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I 1 7y Sffc gltfaj-garh Sitttrs, Jritragattne 4, 1880s IAIUIS IN THE GREAT, WEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR SETTLERS UP-- ON TUB PUBLIC LANDS. WHJUUl rSDCiTKIOCI AKD COCRAGEOCS IfXjr -i KykT FIXD HOMXS THE FORMS KECE8- ftABT TO WCTfiak MM-EMfTiOS OR BOXZ6TXAD RIOIIT TlTElCKJC LAIQM II ran tnrrrEST states ro terhi- TO HE, AVD WHAT THET ARE COODFOR. It should unnecessary to eajr that the tnblie lands do not afford all the 'mm of eiv- Ulaod that they an not nor in a condition to immediately yield a too us living; that they -are more or leas remote from Urge settlement, and that to convert them from their original condition to the jairpoM of agriculture requires indomitable v-ourare, Industry, and endurance in the set-- tier. But, tbe facts betne ppcogniwd, it is to be ald that the public domain of the United jBtatea includes many acres which, after a few years pf labor, may be rendered ertile and profitable, and which, under the generous provision of the Homestead and Pre-emption laws, Tire available to all who riv allegiance to the "OoTimment A farm 'may be had or nothing, If any man has "grit" enough to deaf a wilder ness and endure the deprivation of those little conveniences and refinements which temper life in settled communities. Young men of sinew and resolution can do this; the thousands of working men who over-populate the larger cities might do it with immense advantage to themselves and the world, if they could wean themselves from their unaccount-' able attachment to the tenement-house, 'and it Is to be trusted that the immense surplusage of other countries, whiph is now flowing Into this through Castle' Garden, will do it But families long accustomed to the amenities or New-England and the yMiddle fitates.

Should distinctly remember tiist the public; lands do not embrace any ready-made paradises; that their development involves time and -toil, and occasional contact with rude and desperate tioigbltor. Much in the way of education and religion is not to be expected the lands in the vicinity of churches, schools, and lines of raffle are mostly occupied, and at the same Valine, if a wine selection ia made, a few years will usually see the introduction of these advantages, though they may soem far off at the Uate of settlement. The question as to where a location shall be rtiade in onn that can; only be discreetly answered aftor careful investigation and consideration. The intending emigrant, must guard iigainra iieing nusiexi Dy me aiiuruig niuwiave-. imentn of agents and advertisement.

He should rtako into account the climate and political conrti-' tion of the territory and its prowiocts of growth. It fa well' for him to precede nis family, and not to be hasty or without forethought in his movement. He should ascertain the nature of 1 I enre and oilier real estate laws, the amount of Utate and county indebtedness, the percentage f- taxation, the character of the ofllcers, the water simply, and the proximity of markets. If He vera! families or persons from one. neigh-tsirhood emigrate together, many advantage 1 are socured which are unattainable to tteparate Individuals, not only in the familiarity and "congeniality of intercourse, but.also In a more mbOrtntial direction.

Railway fares, tec, are reduced in nronortion to it he use of the party i one agent uiay 1 employed in behalf of all, nml should they desire, instead of pre-empting ur homeatcadinir, to purchase from private holders, the priiwi are materially lessened as the iniantity bought is increased. here Lso-j Lited households would find the new conditions i of life ii ksouie and arduous, several colonizing toother would avoid tlie principal discomforts, mid mors readily develop the section chosen, a fact which applies to all who intend to settle on thejMiblic Tb (ienernl I jinil Office at Washington Issues 'gratnitoibtly, for the benefit of inquirers, a iMtmplilet which ci tains a full summary of all laws relating to the public domain, tmt it is go diffuse and ove rLoaded with miexplained tech-liicalities, that more than a little perspicuity is necessary to the average reader iu gathering 'wnythinfe from it. A sini der manual is published bv Mr. Ii. N.

of Washington, which the various terms used in pre-empting and lioiiieKteading are lucidly defined. Primarily, any person 21 years of age or over may obtain 5W acres of Government land under the iiomestead laws, (married womenexcepted,) by fwying IS in fees, and at the" end of five years may acquire a clear deed to it, or a deed may lie had at the end of six by payment of i for the land if it is outside railroad limits, i v. i) flWU VtlUllU 1 UV1 l. 1.111" lHrTlptlHI.l, anv nerson over 21 rears nutv acuuire 1G0 scree by payment- of in foes, and a clear deed will lie issued to him after proof is 'riven of nix niimths' rexidence on the land and 300 ndditional paid. The principal difference between the two privileges is that beyond the tlH iu fee, nothine is paid for land home- steaded, if the homesteader dwells on it for live years, whereas all land pre-empted costs II 'Si nr fJ 50 an acre, itut only surveyed laiut can Im hvmesteaded, whereas" unsurveyed tracts liia be pre-empted.

The navments mav be made in cash, or bv military liounty warrants, agricultural college scrip, rUTmu v.an scrip, inumnnny miiiu crip, and Revolutionary bounty land scrip, some of which mar be purchased at such prices that the lands will cost lew than if paid lor with money, as for instance, military bounty land warrants are worth from fl to 91 'M an acre, and Hupreme Court scrip, fl 15 to 1 'JUan acre. These are for sale by various brokers, and they should only be bought with a written guarantee that, in case or error in the assiimment or other defect, the settler shall be reimbursed. It is not intended to summarize the laws here. Any person who contemplates colonizing may familiarize himself with them through a study of the two pamphlet previously mentioned, or irr anolicstlon to the LAnd Office in Wash in e- ton. The lands are mostly for sale in Ala bama.

Arkansas, Arixona, California, Colo rado. Dakota. Florida. Idaho. Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New-Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and Washington Territory.

Oidy swamp lands remain in Alabama and Florida, while in Ari- and Wyoming the land is valualile formilnerai ana graxing, rainer umn agricultural, purposes, i Each Ktate and Territory has" at least one Land Office, with a Register and Receiver in attendance, from whom information may be nlitained, and through whom lands may lie lo- should 'proceed with caution, or at the end of wveral vears -of labor he mav find himself ousted off his settlement through some1 defect In his papers and he should be especially wary 'crania of various kinds from foreign Govern ntenta. Many of these are fraudulent ami money invented in them is wasted. Settlers are also tempted sometimes with offers of land Mid to be held under soma special or private act of Congress, but they should only purchase it on a clear abstract of title, showing It to be ri rmm Ii. oa im mnfin mnn tnmfMffnl If the historr of the Public domain were written, it would abound with instances of malfeasance, of the araspinKs of individuals and eorporatiniis, of tb evMion of the require-' meats of the law. and of swindles rreat and smaJL all perpetrated to the disadvantage of the bona nde settler under the Horaestead and' lrs-eniptfon acta, To such an extent has this been the case, that a writer on the subject claimed, before the National Academy of Sciences, some time ago, that all the good pub- lio lands had been disposed of in one way or another, and that not enough suitable for poor men's farming was left to make a Wisconsin county.

