broadway, through Fourlsjunth street, aud up Frith
avt-nuu lo M annum M|iinro,
AT MADISON SIJCAKK.
On the oast side ol lUo monument in-cribed to tho
memory ot Generul Worth, aud which boars in una
relist uioois o. lila vmiorlrt, a aland bad boon
oroctcd aud dialinguistiud friends oi the two regiinouia
were admitted to seuis, Iruin whicu a liuu survey ol
tile galluut ranks could bo linil. They soon presented
lone echelons oi Immunity, Honoring wub Inns, wlttott
Hollered nervously, aud witu handkcrcbicls, wbiob
woro vigorously plied to absorb tho t.rtoy luoisturo
urbiub the excessive warmth under a sky winch was
mddly threatening diow lurth. Anions the invited
apeciolora the pres. nl uud past uiilitia aud volunteer
organizations were <i>iuo uuuierously represented.
Among mem were (ietti rat Busier, cointnauJanl of
the F'trsl division ot mo Now York National (iuards;
fiouerul Hush U. Jlawi.ius, (ivueral C. A. Carlolon,
Colonel Tnomas Freeborn, Major H. U Loekwoon,
Barer tj. Tailol, .Major Stephen Cabm, General O. V.
Dayton, Colonel Augustus Belknap and lju.iriorm.oler
Weed, oi the sJ< voiuh rcgimuul. I'olico Couuulasionvr
WUeclcr was also u lookor on.
rilK hkvikw.
Alitllo alter llvo o'clock airulnsot m irtlnl muslo 1
reached tbo ears ol the tbroug. and soon tbc plumed
bearskin o. the I wenty-sccoud's drune major iiimj ? ti- |
cully grow into distinctness beloro their gaze. As tho
column apnro.iched lis up| oaranco w.>s strikingly line,
? lid tho luulls ol discipline which liriong to the escort
ing corps wore nut recognized. 1 he brilliant unilorms
ol ibe hand and their snporh musical porloriuatico en
chained tho ladies, while the cb Idreu in the crowd
Wereeactailo over tho wondrous Rgure ol too drum
major. Ilotb regiments passed up F'Ulh sveuiio aud
halted above I'weuty lllth utreet tu order to rest hcP.ro
reforming lor tho review, The order of tbo Twoniy
third's marching ol.cited much admiration, which was
even then indicated by clapping oi Iiuooh.
DIM.Tri.iNK or Tin: I'osn.
Ten tninulus bulore six thu regiments returned.
General Ward, commandant ol the M'cond division,
rodo in odvunee ol the column accom|>auied liy hit
brigade stall. In Iroiu ol tho Worth Monument lie
hulled and sat on Ins hor>e lacing trie street. The
troops under review then pa sodas lollows; ?(crdou ol
police, Inspector W ailing In t oininaud;Colonel Kouucy
Ward, commending tbo column; buna ol the I won.y
seoond regiment; Colonel .Ionian I'orier, cominanuutg
Twenty-scoond regiment; Twenty-second reglineui,
ten companies ol eighteen Hie- each; hum oi the
Twenty-third regiment; Lieutenant Comnol Partridge
in command; niue companies ol the 'J weuty-tbird
regine nt ol twenty li.es each. As senior
in rank the Colonel ol tho Twenty-third
commanded during the review, ills regiment was
apparently about Pmr hundred strong, w lillo the es
roi t did not cumber over three hundred. T ho march
ing aud wheeling ol the Pirmer wore vigorously
cues red, while tlie Twenty second was much critiolsoil
by tbo crowd, their slop was not su-ady, their rankt
worn not well closed and tlioif uniforms seemed ill
lilting. Altogether there wis between IhelO unit till ir
Visitors a contrast which tho giuaior splendor ol their
apparel did not hide.
Both regiments proceeded lo the armory in Four
teenth street, where a quiet eutortaiument was given
lu the evening.
SAD CASE OF DESTITUTION.
