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YOUK LJEUALD, JULY 13, SHEJET, THE NEW REGIME, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Activity In the Departirert--Award of Contracts--The "Water Supply--Measures of Economy, By far the extensive, the most comprehensive and the mot responsible department created under the new nVitfis is the Department of Public Works, in times past the Street Department was a great coni-cin, the Croton Aqueduct Department was alia an immense amtir, and the services of a and a deputy commissioner were required to run one and three commissioners lo run Hie other. Now there is but one man doing the work of five, and, although the information is almost unnecessary, that one mail is "BOSS-'' TWEED. He sits in his oiKce day after day. receiving an incredible number of office-seekers and applicants for lavors of one sort or another, and at the same time d'rects with masterly skill the machinery of his vast department. Kotices are posted in any quantity on the walls around the commissioner's office that XO MOBS JTKN' CAX BE ILMrj.OVED In the department and that uo more applications for laborers or inspectors win be received; but the notice? do no good.

They come in swarms, and any one can tell when "Boss" Tweed is in. town by the cumber waiting on the stairs and stoop for a chance to '-buzz." But no matter what notices "the old man''may put out-, The cry 13, siiU they come. He sess as many as possible and then orders Jils blonde, but aot always over bland, doorkeeper to lock the door as he "will see nobody else to-day." While all tins is being done the work oi tlie department is running on. THE WATKS KMISTRAK has jttst beeu comfortably ensconced in the building at 23J Broad vay. and yesterday the crowd commenced pouring In there to pay their water rents.

Of course there were numbers of the clerks busy all day receiving money for water rents. "Dotty Goof" was oa Hand to take care of -de Shermons'-' und doid em vot dey shell doo dot city gii sanvare own de nooks." Then there were others who did little or iioihinc, but smmpefl around behind the desk, travelling on some relative's reputation and getting money "ON" A ESAI" Iroui the city Treasury. It. is pleasing to know, however, that thsre are very few of these gentlemen in the department, aud that what have beeu regarded as sinecures in the place exist no longer. In regard to THE WATBT.

SCWLY. Chief Engineer Tracey makes a itio-f report. When the new order of things were instituted Mr. Tracey was appointed Chief Engineer in the department. He was during tue first fourteet years after the introduction of Croton water In this city acting as Assistant Engineer, and the past eighteen years has had charge of a hire? portion of the work.

He murt, therefore, be ac- knowledijed to be thoroughly conversant with the actual state of things in regard to Croton wate-- if f- i ii nj V'lviuK, water. Ii took him, however, some time to thoroughly reorganize the bureau and lo find wliere any improvements coma be made. He IMS a ino-t THOROUGH AXD F.IGID SUEVEV pfthe pipes and other paraphernalia used in tne delivery of the Croton water. lie round that tinMvaccr was being wasted in the docks nncl ferries, and lie called the atient.on of '-the Bos-" to Hc fact TJIP order published in the some davs since or- stopcocks was sent have appeared at the office and acknowledged the good judgment of placmn- stopcock? in the private offices where could not interfere witn the w.iter. order will therefore go into effect and tans Jt.

GREAT SATING wdl be secured. Mr. Tracey also round lliat aVinpo had crept in by degree dur ng the past few yeai in regard to water rams, force numps and sued machinery, aud he called the attention or -the to this abuse. Statistics were collected, a lull fist of those using the apparatus named was furnished and all were duly notaa. The use 01 these pumps iu tue lower part of i he city has tended to DIMINISH THK SUTfl.Y, and Commissionor Tweed lias determined to on it as lar as possible.

To do this would be impolitic to commence by ordering the removal ot those alreadv in operation before placing a restriction on tucir ftmtier iiuroduonon. With this intent tiie fol Jowiug circular was yesu-rdaj issued to liie DEI-AHTHHXT or Pcr.i.rc WOEES COSI.MISSIOJESS' Orri.ii:, To Ju! I2 I67 ') Sue--Von hereby colilled Ciat iritMn ihe cllr limits no connection tys ulloweJ n-iih tbe Croton ttatVSp'VX any inner ram Hansom pump or any other a a jaachim-ry by which Oown ivat-r is to be used SchTM SuSSn!" 1 1 harms a TM" Irom Ke You arc also noUficd not to place anywhere Inln which the Croton water will Uow by Ha head, or bipumS or forced mto by driven by Orator, water, with a-! overflow pipe, without a uermit noted WILLIAM JJ. TWEED Commissioner of Workp. Mr. Tracy has beon careful to keep THK CtTV well filled, so that there need be uu fear of-i want of water.

The snpmy reservoirs nave oecn kcnt right up to tne mark, and when ilia recent orders of Commissioner Tweed are complied with--as ii means they shall be--the water will have "uead" enough aowu town to go at lertM, a srory or two taffher than It does at present. Thus ali dauber of A WATEK PASJC is provided ajrainst. ArranKements are beins made to put water meters at the ferries and factories. LITERATURE; CairKiSHIS OF HEW BOORS, Prr YOURSELF IN HtS PLACE- A 13V CbSfle Iteade. New York: Haner.i Brothers.

Tun SAME. Sheldon It is hardly necessary to say that this novel, Ilk all the previous works or fiction written by Charle Keaae, is Intensely interesting. It abounds in start ling situations, and Is, from beginning to end, full sensational surprises. Its characters, if evcu some what overdrawn, arc still admirable portraitures Tims we have iu Henry Little and Mr. Coventry men we meet with every day, both not very strong In ruiml, both tenacious of purpose: the one as an honorable man seeking to place himseif iu a position to marry tue girl be loves: the other as a -weak scoundrel dealing in secret violence and In falsehood to destroy his rival.

The vigorous minded Grace Garden, whose love is all tire and passion, and the gentle, devoted Jael Deuce, beneath, whose placidity there is all the intensity of her sss, are types of womanhood true to the life, which Charles Reade alone can dcscriiie in such a -way as to impress the reader with their every trait ot character. Mr. Kaby, Mr. Garden, Grotait, Jobson, Mrs. Little and the" other men and women wlio figure in the plot are all -well irawn.