The person with capital would un- aOUDCeQiy ona Bis oeneuf miiurvumsw iroiu the rauroads or other private holders, rattier than to avail himself of the homestead and other privileges; lor toe cnoieer sands wnere there are towns and lines of communication have nearly all been absorbed, and are pur- MkaaskU at M4rtna Sk VwvSSraa (Ka HAIM. m. msssv imv mm ami wvao a avw iuuvm auv tnal fl an acre, in lands netd ana oaerea for sate by the several Btates, having been riven to them by the General Government for improvement ana eaucaBoaai purposes, are also more valuable and desirabi than those whk are public. They are mostly situated is the oLW parts of the country, where the setuer aaa toe advantage of railways, towns, skid marfceta, and where school-bouses, churches, and rourt-houses are already built and society to fully organised; they are sold oo long time, in annual installments, at a moderate rate inters: the ptfrrhaser can pay the balance doe for them at any time within lbs long period allowed, and, the title is de-. Vived immediately from the State itself, there Is no question as to its validity on aocount of mortrajrsa.

radrmsnts. or arrsars of Suit ww said before, tbsra are atiS fcracts remaining open to bomesteading rpra-etnp-tion, which, if the settler is rsevering and industrious, may be transform from wilder-neewa into fertile and valuable farms. Appended are brief descriptions of the public lands in the several Htates and Territories, the facts embodied in which have been gathered from many sources from Hurveyors-General, various executive officers, members of the Boards of Agriculture, and from private correspondents: ARIZONA. This Territory is largely populated by ignorant and non-English-speaking Mexicans or "greasers," and has been much harried by Indian wars. It is reached by the Southern Pacific Railway from Ban Francisco, via Fort Yuma, or by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fd Railway from Kansas to Albuquerque, New-Mexico, and thence by coach or wagon.

The hold on both life and property is precarious, but, though there is little arable land, the silver and gold mines artfhighly promising. The grazing lands are excluded by law from survey, however, and are thus unavailable for prt-emption or sale, any improvements made uiwm tllem being at the builder's risk. The hief attractiveness of the Territory is to the large stockj-raiser or the mining capitalist I ARKANSAS. The jpclal and political condition of this State ajtid the means of reaching it are sufficiently familiar. About S.OOO.UX) acres of public lands are subject to entry, and of State lands acquired from the General Government there are about 70,000 acres to which the title, has lieen iierfected, and l.SOU.OOO acres to which the title has not been perfected.

There is also a large quantity ol otner land forfeited for the non-payment of taxes and sub ject to sale or donation. Every adult citizen la rkfTiiriwI uyi ftcrps TrPf Oil lltlVIIirilb ML C- 111 fees, and on condition that within 18 months of the date of the application he is living on the land and has prepared five acres for cultivation. These lands are also for sale at 50 cents per acre, payable in State or county scrips which can be purchased at an average cost of 70 cents on the dollar, and, if acquired in this manner, the lands may 1 left unimproved as long as the buyer chooses. COLORADO. The emicxation to this State is i very large.

and tha settlements are far in advance of the surveys. Much embarrassment occurs from the latter fact, as it often happens that when the survey lints are run two families are iound on one tract, and one or the other has to either abandon or remove its buildings ami improvements. The Colorado Central Road has opened ud some of the most pnxluctive lands in the Ktate, especially in the Valleys of Big and Little Thompson Creeks, the Cache a la Foudre. and St. rain.

Many inducements are offered to settlers, and the convenience and extraor dinary development of the mineral, grazing, and agricultural lands lend ine country a more than usual attractiveness. CALIFORNIA. California is the lareest of the public land States, containing square miles, of which about 57,100,000 acres have been surveyed and about 43,000,000 are unsurveyed. Formerly thfl Deputy Surveyors selected whichever section they chose for survey, and their pre if re nee generally was lor nat. ana tanas, worthless except for the ease with which they could be plotted.

Hilly lands and lands interspersed by valleys or covered with under growth or timber were avoided, as it was less profitable to survey them. The lands left un-surveved are really the most vahiable for agricultural purposes, as the rain-fall is greater among the hills than in the plains', and the valleys are watered. In former years out. little agriculture was carried on in this State, and the agricultural (resources are still in their infancy. A he Iarms are usually tne root-hills and in the smaller valleys, or on the mountain plateaus and slopes.

Most of these localities are unsurveyed, a fact which operates injuriously to. the best interests of the State and its settlers. 1 be occupants ol unsurveyed lands being unable to obtain titles rrom the unltPd Htates, tne Mtate Legislature passed lnws to protwt them until the proper titles could be obtained, and under these laws it frequently happens that a single individual is able to hold, as against others seeking homes, large tracisof thousandsol sunpivfenc-ing aud occupying them. Such a person does not want the land surveyed, and does all in his power to prevent it, for as long as it is insur-tpvwI he has the use and eniovment of it' with out costsjM- taxes, while, when it is surveyed, Yf" ii i xi ne is iinuteu 10 a sumii portion oi ii, mm- uie rest is available for other settlers. Much desirable land that would furnish homes far a large number of families is held by a few individuals in this manner, and will be so held lis long as Congress fails to provide sufficient money for the public surveys.

iNotwithstand-ine these facts, the immigration attracted-bv the genial climate and fruitfulnetis of the State is so larce that the sales under the Pre emption and Homestead laws are larger-than in any other state. DAKOTA. The mines are, of course, the principal re source of Dakota, but contiguous to them, are some beautiful and well-watered valleys, which experiment 'has proved to be arable land, capable or producing all kinds or vegetables and all the smaller cereals. These valleys are nearly all claimed aud nettled, and scarcely an acre in them remains unoccupied. The wbuey already exiiended by the rauclmien in .11 l- i.

.1 improvements oi an mini uiuicaws mui wiey are permanent and actual settlers, who only: await the extension of the public surveys te secure titles. The Governor of the Territory writes Railroals are built or building across the public lands in every The quality of DO per cent, of these lands is first class out to the Missouri River, and west of that 25 per cent is agricultural, per oent mineral and hilly, and 50 jier cent IDAHO. I The Utah Northern Railway from Ogden is the only means of steam communication with this Territory, and freights are high and commercial intercourse is restricted. The stoCk-growing interest is large and constantly increasing. Cattle and horses in numerous herds subsist the whole year through on natural grass, supplemented in, Winter by white sage, sweet and nutritious when touched by tne frosts of Autumn.

They are usually driven to the hills and mountain slojieti during the Summer, reserving the feed aloug the foot-hills and valleys, where little snow falls and the climate is moderate, for the Winter. The profits of the judicious stock-raiser are large, and are said to be fully per cent of the capital invested. A considerable part of the Territory is more than 4,000 feet above the level of the sea, and where I the, mountain valleys and pin. teaux are not more than feet in altitude, they produce stance crops of oats and the hardier vegetables! "Qie agri cultural lands are along the valleys, and include table-lands lying lower thai! the sources of the streams flowing through them, from which water can tie brought for Irrigation. The aggregate quantity of such land is large, but it is distributed in small tracts.

Of a total states that he believes 12,000,000 to be agricultural, either in their natural state or through irrigation; acres are pasture lands, lO.UOO.OOO acres timber lands, and the remain der consist of lava lieds and peaks. The vicld of cereals is large, 25 to 40 bushels of wheal ahd barley, and from 50 to 80 bushels of oats, jier acre is said to De a lair average yield. IOWA. There Is very little public land in this State unoccupied, and the character of what there is left may be learned through the United States Land Offices at Des Moines and Sioux Citv. Nearly 1,000,000 acres are held by various' rail-roaits in the middle part of the western section of the State, however, and these are purchasa ble at irom oo to iu and more per acre.