On Friday night William Mrnlth was arrested in Now
nrk under singular circumstances, lie was oliservad
lu that city selling a piece ol silk. It was supposed he
h.ul stolau it. To the police he stated that tho silk
wits a remnant ol his wile's dress, ihrtl she tree dying
at homo of consumption and l.u'k ol nourishment;
that he bad vainly sought eraplo) raoot and had thrro
children, all starving at home, while their mother
lay dying, ilo was soiling the nlk, ho tnid, in ordor
to nuy breed lor lie hillo ones at home," Yester
day the case was lully investigated anu found m he
worse tuan Mr. emilh li ?d represent -tl. Mr.-, ,-nilib I.a i
been sick since last Aojust and is In the last Stages of
consul.iptmn. Tho picture the poor creature una her
si irvuig children prcaehtod may be mm h more readily
imagined than describee. The polite and i>ver.*ecr of
the Poor nvoiu temporary provis.oue to relieve the
family's "Hilar.n .", and it Is hoped Hi tl toe te n.-volant
ol Nowatk will ae lo It thai Ilia case is lully cared lor.
NEEDY LITTLE ONES.
St, Stephen's Homo, In Twaoly-eighth street, will
on next ihursday evening recelvo thu U enellt of ser
vices lo be bald In Stomway Hall. The Institution de
pends wholly on voluntary contributions, and Is under
tho i lutrgo ol dlster h ranees Xsricr, who has long de
voted (?> it a pure and kindly enthusiasm, ilia children
who lied shelter under i.nr care number Kin Some ol
them are orphans, and ibnir ages vary Irutn extreme
inuncy tu budding -ixlcen Mister Franca* aud her
assistants teach A cm the rudiments ol edu
cation, and liavu boon very successful in
altaciilng their little charges lo the principles
ol virtue and honor. Their need lust
now l * elm hlng, nnd I lie eu'erlsinment to lie given It is
lor it object th ohtntning oi sui'iciont money to ru
li .hilil.u- ihn little on- :v I'lie p. rlormsnca on I'hur .
day evening will consist ol mu ical ullorts hy sc
kiiowh -igeil artists, hut thg children will amo i-xuibit
.their graces sad irsiuiug.
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.
[Nora.? Letters intended lor this column must be
no ompsniod by ibo writer's lull uime una address to
Insure silent iou Complainants who ar? unwilling to
comply with ibis rule tiinply waste time In writing.?
KU. Ui. KAI.lt ]
OPEN THE BlSTEttVOIB PABK.
To rmk Koitoii ur tiik Hkhai.d:?
Why i* ii that iiiu "Ito.srvuir Hqcaro" Park, Hlxtl
?venue, between fortieth ami Knrty mcuiiiI streets, u
allowed tu rem.mi closed (luring Ibe warm bummoi
?veiling*? It h an oulmge thai lint bo mtiful spot
should no closed to ibe public at the timo iu use would
be in oat bene lie ml. Souicihiug should be done Whereby
tbo hundreds of suIIcr< ro Irom Ueul in tue neighbor
bond could be permitted a little recreation In Una
"oa?l* in ibe dcaort" evening*. A SUEEEKKK.
ANOTHER HINT YOU MB. CAMPBELL.
To tiik Editor or tiik IIkrald:?
Will you pleaso call Uio uiteuilon of Uie Department
o( Public Works to tbu condition of Yilty.second
slreol, between Third uud 1. -xuigton avenuea, as that
block is and bus been lor some tune past in u very bad
condition f 1 can acaMfly drive through the block
mtitnoui b tving snuiemiug smashed on my wagon, and
having itali iixed over again. Now I should aiurn like
to sen that the street was Used also. K. 11.
WANT* to uo to school.
Nkw York, May 10, 1877.
To tiik Emma or thk Hckai.u:?
Will you please inlorut mo if the Compulsory Kdue?
tion law is still iu force, us my boy cannot gel udmi*>
Hion in any ol Ibo schools In ibe Niuuteeulli want? 1
would like lito trustees to are about tbia. KAIllr.K.
THE MILK yl'EKTION.
New York, May 10, 1877.
To T|fk Editor of tiik Hsiiald:?
Don't lot ibo milk question bo lorgotton. Such a
work as tbo Ukkalu lias dono deserves recognition at
Uie bunds ol every man, woman and child id New
York city. It should not be fruitless. Even II tbo
houlih authorities are powerless and Justice is not to
be hud through the couria, sucb an rjpon' as you
It ii vn given liiesu murderers cwnuot fail in tbn end
to breuk un tlielr business. Il by la? every miikmuu
iu tbo city was obligod to have a certificate Iroin tuo
llimltb Hoard, slating tbni iliu dairies lurniauing bis
in ilk were cleanly aud well kepi, mid was obliged to
have a copy of mis curtiUuate attached to bis monthly
lulls, would it uoi soon Uo away with the swill mils
horror which the Hi.kai.o line disclosed? P, U. H.
TUE OME-UOUUK CAI H.