Indeed, while we would hardly rank "Pat Tourselfln His as high as "Griffith Gaunt" is a -work- of art, and while we thins the ainoue- nent comparatively -weak, we do not hesitate to express the opinion that it is one of the best or recent publication, and one which cannot Tail to add to Jlr. Jlsafle's reputation. Having said thus much of the work in general now direct onr attention to its conspicuous fea- ure. Ii is a novel with an object, aad that object rises far above the mere loves and courtships and marriages of imaginary beings. Mr.

Eeaue has'takeu up the question of the tyrannical and illegal practices of the Euglteh traies unions, and has woven it into a tale of fiction, so that in this pleasant form it shall come before the great mass of people who would not study it if it were discussed in an essay, but who are as Much interested in its solution as the members or the trades unions themselves. And the question is as pregnant -with importance to the people of the United, stares as to those of Great Britain. "We have oar trades unions also, less formidable in numbers, it is true, than compact in organization, thorough in discipline and remorseless policy. Wllnont indulging in fnri her reflections we shall briefly sketch the story roliy, Intolerance and criminality on the part or the lexers of these combinations ol laboring men as graphically told bv Mr. Eeade.

Henry Little, tUfc hero of the wort, is a cutler by trade. Mr. Cbeetoam, a master cutler from Hillsborongh. visits London, sees Little's worse, admires ii and takes ihe young man iuto nis ser- vice. Little is not in HUlsborongli many days before "The Committee of the Edge Tool Forgers" Union" notifies Cheethain that he offended the trades ny "bringing a workman in from another town to do work that we are be done on hands." Tills they put their heads together, discuss the matter, without displaying any of that horror or gunpowder, viiriol ana life-preservers wk'cti figured in their notices and resolutions, and iiinitly decide upon "doing 1 Little.

We pass over the terrible accident which cost a workingman his life, and before dying confesses to Little that he had nut the gunpowder iu his force, but who dies without revealing the names of lib employers. Four men are engaged to go to the clmrcii ami beat Little wltuin au inch of his life, if not KUI him. They go there and a terrible struggle ensues, and Little is getting the worst of it when rescue arrives in the person or Mr. Kaby, his uncle, who is not even acquainted with him. In a few words we must explain that Mrs.

Little had married against the wishes of her brother and tLey had never met since. The result of this reocue is that Mr. Raby learns who the young man is, and Little soon alter ceases to be a workman. His troubles with the trades unions are not yet over, however. He now establishes himself in business as a matter cutler.

Four of his employes, members of the Saw Grinders' Union, are behindhand iu their contributions, and he receives au auonjmous letter notifying him of that fact. Little writes a note to Grotait expressing regret and his disapproval of their conduct. A few days later lie receives another anonymous letter, threatening him it the money is not paid. AO notice is taken of this missive. Two days after two ot his wheel bands are missing.

Then he is compelled to advance me trade contributions and stop the amount from the defaulter's after which his bauds are restored to him. Time passes and Little, who is au inventor. Invents a machine to grind saws, whereby there is an immense saving of laoor. He forms a copartnership with an eccentric character named Ben Bolt, who has capital. Thev pui-ciiase a plot of ground in Hlllsborough and prepare to build a lactory on it, but have no sooner started than all the briolonaters strike because a machine ior mating brick is brought iuto service.

A series or outrages follow. Outsiders are employed. Some rufflan fllis the clay with needles, and the workmen's hands are severely injured. One night iffy thousand raw bricks are trampled into a shape- ess mass. Another ufght a man is beaten nearly to death; still another night a miautitv of barrows, utensils and tools are set on ire, naphtha being first poured over them, spite of these drawbacks some of the are made and a carter emploved towueel hem away.

The poor man's haystack and stable are fired and his gray mare burned to death. However, the bricks are all finally delivered, and then another difficulty. Sot a bricklayer will work hem because they have neon made bv machinery. She contractor begs to be discharged from his coii- ract, anil Little Bolt are. in trie end, compered to urchase a factory which, luckilv, offers he time.

One part of building is kept under ockandker. ana in to this the nutcliines for grind- jg saw? are nut up. Two workmen ironi are employed at large wages to run them se- retly. They work to a charm, each, one llie abor of five men. Little sees himself on the hich oad to fortune.

Boll's cupiditv 13 excited, and he efuses to worK any longer in secret- Another room openly devoted to tte machines, and for twentv- ne days they com money. On tee twenty-second ie fcaw Grinders' Union Little olt a civil letter, protesting azaiupt the ew invention as une designed to dcstrov leir handicraft and starve the craflamen nd their families and expressing the hope that they ill not be used. So reply is "sent, and outrages once begin. The wneel bands vanish and new nes are bought. Xext comes an anonymous letter iretttening the use of gunpowder.

One night man rmed with a bow anil arrow follows Little and is in ie act of finug ar aim when Ms murderous iuieu- on is frustr.ited by Jael Dence. who has been war li- the wretch ami conu-s up in time to throw her informed the premises by our own notification Is followed bv two anonymous missives, signed respectively -Balaam-' and "Balaam's threatening Mr." Cheeiham stabies and any other places wnerc lucre may be a waste of the water. TIIE WAsarearox HEIGHTS RESERVOIT Is being rapidly pushed to completion, and mil in Jew weeks be ready to receive the walur. The tower Intended to force the water to the lusher points on island will not be finished he fall but it being publiert forward as rapidly as possible There are many oilier little points under the Departs merit whtcti cat! for the action of the Engineer they, course, are duly cared for. On Monday proposals were opened for work on pavements under tue and awards wen- made aa folio witii serious consequences if he does not discharge the new hand.

'-We had to visit you last year!" writes Balaam, "ana when we came voar hands went and your bellows gaped." "Turn CoeKnev up, with no more ado," writes Balaam's Ass. "or you'll Ooth get kicked to heil some dark A few days later Little flnus stuck iu the doo'r of nis workroom a long knife, which impales a letter addressed "To Jak trades." The letter informs him in vile English that; "(Us knift wun of roo made ckcj.res t'other is for thy hart if tnou dosent hr.rken Trade aud leve Chetm." Little's indignation 13 aroused br this tureat, and he determined to show fisrht. But" for the purnose of aveiting unpleasant consequences, lie visits tiie secretary of the Edge Tool Forgers' Union and inquires if there ls ao way of preventing the putting of the threats imo execution. Mr. Jobson, the secretary, denies that the tiirej I en- ing letters come rnfiu the Union.