KANSAS. The characteristics of Kansas are well known. According to the latest report, there are in the north-western land district about acres open vo entry, froon ueat oi it oeuig unorganized counties on the Plains in the west ern land district there are about acres, much or. wnicn is also on the riains; in the Sauna district there are acres in counties all orcanixed in the Topeka district thorn is none to sneak of. thouch one can mi in almost any direction from the State-house, and within three miles obtain fair land from private holders at from $5 to 915 per acre in the Republican land district, all the counties organised, were are auouv ou.ww acres unoccupied: in the Arkansas Valley district there are about 4,700,000 acres subject to entry under the Homestead, Pre-emption, and Timber Culture laws, and about 2,500,000 acres of Usaeeand Cherokee lands subject to pre emption entry only, at 91 5 per acre: in the s-nita district mere are auout acres of homestead Iambi and the same number of Osairs Indian lands, and in tha Osage district the Receiver states that there are about 10,000 eras of homestead lands, adding: "It is the refuse of many years, and has been culled over many times by homesteaders, so that I presume It ia very poor land." This is undoubtedly Ivram ei moss oi ua paoua man irsnsinina; occupied ia Esnias Tha State Unlversiry lands axe aanartvllr situated ia old ana ril-eettled portions of the -State, and a appraised at an average of about 94 per a- re, one-tenth payaWe at the time of sale, id the remainder in nine equal installment, si ith 10 per cent interest.

The minimum price the Agricultural College lands is 93 per acre, a id of acres have already been tented at an average of 94 05 per acre. The rms of sale are eight annual installments, ith 10 per cent interest on ch installment, ivable annually, the first installment to be pud at the date of purchase. About 2OU0 a res of normal school lands, said to be of it tod duality, are purchasable at from $3 50 to 9 I 50 per acre, and about 2,000,000 acres of c. mmon school lands are for sale at an aver-s, of 94 82 an acre. MicmoAJTi.

This State also is so well populated and travi ei sed by railways that but a limited quantity public hind is unoccupied. In the Detroit strict there are over 1011,000 acres open to ei try; in the Grand River district there are If a than 30,000 acres, which are rapidly being msteaded and pre-empted, and in the Che-b ygan district there are about 100,000 acres, cl nefly agricultural. Over worth of Giivernment lands were purchased recently iring one year. Here, as elsewhere, the van- 0 is State lands are held at higher prices than Ci Dvernment lands, in consideration of their -oximity to roads and railroads, but the easy rms of payment make settlement upon them acticable with even less ready means than ould be required in making- purchase and st tUement further West. MINNESOTA.

Of the unoccupied lands in Minnesota nearly 1 ,000,000 acres remain unsurveyed. The title these is still possessed bv the United States overnmcnt. but when are surveyed about 000,000 acres will inure to the State as sihool lands, and a further quantity as swamp 1 nds and grants for railroads, ui tne sur-v yed lands; so far unoccupied there are about 8 islfl.OOo acres open to pre-emption and home-s ead entry, attout 3.000,000 belonging to the late, to the railroad companies, a id 600.000 acres to private holders an aggregate of about acres. In the First United States Land District there a -e 10,000 acres to be disposed of, in the rlpcond District shout acres, the Third District alwut 10,000 acres, in the Fourth District about (15.000 acres, in the Fifth District about BaO.OOO acres, in the Sixth District about lfd.OOO acres, in the Seventh District alxmt acres, in the Eighth District alxmt 1 800,000 acres, and in the Ninth District about 4 (0.000 acres. The State lands are scattered, a id the minimum price for them is 95 per acre.

1 hey are always sold at public sale to the high-e bidder, 15 per cent, of the pui-chase money I i-ing required in cash, while the remainder raws 7 er cent, interest per annum until the jmpletion of the payment. MONTANA. Montana is chiefly noticeable for its mineral "source, but the land under cultivation com-I rises only a very small portion of the whole quantity that is arable, and agriculture has -arcely kept up with the actual wants of the i 11': .1. 1. A 1 Iopic tl 11-11111 blio NlAt tui tl tutri iitvt hliwevef, and this will doubtless continue until the supply is equal to the demaniii Sheep-farming and stock-raising are largelyiengaged 1 lie sioik.iiicii an? vuy iu atiA-nxioii ui uiv lprovement of quality; the value of their lTils is estimatexl at 04.

More people are needed to develoiie the resources of the Tlerritorv, but the labor market is fully sup-iflied. As caiiitul is invested in the various in- (listrial enterprises, the Surveyor-General writes, more labor will lie required, but, at iVesent what Montana most needs is an influx it intelligent, industrious men and women who will take up the puoue lands, and have means enough to support themselves for a year tit two until agriculture or stock-raising yields pern a uvenuood. NEBRASKA. I This State is an ex-elleiit field for the home steader and pre-emptor, and large areas of unblic land adaptM tor agriculture and grazing are open to entry, with belts of timber of dommereml value along the Kiver and it? tributaries. The immigration is large, and the settlers are chiefly a gisxi class of tinrty tanners, who at once occupy the public-1 inds and begin te break up the prairie, build nodern houses, plant groves of timber, and in few years show well-cultivated, productive 1 Arms.

NEVADA. Neyada has called itself the desert State, but i icresed efforts are being made to utilize the rarce water for irrigating purposes. Canals 1 ave been prospected, and tne work of their instruction is well advanced. These will ab-t orb the Tnickee and Carson Rivers, and prob-( bly add 20,000 acres to those previously under ultivation. A canal from the Humboldt will i lso supply a large tract of country.

In Ma-s mi Valley as much new land is Iieing cultivated i si the Walker River will make arable, and a I iroject is on foot, or licing to tap the i Iwyhee River for a large extent of valuable 1 ind in Huuilxililt County. In the sage-brush 1 mils, alfalfa, the cereals, and all vegetables I ourish in profusion where water can be ob-1 lined, anil Nevada is becoming an unpoi-tant i tock-raising State. NEW-MEXICO. The sjiecial corresp indents of this paper havei reijuentlv desi-riiied New-Mexico, which, like; Arizona, "had hitherto lieen impelled in its de- elopment by the lack of railways and thej i hriitleNR character of its ifreaser poiHila-i ion. Two railroads, communicating with the ijiht are now within its lionlers, however, and ts capabilities, such as they are, will, -no i loubt, be fairly tested.

For grazing pur-xises its advantages have long been ecognized, but smaller capitalists from he East have liecn driven out by he lawlessness of the population. About i ine-tenth of the i public lands have been i urveyed. The settlers, as a class, are limited ii means, the Surveyor-General states, and hi nost cases they have not the ability to ad-rance the money requisite for the surveys by i-hicb only thoy can lie assured of their titles, 'hey endure the hardshijis and exposure inci-i lent to the frontier, and at the outset are com-ellexl to struggle with poverty in order to i ecure a home and eventual independence for heir families. In the first vears of their set-lement it is diflicult for them te maintain hemselves without being conqielled to borrow uoney at a hich rate of interest to pay for lie survey, and should they desire to set-lo under the Homestead act even these, urveys, unauthorizeil by the Government, lo not enable them to complete their titles. 1 A much larger jsirtion of evf Mexico is ailnpted to agriculture han is ginerally supposed by those who have een little of the seasons and what the capacities of the soil are.

The Valleys of the San limn, Rio Grande, Gila, Picos, Red Rivor, ry Cimarron, and other streams, with their lundreds of tributaries, create un immense area if arable land, the real extent of which is but ittle known. Near the foot of the moun-ains there is a sulllcient rain fall to render ir-'iKation unnecessary in many localities, even vhere it is practicable, and fine crops of corn, pheat, oatij and vegetables are raised, while he mountain sides and plains, covered at all easous with the nutritious gramma grass, are in admirable range for stock. The cultiva-ion of cotton is engaijed in successfully in the outhern part of the Territory, ard the Valley tlie R.10 Grando is becoiuiiig a vast vine-rard. OREGON. In the western part of this State the public ands are all timber and brush lands, much of vhich can lie cleared without great difficulty.

They are convenient to markets, and the soil is 'xeellent, prtsiucing wheat, oats, barley, rye, iota toes, and all sorts of vegetables in great pro-usion. The soil is also well adapted to fruitn, ncluding apples, pears, plums, and cherries. jut peaches and grajies succeed only fairly velL In Eastern and South-eastern" Oregon here is plenty of public lanil, valuable for p-ain and graring. The immigration is large. Jntil within the past few years it vas customary toV locate only upon the pen valley or bottom lands, and it was a general supposition that no other lands were fit or agricultural purposes.