To tiik Editor of tiik 11 skald:?
Is there uo way lor tuo difluroiil compiioics ol tbo
ope horse cur lines to abate Uie nulaauce ol the small
boy riding ou tbo steps ol Ibe rour plailorm ? Inas
much us itioy li ivo uo conductor, I cuuiiol toe hot*
Ibuy cau well pruvent It. Novoit lie loss, it is oltcu
d tngcrous to atinmpi to gel on lliu car while In motion,
a. tbu driver will not ulw ays slop tbo car lor goalie
men, ana lo aiioniptto get on wpile in moimu is, to
my own kuowiedgo (having bad ouo lull already),
Ir.iught wiin serious danger. Another, though not so
serious objection, ill una case only on Uie lilourk* r
street line, is the money box, when ouo Is obliged,
when tne car is crowded, to on widgvd up behind tbo
box, subject lu have His uranium well boxod if not
couitnu idy un the lookout for tile many snddeu curves
ol which tills lino so mue.li abouu is. I was wilue.R to
u lady receiving quite a .cvuro out on tuo temples re
cently Irotn this causa DAILY PATRON.
TBVY1CL ON THE SEVENTH AVENUE C.lBK.
To tiik Editor of tiik Hkuald: ?
1 ho Brosuwuy and i-evcuih avenue lino ol cars In
variably require ihoir passengers going down town,
Irom ubovo fiftieth struct, lo change cars at their
depot, located there, compelling them lo walk hall a
block or more, it they w tab to tuko a Seventh avenue
cur, crossing many car tracks in llieir walk, aud olteu
dodging outgoing car. or threading their way through
u pruwd ol conductors, u very disagrouabiu thing 10 uo
In rainy wealUer. Tuen tUo oars you outer ooiuo Irom
a sbeil wnero are cuuslauliy kept a largo number of
burses waiting mr their torn. Tuo cur emerges troiu
thin stable Hhcd w.tli an atmosphere very dn-agrooabln
uud loul smelling. All this is uotuing now, but as the
horao cur cmupuules are now on thoir good behavior
and il is a populur tutu, lor our Aldermen or iiosrd of
Health to look a iittlu Alter the citizen.' rights lu com
lurl and health while Doing conveyed on ibese lines, it
ih a luvorublo (line to comment upon the disrogard, in
this particular instance, ui the rignia of llio-ie to Whom
tho company is indebted lor the privileges they pos
sets. CI l'1/EN.
SEATS you SHOP WOMEN.
Kaleiuii, N. C., May 0, 1877.
To tiik Editor of tiik Hi.iiai.h ?
Your "Complaint Hook" is right lo urge Roala be*
hind counter, lor saletwunn n. Hui bow to make
them'' Matioiiary seals would be in the way and so
would movable ones, with the additional trouble of
being bi avy to huudle, and to afford rest they must be
low enough to allow the joints lo bend, and tbeu the
frequent strain ol rising and situug makes it worse
than standing all ino lime. 1 u.ive tried all those
remedies,
Seeing u Irmnlo clork very much lutigucd, I bad a
large bole?say two or fbree incurs?bored through
tin- standard ol tbu counter, and a pin lu till it, huuio
two icel long. 'Jul* pui can lie drawn out, s,<y a loot,
and piinbrd bark at pluaburo, wnbout trouble or lots
ol limn, imd, When drawn out, allords a (willa lly con
venient reel ami cue host that the situation afforu*. It
costs nothing and takes no room. Try it, and every
lemnlo will blebu'you. MERCHANT.
HTIUET DANDERS.
To tiik Kiiitok or nik Hkmald:?
Pcdsttr'.sns liavo hiiMciuiii peril lo encounter tn tbo
streets wis iiout bavmg mcir Uvea endangered t>y tailing
Irugnifuls ol l>uiI<1 in^s in course ol repair. Yesterday
1 saw in Broadway no veil brick, Inil to the sidewalk,
one almost striking u lud)*xwbo wn pa-sing. Looking
up I saw a huge nUI> ot tn irnlu sospcnded in the ? r,
tnougli no oho clou ?omn?'t 10 mind u, as people are a> -
customed tosucli tiling.-. I* there no law. Mr. Editor,
liy tin; lorco ol which people milkitii; repair* involving
llio hoisting oi Molina, Ac, can lie required I i take inio
<?oiinnlora i .il tbo i-alnly ol tliu people l?olow. an<l i" not
tiio eulorcouiem ol such a law a proper subject inr po
lice aurvoillauco ? VIDEU.