'-We never threaten." he remarks, significantly. Mr. Little," ha continues, "it hvis been my lot lo scud a civil remonstrance, written with my own hand, In pretty fair English--for a man who puod bellows and hammer twenty years or my lite--and be treated with diem conic-rapt, and, two mouths after, to be offering a reward of twenty or thirtr pounds for the discovery of some mail Unit had taken or. hlnwi-li to right yen- matter with a cm of gunpowder, or some biich coarse expedient." This interview cnas by LiHIe asking to be admitted inlo tne Jobson fears there are one or two objections. Little ofl'ora to pay fifteen pounds down, aud then Hie Sect-clary agrees to snlmui ins offer to the trade.

About a week after this oiler nude to tlie Edge Tool Forgers, Little enleiins his work room written In chalk on tiie wall tlie words, "Win- overlook tlie Uy advice oi Bn3iie, the foreman of Clice ham. Little calls upon lur. Parkin, secretary of the Handlers' Union, and makes the same offer lie had already to Jobsou. Parkin to submit it to 1115 com- mlttee. Two da; later Lit ue receives a note from Jobson expresstnj surprise at his continuing to work for Cheetham before the union? ins proposal, and rccommcuding him to strike work ior the Littlc has a cofllu drawn upon if, informs him thsu ne a doomed uiau aud advises iiini to prepare to ItH At nine o'clocknext night the laotory is Mown up by gunpowder, but uot before Little ivjioslt.pt i lias iortunatelv started secretlv lor the United states.

But the purpose was to kiu'ium and he i- supposed to b-; dead for a long while Tiiest demoniac diods end the record or trade' nmou outrages. With the love storv and ttis drawing of the characters we leave the reaaf 10 become acquainted. Our purpose lias merely been to sketch tftc: prominent feature of the book. Had Mr. Kead-- writteu nothing but ficiiou we should have bestowed little space on Uis narrative.

But all he has written is sounded ou. fact--on. -sworn evidence, obtained before a commission, and which the render will remsmocr as causing a sensation at tne time. Tiie question of these outrages a tfecis the people of the tnfiert not tnau those of Great Krituin. -u hue we exonerate the great mass of onr woiKingmen.

a-s Mr. Ruadc does tliat of England, of tlie slightest nartidpalioii in. or even sympathy with, the outrages which are dally couiuiitte'd the name or, if not the direct instruction of the trades unlo: The sleauishlp Silesia, Captain Trautmann, or the Hamburg-American line, from Hamburg Juno 29 aud Brest July 2, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon with newspaper flies from each port of departure up to the date of her sailing tlience. Our malls were delivered at Bio HERALD Building in good order at fifteen minutes to four o'clock P. M.

The labor strikes at Hamburg continued. Otherwise business was quiet but fair, witu a lull in the demand for breadstufls, and, consequently, in prices. Ou Friday, June 24, the splendid statue erected by the people of Stuttgart to the bavaut Kepler was naveiled in the presence of a great concourse. The occasion was publicly celebrated with, banquets, addresses and military parades, ana the poet Fischer read an ode composed in honor of the incident. The St.

Gothard railway scheme awakens much interest throughout Northern aud liberal subscriptions are advocated. The crop news from Sweden aud Norway had greatly improved. Copious showers had relieved the long continued drought, andj the erain fields of all kinds gave better promise. From Russia intelligence had been received that several of the chief wheat growing provinces of the empire were greatly behindhand in that culture. owing to the long protracted cold, followed by drought, and at Archangel some alarm was felt for the harvests.

Ustralow, the great Russian Julstorian, died on the 20th or June at the Palace of Tsurskoje His "Compendium" is the historical text book of ail the schools in the empire. Preparation for the Prussian election is already going on throughout the Kingdom, and ail parties are very active. The Catholics on the Rhine provinces are Holding important meetings ana working very diligently. They are agitating the separate school question with much earnestness and energy. The programme ol the liberal narty against the maintenance of the present enormous war budget is decided in its tone aud accords with general public sentiment.

Without the budget the existing gigantic armaments cannot be kept up. The Saex Canal-- Underwriters' Insurance Interests. The London finanrfei- observes that "counterbalancing the disadvantages, we have these points in favor or the Suez 1. Vessels (aad goods) are a shorter time on the voyage, aud are therefore less exposed to various disasters incident to a voyage. 2.

Goods are leas time in tne hold of a vessel, and arc therefore less liable to sea damage or mildew, both of which causes are continually producing particular average claims. S. In the sveut of lire or accident to macniuery, during a greater part of the voyage, a vessel is much nearer a safe port than bv the old route round the Cape. We ttiiat iusurers need not grudge rayiug the same rates as via tne Cape until the character of the canal route is more decided); ascertained, and until some of the-e drawbacks arc rcuio-i'cd. One thing underwriters must expect-- there will be rogues and roguery via the Suez Canal as via the Cape: and the same race for gola which sinks so many of onr home trade steamers ill atfect the steamers of the new route, in addition to the drawbacks we have mentioned as being peculiar to tue canal route.

Whatwenowearncstlv wish is. first. le attempts that are being made to resrulate the lojiding and to prevent the overlonding of steam vessels: and. second, a speedy of autlien'uc and correct. Red Sea charts." CUBA.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The quarantine Question-- Infected tlmt Hare Arrived-- Revocation of Permits. The Board of Health met yesterday, President BoswortH in the chair. l)r, ceccarim, from the Sanitary Committee, reported thai they had given the fat melters a hearing. and no new facts were elicited.

The Sanitary Committee also reported upon the new life-saving apparatus, which Hiey liighiy endorse. The committee was ordered to make repairs. Tiie committee reported a new clause for the Sanitary that, the garbage and liquid substances be placed in one vessel and ashes in another, which was adopted and ordered to be published. Mr. Manierre arose to a question of privilege, and denounced the statements published in a two cent rMorrl3 7 Superintendent, reported that TM epore a but one cabe of smallpox occurred in the city duriti" the past week.