But the experiments ictually made prove that the hich table-lands, heavily -timbered regions of the bottoms md the foot-hilLs; and the rich vine-maple racts scattered throughout the State from one nd to the other, are fully as valuable for gen-ral agriculture, and for some crops far superior to the locations of the original settlements, md it is to these tracts that emigration mainly its Most of those who desire homestead or pre-empt are compelled to ush out upon the frontiers and upon the foot-lills and uplands of the mountains. wiscoxstx. The various advantages of Wisconsin are 'amiliar, and little desirable land is subject to ntry except in tho remoter counties. Accord-Jig to recent reports there are 5,000 acres of government land unoccupied in Sheboygan bounty, 5,000 acres in Calumet County, acres (State and Government) in Kewau-iee County, 1,500 acres ia Sauk County, 1000 seres (State and Government) fn Richland County, 12,000 acrss (State and Government 3 Maivaette County, 4.0CW acrw in the north. era part of Waupaca County.

20,000 acres (State and Government) in Wood County, acres of fair quality (State and Government) in Jackson County, 7,600 acre (State and Government) in Trempealeau County 000 acres (State and Government) in Buffalo County, 200,000 acres in Shawano County, acres in Oconto County, 39,000 acres in Marathon County, 35,000 acres in St Croix County, 270,000 acres (railroad and Government) In Barron County, 1 41.000 acres (railroad and Government) in Polk County, and homestead lands are in abundance in Burnett, Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Taylor, and Price Counties. VfTOMTNG. The Valley of the North Platte, as far up as longitude 10ti 30' west is now being rapidly settled, mainly by stock-raisers. The Valley of Bear River is filling up with the same class of Immigrants and farmers, and the valleys of the Medicine Bow and Laramie Rivers with cattle men and miners. The raising of cattle on an extensive scale is much more important and profitable in Wyoming than agriculture, and where pure running water for stock can lie found, the adjacent grazing or pastural lands are becoming valuable.

The cattle men are not a nomadic race, but build comfortable homes for themselves, and are anxious te secure patents for the lands which they occupy and are improving patents which they have difficulty in obtaining, owing to the deficiency of the surveys. WASHINGTON TERRITORT. Public lamls are available in nearly every county of this Territory, and large bodies of land may also be secured from corporations and private individuals at Government rates, exclusive of improvements. There are acres of timber land, 10,000,000 acres of prairie land, and 5,000,000 acres of rich alluvial bottom land, all open for settlement. The agricultural growth of the Territory is the acreage doubling in a year, with an average of nearly IK) bushels of wheat to tie acre.

HART MOORE'S CASE. AS OriNION BY CHIEF-JUSTICE BEASLEY THAT EXCITES APPREHENSION, Chief-Justice Beasley yesterday delivered the opinion of the New-Jersey Court In the Hart Moore case, for which many public functionaries have waited in dread for months pa.t. Hart Moore was County Collector Iu Middlesex, N. for the five years ending In April, 1878. The Freeholders" Committee certified his accounts to be correct, and he turned over his books and his official mantle to Joseph Letson, lils son-in-law.

But Joseph was more popular amons his brethren then the Joseph of Scripture, wherefore he made himself strong politically, but weak in the face of temptation. A Republican success in Middlesex led to Joseph" displacement in April, 1S79, and to the discovery that he owed the county over $14,000, which he could not pay. His bondsmen were required to settle the "claim, At tha time It was found that the Democratic Freeholders had gone but skin-deep into Hart, Moore's accounts the year before, and that the total deficiency of Joseph and his father-in-law Mas oyer Joseph is now serving a two years' sentence in the Trenton Prison. Hart Moore is still at and, up to yesterday his friends confidently expected that he could go on and prosjier in his new hotel venture In Somerset County. The trial of Hart Moore, brought up a novel rfiies-tlon.

It appeared that the main part of his dofal-cstion occurred early In his official career. Very little of it and that little rests uion doubtful proof occurred within the two-year limit lieyond which the Statute of Limitations has hitherto given immunity Iu such offenses. But in 18TH tho New-Jersey legislature utended the limit five years, and under the new law the chief Indictment against Hart Moor wa found. When the case came to trial before Jndgn Soudiler, last Fall, A. V.

Hchenrk. Moore's counsel, argued that tho new law was nr pout facto, and therefore unconstitutional; that Moore's right to immunity had become vested when the new law was passed, and the legislature could not constitutionally' take that right away from him. Ex -Judge Hnmg and IToseciitor Cowenhoren contended that Ue new law neither made that a crime which was not a crime when the law was enacted, nor made the penalty for a crime greater than it was when the crime was committed that It. was therefore, not an.r jm-t fnelo law; and that Tmrnjhtt vested In the criminal, but only immunity under the -Statute of Limitations, which the Legislature gave, and which the legislature could, takeaway. Judge Seudder, Inclined to this view of the question, refused to declare the law to he unconstitutional, and ordered the trial to proceed.

Mr. fVb'enck, at the close of the case, declined to go Into any defense, preferring to suhmit the ouejitinn to the Supreme. Court. Action on other Indictments under the new law in other counties has been delayed pending the Supreme Court's decision, and the general opinion among lawyers has been that it was unconstitutional. Chief Justice lieaslcy yesterday, in a learned and able opinion, held that the new law was constitutional, and It is probable that Hart Mikire will soou rejoin his son-in-law.

the snoonxo fF r.t.v ttoctex. William Dalzell, who shot and killed young John Joseph Van Houten on Oarret Mountain, l'at-rrson, N. on Sunday, May 2 last, and who Is still in jail under indictment for manslaughter, having been unable to find bail, was yesterday served by the Sheriff with a summons to answer In a suit brought by Mrs. Julia A. Swift, the mother of Van Houten, for $10,000 damages for the killing of her son.

Dalzell did not seem to have anticipated this, and was quite depressed after the Sheriff's visit. The caw; will not be reached before the Septemlier term of the court, and will hardly be tried then. Dalzell is reputed to In; worth -000 to $30,000 in re-d estate. The application for a change of venue for the trial of the indictment for manslaughter has been set down for argument le-fore the Supreme Court, at Trenton, on the 11th and it was yesterday deckiod in the 1'assaio County Court that the indictment would not be. moved at this term of the County Court.

Prosecutor Woodruff also announced yesterday that he was not prepared to move the Indictments for riot at liarret Mountain following Dalzell's shooting of Van Houten, and they were accordingly sent over for the term. THE noTEVS. John W. Forney, of Philadelphia, is at the St. James Hotel.

Prof. Ezra Abbot, of Cambridge, is at tlie Everett House. Gen. R. E.

Clary, United States Army, is at the New-York Hotel. i The Hon. M. P. O'Connor, of California, is at the Wiudsor Hotel.

Gen. A. A. Humphreys, United States Army, Is at the Hotel Brunswick. Ex-Congressman Stephen Sanford, of Amsterdam, is at the Gilsey House.

Gen. John Echols, of Virginia, and William Keyer and Osinan Iatrobe, of Baltimore, are at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel. A. C. Barstow, William Ktickney, A.

K. Smiley, and H. K. Kolierts, of the I nlle.f States Indian Commission, are at tiin Metropolitan lloteL THE SAILOR-AKli-im-Hil AWLS Sfl'XDLE. Keccntly many jersoiis huve been swindled by an old trick.