PBIVA1E AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
To tiik Kihrun or tiik Hkkaui:?
1 Willi to call aitcntion to a ipiaation ol labor. Till
Huilion ltrvor road bavo in ihoir cm ploy skilled
laborers who rcn<itr lulililui ami ? (Tbicut service,
TLcy rocelve (1 It per .lay lor tou hour*' luimr. Tins
in.in striking couIrani with hcrvicos reii'lercd by men
employe! by ami under tlio direction ol the Depart*
meui oi Public Works. K ir lust mce, the nwu at work on
llie King-bridge road, winch la parallel to the Hu<l*oii
River at a diHiauuc ol tlircn or lour liumlretl lent, lor
so culled repairs recelvo twenty cents per hour lor
eight hours' labor, und , aroely do one third n* ninch
work. Tliia Is not an ex.i-."-ruled taionuM; hut
your reporter or nny person Interested can readily n*
ci-ruin the laci by observing llio working* oi Hie loadt
rmnrrcd to. I hi* being tliu case, I - it uol a matter o|
concur* 10 our clli/.cua Ibal a private corpuratiou can
employ llio beat I ihoror* for louger service and leas
Compensation than a ilop.iiliiioiu wbicli is opposed by
lis mnuagnmeiil lo gno all Midi advantage,, 10 tbo
public and lo administer Its altars with judgment and
economy f A "'Ttmit
AN OUTItAOi DtM C Altri El KNKSa.
To TIIK KlIITOU or THE Hr.KAKOI?
Among Ihe many instaucos where lifo and property
are Jeopardised through curolcssncxs in this coun
try I duairo to cllo ouo In which the criminal
bcgligcncn ol builders Is only surpassed by
Ihe disregard ol the authorities for the safety
oi the public Pieces ol lunlior, brick* and
oilier material frequently drop Ironi the hands o|
Carole*, workmen on tbo heads ol tlio*? pedestrians
w hi> li ?ve t no niiHlorl uno ol being underneath, ami the
Coroner is at a Ioh* to Hnd a verdict. At present, on
tbo corner ol Park plan* und Broadway, the Uroadway
Hank is .Hiding a lew stories lo tiioir building. 1 do*
aire to know whether said hutk will lie responsible in
ea a some i>a*sei-by lias bis head ma,bed in ny a brick
or oilinr projectile tailing upon turn from above I]
tno said i.auk is not responsible who is and wrliat havi
tliu aulnorities to my about It 7 In Huropn it Is cus
tofnary to place a li irricr to prevnut people irom pass
lug under places w hich aru exposed in this manner,
nod the government horns tIns builder responsible,
but in (hi, country a man can be dashed into eternity
? ml no ouo need necessarily bo rcspousiblo.
A MK. IllCl'iJ.
THE BAI1LI.K Til A INS,
To Tiir. Kmron or tiik Hsrsi.O:?
Oh Saturday alteruoon In-t I hnd occasion to Visit
Mutt Haven and also desired, rn route, to transact noma
hnsliie-s In Ki(hty-sixill street. To accomplish this
msii- laetorily it was naciMSurjr I should tako two sue
Cossivn Irolns, and Onumg on consulting tho "Outdo"
that the ball-pant ouo P. VI. stopped at Highly-slxth
Street, und the following ouo, at liall-pnal two. seem
ingly did not, I put the <|uestpia to the ticket agent at
Kortv-second street, who positively us-ured inotb.it
the liall-p ist two train also Mopped at Highly sixth
street, winch Juki suited me, and ??< cordiugly I started
by the hsl>past OM traiu and got nil at Kigbty-sixth
nreul. Hero I inquired again of tho ugrui there, and
he also Informed mo Hi it llio next train sioppod there,
lie bad a list ol trains siopp'iig there placurded on
tho ouuido ol llio vRIco, and the hail-pasi two tram
was not among them. I called lili attention thereto;
hut, nevcfiiiolcAs, ho Insisted that tuo tram stopped
lliere, and I went away and attended to my business,
returning In timo tn' catch the next tiain at the
Highly- ixtn unci station. When I ruiuruod I loumi
the onlru i inn up, and I saw the bail past two tram
d.i li by, and I I", i all liuur nl valnnbie time, which I
pa,: ud in Wondering Why these ignorant or oaroiea*
poople are allowed to nuMewi the public. In old Van
dcibill's tituu things wsis diUorvntiy rusns^sd