In the same time the cases of relap- slUK fever were, forty-two, against lifty-seven iu tne previous week, Tills is tiie second case of small. pox reported since June 2i Dr. Caraoclian submitted a report npon yellow fever vessels as Typhoon, forty-nine gW torn Bio, Janeiro, one case of death; bark Elizabeth, fifty-live days from iUo. arrived July in hospital seven days on the Till at Rio; brig Dauntless, fifty- from same place, arrrlved one of the crew left at Rio, in hospital, with yellow fever; on the passage to this port one man died of eltow fever- it A. Benson, sixteen days from Zaza, arrived July 10' time, SOtfdiTsf 18 StrCe cn 1 oorf! snii Coeaties slip mid In avenue between' Seventy-fourth and SeFcniv-ninth branches in Scv-eniy-lifth.

Scventy-siith, A time, 20 and Third streets, and arenue streets, to Robert JlcCftristlc, ior rs, and In Cor- on, $1,156. Time, ten dars. JCl doal)m 1 a The work In the other bureaus is bain-' pro- ssed with a spirit, a system almost surprising. eriue Moore, in charge ol 'i THE nOADK, already succeeded in making tlie work of the Ie- Vartmenti as far as his bureau is concerned, quite Complete. Being an -okl he knows hovr the roads should be, and he has pushed them ahead quite satisfactorily.

AFFHAY IH AKjHPHAN ASYLUM. i Beatli of One of the InmntcK- Mr. Orvllle K. Butchinson, Superintendent of the Orphan Asylum, and Tenth ave- yesterday called upon Coroner Sehirmer, at the Hall, and notified him that John Francis, a col- youth of twelve years, an mutate of the Asylum, -haa-died untier-clrcumsiances which required aa official investigation. -On Saturday, the Set instant, Francis, John Lent, and one or two other boys, were 'Bt wbric in tae basement of the Asylum, and there a dispute arose them fc-hliili resulted In fabdomen with his the time, and apparently was" not much'in- the day following he was seized with "fins', which continued for sometime.

He soon from-the attack, and kf.nt about till Wed--(y last, 5rtfen he suddenly becama worse, and vummued -l6''fail till Sunday Jast, when death en- Whether the Injuries received accelerated remains to be determined by a post-mortem 'examination. The case will be investigated to- tnorrow (Thursday) morning oeforethe Coroner, at nls onice. Lent, in striking deceased, had no intent- So iuflict fatal violence. present. In a postscript Mr.

Jobson desires to know if it is true that Litrte is receiving a lusher for his labor than tlic price int. Although nuuii angered by tins comrnnnic.mon Little, obedient to tiie advice of Bayne. replies, informing Mr. Joosou that, lie cannot strike work, as, ao-ns so would be a violation of his contract with Cueetuam. AS regards the wades he receiver-, us expresses tne opinion that "to sell skilled labor below the statement price is a list offence, and injury to trade.

Bui to obtain above the statement pries is to beucflt trade." The result ol all this is that the secretaries cease correspoaencewiiiihiKi. uis money is returned and the war of the unions against him begins aclivelv. Anonymous conimunieatioas. mysteriously pluced in his work room, threaten lilin personal Injury. To avoid violence he is compelled to take precautions of a most nature.

Informed of the character of the men Us uas to deal wita, he prevents their entering his workroom at iiigm by securing the door with a lo -k or pesalar contraction. But iuspite of allthepiejautions taken a deed of is perpetrated. One morning Little lights his forge, and as as it hot ireinenuons explosion takes place, tvnicn almooi destroys nis life. Some miserable deinucognch wiio seek to mount into power by making thoughtless men believe that capital is inimical to labor There are inuti--bogus workmgmen--wiio hound ou the rcul workingmcn to take tiie bread from the mouth of felion- being because he asserts Hie right of a freeman and refuses to bind lumself to au irresponsible orgauizalion. If thu facts could be obtained it would be discovert-it mat very leaders are at ihe bottom ol I how deeds of upon "iion-tiiHoni-ts' which we so often recent.

JUow coinmou a thing ii id lor --strikers'' to boat and maltreat other who take their places in llie workshops ol tlie tenuity! Occasionally, too. a mail is killed the real murderers go "linpimidlie-i Our workuisrmen. as a mass, iecl ihe same abhorrence of a ire du; but they are quiescent when they lie activo in sitpprc.iblns ihciu- ami tnoyare led br thu lalse im- jtrc-bion Ul.it JIic.T an- pci-vetl the whole hcarlily recommend "1'ut Tour- self in His Place" me reading tmWic, confident aside li-iim us great inurilK as a novel, will perform IniHK'uiiC i in of all in a quotum ol vital linpoi-ta'ic" in our puiitical c-conoinv. REPEllTOlltE (iKNKRAJ. ill I.SB AltCIHXDr A Voii.E-5 A V.M'Kir."..

btutistliini: O'l-nA-alc do la Xavigatiou de tuns Ics pa.vs ilantiinpfr. Pubhec par I'Ailniiui'stralioij (In Durciiu -istri; lulcrnatioual. 1'aris. tiuve received from 31f- Samuel llardlnjr, Sttr- vuj or for Ihe Bureau Ventai sit this pint, a ponderous volume bearing tlie above title. Jt is uue of the moat iiitful and valuable works ol the kind that -ie have saeu.

duca away with inconvenie'ics winch lias long buun felt by the want of a publica- iiou containing me aamci or the merchant in tt'i' eiiiui: woria. Tlie of neanv 63,000 snil- hig and steamers arc here registered, with a suiiemcut ot tin- ports to winch thrv their class, tonuagv, uorl of construction ana vearltf con- stiu'-fion. siicli utiier mlurmatioii aS is uselui to underwriters, lusurance agents and brokers aud others inn-rested ut slitpiung. The great value of the book is upparuut at a glitnce. it is Urst publication of tlie kind, ana is in work of tlie highest muril- respecrs a One of His iiiOi-t interesting and instructive books or Hie kind that we have for some time is that enl.t.ca '-Matcriiity; a I'opuiar Treatise for Young Wivas ami Mothers.

1 (New York: J. u. Ford ic js w.l'.ten by Dr. Verdi, of Washington, a well known ptiyslcian or rhe homosopathic school. It with great dellcacv of a delic.ite subjnet and contains vast amount of iniornution valuable not only 1.0 every mother.