A man in the garb of a sailor enters a house or store aud exhibits what appears to le a valuable shawl, which he offers at a reasonable price. While the negotiations are pending a confederate appears, and declaring the shawl a bargain, offers to purchase itJbut says that he has no money in his possession. The sailor will not go with him to get the money, and geuertilly the confederate, succeeds hi borrowing the money from some one In the house, leaving the shawl, which is worth or 4, as security for the loan of from to $40. ednesdav, Simon Weim), who said that he, was a painter, of No. 175 Ludlow-street, was arrested and was fully Identified a the sailor in the swindle by Mrs.

Meta Winken, of No. 8 Second-strret. Hoboken. He will be held pending the ar rival of a requisition from the Governor of New-Jersey. QCEEX CITY JOCKEY CB.

CwcixsATi, June 3. The third day of the Queen City Jockey Club races was farored with fine weather, good attendance, and a good track. The olio whig are summaries of the events Fob all Aucs One-mile dash: Halve, b. by Bonnie I'-ailey 2 ixxitlatxL 1 8 I Mile Heats For 8-year olds: Brooklyn, ch. by Bunnlc Scotland.

I 1' Beeswing Time l.a Two-milx Dash For all ages: Jim Malone, ch. by tClay Hiawatha Time 3:384. .3 8 .8 3 TTBO-QpfiH AT WASUIXGTOX. Washhxhton, no 3. The trotting races at tho National! FkuinAounds.

postponed from yester day on account. rain, took place to-day, with a larger attendance than upon either of the previous days. The first race. clan, purse fcMJO, was won by Birdie C. In three straight heats.

Legal Tender second, Brookside Flora third, and SaUle Scott fourth. The second race, 8:29 clasa, purse waa won by Stonewall in tha Brat, third, and fifth heats. Lraan M. winning the. second and fourth heata; Ethel Medium thlrO.

aud Larkia fourth. Time :4 The third raoe. olaas, paoers, purse 500, waa won by Change In the third, fourth, and fifth beata, BUly Soou winning the second, and Clinker the first beat Time .8641 tJtHi f.mii 4 THE INDIANS IM ARIZONA SETTLERS AND MIXERS ILAYS LITTLE REASON TO -FEAR THEM. THE "TORIES Or nOSTTLE OPERATIOX8 EXAGGERATED PEACE PRESERVED AMONG THE APACHES LlEPT. HASKELL'S CC-CESSFT1.

MISSION VICTORIA'S SCHEMES DEFEATED. Tccsok, Arizona, May 34. Tho accounts of the operations of hostile Indians in this Territory have been the occasion; no doubt, of considerable uneasiness In the minds of Eastern people whose friends and relatives are out here looking after mining Interests. In many Instances these aTconnts have grossly exaggerated. The only real element of has been in the Pan Carlos Reservation.

Where are collected together some 9,000 Apaches. Tlie reservation embraces a tract about 50 by lfin miles, and Is located about 150 miles north of here, while the rich mining districts llo within 75 miles east and south of Tucson. Tlie Apaches were placed on the reservation la 174-5, and they have been generally peaceable. Tlie old Chief Cochise, who treated with Gen. Howard some 10 years ago, charged his sons to keep peace with the whites.

These Apaches differ from most Indian tribes In permitting the chieftainship to descend from father to ison. Tlie present chief Is Nacher, the second son of Cochise, and so fair, although a great warrior he has obeyed his father's injunction. The danger feared has been that Victoria and his band would penetrate to this reservation and induce the Apaches to join them on the war-path. Accordingly, the efforts of Gen. Wilcox, commanding the Department of Arizona, have been vigilanily directed toward preventing the consummation of Victoria' plans.

There has been for several years a spirit of restlessness among tho Apaches that has needed only some such impulse to develop, dangerous conditions. Their disagreements among each other, their numerous family feuds, and their local jealousies, hare been neutralizing factors that have greatly aided the military In preventing an outbreak. The members of the different tribes act as spies upon each other, so that all their movements are made known to the whites. Some of the smarter young Indians are enlisted as scouts, and are organized and controlled by the more ambition young officers. They make very efficient soldiers and are frequently of great service to the Arjny.

In Gen. Wilcox's department there aralotit idft of these scouts, which is one-third the number allowed by law for the entire Army. Lieut. Von Schrader, of the Twelfth Infantry, has been one of the most successful officers in training and controlling these scouts, and with them has killed more hostile than have the cavalry regiments in New Mexico. Lietits.

Block-som, Gatewood. and Guy Howard have also done very efficient service in Arizona and in assisting the operations carried forward by Gen. Hatch in Sew-Mexico against the. murderer. Victoria.

Until last December a large band of Apaches, who had refused to go on to the reservation, roamed about on the Mexican border, committing frequent murders, and robbing the settlers, both in Arizona. New-Mexico, and Mexico, Their leaders were Juii and Johroniino. and they were noted for their courage and daring. They were a constant men ace to the frontier, and the military were kept busy preventing their depredations. Early last.

Fail. Lieut. H. L. HakelL an aide of Gen.

Wile conceived a plan to bring them into the reservation, which, because of its success, de serves to be chronicled for the use of those who have dealings wtth the Indians. Selecting five of the strongest anil fleetest Apaches for scouts, Lieut. Haskell startedrwith a company from Fort Kucker for the Guadaloupe Mountains, near the foot of which the hostile Apaches were encamped. Word was sent to them by means of the scouts that Lieut. Haskell wished to talk with them.

Their signal fires could be seen 70 miles away, and when the smoke was first observed the guides who were Interested In having the war kept up, denied that It was anything but the mist. An answer was returned from the Apaches that they would talk with the Lieutenant, but lhat he must come without his soldier. This he promptly decided to do, although against the urgent counsel of the other officers and the members of his command. He had made overtures to the Indians l.wikin to their surrender, at the same time pressing theinrclosely with his scouts. and intimating that ihcy (would fcave immunity from punishment for Hast offenses if they would move to the roservat jpn and live peaceably with their relatives, and he argued that tliev would derive no benefit from doing him harm.

At all events, he decided that it wtas his duty to go, and subsequent events showed that even the treacherous Indian can sometimes be trusted when his honor is appealed to. Tlie Apaches were found encamped in a deep cation, and it was with no little emotion that Lieut. Haskell, unaccompanied save by two scouts and a servant; rode into tne camp, which he reached lust as twilight was falling and the fires were being lighted. Taking the Interpreter, he went straight to the tent of Juh. and at once entered upon the.

business that had brought him there. It will be well to explain that the Lieutenant's offer had been made known to them some weeks liefore this, aud that at a big council that was held to consider it, the only opposition to its acceptance was made by the chief who ranked third In command, and -who, in the heat of a most angry discussion, was shot dead by The first question asked by was. "Will my people have to go to jail if I surrender?" "No," said the Lieutenant, "all we want is for yon to come on the reservation" and live there peaceably." Hut who will be my friend" asked Juh. "in, Wilcox will be vour friend." will you lie my friend?" Yes," replied the Lieutenant. And will you camp with Yes," was the answer, and this ended the Interview.

That night a grand pow-wow was held, and about o'clock In the. morning the Lieutenant was wakened by Juh, who said: "My heart is cold," meaning without passion.) The officer knew immediately that they had decided to surrender. That day and the day succeeding, the Apaches followed the trail with Lieut. Haskell into amp Rueker, and were taken by him thence to the reservation. There were between 100 and 9X1 in the band, and there were but few, of them that iwere not murderers.

It was predicted by experienced soldiers that some morning; the officer would wake up to find his prisoner jgone. It; was, therefore, with some eonsteriiatijt that he received one evening a reiiucst from Juh; for a pits lieyond the lines, not onlv for himself, but for his family and four men, making the excuse that he owned some herds that he. wished to gruae some flu miles south of there. The Lieutenant implied: Why, yes, Juh, you can go If you wish. will trust you, and more.