But to all heads of families Taera nothing in the work in the remotest: deTC" connected witli the subject which Is not Sully elucidated. The -yiuptoms. nature and character of diseases are cxpi.nned, and helps and remedies suggested, and although tlie book does not render the service of a physician unnecessary, it enables tne ptt- Tient or iltoie in charge of the to act promptly, intelligently and witti efficacy in cases jijijpu-ian cuuuot ue readily obtained. Among thr almost curioaa books of the day is one with die tether long title of -'Indian Records; with a highly sensational report of the affair, dennnciatbrv of the trades unions. Tnesc- unions oiler a reward of twenty pounds for the discovery of the culprit Of course the guilty person is not discovered tins time Little has lalleu la love with Grace Garden and is determined not to leave Hlllsborough.

's' soon as he recovers ne goes to work aud swears he will light tlie unions -til! all is blue re insures life aud prepares for the siro-- gle. But now violence having failed, the unions trV diplomacy. They offer him his travelling expenses to London and two pounds per week until he obtains employment. Little rejects the otfer. The wlnd-np is that an the norkmen strike and Citeetham is ilnaily compelled to discharge Little or have his business destroyed.

fitr the unions have triumphed. Little is employed by Dr. Ambaync, an old bachelor who had jormerly loved the young man's mother, as a sort of sanitary inspector of the various manufactories in ut lie is sa wth this. His eat the unions. He comes to an imder- utiously and secrctlv -biiili resulted In Lent striking Francis In the bdomenwith his flat.

The lat ter entered no com- the loree is erected, in the day Little anpears on the streets of HUlshoroush as an inspector; in the uiUht he works at knives. Thus a brief period of Hme passes. One night Grace Garden, the sir i he rlnf 1 Mr Coventry, his rival, get lost lu the nills. A snow storm adds to their dangc-r. Thev sen ti? IS almoat when sue seas" Rrh seas the light la tha churcn.

Tinther she hurries, reactes S2 the the arms of Little, 'who has hurried" door in answer to the call. to Presently Coventry finds the churchanolntST He at percaivcs that Lttue is his rival. Just before getting lost he had asked Grace's pernnssiou to speak to her rather lor her liana, and Grace had partly consented. On leaving the church he overhears Little beglerto wait two years for htm, and when sue gets home she declines to consent to nis seeing her fattier He IIIH already pledged his word and honor not, "to betrar Little's working in the church; mu now, stuns to the quick, he cJls upon Mr. Grotait.

Secretary of the Saw Grinders' tells all he knows This Mr. Grotait is a scoundrel of flrst water-- c5 yonr smooth-speaking, fanatical wretches" ne calls upon the secretaries of the other ualoua; Great BnUiiu has treated the native princes of India, and with wliiti insolence they are treated By Eiisiish ofticiaLs. Tiie hooK contains some curious "f.icis. aud to it again. Cerlain Fines on Vessels to be Refunded--Tlie iictisru of the Captain dcncral--Reports from tlie Dejiorimeat.

HAVANA, July The Colonial Slinkier of Spam has issued a circular, under dale of tlie 8tli directing mat all fines imposed in the island of Cuba on account of a -non- presentation of a third copy of tbe manifest be re- inndetl, and also announcing tlut tlie colonial authorities will be held personally responsible for any chcngc in the Custom Hou-e regulations, which can bo lawfully made only by the superior government. In the months of December and January last there were a number of lines of $500 eacii imposed on American vessels, owing lo Hie omission mentioned, and even a greater nnmhcr were Imposed on British vessels, all of which were paid. Under ai contained in this circular, these will nave to be refunded and the vexations to which foreign commerce is constantly siibjectecl here done awiy with Ilia Evcellcncv tne Capiam General, whose speedy return from me central Department IP announced embarked ut aboard the corvette Isabel la CiUolicn on i.ie mornluir or Monday, the Jth. It is stated that he coine-, by the w.tv of Santiago deC'iiba and Hie siputii cuasr, in nluch case his arrival will be dvilaj ed a fe P. By the arrival of a HatAbano last even- we liuve from AVi-piern incut.

Tin- Kajmiinr, uiidei- date nr tli 2d, sliite-i that a number ol enrmnpuiems: iinv been uti.tc.ked. and llic fori-esi ol Motlcsto Diaz cou pleiely route di.spi-r.-.cn. The cnmpalsu is pro uniiiiccil over, and happily so. -'tliougli It lia been ililc-d augnish, pnvalloiw, auiierinR an d.inger to tiie A resume ol'cngascnient have taken place in Mannanillo aud since I'M- insiirgeutb rcniipciircd in inristUc tions is given, in every one of whicli the laiter iver lontcil and IViciflcution i.s iitriim aii iionuccd, only Mcaltering bands ot insm-gems re mauling. The lust notices from tlie Clncos Villas spe.ikof: light iu the juris Jiet ion of Kemedios.

in whicli lh Insiirgents were commanded bv Miguel Kanios. with Hie usual result. In Trinidad aud Clcnfiiccos the cholera ana yellow fever lire tearful loleucc, on sonn- the cHtntes iliioughoui the dt'jricts the eil'oct ha been terrible. THE WEST INDIES. Coolie in tlu- for Ihe Fast Yoat--Vtie Cobie--Tiio Jamiiicii Cliui-cli--A C'ent-per.

Cent June 20, isfo. Mr. AV. JL Aiulerson, tho Agent General of immigration for this island, sails for India on tha L'Sth inst. iu the British mtiil stciuner Xeva.

He lias been authorized by rhe government lo ship large numbers of coolie immigrants for Jamaica plantations, aii'l there is a probability that orders for a still greater number will follow Mr. Anderson at a very early date. Last year we received from Calcutta coolie laborers, Trinidad received 3,029, Demerara received St. Vincent received S4S, Mauritius received l.osi And the total number of coolies introduced into the colony since the yearls-13 are; Prince. Dr.

Carnochan asked the Board of Health, to take eoxne action to assist the Health Ofllcer in preventing them irora from evading quarantine by going into Perth Amboy. He declared the question of lighterage was, in his opinion, a mere subterfuge to set tue quarantine laws abolished. The subject was referred to the Sanitary Committee for report. All permits given by the old Board of Health were revoked aud orders issued ior their renewal, it the uoard deem it expedient to do so. A Carcass Fleet Jtloored Off the Battery.