I will give you a letter to some men in the valley vou want, to go to, and ask them to help you all they can." That night he scarcely slept, expecting on awakening in the morning to find that tliu whole, band had departed. At an early hour, however, he heard a scratching on the teiit, and presently Juh, pulling aside the curtains, said: Here's my wife and little boys. It's too cold in the mountains. I will stay with my friend." Juh had U-en testing Lieut. Haskell, to find whether they were prisoners on their way to jail, or simply on arole.

In three weeks they were gotten on the reservation, aud have given no further trouble since. l-ast week Victoria made one more effort to reach the Apaches, his trail this time, laing up the SHn Francisco Kiver: He was met. however, by Capt. Cramer's command, and after severe losses, he was driven Into New Mexico, and by the time this reache you (Jen. Hatch will probably have captured what is remaining of his lttul.

When he started up the Nan Francisco Ulver, Victoria had but is men. but the 'number was augmented as he went along. A few weeks ago some trouble was had with flic Papagis'a, on the Gila lUver, growing out of tliolr stealing cattle from thn settlers. Lieut. Haskell was sent to treat with them, and succeeded In getting them to restore the stolen caltle and return to their lands.

Some days since. Gen, Wilcox-was called to the Grand Cation of the Colorado Kiver to lis ik after some Indians km Cataract Creek, who were afraid of a body of miners that had found their way In there, and had struck sotne rich Itodies of ore. While there he received Intelligence of the. uprising of a body of Chemeheuvis, who were making efforts to get the I'tes and lliires to join them in a general out break. By inspiring tho war spirit of the Molwves a tribe not friendly to the liemeheuvis and by prompt and vigorous action with his own tnojs, lien Wllia.x soon succeeded In suppressing what would have been serious trouble, and about a week ago the hostile band surrendered to Col.

Price. Instead of there being about iu families, as was supposed. It was found that there were s) men alone. The outlook for peace in the future In Arizona is more encouraging titan ever before, and unless something now impossible to foresee occurs, there need not lie the slightest fear of Indians on the part cither of settler or miners. Tho reservations are as well guarded as the limited force will permit, and the military, under lien.

Wilcox's efficient control, have every advanlage possible under such circumstances for suppressing any outbreak. Field operations In South-eastern Arizona ore under the direi-t charge of -Gen. Carr. Colonel of the Sixth Cavalry, who Is stationed at Fort Lowell, near here, and is about to take the field at the head of his regiment. This done with a view of more thoroughly policing the southern border during the excitement attending Victoria's proximity.

FEARIXO AX JXDIAX WAR. Pexvkii, Col, June 3. A special dispatch to the Tribune from Santa Fe says that a special dispatch from Las Vegas states that M. A.Otero, President of the New-Mexioo and SoathernRafl-road, has received what Is considered trustworthy information that the Navajo and I'tes had a grand pow-wow near Terra Armluo, New-Mexico, and it is understood that the resolve of the council waa to make war in oommon against the whites. If true, this is very Important Information, and troops should be sent at once to a point near the Navajo Reservation and the ITU country.

Although CoL BuelLwith four companies of the Fifteenth Cavalry and sons other troops, is marchltur to Fort Win. ate, which Is almost la 'the centre of the Ksrato kuservauon. atiU his foree entirety too small to prevent an The Kavaioa are rich in bona, eattla, and sheep, and could place at least IU0 men in the field. THE EDITOR. TUaVERSlTY DEGREES.

1tkt KdUor qftke New-Tor T1mm: A note in Monday's Trans says that "the matriculation examinations which are to begin at Johns Hopkins Vulversity on June 7 will give admission to a scheme of studies which is unique A this country. Its most prominent features are the abandonment of the class system, as it ts understood at all our other colleges, the conferring of degrees when the standard is reached without regard to tlie lapse of time since matriculation, and the establishment of what seems a most judicious compromise between the Procrustean bed of a preserilied" course of study on the one hand and a chaos of unrestrained elective studies on the other." I beg leave to call attention to the fact that precisely this policy was Introduced two or three years ago in the University of Michigan, and last year came fully into operation, so that In the last Calendar there is no trace of the four traditional classes. Candidates for a degree follow a certain number of prescribed- studies for that degree, and take then choice of certain other studies, for which, they are given credit according to the time supposed to be required? for mastering them. Tims, five recitations or other exercises a week through the half-yearly term are counted a full course of study," and the completion of 84 such courses In required for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, (and 9a for Hher bachelor's degrees.) For the degree of Bachelor of Arts the studies which must be pursued make ud 13 2-5 "full courses" -a little more than half. Studies sufficient to make up the other 11 3-5 courses must lie selected by the student from' among the many offered.

Thus, having passed his entrance examination, he must take 5 courses in Greek out of 13 offered, but, if he pleases, he pan makeup part of his optional 11 8 -6 courses from the Greek courses which are not required. The time when a course Is taken does not matter, though, of course, a student is not permitted to choose a study which he Is not prepared for. There; are 14 eourses In Latin, only 4 of which are required, 8 in Sanskrit, none of which are required: 11 in mathematics, 4 of which are required 14 in modern languages, none of which are required (fot this degree:) 15 In English language and literature, 2 of which must be taken by the candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Science: '14 in history. 1 of which is required for the Bachelor of Science; 50 In sciences, 2 of which are required for the ilach-elor of Arts, and 5 for the Bachelor of Science. In some ease the option of the candidate Is restricted to a few out of the whole number of studies that is, for instance, he must choose a science for one course, but may take his choice out of soniothiug like a score of scientific studies.

In the I niversity Calendar, the only Indication of the progress mrfde by the student toward finishing his studies for a degn-o is. by figures attached to his name, which show the number of courses he has completed, and letters showing the degree he Is studying for. If uny. Thus. Kdgar J.

Adams, who is studying for the degree of Bachelor of lttcra, is. set down as having passed his examinations for 5 2-5 full efiurses. which Ls a little less than the average performance of a year; Hatttn E. Ailes, Ukewl ise a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of letters, is credited with no courses, whereby wo may inter that she entered the I niversity last fan. and Is what, by the old classification, would tie called a Freshmane-or Freshwoman.

John Marlon Brewer, a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, had finished 18 4-5 full courses, and so had but 5 1-5 to complete before earning his decree, less than a years average work. Another candidate for tho same degree had completed 22 1-5 courses, and a third la lady) 24 4 5, and hail, therefore, more than earned her degree. There are four degrees, which correspond to the usual undergraduate course-24 full courses" being re- for 1 of them, (Bachelor Arts,) and 26 or the others, fBachelor of SiHence. of Philosophy, and of Letters.) The Master's degree is given to those who complete 30 full courses an addition of 6, fir a full year work, for a Baehelor of Arts and of 4 for the holders of other Bachelor degrees. I tils system was Introduced not only to afford students of different Pastes, abilities, and alms a reasonable choice In disciplinary as well as other studies, but also to afford opportunity for students to make the ts-st of their abilities.

The student who learns rabid Iv may take an extra stud v. and the backward or feeble one may drop one the lime required for completing his course concerns no one but himself. A student, however. Is not permitted to take more than the usual numlier of studies, unless tne racnitvis satisfied that he will be able to do justice to them all H. W.

1 ERIE SECOND MORTGAGE B0T)S. To the fUlitorof the Srtr York Times: In an article contained in your issue of Thursday last, your reporter introduces the account of an interview with Mr. H. J. Jewett, Presi dent of the New-York, I-iike Erie and Western Railroad Company, by some remarks calculated to give a wrong impression.