Kuw TORE, July ISTO. To THE EDITOR OF THE When I was walking this afternoon, between two and three o'clock, from the root of West street towards the salt water bath I notieej between this and pier So. 1 Korth river seven carcasses, all belonging to the cat and dog species, lying high and dry ou the shore, scattered over an area of not more than twenty or thirty feet in length. They were of all sizes and colors (one large bull dog, white, with black ears included), and in all stages oi decomposition; they had evidently been lying there for some days ac least. When approached the bath there was one more ta white one), who was just doubling the northwest cape ot the bath, and another one (a black one) had just cleared the bridge which leads to the bath- they all steered at a moderate rate of speed In a northwesterly direction, evidently bound for pier JSo.

wnere they intended to lay up. The-e fellows come in regularly with the tide and seem to have their regular landing place near pier 2.0. i. Their landing, of course, cannot be ed. bull think it must be somebody's dur-v to see liiat they do not remain in the Immediate vicinity of the bath, neither on shore nor in the water or under these circumstances cleanliness rnnst demand to keep out of the water at the Battery rather than to go and take bath there.

j. j. u. COffiTERY OF THE CENTRA! SOUTH AMERICA. loss of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company'i Steamship Ecuador-A Number of laves lost-lie Difficulty Between Peru and Bolivia-Affairs iu Co- lomtia and Chile.

Tlie steamship Ocean Queen, from Asylnwall, arrived in this city yesterday, she brings the latest news from llie Central and south American republics. Tlio tnteroceanic Canal Treaty in tlie Colombian Congress--President Salgai Feted--Paying a Debt to ike State. By the arrival of the steamer at Panama from San Naaaire no periodicals have beeu received, but from a private letter under date of the nth received in this city from a senator in Bogota, it is learned that the mteroceanio Canal treaty had not yet passed its third reading in the House or Representatives. Congress accordingly would be prolonged to Ihe end of the month. On the 5th the members of the House of Representatives gave a splendid banquet to President Salgar.

This is the first time that political parties have united to compliment with a least the chief of the union. The Diario OjieieO, of the 1st ult. publishes a decree by the Congress at Bogota, ceding totheStata ATPT.ETox'3 HAXDBOOK or AXEKKUS TRAVEL; XOKTILEBX AA'B EASTERN' TOURS York: 1). Anpleton i is one 01 those admirable publications on which we can bestow no higher praise than by saying it is thoroughly trustworthy and accurate. It contains numerous maps, and accurately describes all that is worth seeing in the Xortiiern and Eastern States and the British dominions.

The book is handsomely Dilated aud bonnd. SER.MOXS PREACHED AT BRIOHTOS is a large volume of more than eight hundred pages, containing the pniptt discourses of the late Rev. Frederick W. Robertson, the incumbent of. Trinity chapel.

To the reader of religious literature these sermons will be heartily welcomed. They contain a good deal of Christian instruction, and are calculated to benefit morally and religiously, all -who read them. Tne volume, which is published by Harper A Brothers, Is elegantly gotten up. One 'of the few domestic novels we can praise is 'Life and 1 (Boston: Lee Shepard), Although the plot ia not sensational, it 13 suBlclentiy exciting to retain tiie "interest of the reader. The characters are drawn with skill and strength, and even artistically.

is a vein of piety running through the story, which, "though not sufficiently marked to give it the title of "religious," iasafll- ciently developed to indicate the moral sentiment of tlie anuiiymoua author, and to serve the evident purpose of inculcating moral principles. SCMMER DRIFTWOOD FOB THE WINTER FIRE is the title oi a pleasant little work written oy Rose Porter and published by Ansori, Randolph ol this city. It. contains twenty-six written In a very agreeable style, and with just enough or piciy la tiiem not to make them religious discourses. Jamaica, Uenierara, Trinidad, or 690- St.

Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada St. Kilts, yyr: Mauritius. SM.m. Prom Demerara 438 coolies, who had completed their period oi service, obtained a return passage to Calcutta, carryiug with them Trinidad sent back in the same wav 372 coolie 5 with savings amounting to Sir John Peter Grant, the Governor, has expressed his anxiety to procure some good, experienced East imjiaguraeners, and orders nave bean sent to Calcutta lor their selection and shipment fifty pounds has been piaced in the hands oi Mr: An- cierson for the shipment of some important East India plants whicli have a commercial value ror propagation in the government garden, to be afterwards distributed throughout the colony for cultivation.

Some very important additions have been recently made, among them an Abysinian banana of low stature, the leaf of winch grows forty-two feet ioug. The China grass has been most successfully cultivated at Castletou, in the St. Andrew Mountains and the government have beeu so much pleased with the.resulc that they have ordered a maculae Irom England for its preparation for market Mr. Robert Thompson, the government botanist in this island, has been presented with a medal from the Accumulation Society of Paris for his very excellent preparation of quinine, grown and manuiae- tnred in Jamaica. This is verv satisiactory, for the government have expended an enormous amount of money in the cultivation of this valuable medicinal plant.

The erection of the telegraph posts and -wire lines has commenced through the streets or Kingston aud Is making rapid progress towards completion. The judges in Banquo have -granted a new trial to the nigger who sustained Injuries at tae late railway accident but whom the jury refused an award of damages. The judces have also refused to grant a new-trlai in the case of the family of tae late Mr. Alkman, Crown Solicitor, against the Ja- 'malca' Railway for damages consequent -upon, the accident which deprived that gentleman of his The 1 jury granted Mrs. Aikman $30,000 damages; and the groiind'ol objection taken by the railway to this verdict was that the damages were excessive.

The judges were of ocinion-that the -verdict was a just one, according to the evidence, that the' damages were not excessive and consequently refused the application of the railway directors for a new trial. The venerable Archdeacon Kowe, the Rev. D. K. rector of Kingston, snd the Rev.

Enoa Nuttall, who composed a delegation from the Epls- copal Clmrcti In Jamaica, arc now exerting tnem- selvea in England to raise an endowment fund ior the sustenance of the Church in -Jamaica, which Is now disestablished and disendowed. They have met with'several merchants and owners or plantations in Jamaica, and one of these has given to the endowment' lund of Jamaica, and promised an- annual donation of any dollars for every ren uogs- hesds of sugar his estate alupa to Europe. A. Neat Plan of a Body of Speculators and Koiy It lias Worked and is Working--Opposition to tiie Plan--Its Suture aud iho Movers in It. In all ages and ainons a'l classes of people, the most imrbarons aud uncivilized, as well as the most enlightened and civilized, a geneial instinctive rev- has been felt for ground set apart for cemetery purposes.