In speaking of the junior bonds" of this company, your reporter says: The strength of these securities was- mainly due to the fact that the company lias commenced to pay tho first Interest due on the new consolidated second mort gage bonds and funded fives." The facts art? that the company commenced paying tho Interest on tho new consolidated second mortgage lionds on the 1st of Juuu, 179, and the coupon now Iieing paid' is' the third which has lieon paid. It also commenced paying the Interest on the funded fives on the 1st of Deccinlic.r. J87K thus making the coupon now being paid the i mth which has b-en paid 1 will avail myself of this opimrtunity, with your permission, 'to call attention to an inconsistency In the market price of these last-named bonds, as compared with the new consolidated second mortgage ftomU. They are both secured by the same mortgage, and ere payable, both principal and interest, at the same time, (in the face of the funded fives occurs the following statement as part of the form of obligation which the bond expresses: "The series of bonds of which this is one. and another scries of 1 Hinds amounting in the aggregate to S2T.OOi,O0t, mew consolidated second mortgago bonds,) secured by the same.

mortgage, after the 1st day of June, 1kh8, will liecoine aud be thenceforth one series, of the aggregate amount of $13,597,400, having like rights, security, terms, and conditions in all respects." The onlv difference, therefore, now existing in the intrinsic value of these two classes of bonils is that occasioned by tho different rates of Interest which they at present bear. On the 1st of June, they wfrl commence bearing interest at the same rate- namely. 6 per cent. Meantime, the funded liven bear 5 per cent. This makes the iutrinsicdifference exactly a per and yet.

by an inconsistency which can only be accounted for by the exigencies of sjiccula-tion, the present market price shows a difference of from fi to per cent. 1 his seems to me worthy of mention for the benefit of those projiosiug to Invest in these Ismds. A BoNDIIOLliElt. OF APPEALS. Albany, June In the Omrt of Appeals to-day, the following btHlucss was transacted: No; 222 -George.

Cbesterinail et respondents, vs. George C. Eghuid et appellants; argued by Edward F. Brown for apjiellants, Charles H. Woodruff for respondents.

No. 22 -Arnold M. Harris et rests indents, vs. Edwin C. White, appellant argued by P.

C. Williams for appellant. Lev! II. Brown for respondcnls. No.

Founes, ap pellant, vs. John Chadwick, survivor. Ac, respoinl-detit; on motion of II K. Sickles, Judgment was affirmed by default, with oMs. No.

ITS IllUm J. Burnett. reMndent. vs. C.

S. itrown Snyder. Im pleaded, apiellaiit argued by Wtlliurn II. Wilson for appellant, A. I'.

Whitehead for respondent. No. 174 Milium- r.um-iit, resisinuent, itrown Snvdcr, impleaded, npiieHaiit argued by William Wilson for upis'llaiit. A. I.

Wldfehead for respondent. No.MTf William O. Warden, ap- vn Willbim Stahl et respondent! Brgin-d by W. G. Wilson for appellant, t.

ester-veil for resjiondehts. Tie following is the dav calendar for Friday, June 4: No. 11. 203, 204. 217, IH7, 22ti, 194.

R0YlX(r AT XEWORLEAXS. New-Okleah, June 3. This was the first day of the St. John's Itowlng Club I nu-r state regatta The weather was clear and warm, the at tendance large, and the water smooth. The cmi'-sc was one and one half miles straight.

Tlie Junior single scull was won by Gu Sonlat, of the ht. John's Club, defeating Waterman, of tlie Gr hans, Hyan, of the Cohocs, aud Youens, of the Loulslanas, In the order named. Time 11:44. The four-oared gig was won by the St. John, of New-Orleans, in 11 defeating the Neptune and the Loulslanas.

The double scull wns won by Terwiillger and Van Valkenburgh. of the Hiilsdales, of Hillsdale. iu 10:22. defeating the Pencolas, St. John, Riversides, andCo-hoes of New-York, in the order given.

The Coboea oarsmen got out of their course. The four-oared barge waa won by the Neptune, defeating the Pelicans. Time SPORTlXfi XOTES IX EXGLAXD. Loxdox, June 3. The Sportmium says: Mr.

Jordan, the Captain of the Canadian Cricket Club, who was apprehended yesterday on a charge of having deserted eight yean ao from the Iioyal Horse Guards. Blue, (not Heooud Hone Guards, as at first reported.) was arrested immediately after the close of the innings of the Ijeioestershlre team. Hi real name Is Thomas Dale." In- the Police Court at Leicestershire to-day, a Sergeant of the same regiment Identified the defendant and produced his description. The defendant admitted the correctness of the charge, aud was remanded to await escort. The Xwwttmam.

says: "Mr. Albert D. Shaw, the Flitted Stales Consul at Manchester, on behalf of Ilanlaa. and Messrs. Wentworth and Letts, on behalf of Trickett, met at tha office of this Journal yesterday, and discuaaad a number details.

There I not the slightest doubt that a match will hs fully raiUWd, and that til will be arranged ia a few days." Laicssrva, fane The erteket game between the Canadian cricketers and. the leioawershlre Oub resulted In a draw, tn favor of thTwJl ttm fin Inning LekeMernliir Indiana miil ha r7 wtckcu. A TORKVILLE GOAT. SEARCH FOR JCSTICK IS A TOUCS COTlt A BXCEIVFB ATPOm) BT A ATkT MAJT. j'V Mr.

Justice Duffy, tut whom the doduiL of the Torkrille district jhars been depeadT? supplies la hit particular Qua of Bosh time past, has lust had his resources severe strain, and nnhcsitatbigly pulled through with only a sufficient stock of aJw to last hlra during the remaining portion of vJJ In the YorkTiUe court. Ifhe immediate eSaTi his trouble a mouse-colored bffly-sruVi5 pampered with fresh circus porters, old-W springs, aud the dcbrlaof Ill-treated botaeiwt boarded promiscuously in the BsfaAalw? and callously refuses to- reooguUatho2 of anyone of several parties now endej! to assert title to his ownership. He pZ the hands a Receiver, who, aoronlin, hT! tnent between all the rUimanu srns. the the great question which ths 02 "thief." and who the lawful Receiver, Mr. Peter liehuun, a Hveir-stahtakL? at Sixty -third-street and pointed by a policeman, on Mondsift the goat was in possession of a ho a55 Breen, who on that-day had attSS to a waon, and was it atont avenue when a German gentleman named viz hViuf on Seventy -third street, happened alowS seined the animal as his long lost personal nSH As fate would have llv young BreraVfc came upon the scene at he nick of tiros.

aSs! temporary possession of Hilly would haTsbsS? cided there and then wlthiieatneas and dfessMs a Police offli-er had not miraculously put tomJ pea ranee and taken ehara of both Mr Btn 2 the goat, to the Intense relief of Mr. TaeswTS! goat was billeted on the livery -stable kerarU? In further proceedings. and ext hfmWu Pi-nn VIUU1 OI Wt)SM forejudge Huffy, and eaeh supported bytCJi tra Judicial presence of local dans, foreign and domesths. man swtn nan raisen me animal since ttiwasakid D4 iwj only recently presented Iflo Mr. Breen forth iT and amusement of his bojr, while Mr.