Such places are looked upon aa sucrcd ground; as ground hallowed as ths final resting places of departed relatives and Mends, around whose graves ceulre the mo.it precious and tender memories: af, ground never lo be ruthlessly disturbed by an invading enemy; as ground lobe reliKionsly spared the encroachments of vandal speculators Everybody knows how in our own crowded city the moat strenuous protests nave beeu made against yielding up the burial pluces for onr dead lo ihe unyielding behests of growing population and advancing commerce. Firmly reslstinc these en- croiiL-hmcnts, ueccs.sar.v as thcv undoubicillv some- timcs are, and excusable inn city ot the "fXowlork, the old Trinity graveyard, though in I he great commercial hcarl of tlie city, remains still intact, and so, too, St. Paul's graveyard and a few 01 Hew iiiat UHJJlit be named where the wild spirit of speculation has fulled to get the mastery Hut. while there are those who, if there is a cliuiice to make money, do uot allow graveyards or any sacred scnnmeat to stand their way, tnere has bcun few cases pa me nt of a debt dna by tne nation, a Qama known by the name of San Juan Thi hnii at ea ttle street lile same name Ttus building is destined to rorrn a collejte for educational purposes. Article three of said decree further cedes to the Slate of JPauaina.

gratuitously for hr lE on tlie rour Hectaraa of land, CI 2 ten tne contract latelv celebrated JS5J Panama Eailroad Company and the natlouai government, said laud to be delivered by the company levelled and suitable for the erection or houses. loss of tlie Steamship of the Disaster--Uat of tlie Missine anil Injured. the ranama Mail, July l.j As giving the details about the loss of the Pacific Steam Kavigation Company's steamer Ecuador, Captain Stamm, we publish, the following letter, directed from the port of Snpe to the Command- ante General de Marina, dated June Tuesdy, the at one P.M. theEn ILsh steamer Ecuador left this port with twenty-six deck passengers, a considerable number of barrels of rum and having in tow the launch Chaucav. About three hours after her departure I was informed that the boilers of the Ecuador had exploded, about six miles off.

Taking all the boats I could obtain I proceeded towards the plac" of the accident, but owing to tile nigh wind and sea did not arrive alongside of the steamer until she was just sinking. The greater number of tae passengers had already been transferred to the above mentioned launch. Of the twenty-six passenger who ieit in the steamer, only nineteen Have returned. Among these one scalded had died thirty-six hours previous, two have entirely their sight, one has a leg fractured, the captain of the Ecuador severely wounded, the boatswain wounded and a leg fractured, the iirst engineer scalded and five passengers siigtitly injured. Of the crew the second enspueer, the cook aud three lire- men perished.

All tae aid possible was given to the suilerers in this port. From later information we learn that the captain was expected to recover, but doubts were expressed as to the chief engineer, Mr. Shaw, who was the Hospital at Cailao. On receiving the news the manager of the company at once sent the stettmshin Bogota with and other aid to the scuno of the accident. The launch went back under sail to Supe with tiiose saved from the Bcu.ulor.

The list of missing on tlio arrival of the launch at Supe is given as Ayliff, tecoi'd enni- iieer; Olaudio oilvero, Castro Cerda and Ales. JUu- reno, firemen, and a Chinese passenger. The wounded of the crew Ptamm Chief Engiueer Shaw, the quartermaster, with some other passengers--names unknown. The Ecuador had been in dock fifteen days before had two boilers, and even wnen she left Supe was considered to be in good condition. The chief engineer could give no account Bow the accident happened, and ys the steamer sank the superintendent, engineer could form no opinion as to the cause of such lamentable accident.

The inhabitants Supo did all they could to alleviate the and Imve Hie gratitude of tiie cosiipauv. lacts seCfoith lu a recent aiMreisTo'the'iot owners Having began it as a scheme of speculation, iujuiic- tiyns, arrests and suits succeeded each other, ending jrcceiver. the final through the appointment finesse of ex Dane claptrap legislation- Jt is unnecessary to loliow the management through all the tortuous twistings of legal squabbling. The inatn point is now, as alleged, "to deprive aoout 2 400 families of tlie ngnt to say what should be done with the craves of their depaited, and hand them over to aa uufec'- uiK clique of speculators." This receiver has been nine years doing his work, rimiiing the cemetery each year more aad more in debt, ait now tlie ground 13 offered for sale under an order of the Supreme Court or Kings countv. Jt is claimed that -ill this is part aad parcel ot tiie scheme of t'lc speculators to dispose of the ground, or, at a portion, city lots.

Meantime tlie Jot owners are called upon to a united from asai'ist this attempt to deprive them of their rights TJjo Dispute Bcttvccit Pern Bolivia-- A Cheerful View- of the Position--Payment of American Claim 1 Pei-u. Intelligence, from 1'eru is highly important and satisfactory, M. Garcia Garcia, the Peruvian Plenipotentiary sent to Bolivia to arrange the Ante- zima question between tlie two sovernmcnts, writes, after his arrival at that capital, that he liad beeu received witli the warmest proofs of kindness and respect bv the aiti norii and people. Jn the course of the addresses made at tne otlicl.il rccenlion of Garcia 1'murlcnl Melgarcgo silludsd pointedlv to the matter In dispute, promising that it should speedily meet with a pacific and cqiiliablc solution and that war between the two republics, sillies and slaters, was not for a inoiurnl. to be apprehended M.

Garcia informs his government no dancer of hostilities exists, aud that tne matter will shortly be arranged in the most amicable manner. This news was gladly received in Pern, and produced marked rise iu government paper, tiie commence of tlio people In the continuance of peace nerfccnv restoml. it is noticed that tlie spirit or association generally ,1 sure proof or national prosperity is steadily gaining ground. Companies are biiintr formed throughout the republic for establishing banking institutions, irricatlon, the further rtevelon" mentofthe saltpetre district of Tarapaca, railway enterprise and other projects, tending to general and particular utility. For the ni.st time 111 quite a number ol years, the Prefects ot the different nro vinces report that perfect peace reigns In all tne de- partmcutH, aud the only difficuliies apprehended from the Congress of July will be concerning local measures of no special interest or importance ic certainly is a matter of satisfaction that, tins rich republic should at last nave found tne true road towards the development and employment of its wonderful weattli and resources.

The prompt payment by the Peruvian government, of the amounts awarded to American citizens bv rhe late mixed commission, will alsj go far towards advancing the already em fable credit ofivru Iu foreign HOW SJREEr iUILKOAO HAP- I'o THE EDITOR OF THE HCRALD you bu kind ciiougu. in tlte interests of all who may be exposed to similar outrage, to make public the following facts S'csterday aiornlafr, atjialr-paat twelve o'clock, a gentleman uu 1 his wife were ridins in c.ir Xo. iv'of he line mat goes from Central Purk to Battcrv, wO. is called the West Side line. Tne gentleman vas burdened with a travelling bag and an iim- rella, oesides havins one and two small The car passed tlie slight bend at the sniaii jark near the Battery.

The gentleman was careful allow it do so before attempting to stop it, w'nch ie did by palling tlie strap with the handle of his imbrella- The conductor then stopped the the lentleman pnt one foot forward (vcrr carefully on i-count of being burdened witii parcels. one efore he could alight, and before, of 1U vife, wlio was immediateiv ueniua luin, could uo he conductor sunerea or caused the car to start gain, causing the gentleman's leg- to sup etween the iron bars wnieli support the step, his ody being thrown forward. The conductor made attempt to stop the car, but dragged tiie geime- ian for several yards. Forranatelv lie was ubits to cep himself along by his Bauds the same pace nm the car, but, of course, was in great danger at very Instant of having his leg snapped off, as was mpossiule 10 disengage it wiru me car in motion. Wnen he ross to iiis after calling six times to the conductor, as did others, to stop the car, ne, naturally Infuriated, struck the conductor, who put his hand into his breast and imdouotedly have fired the pistol that he carried liad he not been prevented from doing ao by a policeman who catne up at the moment.

The conductor made no attempt to justify himself for his intent to lire upon the gentleman nor was anything said to him about it, which would make it. seem that conductors are an exception to the rale forbidding the carrying of arms about the person; but said that "lie could not stop the car at the slope." This was a deliberate falsehood The gentleman iiad been careful on his wire's account aa well as nls own to stop the car only when two yards beyond tne slope, -which was so smtht as to be of litcie consequence even had he not Taken that precaution, it is the belief of the gentleman's true that, the conductor was angry because the gentleman tried to stop the car by pulling the strap wiih his umbrella instead of appealing to him iu the first' instance to do so, aad that he dragged her husband alone out of revenge for tins atfront to his dignity. At al! events, he appeared ro enjoy his exploit and was exceedingly insolent both to the gentleman and to the policeman. Had he chosen to do so, lie could at once have stopped tne car, and tue gentleman' need act Have been diagged a root, much less many yards. A painful bruise on me lert is the consequence; it is very black and very sore, but it is a miracle that the leg held oy the car was not snapped otr.

I would be exceedingly grateful If -you would make public these facts. 0. A. THE COD Yarmouth (N. the last two or three days the schooner Island Com has arrived at Pubnico with soo quintals codfish; and the Beau Basin with eoo quintals.

Tlie Indications are the season's lisii. ing will be a highly prosperous one. Another View of tlie Sitnntlvn. The Fen-ocaml of Chile. May 31, says, n-lih re.

spect to the question between Peru aud Bolivia, that the arrival of the Peruvian monitor Huaspnd had given rise to much speculation founded on rumors. The Palna has the following oa Kiis says the commandantc haJ brought sealed de- spatches to the Chilean government, in which the I'erunau novenrniimt intimates to Chile that the relations betwven the two KOTcrnments were such that a rupture eminent unless Bolivia should (jive satisfaction and yav an inderauinc.i- tlon lor damages tioue on tee frontier. In this latter case Pern will take a temporary possession of Mejilloues, and informs Clillc 1:1 advance of her intentions. TkePatria hopes Chile will be able to make peace between tlie two republics-but unfortunately tee case becomes complicated because Chile would be obliged to protest against the seizure ot Alejilloues, for tnis Territory becomes neutral ground when owned jointly between Olule and Bolivia: but the line of limits has not yet been decided o. Tiiis seizure by Feruwoiuu luve a ruinous effect ou the commerce of O'hile in mac loejlicy and dcpreoiale the value ot the Bolivian loan bonds, the holders ol which have only this territory as silctiaty.

The general impression seemed to be rather that the aflalr would turn out serious, and that Bolivia was not sincere his wishes for peace. Colonel Mejia from Bolivia, has been named bv lus government ro fix, in union with commissioners from Chile the limits between the latter and Bolivia. He' has arrived at Santiago. Colonel Mcjla was one of the authors.or. an excellent map of Bolivia, durini; the Presidency of Linares.

Sickness in Chile--Fire in a CJIiiireli--Fright of tlio People. The irest Coast Man says that in consequence of the unseasonable weather smallpox is spreading la Valparaiso to an extent -very snort of alarming-. Tnere are upwards of 100 patients in tne Lazarette. and in addition to this there scarcely a street in the city in which there are not to be found many cases. jjon Enrique IT.

Wltehaw lias been received as Consul of Honduras at Valparaiso. During the celebration, of the religious festival called the acred Heart of Jesus, in the Merced clmrch, in Santiago, on Saturday evening, June i tne artiilelal flowers with which one, of the candlesticks on the High altar was adorned took lire, and for a few raomonfcfauite a panic was the result: fortunately, however, the flames were extinguished before they had timo to communicate with tne rest of the trumpery of the aitar, which contributed more than anything else to restore order and in all probatmity 'deprive Chile "honor" (according to t'garte) of presenting to the civilized world another catastrophe, similar to that of La CompaSia, THE CUBAN BOH3 ROEBSflY. Joseph Gregory, the cigar maker who was arrested Monday night by-Colonel Wliitley, oi the Secret-Service Division, and detective Eustace, of tlie'Central Oftice, wane In the act'of disposing of $10,000 worth of the $85,000 worth of registered bonds stolen, from Carlo Castillo, treasnrer'or the Cuban Foreign Mission, while temporarily absent from his room at tho St. George Hotel ou the 26tU of June was arraigned before Justice Shaudley, at Jefferson Market, yesterday afternoon, and temporarily committed: It is rumored'Gregory lias given'informa- tion that will lend to Hie recovery of the balance of the properly and the arrest of his accomplices. 'SPAPERf VSPAPERl.