TtefefraS ily and vociferously luado oath Ei had owned the goat for thrwt fam and notified all omeerned that hs inmM have Billy once more the bosom KlI family If the Influence of Carl Kehiirz amosnfad to anything In this country, i.Mr. Breen aaniriim? lZ lienor at the same time that he might assiiiZ cido to restore his goat first as fast. for-iJi Ronolme. of the Shuprancyl'oort. would altjrjk it, anyhow." Some half dozen witnesses oa i-jZ side having testified iioslriyely to the righti lE respective claimants, and half a doxea otbea ing sworn with equal emphasis that ths belonged to neither of flin.

litigants, but wtwS common pet and property of all "Uoat Hilt-Z the "lava Bods," and the host of psrtkZ iiolltlclans having vigorously urged their in the matter, the Justine confessed to the Btirta adequacy of his wits and legal knowledtshtia iiiimiioainiii rn, ii rotim, BH HBUiy DM IS signedly "gave it up." la a desperate eflnrtjhm. ever, to evade some small proportion of ths jntA l-IIIBM of the contestants, he recklessly mm novel expedient of apixiiatlng a lleferes tiTtab 'ne tai was Cotuiselor Nathan Nsblt, who yesterdUa ported as follows: i Nfrw York InM 1 lot Yorkvllle Police Court In lie Matter of ib to aw-ertaln the uwnershlpjof certain musasdbkM billy goat. TatheHnn-P. O. I The untenitt(ncd.

having duly smitattM, eree herein, would respectfully rviHirt that hi been waited uimn by all the pmniliii-nt piIHIrk4 bar section rif the Nineteenth Ward kanwstlSi Mill and the Lava B'ds, Hnd he woul I report at kaw of fact that the actual market valu-if the Mlhe4 in question Is $1 rs), and further report lhat UiUsnaS has no Jniisrttcilnn of the snhjis-l matter. TVfnis (juettikin now In lng In a livery mahle. I would dm fully report that he be prewnled to thr llrry-UM keeper-to rterrsy Hiw. All of which rmiwrthilk submitted. NATHAN KKqblV Theeourti approved thereisirt, and acted atevi Ingly.

i It was rumored last evening that Mr. KMill nervous system, If not hlsj Intellect, was KrUit affected by the ordeal through whlnh ha had fnat Meeting him In the ni-lgllborhi-sl of his offlca, a reporter, wishing to test tl- truth of tlie statshvmlt regarding the condition of. the heferee's faoiauo, Nentured to ask Who, Sir. do you thins" will be nominated tho Presidency by the Iienijcratlc Conventknl Gh, s'help me, he docs' look like a big ram He's got horns two feet long. He ain't worth (sua than a dollar and a half.

would be an eatr oniy lor mem politicians. Who What are ynu talking about?" 1 'I-1 I iiiq uiiiy-oai, oi pinrw, you iihi. Tlie reporter cllmlied thet inin-stairof thecltrft cd railroad, jierfectly sat MARK HOPKINS'S ESTATE. ONE OF THE IIKII18 A(H FOR THE KEOTAs OF THE ADMINISTRATRIX. From (fie San Froiiriiev Call, JVty JR.

I In July last, an inventory and of the estate of the late Mark Hopkins, ths riBjoai magnate, was filed Iu the Probate Court, turtle! the. value of the estate was appraised at The Inventory was not in accord wtti the law, but afterward, upon application, UuM a praisers were appointed by the court, and tie? at out upon their talmrs. fliulhig at that time tnittla estate, exclusive of the njanslon now ocenpted Mrs lkipklns, on California-street, and gtippMdt have cost S1.750.oen. was valued at HO.OnO.TH. to the present time, howeyer, the appraissis ktsi pot filed their report.

I Mark Hopkins; as will lie remembered, dM fcv testate, leaving, as surviving heirs. Mary t. Bds-kins, his and two brothers Samual Ti kins, of St. Clair, Mlch Moses HiipkhUiI Placer County. Cal.

Ycstiinlay. Samiul T. Hopkins tiled a petition In the; Probate Court, for the removal of Mary V. s. ilokins as Admli tratrix of the estate of her late hushaod, slirfils, as a primal cause, that she tins failed to make trf accounting to the court during the two yoslt ttat she has.

acted as such Administratrix, and tM there is now on hand the sum of fl.UMOOu, iwhw alio has failed" to distriante to petitioner sm his brother, Moses llppkins. they being ll law etitilleil, as co-heirs," to a oneelnhthshH each in the estate of the d'neeased. tlie widow bciaj entitled to The petitlonsr ftlrtiw claims that at the time of tlie death of the in he was seized and pom! ef wrtaln abafsai and undlvideil ussets of, the Western llevelopssst Company, the Cohtractaad Klnam-e Compsnr. in the sum of 0, which, with aocruwllal est. now amount to Sll.itW.ino.

The petltka further avers that the Adnlhii.tratrix was bys required to rentier an accountluf to the court the Novemlier tenn in the yeaT 'up to the present time she has failed to dose, that, as one of the co helrS. he desires setUsnw of the estate without further delay. lis thowei asks that Mrs. Hopkins be removed as AdnlB''' trix. In compliance with the petition, scttalk luniauie rfuiie ills itmi iwc-u a nee of tho Administratrix -before Judge IieparjtineutNo.li.

THE ICE SVPPL IX PII.ADELPbU. the lfiUivi'tiiflUi Reeiird, Jutul Although the hot wiMither of last we un the demand for In this city to mldaisi figures, no apprehensloMs; felt among tbslap UINI ifii.nj ill i ui; null1 1111 a hot spell of unusually ktfig dunitliai slwul feature of the Summer. jSaid the ITcsldrnt ti( tk Knickeris-ker I'ompaiijniiiwterilay: amount of ice in the nnulkctu limited, ye i i 1 1, i laMOSS 1iia.e.: nii unmiarjr numiiiirir; iiw 'them iill ts- enough to met the city dwnEf. leave a margin lornic eouB'ry ieaiers. is a prolonged hot sk-I1 is not Ukcly tbatj will be cxwrienced In the year.

withstanding this favorable odtlook, the has (Minfidcri'fl It prudcnl to give a bint country dealers as to the projier action to hythi-m. This it doii In- this form: "to? the pnwpei-t of a scarcity of lee Hie we would advise dealers in the country and rlllaifoM, who art; entirely dejiendenl up portatlons, and who have-not yeC mails srrsraj meiits for a full mason's supply, to season xmtrai'ts with coaumer, at lest wr present. It is difficult to predict whether MS ply will be sufficient Uj carry th' nl thnaiglr -fr. weather or not, or what will Is- tho future of FT WBh both these elements uncertainty to Ofw against. It Is manifestly the part of dealers to keep their biisUr well under Instead of rushing Into oWractirwfiicn ejuw not filled, or not wltnoi9 acnotw loss.

THE DOUBLE Ml RhElt A AY0X. COSl From the JWssl Information receivoi (n Uiis city yefW from the scene of the Avon tragedy no progress has been made toward the defr" of the murderer. A tramp, weanoa r--liKins and blue shirt, has tn reported by a have been seen In the town Sunday foreiKS the oftii-ers were yesterday making mo'j, eerning him in the adjoining village 'Mr')M Mrs. A rant has been found -and has Us nrovUion notning. oueathed to the suspected nekn.

Mrs. 2 iiurftunni win i ChLWf I not been discovered a ia Avants husband, an Englishman. llcved to' be living in hmt1! couple arranged an amicable mmzZ years ago. while he was Ja tills had heard nothing from him for many specbU serrloe. oomniemorativi "lJrt- of tse WIU DS Deia WU nunuw ebntvh in Avon, of which both ladu ich botB leaies The fact that Mrs.

A nL and did not PJS aeiief that the murd 7 bem in rood standing. mmIif atIinilanL Sunday, has led to the oeiu-l laa "1 for committed before the ehurnh hoar tho dav was rainy, and is vs- Mr Avant age and feeble health, it hv s.t it was intention aot to altena- I Ml aw iu 1 1.